Parliamentary questions

Home Loan Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

163. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when further funds will be released to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to facilitate the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22925/19]

Childcare Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to deal with the accelerating crisis in relation to childcare places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22690/19]

Youth Services Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

31. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of future investment in youth supports and infrastructure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22691/19]

Afforestation Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

336. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the progress and projections of afforestation targets and plans in A Programme for A Partnership Government; if the targets are being met; the proportion of new forest planting that is native broadleaf species and single species conifer plantation, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22747/19]

Forestry Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

337. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proportion of forest estate here that is single species conifer and native broadleaf plantation, respectively; the breakdown of the two plantation types between publicly owned and privately owned forests, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22748/19]

Tús Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

441. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider making changes to the Tús scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22292/19]

Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals

Richard Boyd Barrett

461. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being refused rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22480/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met. [20547/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy will next meet. [21770/19]

Climate Change Adaptation Plans

Richard Boyd Barrett

62. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he plans to take to increase the use of public transport in view of the declaration of a climate emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22064/19]

Bus Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

75. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the service provided by a company (details supplied) in south County Dublin has seriously deteriorated since its takeover from Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22065/19]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Richard Boyd Barrett

97. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 14 May 2019, if he will consider the acquisition of centres (details supplied) as potential sites for a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22161/19]

HSE Properties

Richard Boyd Barrett

136. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a centre (details supplied) is still in the ownership of the HSE; if so, if there are plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22160/19]

Ports Merger

Richard Boyd Barrett

206. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a trustee elected by the members of the scheme can be vetoed by the council even though the members of the scheme have always elected two trustees in relation to Dún Laoghaire harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22184/19]

Ports Merger

Richard Boyd Barrett

207. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason the final accounts for Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company have not yet been submitted to his Department despite this being a requirement of the Harbours Act 2015; the action he will take in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22185/19]

Church-State Relations

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his plans for a new relationship between church and State. [20546/19]

Citizens' Assembly

Richard Boyd Barrett

63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for implementing the outstanding recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly. [14251/19]

Climate Change Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

75. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to support the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018 to cease issuing licences for fossil fuel extraction in view of the declaration by Dáil Éireann of a climate emergency and that an end to fossil fuel extraction is a central demand of the climate change movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21790/19]

Passport Controls

Richard Boyd Barrett

115. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the confiscation of the passport of a person (details supplied) by the German authorities while under the care of their legal guardian; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21436/19]

Postal Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

636. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will accept the address point service offered by An Post which is given to homeless persons for use in the context of claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21937/19]

European Parliament Elections

Richard Boyd Barrett

646. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the restrictions on content applied to the freepost election literature to which each European candidate is entitled. [21659/19]

National Children's Hospital

Richard Boyd Barrett

40. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of the plans for a private clinic as part of the national children’s hospital; if the funding of this clinic is included in the latest budget for the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20881/19]

Health Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

44. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if each CHO has enough funding to provide the home and respite care packages necessary for all those in need nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20884/19]

Mental Health Services Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

48. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that funding is made available to a facility (details supplied) in order that it can continue providing care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20885/19]

Health Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

61. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the process for allocating home care packages and respite care is fit for purpose and provides the care needed to the most vulnerable persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20883/19]

National Children's Hospital

Richard Boyd Barrett

77. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the co-location of a private clinic at the national children’s hospital in view of the fact that space at this site is at a premium; the cost of this part of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20882/19]

Prisoner Health

Richard Boyd Barrett

127. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the mental health and substance abuse supports in the Dóchas women's prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21054/19]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

139. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of reduced capacity in the Central Mental Hospital; the way in which waiting lists are being handled, particularly during the transition from Dundrum to the new facility in Portrane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21055/19]

Citizens' Assembly

Richard Boyd Barrett

144. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans for implementing the outstanding recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly. [14251/19]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Richard Boyd Barrett

145. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to allocate additional resources to the health service in view of the recruitment difficulties across the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18072/19]

Vaccination Programme Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

182. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the cost of all vaccines; the vacancies included under the childhood vaccination programmes; the vaccines included under medical programmes; the cost of vaccines that require payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21056/19]

Housing for People with Disabilities Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

264. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the building of new accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21053/19]

European Council Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the EU Council meeting of 10 April 2019. [17788/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee G, justice and equality, last met. [20545/19]

State Aid

Richard Boyd Barrett

88. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions she has had with the European Commission or other European bodies on the possibility of additional funding as a consequence of Brexit; if she has had discussions with the European Union on relaxing of state aid rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18073/19]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

157. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to appoint a clerk of works on all the projects on the current status of large-scale projects list being delivered under the school building programme; if some smaller schools or extensions will not have a clerk of works appointed or sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20503/19]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

178. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 10 July 2018, the status of the steps he is taking to secure a permanent building for a Dún Laoghaire Educate Together national school in order to facilitate the demand for places in educate together; when the permanent building will be ready; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20679/19]

Banking Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

140. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to and his views on whether it is appropriate that a bank (details supplied) as a majority State owned institution, has contracted services from a company that is one of the biggest arms manufacturers in the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19228/19]

School Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

425. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a campaign (details supplied) in particular the demand to be treated like other public sector workers in terms of pay and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20159/19]

Budget Measures

Richard Boyd Barrett

426. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for student registration fees and student hardship in general in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20160/19]

Visa Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

509. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the process for two Cambodian citizens to apply for a holiday visa to visit their daughter and grandchildren, who are Irish citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19338/19]

State Claims Agency

Richard Boyd Barrett

852. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the State Claims Agency will consider a claim (details supplied) that the Legal Aid Board is indicating is statute barred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19314/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Richard Boyd Barrett

905. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when ocrelizumab will be available to persons with multiple sclerosis who were promised access to the drug in January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19511/19]

Prescriptions Charges

Richard Boyd Barrett

906. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce or abolish the per-item prescription charges in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19512/19]

Hospitals Car Park Charges

Richard Boyd Barrett

907. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if hospitals will receive sufficient funding in budget 2020 to ensure they do not charge for parking for patients or visitors to the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19513/19]

Medical Card Administration

Richard Boyd Barrett

908. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some doctors are charging medical card holders for reports such as those needed to apply for a driving licence for persons over 70 years of age; his views on whether the practice is acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19514/19]

Live Exports

Richard Boyd Barrett

1126. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the campaign to stop live animals being transported to Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19195/19]

Electricity Grid

Richard Boyd Barrett

1255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans by the ESB for new smart meters in homes nationally; the cost to the customer for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19515/19]

Fire Service Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

1562. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of front-line staff in Dublin Fire Brigade in each of the years 2014 to 2018; the number of new recruits in each of the years; the cost of overtime for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19463/19]

Residential Tenancies Board

Richard Boyd Barrett

1567. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if in all HAP and RAS tenancies and leasing arrangements between local authorities and landlords the properties are registered with the RTB; if this is a requirement for the landlord to receive payments; the number of tenancies that are not compliant by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19485/19]

Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the impact on public finances of the heavy reliance on leasing, housing assistance payment, HAP and the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, in the housing policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18075/19]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the impact on public finances of the heavy reliance on leasing, HAP and RAS in the housing policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18071/19]

Budget Measures

Richard Boyd Barrett

32. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his priority areas for additional funding in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18070/19]

Value for Money Reviews

Richard Boyd Barrett

34. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to carry out a value for money analysis across the public sector in advance of budget 2020 in respect of outsourcing and agency recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18074/19]

Visa Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

126. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which an Irish citizen who is in receipt of an invalidity pension can apply for a visa for a spouse from the Philippines in cases in which the marriage took place abroad and they have never resided here. [18093/19]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

305. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment, HAP, or rental accommodation scheme, RAS, tenancies nationwide that are former county council owned properties sold through the tenant purchase schemes; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18104/19]

Building Energy Rating Compliance

Richard Boyd Barrett

306. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the avenues open to a person who employed a registered architect who did not carry out their role of assigned certifier leaving their client living in a house which has not been certified since 2015; the number of formal complaints made to an organisation (details supplied) in the past 15 years; the number of architects sanctioned and or struck off following these complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18109/19]

Brexit Preparations

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the role of his Department in preparing for a hard Brexit. [16401/19]

Brexit Negotiations

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversations with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. May. [16746/19]

Brexit Negotiations

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent discussions with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. May. [17789/19]

Taoiseach's Communications

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent conversations with the Prime Minister of New Zealand. [17790/19]

Property Tax Review

Richard Boyd Barrett

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a report on the local property tax review process undertaken by his Department; the reason for the deferral of changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17791/19]

Film Industry Tax Reliefs

Richard Boyd Barrett

80. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if film producers who apply for and receive section 481 tax relief are responsible to ensure that the requirement to provide quality employment and training is met and have legal responsibility for employees and trainees on film productions funded by section 481 and that those legal responsibilities carry over from production to production in cases in which the same producer is involved; his views on whether the resulting number of jobs being created in the film industry is a small fraction of the number previously claimed by industry representatives in testimony and submissions to the Houses of the Oireachtas in view of the annual tax expenditure of €70 to €80 million on section 481; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17825/19]

