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Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Departmental Correspondence
Richard Boyd Barrett
27. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the system used by his Department for dealing with correspondence. [12831/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Middle East Issues
Richard Boyd Barrett
88. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent report that Israel is responsible for a 2007 air strike on a Syrian nuclear reactor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14032/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Human Rights
Richard Boyd Barrett
93. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the issue of the continued incarceration of a person (details supplied) in an Israeli prison and the recent ruling against an open trial with his counterparts across Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14031/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Human Rights
Richard Boyd Barrett
96. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the UNHCR reports presented at the recent Human Rights Council that outline the way in which living conditions across the West Bank and Gaza have worsened in particular for children over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14030/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Ministerial Travel
Richard Boyd Barrett
105. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14029/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Official Engagements
Richard Boyd Barrett
115. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent trip to the United States of America and the meetings he had there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11336/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Syrian Conflict
Richard Boyd Barrett
116. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider calling in the Russian ambassador to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria and eastern Ghouta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11337/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Social Welfare Code
Richard Boyd Barrett
259. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the rate of PRSI payable is the same for S class self-employed persons at 4% and A1 class employees; if so, the reason they are not entitled to the same social welfare benefits, in particular jobseeker's benefit; her plans to extend the same benefits to self employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14401/18]
Tue, 27 Mar 2018
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State Visits
Richard Boyd Barrett
5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the work his Department is planning to prepare for the Pope's visit in August 2018. [13945/18]
Tue, 27 Mar 2018
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Richard Boyd Barrett
11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with Mr. Donald Tusk. [12829/18]
Tue, 27 Mar 2018
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Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
77. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the way in which Home Building Finance Ireland, HBFI, will contribute to delivering more affordable housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13950/18]
Tue, 27 Mar 2018
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Departmental Communications
Richard Boyd Barrett
104. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that alternative telephone numbers to 1850 and 1890 in all Departments of the Revenue Commissioners are provided in order that those trying to discuss issues with officials are not charged beyond their normal telephone packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13949/18]
Tue, 27 Mar 2018
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European Financial Forum
Richard Boyd Barrett
177. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on his Department's or his involvement in the European Financial Forum. [7006/18]
Tue, 27 Mar 2018
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Tax Reliefs Abolition
Richard Boyd Barrett
193. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his plans to undertake a comprehensive review of all corporation tax reliefs and expenditures to establish if such tax reliefs benefit the public and society or are simply providing a mechanism for extensive tax avoidance and private corporate profit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13629/18]
Tue, 27 Mar 2018
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Mortgage Book Sales
Richard Boyd Barrett
194. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the reason he continues to allow banks, particularly those in which the Government has an ownership stake, to sell mortgage loans to vulture funds; his plans to implement policy changes to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13630/18]
Tue, 27 Mar 2018
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Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
Richard Boyd Barrett
603. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to award free travel passes to persons with epilepsy and their travel companions in view of the fact that many are banned from driving and are advised by doctors not to cycle and not to use public transport unaccompanied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14102/18]
Tue, 27 Mar 2018
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Pension Provisions
Richard Boyd Barrett
604. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the recent decisions to allow homemakers pre-1994 to discount those years from pension calculations will be enacted; when women will benefit from same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14109/18]
Thu, 22 Mar 2018
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Public Sector Pay
Richard Boyd Barrett
11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the status of pay inequality across the whole public sector in view of the shortage of teachers and health staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13010/18]
Thu, 22 Mar 2018
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Public Private Partnerships
Richard Boyd Barrett
21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the recent collapse of a company (details supplied) and previous problems with public private partnerships will lead the Government to review its commitment to such funding models for infrastructure and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13009/18]
Thu, 22 Mar 2018
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Public Procurement Regulations
Richard Boyd Barrett
29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review all areas of public expenditure with regard to public procurement or grant aid which have employment implications to ensure that employment generated from such expenditure is quality employment and that such funding is not used to underpin precarious forms of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13007/18]