Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Local Authority Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

371. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding the announcement made on 19 July 2012 that his Department would allocate €100 million for social housing, which would result in the provision of 800 new units across the country; the number of units that have been completed in each local authority area; and his views on the way this will impact on the 500 new units that were announced in budget 2014. [44674/13]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

372. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make the necessary changes to the configuration of homeless services which creates a strict division between Dublin and Wicklow in view of the close relationship between the towns of Dún Laoghaire and Bray. [44675/13]

Rent Supplement Scheme Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will allow leeway in the rent cap in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43413/13]

Fuel Allowance Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

40. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider raising the winter fuel allowance in view of the fact that it is failing to cover rising energy prices, leaving many homes struggling to pay bills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43411/13]

Education and Training Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

45. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all publicly funded training schemes, upskilling and education courses; and the number of persons taking part in each of these schemes. [43451/13]

Live Register Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

161. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the categories of payments from her Department that mean that the recipient is counted on the live register; and the number of persons in each category. [43449/13]

Live Register Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

162. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the categories of payments from her Department that mean that the recipient is officially counted as unemployed; and the number of persons in each category. [43450/13]

National Internship Scheme Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

163. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons taking part in the JobBridge scheme and the cost of same to the Exchequer. [43452/13]

Community Work Initiatives

Richard Boyd Barrett

164. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons taking part in the Tús scheme and the cost of same to the Exchequer. [43453/13]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

165. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons taking part in the JobsPlus initiative and the cost of same to the Exchequer. [43454/13]

Economic Management Council Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the schedule of meetings for the Economic Management Council before the budget. [40915/13]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on mortgage arrears last met. [42212/13]

Economic Management Council Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

20. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Economic Management Council last met. [42213/13]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Richard Boyd Barrett

91. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give an assurance that measures he may take in budget 2014 will not lead to any further increases in class sizes in view of the fact that classrooms here already contain 20% more than the EU average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42187/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

115. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the delay in a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin that has been in prefabs since 1995 and who had expected to be in a new building since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42186/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

211. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) may expect new buildings in view of the fact that they have been in prefabs since 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41961/13]

Budget 2014

Richard Boyd Barrett

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering progressive tax measures such as wealth taxes, higher taxes on top earners or increasing the corporation tax rate as an alternative to measures that would impact further on low and middle income earners and public services in his framing of budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41476/13]

Overseas Development Aid Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

65. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to keeps the promise to assign 0.7% of spending on overseas development aid by 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41566/13]

Human Rights Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has contacted the Russian Government and if not, if he will give a commitment to contact the Russian Government regarding the appalling conditions faced by Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of the Russian punk group, Pussy Riot, who has gone on hunger strike at what she calls gulag like prison conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41181/13]

Foreign Conflicts

Richard Boyd Barrett

58. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the plight of the five fishermen (details supplied) who have been sentenced to one year imprisonment by an Egyptian court for fishing in Egyptian waters in a desperate attempt to feed their families; if he will raise the issue with his Egyptian counterpart and urge for their immediate release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41182/13]