Parliamentary questions

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

39. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of reversing the 2023 carbon tax increase and postponing the 2024 increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23527/23]

Universal Social Charge

Richard Boyd Barrett

40. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of abolishing USC for all earners and replacing it with a higher income social charge of 10% on all earnings over €100,000 per year; and the estimated revenue that would be generated by the introduction of this new higher charge. [23528/23]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

41. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of increasing tax bands by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23530/23]

Defective Building Materials

Richard Boyd Barrett

133. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of 100% redress for Mica-affected homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23509/23]

Defective Building Materials

Richard Boyd Barrett

134. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of 100% redress for buildings defects redress-affected homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23510/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

135. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of acquiring one-, two-, three- and four-bed homes in Dublin under the buy-and-renew scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23511/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

136. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of acquiring one-, two-, three- and four-bed homes outside Dublin under the buy-and-renew scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23512/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

137. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated per year cost of planned Part V purchases under Housing for All; the projected cost per unit for one-, two-, three- and four-bed homes; the number planned to be purchased for each year, broken down by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23513/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

138. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated construction cost of building one-, two-, three- and four-bed homes on local authority land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23514/23]

Domestic Violence

Richard Boyd Barrett

139. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost of providing enough women’s refuge places to bring Ireland in line with its commitments under the Istanbul Convention. [23515/23]

Domestic Violence

Richard Boyd Barrett

140. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of refuge places to 300; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23516/23]

Homeless Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

141. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost of providing emergency accommodation for homeless people in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23517/23]

Homeless Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

142. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost of providing emergency accommodation for homeless people in Dublin in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23518/23]

Traveller Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

143. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost of doubling Traveller-specific accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23519/23]

Traveller Community

Richard Boyd Barrett

144. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost of establishing a Traveller ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23520/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

145. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost of increasing HAP limits to the average cost of rents in each area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23521/23]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

146. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full cost of retrofitting all local authority-owned homes by 2030; the estimated average cost per home in 2024; the number to be carried out this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23522/23]

Local Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

147. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of funding local authorities in place of revenue for the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23523/23]

Mother and Baby Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

198. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the resources available to the survivors of mother-and-baby homes once they receive their information; if the social worker quoted in his Department's letter will make themselves available to all who need help deciphering and understanding the information they have been sent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23374/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Richard Boyd Barrett

100. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education to advise exactly when and how schools can apply for solar panels on their schools as part of the commitment the Government gave in September 2022 to put solar on all schools for free; when he expects the first solar panels to be put on the first schools under the commitment made almost eight months ago in September 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22729/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

264. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance when the help-to-buy scheme will be expanded to help private renters who are facing eviction to buy their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22712/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Richard Boyd Barrett

331. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education when and how schools can apply for solar panels on their buildings as part of the commitment the Government gave last September to put solar on all schools for free; when she expects the first solar panels to be put on the first schools under the commitment made almost eight months ago in September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22722/23]

Mother and Baby Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

569. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the plan to pay redress to the survivors of mother and baby homes who satisfy the existing criteria; whether he plans to expand the criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22640/23]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

604. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to advise the reason the podiatry service in the diabetes centre in Loughlinstown Hospital has been removed; whether there are plans to replace it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22393/23]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

635. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health how a non-national physiotherapist (details supplied) can meet work placement requirements enforced by CORU for physiotherapy practice in Ireland if the restrictions will not allow the applicant to carry out the placement in their current place of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22597/23]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

636. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to respond to a formal complaint made against a centre (details supplied) based on the rejection of one of the Alzheimer’s patients attending a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22598/23]

Community Care

Richard Boyd Barrett

637. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the urgent need of a community health nurse assessment by Cabinteely primary care centre for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22599/23]

Research Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

753. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science how the board will be appointed to the new research body that is a merger of the Irish Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland; how funds will be allocated across disciplines and between blue-sky/fundamental research and targeted programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22725/23]

Departmental Reports

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has read the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service, IGEES, housing analytical notes published on 5 December 2022, particularly the Planning Permissions and Housing Supply analytical note; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22159/23]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has relayed to the Government the findings in the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service, IGEES, publication, Housing Analytical Notes, published on 5 December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22158/23]

Public Sector Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

52. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is planning any new measures in Budget 2024 to address the recruitment and retention difficulties across key areas of the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22156/23]

Care Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

251. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details on the reason a respite service (details supplied) is closed for three months; the replacement service that will be available for parents and carers in the meantime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22219/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the circular economy will next meet. [19912/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [21530/23]

Departmental Policies

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [21528/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on European Union and international affairs will next meet. [21529/23]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

52. 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, in particular the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding 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. [21854/23]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

61. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a windfall tax on banks and vulture funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21569/23]

Budget 2024

Richard Boyd Barrett

66. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to make further tax changes in budget 2024 to address the issue of vacant and derelict properties, given the current housing emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21570/23]

Banking Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

69. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will stop the sell-off of two banks (details supplied) and use the State's majority stake as the basis for a publicly owned non-profit banking system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21571/23]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

357. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the treatment available in Ireland to a patient who is suffering from stage four oesophageal cancer which has spread; if no treatment is available, what options are available to the patient to have treatment outside of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18620/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of the United States. [15155/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach how often every Cabinet committee meets, with particular reference to the committees on health, housing and education. [15432/23]

Public Sector Reform Review

Richard Boyd Barrett

22. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have taken place of the strategic foresight and strengthening policy development research project, jointly overseen by his Department. [15430/23]

Bus Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

248. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on when the BusConnects phase for the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown area will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16583/23]

Taxi Regulations

Richard Boyd Barrett

298. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport why taxi drivers legally have to offer card paying facilities, while this method of payment is optional for all other members of the business community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17321/23]

Gender Equality

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on his plans for improving gender equality. [12862/23]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

58. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with the Department of Justice regarding the national review of State supports for PhD researchers in relation to visa and immigration status of non-EEA PhD researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15747/23]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on departmental plans to address inequities that may emerge between State-funded PhD researchers and other PhD researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15748/23]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

80. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will commit to the abolition of all third-level and postgraduate fees in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15749/23]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he intends to allocate the necessary funds in budget 2024 to meet the demands of an organisation (details supplied) for a living wage for all PhD researchers, regardless of funding source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15751/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [11605/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he is planning to publish a Housing for All report with the final figures of housing delivered for the whole of 2022; and when he expects to do this. [15431/23]

Departmental Properties

Richard Boyd Barrett

19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department's resource-efficiency action plan. [15153/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez. [15154/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet committee on health took place. [12864/23]

Departmental Offices

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on the international division of his Department. [11604/23]

School Meals Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

152. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the school meals programme to all schools by 2023; and if she will ensure that these meals are of a high standard and offer both hot and cold school meals. [14163/23]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

316. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regards to those families and individuals who were removed from the council housing lists as a result of income limits but who found themselves back under the limits in January when the limits were increased; the exact dates that apply for applicants getting their time back when they are put back on the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15306/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

323. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline how the tenant-in-situ scheme will work when a tenant’s home is in a different local authority area to where they are on the housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15364/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

324. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how the targets for tenant-in-situ purchases were assigned, and in particular to explain why there has only been a target of 50 homes assigned to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15365/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

325. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a comprehensive list of any regulations or guidelines for the tenant-in-situ scheme, and also for the tenant in-situ-scheme where people are above the housing income limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15366/23]

State Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

577. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the rationale for the setting up of the Firearms Expert Committee, FEC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15029/23]

Tobacco Control Measures

Richard Boyd Barrett

699. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the regulations that are in place for vaping products; if there is any intention of further regulating these products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15030/23]

Departmental Policies

Richard Boyd Barrett

105. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the measures she is intending to bring in to address the high cost of housing which is impacting on the ability of schools to recruit and retain teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14162/23]

School Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

125. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the measures she is taking to address the shortage of teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14160/23]

Education Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

138. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a detailed roadmap with interim targets for achieving the Government's target of 400 multi-denominational primary schools by 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14161/23]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

147. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that the decision to put 58 school building projects on hold (details supplied) has the knock-on effect of further delaying the move of a school from its current temporary location in prefabs to its permanent location, meaning the school has now been waiting 27 years for a permanent home; her views on whether this delay is unacceptable; if she will take urgent and immediate action to prevent this further delay and ensure that the school will be in its permanent location not later than 2025 when it will celebrate its 30 year anniversary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14159/23]

Gorse Burning

Richard Boyd Barrett

377. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 7 March 2023, the area of land covered by gorse and heather and so on, that has been burned nationwide; how many tonnes of CO2 have been released into the atmosphere from the period, 1 September 2022 to 28 February 2023; if this CO2 is included in agricultural emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14455/23]

Church-State Relations

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with church leaders. [12857/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [12863/23]

Job Losses

Richard Boyd Barrett

51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has made contact with a company (details supplied) following its recent announcement in relation to a 5% cut to its global workforce; what this may mean specifically for the company’s employees here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14262/23]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [12855/23]

Departmental Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department. [12856/23]

Health Strategies

Richard Boyd Barrett

21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework. [11606/23]

Work Permits

Richard Boyd Barrett

154. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether a person who is in Ireland on a stamp 3 visa but has a qualification that would entitle them to a critical skills permit can apply for a job from Ireland and still qualify for this type of permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13805/23]

Public Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

268. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the reason, unlike most other sections of the business society, taxi drivers are legally obligated to offer card paying facilities to their customers given that it can often be the case when a driver arrives at some destinations internet is not available which is problematic if the customer has no cash as an alternative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12982/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

423. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of the new initiatives for which he has recently got approval from Cabinet (details supplied) that will assist those with eviction notices to buy their own homes or for their homes to transfer to cost-rental; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12919/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

424. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of data (details supplied) under several sub-headings for each the past ten years, in tabular form. [12920/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

425. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the shared equity scheme to any home that comes under the price threshold and not just designated affordable homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12952/23]