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Wed, 25 May 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme
Richard Boyd Barrett
53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection to make the rent allowance scheme available to low-paid workers in order to ensure tenancy sustainment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11643/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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State Pension (Contributory)
Richard Boyd Barrett
183. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [11911/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Motor Tax
Richard Boyd Barrett
345. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy of the Road Safety Authority on driving test participants' cars being taxed. [11997/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Harbours and Piers
Richard Boyd Barrett
611. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the decision his Department has made or that is pending on the governance of Dún Laoghaire Harbour under the Harbours Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11878/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Harbours and Piers
Richard Boyd Barrett
612. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a copy of the due diligence that is, or has been, carried out in relation to Dún Laoghaire Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11879/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Adoption Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
622. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to request Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to establish a task force to process retrospective cases so that persons seeking information about ancestors in care will have a specific point of contact. [11270/16]
Thu, 19 May 2016
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Teachers' Remuneration
Richard Boyd Barrett
14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills to review the pay of teachers and ensure that new entrants are paid the same as those who were previously employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10767/16]
Thu, 19 May 2016
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Teachers' Remuneration
Richard Boyd Barrett
21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse the changes that see new-entrant teachers being paid at a different rate to previously employed teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10766/16]
Wed, 18 May 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
Richard Boyd Barrett
124. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the rent allowance scheme. [10883/16]
Wed, 18 May 2016
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Public Sector Staff Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
138. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a breakdown of salaries across the public service, including the number of employees affected by financial emergency measures in the public interest who are earning up to €22,000, from €22,001 to €30,000, €30,001 to €40,000, €40,001 to €50,000, €50,001 to €60,000, €60,001 to €70,000, €70,001 to €100,000, €100,000 to €120,000 and €120,000 to €500,000. [10882/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Independent Review Mechanism
Richard Boyd Barrett
26. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to commit to a full-sworn commission of inquiry into allegations of rape and abuse made by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10148/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Stardust Fire
Richard Boyd Barrett
39. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to acknowledge the new evidence that was presented to her before the dissolution of the Thirty-first Dáil in relation to the cause of the fire in the Stardust tragedy; to agree to the request of the Stardust families for a new commission of inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10149/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Legislative Programme
Richard Boyd Barrett
81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; if the regulator has been established, the name of the regulator; and the procedure for lodging a complaint. [9367/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Tax Reliefs Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
217. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the amount of income tax foregone in each of the years 2011 to 2016, to date, and the projected amount in 2017 through tax breaks on private health insurance; the income brackets of the beneficiaries of these tax breaks, by every €10,000 of earned income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10418/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Home Care Packages Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
883. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to roll out intensive home care packages in south County Dublin under the national dementia strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10416/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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National Strategy on Dementia
Richard Boyd Barrett
884. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the amount of the health budget he is ring-fencing for the dementia strategy and if he should give an automatic entitlement to a medical card to all dementia sufferers [10417/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
901. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres per county; the number and profession of all staff within each primary care centre; the service categories provided in each primary care centre in tabular form; and if these staff are directly employed by the State or private providers. [10457/16]
Wed, 27 Apr 2016
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Housing Assistance Payment
Richard Boyd Barrett
97. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the housing assistance payment limit will be raised to an extra €125 per month for a person (details supplied). [8555/16]
Wed, 27 Apr 2016
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Social and Affordable Housing
Richard Boyd Barrett
98. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, further to his letter to a person (details supplied), his Department reached the 2015 targets including the 2,000 rental accommodation scheme tenancies; if these tenancies were new tenancies or renewed tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8556/16]
Wed, 27 Apr 2016
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Housing Assistance Payment
Richard Boyd Barrett
99. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 20 April 2016, the reason only 19 authorities are rolling out housing assistance payment for all households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8557/16]