Film Industry Tax Reliefs

Richard Boyd Barrett

89. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the penalties which will be imposed on film producers in receipt of section 481 tax relief that are found to have breached the legal rights of workers; if these will include withdrawal of the tax relief and other public funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16759/19]

Housing Assistance Payment Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

241. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies paying a top-up to the HAP payment out of all HAP and homeless HAP payments; the value of those top-ups; and the number of these tenants paying a top-up in receipt of a social welfare payment by local authority area. [17956/19]

Middle East Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

71. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he plans to take on the widespread and systematic abuse of the rights of Palestinian children who are subject to military law, arrest and interrogation and not accorded the same rights as Israeli children or the rights that would be expected to be given to children under international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17629/19]

Middle East Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

75. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the outcome of the Israeli Knesset elections with his counterparts in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17628/19]

Middle East Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

77. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures Ireland or the EU will take in response to the decision of the United States of America to recognise the Israeli annexation of the Golan Heights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17630/19]

Human Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

78. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his discussions with his counterparts across Europe on the abuse of women prisoners in Saudi Arabia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17631/19]

Foreign Conflicts

Richard Boyd Barrett

89. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with his European counterparts with regard to complaints by Western Sahara about abuse by Morocco of its fishing waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17632/19]

Passport Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

125. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure the speedy issuing of a passport for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17692/19]

Maritime Training

Richard Boyd Barrett

477. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which a qualified able seaman would update their qualifications and acquire a discharge book in order to return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17238/19]

Planning Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

213. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the process and timeline for the review of the strategic housing developments' fast track planning; the way in which persons can make submissions on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16998/19]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether the current method of providing public funding for the film industry is the most appropriate for delivering quality employment and training in the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16760/19]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 21 February 2019, if she will report on the membership and work programme of the Audiovisual High Level Steering Group; her views on the way in which the group will help to resolve the ongoing disputes and issues across the film industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16761/19]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

42. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to allegations of the blacklisting of workers in the film industry who have raised questions about employment rights and the abuse of public funding in the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16757/19]

Employment Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

44. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she plans to take to improve income and employment security for workers who work in theatres, films and the arts in general; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16758/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with Mr. Donald Tusk. [13970/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with President Macron. [16403/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with Chancellor Merkel. [16402/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

22. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Northern Ireland on 1 March 2019. [15043/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

32. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent trip to the United States of America and the meetings he attended. [13969/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

33. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the issues he raised with President Trump during his recent visit to the White House. [12373/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

36. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E (Health) last met. [12374/19]

Land Development Agency

Richard Boyd Barrett

76. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will provide a full report on the involvement of the Land Development Agency in the development of public housing on a site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16406/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

80. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which the strategic housing development legislation is contributing to the provision of affordable housing in particular in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16408/19]

Housing Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

85. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which affordable homes would be delivered nationally further to his recent circular on affordable housing criteria to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16405/19]

Local Authority Housing Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

99. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans for raising the income eligibility criteria for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16404/19]

Planning Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

123. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has considered legislation that would protect small low-rise communities from losing sunlight from their homes and communities due to high-rise development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16407/19]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

154. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if it is a legal requirement for the Revenue Commissioners to issue P60s by 15 February; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16217/19]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

357. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to adopt the United Kingdom system in which a person having a psychotic or psychiatric episode must be assessed in a hospital before being detained in police custody; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16215/19]

Mental Health Services Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

358. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for psychiatric beds; the number of those in prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16216/19]

Referendum Campaigns

Richard Boyd Barrett

626. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans for implementing the outstanding recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly. [14251/19]

Local Authority Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

627. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding applied for by Wicklow County Council to facilitate the transfer of residents from one area to another (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15748/19]

Employment Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the potential for blacklisting in industries in which there is widespread use of fixed-term contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15660/19]

Employment Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

43. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to allegations of abuse of workers on fixed-term contracts in episodic industries; if she has discussed the role she may play in vindicating the rights of these workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15659/19]

Home Care Packages

Richard Boyd Barrett

122. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his views on whether HSE care company carers should be trained in first aid; and his plans to make it compulsory in particular in circumstances in which the patient in their care is prone to having choking incidents. [15740/19]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

317. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the options he is considering for 12 volunteer centres that are funded below €121,016 which is the recommended amount identified by the report Developing Funding Criteria for Volunteer Centres in Ireland; and the timeline for considering and delivering on those options. [15696/19]

Citizens' Assembly Establishment

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his plans for a citizens' assembly on gender equality. [15044/19]

European Council Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the issues he raised at the European Council meeting on 21 and 22 March 2019. [10925/19]