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Report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Motion (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This debate, the committee's deliberations and more importantly coming out with a real strategy and plan to deliver a health service that works for all our citizens could not be more critical. One has to put a human face on these things. I know everyone has cases and people they have to deal with. I have tabled several parliamentary questions over the case of a young man, Mark O'Brien, and...

Other Questions: Motor Insurance Regulation (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider setting up a State insurance company in order to ensure that the current prices of motor and other insurance are curbed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27593/16]

Other Questions: Motor Insurance Regulation (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As the Minister of State and everybody is aware, drivers have been absolutely crucified by enormous increases in car insurance premiums. Overall, they have increased 20% in the last year and are expected to go up another 25% next year. In some categories, it is off the Richter scale. One of the groups that asked me to give a shout out for it is taxi drivers. Huge numbers of taxi drivers...

Other Questions: Motor Insurance Regulation (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to shift the terms of the debate towards looking at a public not-for-profit State-led model. Frankly, I believe the Government is being led by the self-serving propaganda of the private insurance industry. The notion that competition in the private insurance market would produce lower premiums has been proven absolute nonsense. It is exactly their competitive drive for market share...

Other Questions: Motor Insurance Regulation (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is an assumption behind that that what the private insurance companies are doing with premiums is justified. They are putting a whole case forward on to that. I do not accept it at all. In fact, the number of fatal and non-fatal collisions in this country has fallen substantially. There are not more accidents. There are serious problems of transparency around the finances of...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Department of Social Protection commissioned the Millar report on the situation of lone parents. As the report has not been published, will the Tánaiste tell us when it will be published? As she may know, it has been leaked and is in the public domain today. It has found that the mandate from the troika was to save money; that the cuts and changes made affected lone parents and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Meetings (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 30. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of meetings held between his Department officials and vulture funds during his terms as Minister for Finance; if he or his officials suggested to these funds that they might benefit from tax loopholes such as section 110 of the Taxes Consolidation Act or any other tax loopholes for the purposes of minimising their tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Rate (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will change the requirement of local authorities to make a decision on the rate of local property tax by the end of September each year in advance of the local authorities receiving information regarding the other moneys that will be available to them from central government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27592/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 36. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money his Department expects to spend on appealing the European Commission's decision on a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27591/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has fully quantified the lost revenue to the Exchequer as a result of the exploitation by special purpose vehicles, SPVs, of the section 110 corporate tax loophole and other tax loopholes between 2007 and 2015; his plans to close all these loopholes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27594/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth Rate (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the Central Statistics Office, CSO, report containing figures of 26% growth in the economy. [22768/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance the full cost in 2017 of abolishing the local property tax. [28024/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield in 2017 of introducing a second home tax of €600 per property for those who own two properties on their second property and €1,000 per year on each property for those who own three or more properties, assuming the second property is paid at the €600 rate. [28025/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield in 2017 of introducing a mansion tax on every home worth more than €1 million at the rate of €2,000 per property. [28026/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in 2017 of abolishing the USC for all those earning less than €40,000 and reducing the USC by half for those earning less than €70,000. [28028/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield in 2017 of establishing new PAYE bands (details supplied). [28034/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Fiscal Space available for 2017. [28032/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection Forecasts (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount ahead of forecast the total tax revenue is projected to be for 2016 and 2017. [28033/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield in 2017 of introducing a wealth tax of 2% on all assets, financial and property, excluding the family home and farm. [28035/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield in 2017 of reducing the earnings cap for pension related tax relief from €115,000 to €70,000. [28036/16]