Parliamentary questions

Energy Prices

Richard Boyd Barrett

173. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the protections that are in place for district heating customers who pre-pay for gas in order to prevent any disconnection of service if they cannot pay their bills this winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59100/22]

Public Sector Pay

Richard Boyd Barrett

246. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that the recent increase of 1% effective from 1 October 2022 under the Building Momentum agreement due to retired civil servants who are on an off-point scale may not be paid until the end of Q1 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59058/22]

Research Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

541. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update and the date on which all Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council PhDs will receive the promised Q4 €500 payment as specified in Budget 2023 (details supplied); if this date is not in Q4 of 2022 as promised; the reason that led to it being delayed; the reason that this information was not communicated sooner; the accountability mechanisms that exist within these organisations to ensure that these payments are provided; if the request for clarification from an organisation was received; when it will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59463/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

779. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the State-owned forestry company Coillte is partnering in a joint venture with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59064/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

780. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte is headhunting foresters from the private sector to service new initiatives in conjunction with UK-based institutional investment funds for the purchase of land for afforestation in Ireland; if this is in line with Government policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59065/22]

School Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

70. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the up-to-date report on both the temporary and permanent plans for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57934/22]

School Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the way that she intends to address the recruitment issues in schools, particularly in the cities and the commuter belt around Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57935/22]

Programme for Government

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [54848/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe last met. [54849/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the new British Prime Minister. [57448/22]

Middle East

Richard Boyd Barrett

98. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention was drawn to the disrespect shown to the Irish flag by the Israeli occupation forces, acting on behalf of the Israeli government, during its raid on the Ramallah offices of a human rights organisation (details supplied); if so, if he conveyed his objections to the Israeli government through diplomatic channels; if his attention was not drawn to this, if he will immediately convey his objections and report back to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58202/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the European Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager. [53575/22]

Departmental Offices

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if a climate action unit has been established in his Department. [54847/22]

European Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

17. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Council meeting held on 20 and 21 October 2022. [57446/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

396. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the status of plans for a school (details supplied) in line with their processes for new schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57631/22]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the concerns recently raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the buy-out contracts and inadequate remuneration for actors and performers in relation to their intellectual property rights on publicly-funded film productions and the concerns raised by representatives of film crew about blacklisting and the lack of rights for workers on publicly-funded film productions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56981/22]

Budget 2023

Richard Boyd Barrett

63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason there was a reduction in the budget allocation for arts and culture in budget 2023; the implications of such a reduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56982/22]

Electric Vehicles

Richard Boyd Barrett

138. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will investigate the delay in the grant payment under the electric small public service vehicle scheme 2022 to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57051/22]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

153. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the tax liability there would be for an Irish Citizen receiving a gift from a Canadian citizen, who is their sister, resident in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57066/22]

Government Communications

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government Information Service unit of his Department. [54841/22]

Sustainable Development Goals

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the senior officials group chaired by his Department to provide a strategic overview of the implementation of the sustainable development goals. [54840/22]

Defence Forces

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [54842/22]

Human Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

94. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that Ireland has taken to address human rights violations in Bahrain at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva; the actions that he has taken to request the release of all the political prisoners in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56813/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

119. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if school caretakers who worked during the pandemic are included in the Covid bonus payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56776/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

149. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address the case of a student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56770/22]

Legal Aid

Richard Boyd Barrett

164. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice when the threshold for free legal aid was last reviewed; if there are any plans to review it in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56867/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting of the European Council in Prague. [53576/22]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [53229/22]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Housing for All progress report for quarter 3 of 2022 will be published. [53577/22]

Public Sector Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans his Department has to address the crisis in recruitment across multiple areas of the public sector; if these plans include changes to pay scales or other allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56463/22]

Building Regulations

Richard Boyd Barrett

266. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address a matter regarding a complaint made to the Ombudsman Office concerning a breach of a statutory requirement, under section 53(1) of the Building Control Act 2007 by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56252/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Boyd Barrett

374. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56170/22]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

452. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an EU student resident in Ireland for the past three years is eligible for the free fees Initiative if their parents are resident in Romania; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56318/22]

Public Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

72. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure there is a fully integrated, fully accessible transport system across the country, including a door-to-door service and that this would be covered by the free transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55023/22]

Public Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

88. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport his plans regarding the chronic problems with delays and no shows (details supplied) on routes across the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55024/22]

Vacant Properties

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the basis on which his Department set the new vacant home tax at three times the value of the LPT; his views on whether it will be adequate to bring vacant homes back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55850/22]

