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Other Questions: Tax Yield (5 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 22. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the lower than expected tax returns in view of the rising employment figures over the past number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31472/17]

Other Questions: Tax Yield (5 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the lower than expected tax returns in view of the rise of employment over the past number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31476/17]

Other Questions: Tax Yield (5 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is much speculation on the mystery of why income tax returns are coming in lower than projected. I put it to the Minister that the reason for this is because of the extent of precarious work, low-paid work and, something that has not been mentioned enough in this regard, bogus self-employment, particularly in the construction industry.

Other Questions: Tax Yield (5 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Nonetheless, €214 million is a significant shortfall, with €51 million of that from income tax. I particularly want to concentrate on the issue of precarious working conditions and, specifically bogus self-employment. There are now approximately 140,000 people working in construction. There is talk about how construction work is gathering momentum. I got another call in a...

Other Questions: Tax Yield (5 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are 220,000 to 230,000 people who are classified as self-employed with no paid employees. I put it to the Minister, as construction workers and others in this House have been putting it to him for a long time, that the reason for that, particularly in construction, is bogus self-employment. One of the workers I mentioned is a labourer. When he telephoned Revenue to ask if he was down...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We should not separate it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his conversation with the President of the United States, Mr. Donald Trump. [31173/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I asked the Taoiseach's predecessor, Deputy Enda Kenny, a question that gained a lot of publicity at the time. I asked if he thought the election manifesto and policy promises of Donald Trump were racist and dangerous and he agreed that they were. I ask the Taoiseach the same question now that Donald Trump is President. Are the policies he is pursuing racist and dangerous? If the answer...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Repeat it now.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is more important.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategy Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sure. Will the new strategy statement acknowledge the disastrous failure of the housing strategy pursued during the past six years? That is not a rhetorical use of the word "disastrous". It is a self-evident fact that the strategy that has been pursued has failed to an extraordinary level. It has resulted in almost 3,000 people being homeless and 7,000 people in total, an enormous number,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (5 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a change to the remit of NAMA in view of the ongoing lack of supply in the housing market and the housing and homelessness crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31475/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been on an urgent waiting list to see a urologist for four years; if there is a shortage of urologists here; and the steps that he will take to shorten the time for persons to see a urologist. [31613/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Notwithstanding that there have been policy failures in multiple areas by this Government, the principle of Cabinet subcommittees is a good one because it allows for joined-up thinking between different Departments. I want to ask again about the need for a Cabinet subcommittee in the area of education. We did not have one in the previous Government and it is critical that we have one for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are on Cabinet committees.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Wait until it happens.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about CETA?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when he plans to establish new Cabinet committees; and the committees which will be established. [31171/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Today, the Taoiseach and the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, were touting their support for the CETA agreement, an agreement that could result in thousands of job losses, fundamentally undermine workers' rights, subvert environmental protections and, crucially, undermine the sovereignty of the legal system and the Constitution in this country and countries across Europe. Bizarrely,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach his plans in respect of constitutional reform in the coming months. [31172/17]