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Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity
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Questions asked83 total
Finance26 questions
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of restoring tax relief for trade union subscriptions. [33583/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed in live action film making as PAYE workers and self-employed in each of the years from 2012 to 2018, in tabular form; the income earned for both categories in these years; the net income tax paid for each of these categories for each of these years; and the tax foregone in deductions, allowances and reliefs for each of the categories in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31943/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the size of the national debt. [33517/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of interest that will be paid on the national debt in 2020. [33518/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated primary Exchequer surplus for 2020. [33519/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue collected through vehicle registration tax in 2018. [33520/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that was forgone due to the knowledge box in the latest available figures. [33521/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected in stamp duty charged on the purchase of stocks and marketable securities of Irish incorporated companies in 2018. [33522/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the amount NAMA has made available to developers in loan facilities to complete projects by year up to the end of quarter 2 of 2019. [33523/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the most recent figures of total household wealth and the property and financial assets less all liabilities. [33524/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the amount NAMA has paid out to date for repair and maintenance of properties in its portfolio. [33525/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the amount of interest paid on the national debt in 2019 that was contracted since 2008. [33526/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the most up-to-date figures for the amount paid out annually in motor insurance claims from each insurance company. [33527/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the cost to date in 2019 of tax reliefs and exemptions available to property developers. [33528/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the cost to date in 2019 of the tax reliefs and exemptions available to property owners. [33529/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the cost to date in 2019 of the tax reliefs and exemptions available to landowners. [33530/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the most up-to-date figures for the number of jobs created by the Irish Strategic Investment Fund in its commercial partnerships; and the locations in which these jobs were created by companies obtaining such investment. [33531/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised from imposing a 2% public health levy on the profits of private human health and pharmaceutical companies here, including nursing homes and home care agencies. [33532/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of abolishing the local property tax. [33533/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the details of empty properties and land banks that have not yet been sold with regard to the assets of NAMA; the negotiations that have taken place to acquire these homes for social and or affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33534/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the volume of commercial trade that took place in shares here in 2018. [33535/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the volume of commercial trade that took place in derivatives here in 2018. [33536/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount expected to be raised by the universal social charge in 2019. [33538/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount expected to be raised by the universal social charge, USC from tax units paying more than €90,000. [33539/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of tax revenue that would be generated by applying a 12.5% minimum effective tax rate on total gross profits before deductions, allowances or reliefs. [34566/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue that would be generated by imposing a €600 per year tax on all second homes, a €1,000 per year tax on all third or fourth homes, and a €1,500 per year tax on all fifth or subsequent homes. [34567/19]
Health15 questions
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount it will cost to maintain the current levels of service provision across the health service in 2020 in view of demographic changes and inflation. [33540/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of implementing each of the measures recommended in the Sláintecare report. [33541/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to reduce prescription charges by €0.50. [33542/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €50 and €100, respectively. [33543/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of adding 1,000 acute beds to the hospital network. [33544/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of hiring 4,000 new nurses on the pre-2011 rate of pay. [33545/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of hiring 500 consultants. [33546/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of abolishing accident and emergency charges. [33547/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to reinstate the 2008 dental treatment services scheme. [33548/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to clear home care package waiting lists. [33549/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to clear assessment of needs waiting lists for children with autism. [33550/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to hire 100 speech and language therapists, 100 psychologists, 100 occupational therapists and 100 physiotherapists. [33551/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 405 of 2 July 2019, when a reply will issue from the HSE. [33587/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Question No. 305 of 18 June 2019, if he has commissioned a cost-benefit analysis of the fact that 80% of the delivery of disability provision is via non-statutory sector service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34661/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Question No. 305 of 18 June 2019 and the figures provided in the table, the number of persons with disabilities in each CHO who are on waiting lists for respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34662/19]
Employment15 questions
