Results 16,301-16,320 of 27,251 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

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]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield in 2017 of a reduction in the standard pension fund threshold from €2 million to €625,000. [28037/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Data (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set down the full cost in 2017 of abolishing water charges. [28027/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost in 2017 of restoring the young persons JSA rates of €100 and €150 per week to the standard rate of JSA. [28029/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 185. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the full cost of the arts budget in 2016; and the cost of increasing arts funding to 0.6% of GDP. [28031/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2017 of reducing prescription charges to €2 and separately, the cost of reducing to €1.50 and to €1 per prescription while retaining the cap of ten prescriptions as a maximum. [28030/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Summits (28 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: So it is not a national competence for us to decide how we pay for water.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Summits (28 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Summits (28 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would say the Apple ruling was a very explicit reason for the meeting in Bratislava, as were the reasons why Britain had left and why there was widespread disillusionment with the EU. I put it to the Taoiseach that widespread disillusion flows precisely from these double standards that seem to characterise our approach to the EU and its policies on a whole range of issues. People are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Summits (28 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Would the Taoiseach go to Gaza?

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Summits (28 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We do. Who pays for it? It is not somebody from outer space.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Summits (28 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent EU summit in Bratislava. [27127/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Summits (28 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach may be aware that in ancient Roman mythology and religion, Janus was a god with two faces, in other words, two people in one. I suggest to the Taoiseach that when it comes to his attitude towards EU announcements, people could be forgiven for believing we have two different taoisigh or two taoisigh in one body. When it comes to the European Union telling us we should collect...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (28 Sep 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality is she will report on the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27374/16]