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Thu, 3 May 2018
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Constitutional Amendments
Richard Boyd Barrett
209. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the referendum campaign on the eighth amendment to the Constitution. [18890/18]
Wed, 2 May 2018
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Media Mergers
Richard Boyd Barrett
3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee at which communications and media mergers are discussed; and when it last met. [18889/18]
Wed, 2 May 2018
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Medical Card Eligibility
Richard Boyd Barrett
114. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount it would cost to award medical cards to persons with a recognised disability who do not qualify due to means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19140/18]
Wed, 2 May 2018
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Free Travel Scheme Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
169. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to award travel passes to persons who do not qualify due to means; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19139/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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Departmental Functions
Richard Boyd Barrett
6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international, European Union and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [18888/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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Child Protection
Richard Boyd Barrett
46. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a recent article and documentary detailing the alleged mishandling of disclosures of serious abuse at a service (details supplied); the measures being taken by her Department in relation to staff and board members for allegedly misleading investigators and victims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18894/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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Child Protection
Richard Boyd Barrett
57. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has had engagement with a service (details supplied) in view of alleged mishandling of disclosures of abuse detailed in a recent article and documentary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18895/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Richard Boyd Barrett
375. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if children born in mother and baby homes will be eligible for redress to address the psychological impact of having been separated from their birth mothers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18590/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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Homeless Persons Supports
Richard Boyd Barrett
423. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures available from her Department to assist a person (details supplied) in order to extricate themselves from homelessness; her plans to address this anomaly for persons under 25 years of age in similar situations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18920/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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Working Family Payment Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
429. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families in receipt of family income supplement or FIS in circumstances in which the worker is employed in the public sector or the semi-State sector by public or semi-State areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19025/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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Labour Activation Programmes Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
436. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage and number of unskilled workers over 50 years of age who received full-time employment through Turas Nua from April 2016 to April 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19116/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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Housing Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
459. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans for families who availed of the affordable housing scheme and now need to move due to geographical or family size but are not in a position to increase their mortgage and the clawback is still owing to the council in view of the fact that there is no follow-on to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18919/18]
Thu, 26 Apr 2018
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Disability Services Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
126. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the closure of 12 hospital beds at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, in January 2018; when these beds will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18336/18]
Wed, 25 Apr 2018
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Waste Management
Richard Boyd Barrett
66. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with his counterparts in Europe regarding the growing international movement to combat plastics pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14028/18]
Wed, 25 Apr 2018
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Social Welfare Payments Administration
Richard Boyd Barrett
230. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if original bank statements are required in order for her Department to carry out a means test; if information on statements is allowed to be redacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18138/18]
Wed, 25 Apr 2018
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Community Employment Schemes Places
Richard Boyd Barrett
234. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a concession will be made for a person (details supplied) to continue their community employment scheme onto the service support scheme until retirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18282/18]
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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Economic Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the national policy statement on the bioeconomy recently published by his Department. [17789/18]
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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Harbour Authorities
Richard Boyd Barrett
40. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has reviewed the risk assessment report and the due diligence report into Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company received by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; his views on these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17784/18]
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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Harbour Authorities Staff
Richard Boyd Barrett
41. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the pay, conditions and pensions of the staff of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company will not be undermined in the course of the transfer of the company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17788/18]
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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Harbour Authorities Staff
Richard Boyd Barrett
60. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the contract of a person (details supplied) was recently renewed; if so, the duration of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17787/18]