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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a very serious matter into which this committee has a responsibility to look. The issue of bogus self-employment and people being employed as contractors rather than direct PAYE employees is widespread in the construction industry as well. Is it the case - it is certainly the case in the construction industry - that if people in the film industry ask for PAYE employment, they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Again, it is something for the committee to bear in mind. Perhaps Mr. Arkins or Ms Walker or some of the others would know about this practice in the construction industry. One of the ways in which those of us in the Opposition have been raising bogus self-employment, and quite a few of us have been doing so, is to ensure that Revenue is checking whether people meet the criteria,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My time is up. Can we have a second round of questioning?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are a couple of issues that have been alluded to. It is probably important to spell them out here. How many people are actually employed in the industry? Is ask this in light of the tax arrangements relating to the industry and the more than €70 million in grants from which it benefits? Either Screen Producers Ireland or the Irish Film Board, I cannot remember which, referred...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Irish Film Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is my last question. Obviously, the issue of the law applying to the witnesses is a no-brainer. Our responsibility is to make sure that happens, and any money that comes from the State should be conditional, at a minimum, on the application of the law where workers' entitlements are concerned. That is critical. At the level of oversight of the industry, and worker participation in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the communications he has had with Coillte in view of the reported problems with the forestry partnership project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7008/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alternative Farm Enterprises (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the possible development of hemp cultivation as a significant agricultural activity should be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7007/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the detail of the self-build aspect of the home loan scheme; the way in which the value of the property at completion will be ascertained; if there will be a limit to the number of applicants to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6716/18]

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Plans are well under way for a national demonstration on 7 April on the housing and homelessness crisis and the shambles of this and the previous Government's policies that created the crisis. Groups such as the Peter McVerry Trust, Focus Ireland, Simon Community, housing and community groups, trade unions and many of the Opposition political parties are mobilising for that protest and...

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am afraid the Tánaiste is the one who is driven by blind ideology. In the past couple of weeks, I had to deal with somebody who has been on the housing list for 19 years and who has just been evicted from a HAP tenancy, which is supposed to be one of the Tánaiste's housing solutions. She will now be driven back into another HAP, which is insecure. The Tánaiste is...

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: HAP does not work. The approved housing bodies, AHB, and off-balance sheet plan is now in serious trouble. When will the Tánaiste get it?

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need to return to something the State did for decades, building council houses.

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Answer the question about the AHBs.

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Fifteen thousand.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 50. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties of those in need of home care packages; if his attention has further been drawn to the difficulties many have in sourcing these packages and that many of the packages granted are for less hours than would be appropriate to the need; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact this shortfall in hours...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 96. To ask the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself that those in need of home care are able to access this care in a timely manner and that this care is adequate to meet their needs in view of the reliance on private companies to deliver home care packages; if an audit of these services has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6090/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On behalf of People Before Profit, we are supportive of the overall aims of the Bill and pretty much all of the measures it proposes. There is no doubt about the health and societal implications of excessive use of alcohol. The World Health Organization states drinking alcohol is associated with risks of developing health problems such as mental and behavioural disorders, liver cirrhosis,...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He is a doctor.

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Bríd Smith. We are taking five minutes each. The obfuscation and the attempt to throw mud in our eyes that I just heard from the Minister of State really is extremely disappointing. It puts to shame people like the man whose bust is behind me in the Chamber, James Connolly. In a quote that is very appropriate to this debate, he said, "Our demands most...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach should read the report. That is what was said before 2008.