Parliamentary questions

Energy Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

65. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how the approximately 60 private households in a location (details supplied) can avail of the electricity grant when their landlord is on a commercial account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5819/23]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Richard Boyd Barrett

344. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if publicly funded fertility care, as outlined in the programme for Government, will include treatment options for single women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5616/23]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

368. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the assessment of needs for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5695/23]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

436. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the services in place for medical card holders and GPs with GMS lists who are seeking to provide vasectomies; if appropriate training is in place for GPs wishing to provide such a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5964/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

495. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can explain the reason a Coillte-owned company (details supplied) based in Clonmel is charging all its Irish MDF customers more expensive prices for its products compared to its customers in England. [6000/23]

Education Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

111. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the regulations and guidelines from her Department for primary and post-primary schools with regard to the operation of any private for-profit companies on school grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5207/23]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

127. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a full report on a school building (details supplied); the details of the reasons for the delay with construction; and if she will outline the plans for September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5206/23]

Child Abuse

Richard Boyd Barrett

345. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps a person should take and who does not want to go to the police, who wants to divulge a historic child abuse case, that took place in a Dublin boys home in the 1970s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5284/23]

Child Abuse

Richard Boyd Barrett

346. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish a report into child sexual abuse (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5307/23]

Child Abuse

Richard Boyd Barrett

347. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps a person should take who wants to divulge a historic child abuse case, that took place in a Dublin boys home in the 1970s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5283/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he is intending to establish new Cabinet subcommittees. [3075/23]

Ukraine War

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent phone call with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. [4424/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. [3073/23]

Education Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

142. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if there are restrictions and regulations on private for-profit companies operating in schools; if so, if he will provide these restrictions and regulations and any decision-making process attached; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5112/23]

International Protection

Richard Boyd Barrett

167. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any allowance for utility bills can be made for those who are hosting refugees in their homes given the rising costs of energy bills and the pressure this is creating for many families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5111/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the proposed running order of citizens’ assemblies. [4415/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with social protection will next meet. [3074/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with immigration and integration will next meet. [4426/23]

Child Poverty

Richard Boyd Barrett

22. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his views on the creation of a new division within his Department, focusing on child poverty. [4416/23]

Ukraine War

Richard Boyd Barrett

122. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts he intends to make to try and prevent further escalation of the war in Ukraine in his new role as Minister for Foreign Affairs of a neutral country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4456/23]

Passport Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

504. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a passport renewal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4609/23]

Child Protection

Richard Boyd Barrett

514. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the review of safeguarding practices in an organisation (details supplied) has been completed; if so, when will it be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3973/23]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

517. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the advice to be given to a person with an acquired brain injury who is disabled, is a part-time parent to a child with ASD, and needs help when on access visits to manage their child’s behaviour with a suitable organisation to facilitate visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4028/23]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she is aware of the recent hearings at the budget scrutiny committee about section 481 film credit and the concerns raised by Equity about the failure of producer companies to vindicate the rights of actors, performers, directors and writers in respect of intellectual property and EU directives; the concerns raised by representatives of film crew about the failure of producer companies to vindicate their rights in terms of employment legislation, in particular the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003, and whether she intends to take action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3876/23]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to issues raised by film crew at the recent Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight hearings on section 481 tax relief in terms of their vulnerability to blacklisting and failure to vindicate their rights as employees under EU and national law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3722/23]

Arts Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

34. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline plans for the funding of the necessary and planned works for a theatre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3724/23]

Arts Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

42. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she intends to respond to requests made by an organisation (details supplied) for greater Government support for musicians and others working in the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3725/23]

Industrial Relations

Richard Boyd Barrett

47. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to concerns being raised by Equity about the failure of producer companies to vindicate the rights of actors, performers, directors and writers in relation to intellectual property and EU directives and whether she intends to take action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3721/23]

Arts Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

60. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a report on the pilot basic income for artists scheme; if she intends to implement it for all artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3723/23]

Homeless Persons Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

86. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to extend the moratorium on certain evictions after 31 March 2022; the other measures he will put in place to stop the flow of people into homelessness; if those measures will include an increase in the number of Part V property bought, allowing councils and approved housing bodies, AHBs, to buy homes where people have a notice to quit and would be eligible for cost rental, and accelerating the programme to bring vacant homes back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3875/23]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

105. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline his plans to accelerate the servicing of housing land in order that councils can include plans for social and affordable homes on these lands in their targets to 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3651/23]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

122. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is planning to extend the moratorium on certain evictions after 31 March 2023; what other measures will he put in place to stop the flow of people into homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3648/23]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

129. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way he will ensure that all the people now eligible for social housing due to change in income limits will be put back on the list urgently so they will be eligible for allocations as a matter of urgency as many of these people have missed out on allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3649/23]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

173. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide all details of the way he will address the huge shortfall in the delivery of social housing under Housing for All; his plans to address, particularly, the lack of three and four bedroomed family homes in the pipeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3652/23]

Fire Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

216. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the role that his Department has in ensuring that funding is in place to meet the pay demands of the members of an organisation (details supplied) in the retained Fire Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2364/23]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

217. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the National Development Plan commitments on social housing are currently being fulfilled by Housing for All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2366/23]

Care Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

312. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health what options are open to ensure the allocation of a social worker for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3826/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the committee that deals with education will next meet. [3407/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [61331/22]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

91. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of any role or involvement he has in the proposed Coillte-Gresham House deal in relation to the future of Irish forestry; if he will outline the tax treatment of such an investment plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3143/23]

Economic Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

98. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) on wealth inequality in Ireland that found the number of Irish people with individual wealth of over €46.6 million has more than doubled between 2012 and 2022, rising from 655 to 1,435 people, and that the two richest people in Ireland have more wealth than the poorest 50% of the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3110/23]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

114. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports that leading global tax researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Copenhagen (details supplied) have identified Ireland as a major tax haven and estimate that Ireland artificially attracts €130 billion in profits from other countries and gains €7.2 billion in tax revenue from this profit shifting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3109/23]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

122. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent call by an organisation (details supplied) for a wealth tax of graduated rates of 2%, 3% and 5% on wealth above €4.7m, in which the organisation stated that such a wealth tax would raise €8.2 billion annually, with the potential to transform Irish public services in health, housing and education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3107/23]

Grant Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

189. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will advise on how a tenant who is on an electricity sub meter with pre-pay power, where the landlord has a commercial account, can access the electricity grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2989/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

395. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of applications for exceptional needs payments due to financial hardship, by social welfare areas, month by month for 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2998/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

490. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2722/23]

Medicinal Products

Richard Boyd Barrett

608. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the way persons who need continuous supplies of insulin are expected to maintain their health while the supply is difficult to access other than by very minimal amounts dispensed on an emergency basis from overwhelmed hospitals, given that there is a shortage of insulin supplies in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3223/23]

Transport Costs

Richard Boyd Barrett

31. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will reconsider the Government opposition to the provision of free public transport, given his statements effectively scrapping targets for 1 million EVs in the State by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2388/23]

National Development Plan

Richard Boyd Barrett

124. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department has in ensuring the national development plan fulfils plans for expansion of acute, primary and community care in line with Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2368/23]

National Development Plan

Richard Boyd Barrett

154. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department has in ensuring the national development plan fulfils required climate actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2365/23]

Electric Vehicles

Richard Boyd Barrett

170. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he can clarify whether the Government has abandoned targets for 1 million private EV on the roads by 2030; the way targets for cuts to emissions in transport will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62727/22]

Energy Prices

Richard Boyd Barrett

67. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 29 November 2022, when a response will issue in relation to the protections that are in place for district heating customers who prepay 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. [63291/22]

Business Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

70. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he plans to offer supports to SMEs to help deal with the energy crisis and rising costs of commercial tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63348/22]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

313. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the tax implications for a Canadian citizen resident in Ireland who receives a financial gift from their sibling resident in Bahrain; and if he will provide the details of any tax-free allowances and so on associated with same. [63614/22]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

518. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a council tenant in an AHB in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and a council tenant in a council home in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council can be paying different amounts in rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63757/22]

Human Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

601. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland has taken to address the violation of the health rights of political prisoners in Bahrain at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva; if he will demand the immediate and unconditional release of a person (details supplied) who is a prominent activist and leader of the opposition and whose health is deteriorating rapidly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63449/22]

Defence Forces

Richard Boyd Barrett

642. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has considered raising the recruitment age of the Naval Service from a maximum of 27 years of age to a higher age as part of the drive to increase recruitment given many other countries have a much older recruitment age limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63910/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

864. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for the rule that means a person on deserted wife's benefit is not entitled to the fuel allowance or the living alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63758/22]

Community Welfare Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

901. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of hours a week the CWO is available for meetings with individuals in the Dún Laoghaire office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1441/23]

Community Welfare Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

902. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the way that an individual can best make an appointment to see the CWO in the Dún Laoghaire office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1447/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Boyd Barrett

915. 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. [1822/23]

Care Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1344. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 612 of 6 December 2022, when the person (details supplied) will be moved to a suitable facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63881/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

