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Other Questions: Film Industry (18 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is public money going into it.

Other Questions: Film Industry (18 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the conditions that surrounded the sale of the State's stake in a studio (details supplied) to secure it as a location for film production into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16802/18]

Other Questions: Film Industry (18 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Comptroller and Auditor General should investigate the circumstances of the sale. That is how serious I think this is. This is a piece of real estate that, if it were developed residentially, would probably be worth about €100 million. The Government cannot tell us how much it was sold for or confirm the reports that €7 million of debt was written off. That is not...

Other Questions: Film Industry (18 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are currently three people working full time in Ardmore because it is sitting empty.

Other Questions: Film Industry (18 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Meanwhile, in Dublin, there are three films being made, one in a derelict NAMA factory where, as I said, four workers have just been sacked because they protested about the conditions under which they were working. Another film is being made in an old factory in Tallaght for some bizarre reason, and there is a film being made in the former Dublin Sport Hotel. All of these are getting public...

Other Questions: Film Industry (18 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is also a reported €7 million gone into Ardmore. Is this not a bit odd? We are pouring all this money into the film industry and into Ardmore and there is nothing happening in Ardmore. It is happening in NAMA factories where workers are out protesting over the conditions they are employed in and then get sacked for doing so and have now been replaced by contractors. Where is...

Other Questions: Film Industry (18 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It has got a lot of investment in the last while.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (18 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The public has a right to know what is happening with the expenditure of public money. The Minister is just not answering the questions. It is reported that Ardmore owed the State €7 million. According to the Irish Film Board's accounts, I suspect that this figure included moneys given by members of the board to themselves when they were working in Ardmore - people like Kevin...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (18 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People on the board who were also working in Ardmore effectively gave themselves loans for a studio that now sits empty. The CEO of Ardmore prior to the sale attempted to rezone the land for residential development and will remain the CEO with the new purchaser and the Minister is telling us that Ardmore is secure for film production in the future when they have already tried to rezone it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (18 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The owners can push.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (18 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if reports that €7 million of debt was written off in the recent sale of the State's stake in a studio, details supplied, are correct; the price secured for this sale; the process engaged in for the sale; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17123/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (18 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to revisit the sale of Ardmore Studios. I will be blunt in stating that the sale stinks to high heaven. How much did the State get for the sale of its one third share in the company? I have heard the sale price was €6 million and the sale involved the State writing off €7 million in debt owed to it by Ardmore Studios. This would mean we gave the company away and then...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (18 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will be honest; this is a load of rubbish. The public is having the wool pulled over its eyes. Ardmore Studios are located on a large piece of real estate. A recent attempt by the current chief executive officer to have part of the site rezoned for residential development was blocked by Wicklow County Council. One property expert estimated that if Ardmore Studios were rezoned for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Sale (18 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 61. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if reports that €7 million of debt was written off by the State in the sale of the State's stake in a studio (details supplied) and that the sale price was €6 million are correct; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16803/18]

Data Protection Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The reason I am a socialist and believe capitalism needs to be replaced with a system that has a different set of values is that in its essence capitalism turns everything into a commodity from which someone can profit. As he or she accumulates that profit, he or she gains more and more power over society. When the first critiques of the pernicious logic of commodification and profit at the...

Data Protection Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is an allegation. I am just saying it is-----

Data Protection Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise.

Data Protection Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am just stating this is happening. The allegation is very much in the public domain. I am not judging or adjudicating on it.

Data Protection Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not deciding it. I am not even offering an opinion on what the outcome of the case in the courts should be. I am simply stating what anyone can read on RTÉ's website, that the matter is being looked at and that there is an allegation which was written about widely in the newspapers at the weekend that Mr. Denis O'Brien and his representative in that company inappropriately...

Data Protection Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have to say I am finding it quite interesting.