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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts Data (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the public contracts between his Department and companies (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2016, inclusive; the value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50393/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Contracts Data (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 522. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the public contracts between his Department and companies (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50396/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts Data (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public contracts between his Department and companies (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50409/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Contracts Data (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 590. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the public contracts between her Department and companies (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50395/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts Data (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 627. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the public contracts between his Department and companies (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50407/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts Data (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 664. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the public contracts between her Department and companies, details supplied, in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50400/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 668. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether her Department should not only acknowledge but offer an apology to a person (details supplied) after the Data Commissioner has found that her Department failed in its duty of care to protect information and personal data that it held on the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50519/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts Data (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 724. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the public contracts between his Department and companies (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50404/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Contracts Data (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 743. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the public contracts between his Department and companies (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50398/17]

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am glad there is some response from the Government and the authorities in the form of these raids, which should be happening on a much bigger scale and should have been happening a long time ago. During the Celtic tiger period, they just were not happening at all and many workers lost out very bitterly as a result of that. Those who stood up for themselves, who fought and protested were...

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes.

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In tribute to the late Billy McClurg, to his family, to his colleagues and his comrades, I put this amendment forward as a serious attempt to address what is a scandal in the construction sector around the issue of bogus self-employment. I ask the Minister to look seriously at cleaning up the construction sector and stop this abuse and ensure that the thousands of workers like the late Billy...

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do, because this has gone on and on. Billy fought for most of working life on this but so have many thousands of building workers. Indeed, I have cited to the Minister recent examples of where this sort of practice continues to go on. Let me cite a few facts. Billy and his colleagues would always say, "It is not just that we lose out, but that the public is losing out," because if...

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 77:In page 69, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:“73.The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, bring a report on the revenue implications of bogus self-employment, i.e. the misclassification of PAYE workers as self-employed.”. While I realise we are approaching the end of the debate, I consider this amendment one of the...

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Bringing in an amendment of this size and significance at the last minute without Deputies having the opportunity to examine it or explanation notes or having questions answered on a range of areas is simply not on. I am inclined to oppose it. Yet again, the amendment seems to be providing some sort of tax incentive for private developers. I could be wrong because I have not had a...

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have had the debate and there is a difference. We are in the minority. I agree with Deputy Mattie McGrath and others concerned about the rural-urban divide, or the areas that have seen recovery in this sector against those which have not. Those areas need help. There is another side to the equation that can be seen with the figures we got from the Department of Finance concerning...

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 64:In page 57, after line 32, to insert the following:“58.The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, bring a report on the second reduced rate of VAT of 9 per cent and additional revenue that could be raised by bringing this rate back to 13.5 per cent.”. We had quite a bit of discussion on Committee Stage about this. I will be brief....

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Deputy will put on a few pounds drinking milk.

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I predict this tax will have little or no impact on the consumption of sugary drinks. I do not believe imposing additional costs on products such as these will reduce consumption any more than I believed increasing the costs of bin collection would reduce waste output. What is needed are alternatives that enable people to recycle. If recycling is promoted and recycling infrastructure is...

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is such a database in France, for example. The aggregate figures are collected and various bodies collect figures on wealth distribution, for example, Credit Suisse. The survey on income and living conditions, SILC, report provided by the CSO has begun to give an assessment of the distribution of wealth, hence the figure which confirmed many of the other studies that were previously...