1813. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times he and-or officials from his Department met with Coillte regarding forestry licences in 2022; the dates of those meetings; the participants; the agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63969/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

1814. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Coillte felling licences issued during the term of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63970/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

1815. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the weekly average number of Coillte felling licences issued in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63971/22]

Coillte Teoranta

Richard Boyd Barrett

1816. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the terms of the agreement between Coillte and an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63972/22]

Coillte Teoranta

Richard Boyd Barrett

1817. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the attention of the Secretary General of his Department was drawn to the discussions between Coillte and an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63973/22]

Library Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

1906. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the stage 3 approval for the Stillorgan Library development will be given in view of the fact that the timeline for the development is dependent on the date of stage 3 approval to proceed to tender stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63897/22]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Richard Boyd Barrett

101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he can provide any estimates of the added C02 emissions from current and planned data centres with similar or planned gas-fired generators, in relation to the impact on the State's emissions targets from data centres using gas-fired generators as back-up generators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62726/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on his meeting with President of France. [61289/22]

Departmental Reports

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his views on the new report published by his Department on The Response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2022. [61290/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee that deals with Planning and Marine Development will next meet. [61291/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on transport will next meet. [59252/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

20. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when he will next meet with church leaders. [61329/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

26. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when he will next meet with the social partners. [61330/22]

Company Liquidations

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department's attention was drawn to a £200 million floating charge to a company (details supplied) that was signed off between two other companies on 9 April 2019, and that exactly 12months to the day when the charge became valid, the workers in the Irish branch of the company were sent a generic email to inform them that they were to be made redundant, which demonstrates that the liquidation was planned, pre-ordained and tactical to the parent company and sacrificing Irish workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62132/22]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

248. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if changes in the VAT directive that was agreed in April 2022, which allowed for a reduced rate to apply to the supply of sport or physical exercise classes, have been implemented; and if so, the current VAT rate for the supply of sport or physical exercise classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61978/22]

Medicinal Products

Richard Boyd Barrett

538. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the reimbursement of pyridoxine/doxylamine, whose brand name is Cariban in Ireland, for women with hyperemesis gravidarum to require a prescription from a consultant obstetrician, rather than a GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61689/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

576. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when the long-promised community neurorehabilitation team for CHO 6 will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61858/22]

School Curriculum

Richard Boyd Barrett

55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education when three levels will be in place for the leaving certificate, as is the case with the junior certificate (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61147/22]

Energy Usage

Richard Boyd Barrett

123. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of new smart meters that have had to be replaced due to being faulty since the beginning of the programme; the number of customers that have been charged €400 for requesting a meter check; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60563/22]

Care Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

612. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when a care plan will be implemented for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60552/22]

Local Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a report on the funding streams from his Department to local authorities; if the local authorities will be fully reimbursed for the increase in the pay and pension bill by the recent public sector agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56464/22]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

36. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the discussions that he has had with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the review that is being carried out by his Department concerning income limits for social housing, given the potential impact on the public finances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56462/22]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in the light of the new policy approach which recommends that Councils seek to buy homes with tenants in situ when there are social housing support tenants with notices to quit, he has reviewed the capital funding that will be available to local authorities for these purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56756/22]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

70. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a full report on any submissions or discussions that he has had with the Department Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to expanding its capital programme for the acquisition of homes for social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56465/22]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

84. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way that he decided the capital allocation for housing given that Housing for All targets are being missed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48392/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

89. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will engage with the PhD researcher unions (details supplied) to ensure that all PhD research students receive a living wage income or above via their stipend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60122/22]

Student Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

96. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to ensure students have access to affordable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59753/22]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

122. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to ensure that clinical, educational and counselling psychologists are all able to become fully qualified with funded MAs, PhDs and necessary placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59754/22]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

130. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that every undergraduate and post-graduate student, including those that are not on SFI and IRC funding, will receive the two €500 cost-of-living measures before the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59752/22]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

138. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address the exorbitant costs of graduate entry medicine courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59755/22]

National Risk Assessment

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the national risk assessment. [59243/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [59244/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

34. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the US congressional delegation. [59254/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the COP27 climate change conference. [57447/22]

Ukraine War

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Ukraine will next meet. [57889/22]

Departmental Strategies

Richard Boyd Barrett

20. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [57888/22]

Social Welfare Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

113. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the regulations around the back-to-school allowance to ensure that the allowance is available to a parent even when their dependent is in receipt of their own disability payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59284/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

131. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the eligibility criteria for fuel allowance to ensure that it is available to all recipients of social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59283/22]