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Wed, 16 May 2018
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Tax Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
26. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the number of SPVs registered here in each of the past three years; the amount of tax paid by these companies; the amount of tax foregone due to particular tax breaks for SPVs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21489/18]
Wed, 16 May 2018
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Real Estate Investment Trusts
Richard Boyd Barrett
28. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if all information with regard to tax foregone by REITs since their establishment will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21492/18]
Wed, 16 May 2018
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Corporation Tax Regime
Richard Boyd Barrett
37. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his plans to establish a minimum effective corporate tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21490/18]
Wed, 16 May 2018
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Tax Reliefs Availability
Richard Boyd Barrett
44. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will review corporate tax reliefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21491/18]
Wed, 16 May 2018
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Property Tax Review
Richard Boyd Barrett
49. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if a review of the local property tax and its impact on increasing wealth inequality here will be produced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21488/18]
Wed, 16 May 2018
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Working Family Payment Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
209. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 1 May 2018, the number of the 3,423 families in receipt of WFP in the public sector in each area, section or department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21587/18]
Tue, 15 May 2018
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Richard Boyd Barrett
4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee G, justice and equality, last met. [21099/18]
Tue, 15 May 2018
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Departmental Policy Functions
Richard Boyd Barrett
9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [21100/18]
Tue, 15 May 2018
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Middle East Issues
Richard Boyd Barrett
31. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is pressing his EU counterparts for further actions in support of Palestinian rights in the context of the upcoming 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the ongoing Palestinian protest on the right to return as allowed for by UN resolution and the ongoing aggression by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21103/18]
Tue, 15 May 2018
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Middle East Issues
Richard Boyd Barrett
54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the impact of President Trump's foreign policies in the Middle East, particularly in relation to the Iran nuclear deal and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict; if he has discussed his views with his EU counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21102/18]
Tue, 15 May 2018
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Hospitals Funding
Richard Boyd Barrett
341. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of introducing 9,000 new hospital beds over five years; the estimated cost of staffing 9,000 beds annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20822/18]
Thu, 10 May 2018
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Visa Applications
Richard Boyd Barrett
68. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether it is now time to examine the possibility of requiring Israeli citizens who reside in illegal settlements to undergo the same visa application process as that which Palestinians are subject to in order to enter here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20762/18]
Thu, 10 May 2018
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Visa Applications
Richard Boyd Barrett
151. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is now time to examine the possibility of requiring Israeli citizens who reside in illegal settlements to undergo the same visa application process as that which Palestinians are subject to in order to enter here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20763/18]
Thu, 10 May 2018
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Jobseeker's Benefit
Richard Boyd Barrett
296. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has the right to reduce jobseeker's benefit for non-attendance at Intreo meetings (details supplied). [20764/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Housing Assistance Payment Administration
Richard Boyd Barrett
35. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the action he plans to take to address the difficulty of housing applicants in finding private rented accommodation within the HAP or homeless HAP limits in many parts of Dublin and the refusal of local authorities to provide increases in these limits in line with actual rents in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19870/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
Richard Boyd Barrett
60. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to make legislative changes to ensure that persons in receipt of the housing assistance payment, HAP, are kept on the regular social housing list rather than on a transfer list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19867/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
Richard Boyd Barrett
63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to review and increase the income limits for eligibility for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19869/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Homeless Persons Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
86. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on the latest homeless figures; the reason he is of the view these figures have been overstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19866/18]
Thu, 3 May 2018
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Free Travel Scheme Applications
Richard Boyd Barrett
27. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a travel pass will issue to a person (details supplied) irrespective of means. [19306/18]
Thu, 3 May 2018
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Jobseeker's Allowance
Richard Boyd Barrett
35. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which she plans to address the anomaly that persons who are homeless and under 25 years of age on jobseeker's allowance are on a reduced payment as per the rules of the scheme making it much more difficult for them to extricate themselves from homelessness. [19307/18]