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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecast for 2016: Department of Finance (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That, I know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecast for 2016: Department of Finance (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecast for 2016: Department of Finance (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Arguably, all of that is largely inspired by external factors. However, that is for another debate. On capital expenditure and the recently announced capital plan, what is the percentage of capital spending pre-crash versus proposed capital spending, on an annual basis, under the current plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecast for 2016: Department of Finance (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am talking about the figures pre-crash.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecast for 2016: Department of Finance (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: So the amount is well below previous public capital investment. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecast for 2016: Department of Finance (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: China is moving in a scary direction.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It relates to the Taoiseach's comment regarding his attendance at the meeting in New York. Did the Taoiseach meet President el-Sisi in New York or did other officials have any engagement with him? If they did, was the issue of Ibrahim Halawa raised?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Fair enough.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Donald Trump is not in that league.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There were red carpets.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It would have been helpful if the Taoiseach had reported that meeting to the family.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Earlier the Taoiseach used words such as unhelpful or uncomfortable to describe some of the language used by presidential candidates during the election campaign in terms of immigrants in the United States. Do we need to be a little bit more forthright in roundly condemning the language of one particular candidate, Mr. Donald Trump, who has been condemned by governments, civil rights...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach is wasting time.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 20. To ask the Taoiseach the outcome of discussions regarding the undocumented Irish in the United States of America at his meeting with the American President, Mr. Barack Obama; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32856/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to fund primary schools in the same manner as secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33949/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce class sizes to the European Union average; the measures she plans to put in place to address this problem; when these measures will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33948/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the monthly expenditure on the rent allowance scheme over the past three years; and if she will provide details of where any savings have been re-assigned. [34650/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Guardian's Payment Appeals (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who her Department has informed that the person is no longer entitled to the guardian's payment; if her Department will provide the person with a copy of the full file; and if she will ensure the matter is investigated fully [34231/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Yield (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of income in her Department from pay-related social insurance receipts, on a monthly basis over the past two years, due to increased levels of employment. [34651/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance the total figure foregone in tax to the Exchequer each year as a result of the tax credits for private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34228/15]