Results 17,861-17,880 of 27,275 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (29 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of abolishing the universal social charge for income earners earning less than €35,000 per year; of reducing the charge by 50% for income earners earning between €35,000 and €70,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32961/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (29 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of research and development tax allowances or credits, in terms of corporate tax foregone, for each year from 2010 to the latest available figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32962/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (29 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 296. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost in terms of revenue foregone of abolishing the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33391/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (29 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 297. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Revenue Commissioners have any estimate of the tax gap between the revenue actually collected each year and what it may have collected if it had greater resources available to it to pursue tax owed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33393/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (29 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 399. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the circumstances in which a medical card can be backdated and cover medication costs for an applicant whose medical card has expired and has not been renewed. [32726/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Yield (29 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual revenue derived from the non-principal private residence tax in the last year of its operation, before it was replaced by the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33392/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Application Numbers (29 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 571. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, for each of the past 24 months, the number of households on local authority housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32960/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Over the four and a half years of its term, the Government has stumbled from crisis to crisis in terms of the fairly disastrous situation in the health service. It is a little like the story of Peter and the dyke, where one crisis appears and the Government moves under pressure to stick its finger in one hole and then, quickly, a crisis develops elsewhere. There have been multiple crises...

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: While the proposed declaration is not highly objectionable in itself, it seems tokenistic. The taxi drivers are saying that the problem with proper regulation of the industry is enforcement - that not enough NTA staff are going around and doing checks to catch rogue drivers who are not compliant in a whole series of ways. This is of deep concern to bona fide taxi drivers. The declaration...

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Halligan has now arrived.

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Obviously, we all welcome anything that will facilitate the further expansion, improvement or development of the public transport infrastructure, or anything that will facilitate greater investment in that infrastructure. There are a few different aspects to this Bill, the first of which is the bus rapid transit, BRT, system. For anybody who is watching this, we should not use jargon too...

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Commuters. Not consumers.

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Indeed, it is not. The Minister is so right.

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is about citizens. The Minister is absolutely right. These corridors seem like a good idea and I would be in favour of them. My fear, which was touched on by Deputy Ellis, is that against a background of consistent reductions in subsidies in the form of the public service payments to Dublin Bus, which have dropped every year, including every year under this Government - from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Grant Scheme: Department of Health (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not have much to add as the main points have been made. I can understand the complexity of what Mr. Breslin is trying to do. However, the delay is unacceptable and has gone on for too long. Obviously, the suspicion is that the issue is just being fudged so as not to have to deal with it this side of a general election because it could be controversial. That is the suspicion one might...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Grant Scheme: Department of Health (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will we know when it has gone to the Government?

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: First, the sale of public land is privatisation. That is what it is. Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company has now put up for sale part of Dún Laoghaire harbour. This is linked to a master plan which the Minister has acknowledged also proposes private residential development in the form of hundreds of private apartments on the site at St. Michael's Wharf and in the old harbour. That is...

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Building apartments is a big change.

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Building apartments is not a core activity.

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regards to the 0.47 ha site that has been put up for sale by Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, if he, as the main shareholder in the company, was made aware of this in advance of the site being put on a property website (details supplied); if his consent is required by the company to sell assets; if he considers it appropriate for...