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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (8 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what progress he is making in addressing the concerns of actors, performers, writers and directors in the film and TV industry in relation to fully vindicating their intellectual property rights under the copyright directive and copyright legislation. [5800/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform given the need for large supplementary estimates in health and education in 2023, the steps he will take to avoid underestimates of funding public services; how he is going to monitor the adequacy of funding provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5768/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (8 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what considerations he has given to the proposed four day work week across the public sector as raised by multiple trade unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5769/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (8 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering the high cost of accommodation as a significant factor in recruitment and retention challenges; and what considerations will be given to this. [5955/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider the establishment of a state-run construction company to assist in achieving the National Development Plan goals and particularly the urgent need to address the housing crisis and critical infrastructure development. [5956/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (7 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach to provide details on Ireland’s annual drowning rate; the way this compares with other countries in Europe; and to provide a breakdown of drowning rates by county. [5178/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (7 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of permanent staff employed by the Road Safety Authority as driver testers by testing centre; to provide an updated account of the waiting times for driving test applicants by testing centre; to provide a breakdown of the number of contract staff employed as driver testers; the retention rate of both permanent and contract...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Joint Labour Committees (7 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given that employers, security officers and trade unions had up to 2 January 2024 to enter submissions and that almost one month has elapsed since; when he plans to sign the Security Industry Joint Labour Committee Employment Regulation Order draft proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5467/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed date for the completed construction of the Dún Laoghaire Education Together National School; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5125/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the Department is calculating the data which allocates special education teachers and the adjustments made based on complex needs; if the Department has received this data and will report on it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5126/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (7 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that has been spent by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the PIA Review of the Legal Aid Service for 2022 and 2023; the details of these payments; the companies and individuals that received same; the amount received by each company and individual; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (7 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that has been accrued, but is as yet unpaid, by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the PIA Review of the Legal Aid Service since its inception in 2016 to date; the details of these liabilities; the companies to which they are owed; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are settlers.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Waiting lists for driving tests are ridiculously long. In my area, which is the worst in the country, it is over 50 weeks. Nationally it is about 30 weeks. In many cases this means jobs are lost for people who have jobs that are dependent on having a driving licence. People may have relatives they need to care for, including elderly, vulnerable or disabled relatives, and they need a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is 50 weeks in my area.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Dead right.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I believe the Minister stated that the projected revenues for next year are €24 billion. Will the Minister confirm that? Could the Minister tell us what are the corresponding projected pre-tax profits? Working back on previous years, that would suggest €400 billion of pre-tax profits. I would be interested if the Minister could confirm that. Those allowances, credits,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Their profits have as well.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the latest projections for corporate tax revenue, given the introduction of 15% effective corporate tax rate for 2024 and 2025; and if he is satisfied that 15% will in reality be an effective tax rate. [4572/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One of the great untold stories of the Irish economy is the fact that over the last 15 years or so, working people were hammered, first, with an austerity crisis and, more recently, a cost-of-living crisis, yet in that period corporate profits increased, for example, by 235% from 2012 to 2021. Some of us campaigned for those corporations to pay more. We now have a 15% rate, something the...