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount that would be raised by increasing the employer rate of PRSI by 2%. [34036/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional revenue that could be generated by establishing a new band of employer PRSI of 19.75% on incomes over €90,000 per year and to increase the existing 10.955% by 2% to 12.95%. [34565/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of measures (details supplied). [33569/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out annually in rent allowance in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the projected amount for the remainder of 2019 and 2020. [33570/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reinstating the transitionary pension. [33571/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the moneys saved following the transfer of recipients of rent allowance to HAP, leasing arrangements and RAS have then been transferred to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government; the organisation responsible for the latter payments; if so, the amount in each of the years since the commencement of the payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33572/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the back to school allowance by €10. [33573/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reinstating a concurrent payment of half-rate illness benefit and jobseeker's benefit in addition to one parent family payment and widow's and widower's pensions. [33574/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to increase social welfare payments to 2009 levels. [33575/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to introduce a universal State pension of €250 weekly and reduce the pension age to 65 years of age. [33576/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €100. [33577/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to increase child benefit in respect of children over 12 years of age by €30. [33578/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of reversing cuts to the back to education allowance. [33579/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of ensuring the State contributory and non-contributory pensions are available to all those that reach 65 years of age. [33656/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address matters regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34659/19]
Housing11 questions
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the second tranche of funding for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be made available to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33512/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing applicants on local authority lists. [33560/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applicants on the RAS and HAP transfer lists. [33561/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average cost of building one to four bed homes on fully serviced publicly owned land. [33562/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated amount it would cost to increase Part V from 10% to a statutory minimum of 20%. [33563/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of vacant properties; the number suitable for social housing; the number that have been considered for acquisition by local authorities by authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33564/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated full cost of emergency accommodation in 2018; and the projected cost for 2019 and 2020 by local authority and type of emergency accommodation, that is, hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels and family hubs. [33565/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the spend in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and the projected spend for 2018 and 2019 on leasing, HAP and RAS agreements between local authorities and landlords by authority and type of agreement; and the number of these arrangements that are direct transfers from rent allowance arrangements. [33566/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated cost to provide a home to each person on local authority homeless lists, that is, excluding use of the private rental market in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33567/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average cost of building council housing on publicly owned land that is fully serviced. [33568/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the annual spend for 2016, 2017 and 2018 and the projected spend for 2019 and 2020 on leasing, HAP and RAS agreements between local authorities and landlords by authority and type of agreement; and the number of these arrangements that are direct transfers from rent allowance arrangements. [34303/19]
Education5 questions
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio to 18:1 by paying all staff on the pre-2011 pay scale. [33557/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of measures (details supplied). [33558/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio from 1:27 to 1:22. [33580/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to increase special education provision by 15% on the 2018 level. [33581/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to increase student grants to their highest historical levels. [33582/19]
Transport5 questions
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual yield for motor tax projected for 2020; the yield for the past five years; the way in which the moneys were allocated; and his plans for allocation of the funds in 2020. [33559/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to restore the CIÉ subvention to 2008 levels. [33554/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to restore the CIÉ subvention to 2008 levels and add 33%. [33555/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost of halving all public transport fares and for providing free public transport to all in full-time education. [33556/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial penalties that will be applied to a company (details supplied) by the NTA as a result of the bus services provided by them not meeting the targets set out in its contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34660/19]
Communications3 questions
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some community based organisations that were delivering quality energy retrofits to households living in fuel poverty are idle due to an apparent funding shortage at the SEAI, which has resulted in all work allocations to community based organisations being ceased, which could also result in significant job losses of a skilled workforce in view of the launch of the Climate Action Plan 2019, which includes plans to retrofit 500,000 homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32751/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of bringing waste collection services back into public ownership. [33584/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of producing 100% of electricity from wind. [33586/19]
Public2 questions
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full year cost of repealing the FEMPI legislation. [33552/19]
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the estimated full-year cost of paying all employed public sector staff on the pre-2011 pay scale. [33553/19]
Agriculture1 question
2019-07-23Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of planting 125,000 hectares of foresting with a mixture of broad leaf and native species. [33585/19]