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- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Lots of workers from the private sector wanted to work in the public sector.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank IBEC for its presentation. I welcome three specific areas that IBEC highlighted in its presentation. The first of these is the need to challenge the fiscal rules in the area of investment. I suppose related to that is the good, simple and straightforward idea of a target percentage of GDP for capital investment. Frankly, the latter is something the committee should push. If one...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, stable. I would be interested to hear the witnesses' take on that. Some of us have been saying for a long time that this country's economic model has a significant overreliance on foreign direct investment. The dangers of that have been highlighted in a very strong way in the context of the Brexit debate. We can see it again today with the Hewlett-Packard announcement. We need to be...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is an extra €6.5 billion needed each year?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Apple would pay for all that.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: "Carnage" is Mr. Trump's word.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: May I ask a supplementary question? One could argue that what Mr. Brady seems to favour is a new State construction company
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it not the case whether it is the Northern Ireland Housing Executive model, the local authorities, or the private sector, one has capacity problems?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Although most of the problem is in the areas where one has the bigger local authorities. There is not a massive problem-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: May I put a question?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Mr. Brady mentioned aircraft leasing. What is aircraft leasing contributing in terms of real economic benefit?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There are many company----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sorry.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There is a conversation here.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Application (8 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for retired public sector workers on pre-1995 contracts having to pay USC which may see them less well off than their counterparts on post-1995 contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6155/17]
- Other Questions: Media Mergers (7 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline his views on the future of media plurality here in view of the existing proposals with regard to the sale of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5811/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I will leave it at that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Taoiseach think it is ironic that Deputy Adams should attack People Before Profit in the name of jobs in the North when Sinn Féin, Fine Gael, the DUP and the Tories took specific action in supporting the Stormont House Agreement which condoned and set out the plan to axe 20,000 jobs in the public sector in the North? It was an austerity deal, an almost carbon copy of the one...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (7 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Citizens' Assembly members said it was useless.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (7 Feb 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: More delay.