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Tue, 9 May 2023
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Mortgage Interest Rates
Richard Boyd Barrett
89. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a cap on mortgage interest rates to prevent mortgage holders and families being impoverished by rising interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21568/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Tax Reliefs
Richard Boyd Barrett
92. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the recent examination of the section 481 film tax credit by the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight, and in particular the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) about the use of buy-out contracts by producer companies on the intellectual property rights of performers and the issues raised by film crew representatives about the failure of producer companies to vindicate employment rights; and if he will address these concerns through changes to the film credit. [21572/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Richard Boyd Barrett
383. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if hardship funds are available for victims of domestic violence who are left in financial trouble after leaving their abusive partner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21076/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Richard Boyd Barrett
384. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection how An Post will rectify deductions made in errors to the extra cost-of-living Department of Social Protection payment of €200 for some recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21083/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Richard Boyd Barrett
428. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when a catering assistant who worked in a nursing home all through the pandemic for a company (details supplied) will receive their pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20467/23]
Thu, 27 Apr 2023
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Residential Institutions
Richard Boyd Barrett
249. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education whether she has any plans to re-open the residential institutions redress in order to accommodate those people who, due to the nature of their personal trauma, were unable to apply before the deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19975/23]
Thu, 27 Apr 2023
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Housing Schemes
Richard Boyd Barrett
292. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the exact date on which the first-home affordable purchase shared equity scheme will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20003/23]
Wed, 26 Apr 2023
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Child Poverty
Richard Boyd Barrett
9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the proposed child poverty unit in his Department. [19371/23]
Wed, 26 Apr 2023
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School Accommodation
Richard Boyd Barrett
92. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the legal basis on which she can refuse to answer Parliamentary Question No. 670 of 21 March 2023 in relation to the annual rental costs for the current temporary accommodation and site of a school (details supplied); if such a request for those costs is not disclosed, how oversight and transparency on the expenditure of these public funds are to be achieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19732/23]
Wed, 26 Apr 2023
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Forestry Sector
Richard Boyd Barrett
134. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 282 and 292 of 23 February 2023, while noting his acknowledgement of the recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General Report for 2018 that the previous cost-benefit analysis for State Aid for forestry 2014-2021 failed to account for a number of factors, the reason he does not specifically address the recommendation to include the cost to the State of the final tax-free sales of forestry; if he can provide an assurance that this specific recommendation of the Comptroller and Auditor General has been accepted by his officials and forms part of the cost-benefit analyses of Irish forestry undertaken in the context of Ireland's current application for approval by the European Commission of State aid to Irish forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19660/23]
Wed, 26 Apr 2023
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Forestry Sector
Richard Boyd Barrett
135. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 23 February 2023, while noting his announcement that he is 'reassessing its policy with regard to future afforestation on organic soils and that this will be informed by the UN Global Peatlands Assessment', if he will re-examine his reply in the context of this report's recommendations to set a depth-defining peat (organic) soils at 10 centimetres to avoid GHG emissions, and as in his reply it was stated that 'applying a depth threshold that is based on the carbon stocks associated with tropical forests and wetlands is not appropriate' (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19661/23]
Wed, 26 Apr 2023
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Forestry Sector
Richard Boyd Barrett
139. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are concerns within his Department regarding health and safety issues regarding rotten ash trees breaking off and falling within plantations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19723/23]
Wed, 26 Apr 2023
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Forestry Sector
Richard Boyd Barrett
140. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will immediately and without further bureaucracy or prejudice grant permission to remove rotten ash trees resulting from chalara fraxinea, ash dieback disease affected this year, given the serious health and safety risks associated with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19724/23]
Wed, 26 Apr 2023
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Forestry Sector
Richard Boyd Barrett
141. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal position regarding liability where dead or rotten ash plants within plantations fall causing injury; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19725/23]
Wed, 26 Apr 2023
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Disabilities Assessments
Richard Boyd Barrett
150. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 8 February 2023, if he will provide an update on an assessment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19879/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Departmental Strategies
Richard Boyd Barrett
2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the current situation in regard to the development of a national security strategy. [18277/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will meet next. [18278/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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European Council
Richard Boyd Barrett
24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the European Council. [18279/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Energy Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
145. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 8 February 2023, if a solution has been found yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19199/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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State Examinations
Richard Boyd Barrett
245. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the plans in place to avoid delays in the Leaving Certificate results this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18910/23]