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Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [4029/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with disability will next meet. [4021/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to provide an update on Housing for All. [2795/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
26. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Cabinet committees on which he sits. [4030/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Richard Boyd Barrett
138. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 17 January 2024, to clarify whether persons excluded from the credit due to low energy usage where they have been occupying the property and are not a vulnerable customer/entitled to be a vulnerable customer or have a financial meter, will be awarded the credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3701/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Electricity Supply Board
Richard Boyd Barrett
233. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to report on when semi-State PAYE pensioners who were not permitted to contribute to the Government pension scheme can expect their pension increase to be paid out to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3997/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Education Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
278. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the grounds there are for the compulsory nature of educational devices in schools; if she is aware of the costs incurred by parents of students for the mandatory devices as well as the mandatory textbooks and other materials; if she will report on the process of contracting suppliers of the educational devices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3998/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Middle East
Richard Boyd Barrett
11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a public statement supporting the South African case against Israel for genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and advocate for Ireland to formally intervene in the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3348/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Middle East
Richard Boyd Barrett
24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what efforts he is making to assist Irish citizens or families with connections to this country who are seeking to escape Gaza and especially those who have contacted him seeking assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3349/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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European Council
Richard Boyd Barrett
6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on the December European Union Council meeting. [2805/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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School Transport
Richard Boyd Barrett
111. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education to outline the process for allocating school buses to schools or to areas within the greater Dublin area. [3120/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Housing Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
135. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will lift the mandatory 90-day period for being declared homeless for HAP tenants if the tenant finds a property before the 90 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3173/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Middle East
Richard Boyd Barrett
193. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if, in light of the worsening humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza, the alarming rate of conflict-related injury and illness affecting children there, the rate at which children are made orphans there, the destruction of Gazan hospitals, and the severe pressures on hospitals in the wider region, he is aware of calls to host Palestinian orphans in severe need of medical care in Ireland; if he is aware of pledges by the United Arab Emirates to evacuate up to 1,000 injured children from Gaza for treatment in hospitals in the UAE; if he is aware of the evacuation of dozens of displaced patients from Gaza to Turkey for treatment; if he is aware of any other medical evacuations of displaced Palestinians to other states; to look into undertaking a similar effort in Ireland; to outline what avenues humanitarians in the region could pursue to see sick and injured orphans from Gaza treated in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3152/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Economic Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on his Department’s new publication entitled Government Response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2023. [53909/23]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Middle East
Richard Boyd Barrett
112. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of reports that a number of Irish citizens are serving in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), in light of Government statements that Israeli actions in Gaza may amount to war crimes, in light of the proceedings against Israel in the International Court of Justice under the Genocide Convention, in light of Ireland’s obligations as a signatory to the latter to take measures both to prevent and to punish the crime of genocide, including by punishing perpetrators, including private individuals, and in light of domestic legislation such as the Genocide Act 1973; his views on whether these individuals serving in the IDF may be in breach of Irish law; if he intends to publicly advise those eligible to serve in the IDF against doing so; his further views on whether it is appropriate for Irish citizens to serve in foreign militaries, particularly where the documented conduct of these militaries might seriously conflict with international human rights law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2768/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Air Corps
Richard Boyd Barrett
153. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if, in light of the French and Jordanian delivery of aid to Gaza using military aircraft, and in light of the fact that it is unconfirmed whether France received permission from Israel to carry out this operation, acknowledging that the Irish Air Corps has similarly capable CASA-CN235 aircraft, and acknowledging the deployment of these aircraft by the State in relief and evacuation operations in response to crisis situations in Ukraine and Lebanon, if he intends to look into deploying Irish military aircraft in operations to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2769/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Film Industry
Richard Boyd Barrett
201. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance what input his Department and the Revenue Commissioners will have in the film industry stakeholders' forum planned for early 2024, given their involvement in the film sector through Section 481; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2403/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Insurance Coverage
Richard Boyd Barrett
211. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the practice of insurance companies refusing to provide building/property insurance to anyone with previous convictions who has an interest in a property and whether he believes this practice would make it far more difficult for ex-prisoners to find accommodation and reintegrate and if he will take action to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2576/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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School Transport
Richard Boyd Barrett
268. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education to facilitate a school (details supplied) with the school bus they were promised to aid students travelling to a location from areas in the previous locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2381/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Film Industry
Richard Boyd Barrett
318. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 5 December 2023, to provide a further progress update on the convening of the film industry stakeholder forum; how the terms of reference for the forum will be formulated; to list the categories of stakeholders that will be invited to attend; whether representatives of political parties from either Dáil Éireann or the Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight Committee will be invited to attend; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2402/24]