Tax Reliefs

Richard Boyd Barrett

134. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to address the concerns, recently raised by an organisation (details supplied), that those in receipt of section 481 tax relief are not compliant with the EU's copyright directive in relation to the intellectual property rights of actors and performers and the remuneration that they should receive for their work in films funded by the relief; and further the issues raised by film crew that the DAC structure in Irish film productions funded by section 481 makes vindication of film workers' rights under the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 impossible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55854/22]

Tax Reliefs

Richard Boyd Barrett

144. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce an amendment to section 481 that clearly establishes that the producer company who receives tax relief under this section must be the legally responsible employer for all those who are employed on section 481-funded film productions rather than the DAC, which only has a transitory existence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55851/22]

Tax Credits

Richard Boyd Barrett

156. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the new renter's tax credit is adequate to support renters given the extraordinarily high level of rents; if he will ensure all renters can avail of this credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55853/22]

Vacant Sites

Richard Boyd Barrett

160. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed report on the effectiveness of the vacant site levy; if he needs to reconsider the timeline and the rate of the new zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55852/22]

Departmental Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for processing Maritime Area Consent applications in his Department currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55021/22]

Energy Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

62. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure that district and communal heating systems can be regulated by the CRU to ensure fair pricing for those who have these systems and to ensure that these customers are also able to switch to another provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55022/22]

Public Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

218. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will take responsibility for ensuring fully accessible transport, including door-to-door services, under his remit to ensure full accessibility and that such services would be covered under the free travel scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55083/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

645. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for someone in receipt of deserted wife’s benefit who is not working and not being eligible for fuel allowance or living-alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54438/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

712. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if an applicant who pays extra costs for a spouse in a nursing home on the nursing home support scheme can have these costs disregarded in a means test for fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55292/22]

Departmental Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

833. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she will request information from the Revenue Commissioners on the total amount remitted by investors of the immigrant investor programme to Ireland before they became resident in Ireland since 2012; the total amounts remitted each year since the inception of the scheme; and the total amount of tax collected from visa holders under the immigrant investor programme. [55087/22]

Departmental Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

872. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the total amount remitted by investors of the immigrant investor programme to Ireland before they became resident in Ireland since 2012; the total amounts remitted each year since the inception of the scheme; and the total amount of tax collected from visa holders under the programme. [55084/22]

Departmental Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

873. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details and a copy of the second phase of an external completed review report into the immigrant investors programme (details supplied). [55085/22]

Home Help Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

1185. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the specifics that the core home support service entails; the location where this information is available; the maximum number of hours per day that can be availed of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55251/22]

Industrial Relations

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will honour the agreement made by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) and introduce amending legislation in order that fishers can submit complaints under SI 709/2003 and its successor, SI 672/2019, relating to excessive working hours and insufficient breaks and rest periods, to the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51490/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [53228/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the UN General Assembly. [51711/22]

Departmental Strategies

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [53227/22]

Departmental Offices

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [51712/22]

Bus Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

222. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will investigate the poor service provided by company (details supplied) on many of its routes, including late and cancelled services and no updates on the app; the steps that can be taken to improve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53051/22]

Homeless Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

311. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes that local authorities have bought with tenants in situ; the number of local authorities that are in the process of buying same; the number that have made enquiries in relation to buying same broken down by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53030/22]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

315. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all housing estates and properties not under the purview of local authorities; the number of units and residencies individually affected in Dún Laoghaire, Rathdown and across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53049/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

441. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52898/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

457. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if illness benefit recipients will the receive the November 2022 cost-of-living double payment; and if not, if she will outline the rationale behind that decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53120/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

105. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the action that he intends to take concerning the ongoing inability to staff the disability network teams; the impact that is having on early intervention for children with developmental delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50101/22]

Citizens' Assembly

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a timeline for future citizens’ assemblies. [50103/22]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, NESC. [50104/22]

Departmental Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [51710/22]

Departmental Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

92. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of the arms industry companies from Ireland and other parts of the world that attended the recent 6 October 2022 arms fair, organised by the Department of Defence in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52081/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

274. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the call from a group (details supplied) for forest premiums in the next forestry programme not to be available to large scale institutional forestry investment funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52086/22]

Economic Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [48746/22]

Economic Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [49963/22]

Social Dialogue

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue unit of his Department. [50102/22]

Third Level Costs

Richard Boyd Barrett

81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he recognises the need to remove all fees for and financial barriers to further and higher education given the shortage of graduates and postgraduates across multiple sectors of Ireland’s economy and public services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51823/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

111. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that he intends to take to address the inequality in and the inadequacy of stipends across PhD research students which is now exacerbated by the recent Budget 2023 increase of €500 only to those in receipt of SFI and IRC stipends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51700/22]

Student Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

116. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address the chronic shortage of affordable accommodation for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51703/22]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

127. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will abolish the fees for graduate entry medicine programmes, given the chronic shortage of doctors across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51701/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

134. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that all postgraduate psychology students are provided with funded doctorate programmes and to end the discrepancies in funding between clinical, educational and counselling psychologists; if he will abolish all fees for these programmes to address the chronic shortage of these professionals across the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51702/22]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

136. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he recognises the need to remove all fees for and financial barriers to further and higher education given the shortage of graduates and postgraduates across multiple sectors of Ireland’s economy and public services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51704/22]

Energy Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

191. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will devise an alternative process other than the MRPN system for those on sub meters to access the electricity grants to ensure that those who are already struggling do not fall into energy poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51424/22]

Defective Building Materials

Richard Boyd Barrett

262. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will instruct NAMA to urgently pay for the remediation costs of the building defects leading to fire safety and water ingress issues at a location (details supplied); if he will ask NAMA for an explanation as to the reason that it has not done this to date when receivers controlled by NAMA in the neighbouring estate reportedly carried out similar remediation works for defects; if he will investigate whether NAMA have and are currently selling apartments in the complex without informing purchasers of the defects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51095/22]

Military Neutrality

Richard Boyd Barrett

382. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the person who is responsible for inviting four separate NATO-connected warships to visit Cork harbour in recent months; the reason that such invitations were issued; if these warships having been welcomed into Irish ports or allowed to use Ireland’s seas violates the Hague Convention on Neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52044/22]

Military Neutrality

Richard Boyd Barrett

383. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the State has ratified or signed the Hague Convention on Neutrality (V); the plans that exist for Ireland to come into full compliance with the Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52045/22]

Cost of Living Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

607. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if, as an urgent measure, he will look into reforming the need for social work students to do four months unpaid full-time placements, especially in view of the need for more social workers in the country and the current cost of-living-crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51831/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Richard Boyd Barrett

749. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a public appointment with a cardiologist at St Vincent’s Hospital; the average waiting time for a public appointment with a cardiologist when a referring GP submits an urgent request at the same hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51430/22]

Budget 2023

Richard Boyd Barrett

45. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the €400 one-off payment to those in receipt of fuel allowance is extended to those who will become eligible for fuel allowance with the new means test in January 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50098/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Boyd Barrett

52. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that those on so-called short-term social welfare payments will also receive the Christmas bonus and the one-off cost-of-living support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50099/22]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

114. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has had any discussions with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Cabinet in relation to a ban on evictions, given the current crisis in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50100/22]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

43. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 4 October 2022, the reason that karate-class training for children is not “care of the human body” in the same way as yoga and pilates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50440/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [48334/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

20. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with matters relating to justice will next meet. [49961/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [49962/22]

Education Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

68. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she intends to ensure similar funding for educational psychologists considering the shortage of educational psychologists and also the recent announcement of the funding for counselling psychologists’ placements by the Minister for Health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50023/22]

School Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

82. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education her plans to address the crisis of recruitment and substitute teachers in the major urban centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50024/22]

National Car Test

Richard Boyd Barrett

231. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the minimum or optimum number of mechanics who should be employed in each of the 49 NCT centres in Ireland, listed individually; the number of mechanics who are currently employed in each centre; the current average waiting times for NCT appointments in each of the centres to date in tabular and written form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49778/22]

Tax Credits

Richard Boyd Barrett

258. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if renters under a licence agreement will be entitled to the renters' tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49452/22]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

332. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the policy change in his Department with regard to the purchase of HAP, RAS and leased tenancies by local authorities or approved housing bodies, AHBs, in cases in which tenants are in receipt of a notice to quit; if he will provide circulars, memos and or any guidelines issued to the local authorities or AHBs in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50128/22]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

333. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list broken down by local authority, of all HAP and RAS tenancies bought by local authorities with the tenant in situ since the April 2022 circular allowing same to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50130/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

430. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the reason that the application for planning permission for a school (details supplied) was submitted with no up-to-date green measures which is out of line with Government policy and has led to the application being refused by the planners and yet another delay in the delivery of this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50125/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

431. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the reason that the interim application for a temporary school (details supplied) is delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50126/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

432. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the steps that she will take to address the endless delays and disappointments in relation to the provision of a school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50127/22]

Social Welfare Appeals

Richard Boyd Barrett

478. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if an applicant has a right to an oral hearing when requesting an appeal of a social welfare decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49474/22]

Official Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

562. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will meet delegates from a representative body (details supplied) in October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49746/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

579. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that he will take in relation to the fact that the only graduate-entry medicine specific loan has been removed by a bank (details supplied); if he has discussed the matter with the Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50260/22]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

672. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will remedy the lack of services provided to a child (details supplied) after being privately diagnosed with ASD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49815/22]