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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we stall the clock for a minute?

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not hear all of the contributions in the earlier part of the debate. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are certainly supporting this, but I am not sure what other people are saying yet. The Competition (Amendment) Bill aids workers' interests and gives workers who need it the right to organise as trade unionists to improve their pay and conditions. It is great that we can come together...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not personalise it though.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is about accounting.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is closely linked to tax.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sure.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have been there quite a few times.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have been there quite a few times.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do know that.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do know.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do I not know that?

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister knows a lot about what I do not know.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Jesus, it is getting very personal in here, Acting Chairman.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Scamming.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am only joking.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will I get an opportunity to speak on it?

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We oppose this Bill. It essentially allows a sunset clause for companies that have engaged in inversions, which is a tax avoidance strategy by American multinationals, where, through a paper exercise, they switch their headquarters to here in order to avoid tax. It is part of the global tax scam being perpetrated against the citizens of the world by these multinationals, which this country...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will ensure that Ireland has a veto on agreements with regard to the island of Ireland in relation to Brexit. [25983/17]

Amendment of Terms of Reference of the Special Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (31 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are not asking for extra seats but to be allowed to substitute.