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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (10 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social policy and public service reform last met; and when it is planning to meet next. [20059/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (10 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Once again, the divisive and dishonest campaign to pit public sector workers against private sectors is under way, this time in the form of the review on public sector pay by the hand-picked group which recently published its report on this issue, thus perpetuating this utterly divisive narrative. I wonder whether this sub-committee dealing with public sector reform believes it should...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (10 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Similarly, on the issue of pensions as I understand it, it is outrageous that we will get rid of the pension levy but replace it with a pension levy, that is, the pension levy stays when the emergency, we are told, is well over and public sector workers have paid through the nose for the past nine years for the crimes of others.

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They would take an extra space.

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I cannot believe the Deputy is impugning the-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about the 50,000 empty houses?

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The HAP scheme is a disaster.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister Theresa May since a new general election was called in Britain. [20692/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: European Council Meetings (10 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on bilateral meetings he had at the European Summit on 29 April 2017. [20693/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (10 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 24. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health is next meeting. [20061/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities (10 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of the recent meeting between his Department officials and the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company with regard to the risk assessment being carried out by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council prior to any transfer of governance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22249/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities (10 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans or timelines for the planned change of governance of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company in line with the Harbours Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22250/17]

Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sometimes when we propose that we need to significantly increase investment in social housing, the creaking public health system, public transport or other strategic areas of industry and enterprise that are in need of investment such as the arts, forestry, the sustainable energy sector or whatever else, the Government accuses us of fantasy economics because, of course, we do not have the...

Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We supported an exit from the European Union which had nothing to do with the exit-----

Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We did not support treaties that tied us to mad economic policies and which had crippled the level of capital investment. It is important to remind people of this. On the specific issue of AIB, it is not just that it is the wrong time to sell it off. It should never be sold off. We should use it as a public bank to invest in infrastructure and the strategically important areas of the...

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (9 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If we are serious about avoiding a hard Border and maintaining the common travel area, rather than spoofing, why not tell Mr. Barnier and the European Union that our officials will not physically co-operate with or tolerate any attempt to impose a hard Border? If the EU negotiates a deal which does not ensure that we keep the Border open and maintain the common travel area, we should have a...

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (9 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are two dimensions to the scenario of Brexit and, more generally, the scenario opening up across Europe that I want to discuss. One is the political side and the narrative surrounding all this, and the second is the more direct economic and practical issues. It is very important in the first instance, particularly on the back of the recent French presidential election, that we...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment Plan 2016-2021: Dublin Chamber of Commerce (9 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Dublin Chamber of Commerce for its input at the committee today. There is a great deal to talk about in all of this but I will try to touch on a few things. I welcome the emphasis on joined-up integrated planning, public transport infrastructure and the critical importance of investing. I agree with Deputy Eamon Ryan that such matters are critical. It is possible to provide...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment Plan 2016-2021: Dublin Chamber of Commerce (9 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I obviously talk much about the corporate tax regime. One point evident from it is that small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, pay the 12.5% rate but any reasonable observer can see a small number of companies are not paying it. Instead, they are paying about 6%, 7% and maybe 8% tops. Sometimes, they are paying a lot less. This is unfair on SMEs here. If the full rate was paid, it...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment Plan 2016-2021: Dublin Chamber of Commerce (9 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not if we are talking about increasing capital investment because there are only two ways it can be done. One way is through the fiscal rules, on which there is a consensus that we should do something about it vis-à-viscapital investment. There is another mechanism to increase capital investment, namely, to get the big capitalists to pay a bit more tax, to put it bluntly.