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Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not believe the Government on this one. There is no justification to the changes it is making. From an objective analysis of the current legislative wording, any sane and sensible person will see the Government is tightening the criteria around the eligibility to justify current practice which is completely wrong and unfair. It inflicts unnecessary hardship on legitimate applicants...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not quite sure, given the Minister of State's response and the fact that he seems to accept the points we made-----

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He suggested that his objective was the same as ours in terms of the issue of concern in that he is trying to get full-time people, and I accept this. I am not entirely sure why the Minister of State will not accept what I think is a reasonable compromise amendment, because it would set it out clearly in the legislation that while the option is retained to use agency people where they are...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 4:In page 6, line 6, before "employed" to insert the following:"where the Minister is unable to engage directly a registered medical practitioner, and only where this is the case,".

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 7:In page 6, to delete lines 31 to 38, and in page 7, to delete lines 1 to 30.This was discussed on Committee Stage, and in an effort to be reasonable and take on board the Government's concerns while addressing the issues we raised, we have tabled a series of amendments which shift the balance of presumption about people's entitlement to carers and supports towards the...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We discussed this on Committee Stage and I have submitted another amendment, which attempts to take on board some of the defence the Government side gave when it came to the concerns that were raised by us at that stage. The Government said that there is, or can be, difficulty in getting qualified people to be medical assessors on a permanent, full-time basis, and for that reason they needed...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Income Data (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the most up-to-date figures on the total earnings of the top 1%, 10% and 20% income categories, indicating for each category the number of earners, the total earnings, the average earnings, the total income tax paid in absolute and percentage effective tax rate terms, including the universal social charge and pay related social insurance,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio Value (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the National Asset Management Agency cash reserves; his plans for expenditure; the role he has in deciding how cash reserves are spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13116/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council (31 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Taoiseach his views on a recent suggestion that the Economic Management Council should not be retained past the period of the fiscal crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5534/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Green Paper on Capital Markets Union: Discussion (31 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise for my late arrival. One has to bi-locate and tri-locate in this place when one is in a small party. Having listened to some of the discussion, I have not fully developed an expert understanding of what is being discussed so I am on a learning curve. However, I would be very anxious and suspicious about all of this. The labyrinthine and opaque world of international finance is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Green Paper on Capital Markets Union: Discussion (31 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----is the pretty big retrenchment in investment, here and generally across Europe in the aftermath of the crash? Those with money are very nervous about where they put it and they do not really want to invest it in the real economy. So we try to cajole them into investing in the real economy. To facilitate that and encourage them, and I heard mention of capital gains taxes and all that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Green Paper on Capital Markets Union: Discussion (31 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One can chase after them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Green Paper on Capital Markets Union: Discussion (31 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The witnesses have not allayed my fears at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Green Paper on Capital Markets Union: Discussion (31 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: May I make another point?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (31 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 269. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions held with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, recently in relation to Ireland's corporate tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4357/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Investigations (31 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 270. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has held an investigation, or plans to hold an investigation, into allegations of widespread abuse of the relevant contracts tax 1 sub-contracting regime in the construction industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6118/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Income Data (31 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the most up-to-date figures on the total earnings of the following income categories: the top 1%, 10% and 20%, indicating for each category the number of earners; the total earnings; the average earnings; the total amount of income tax paid, in absolute and percentage effective tax rate terms, including universal social charge and pay...

An Bille um an gCearthrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Síocháin agus Neodracht) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Peace and Neutrality) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I commend Deputy Wallace on bringing this Bill forward. I also commend some of the people who have been campaigning for years on the issue of neutrality, trying to safeguard it and to campaign against the steady erosion of that neutrality and the stealth push by the political establishment in this country to involve us in military adventures, primarily those headed by the United States and...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not a proper plan.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: You have a shower every day.