Parliamentary questions

Social Welfare Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

645. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for someone in receipt of deserted wife’s benefit who is not working and not being eligible for fuel allowance or living-alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54438/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

712. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if an applicant who pays extra costs for a spouse in a nursing home on the nursing home support scheme can have these costs disregarded in a means test for fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55292/22]

Departmental Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

833. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she will request information from the Revenue Commissioners on the total amount remitted by investors of the immigrant investor programme to Ireland before they became resident in Ireland since 2012; the total amounts remitted each year since the inception of the scheme; and the total amount of tax collected from visa holders under the immigrant investor programme. [55087/22]

Departmental Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

872. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the total amount remitted by investors of the immigrant investor programme to Ireland before they became resident in Ireland since 2012; the total amounts remitted each year since the inception of the scheme; and the total amount of tax collected from visa holders under the programme. [55084/22]

Departmental Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

873. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details and a copy of the second phase of an external completed review report into the immigrant investors programme (details supplied). [55085/22]

Home Help Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

1185. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the specifics that the core home support service entails; the location where this information is available; the maximum number of hours per day that can be availed of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55251/22]

Industrial Relations

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will honour the agreement made by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) and introduce amending legislation in order that fishers can submit complaints under SI 709/2003 and its successor, SI 672/2019, relating to excessive working hours and insufficient breaks and rest periods, to the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51490/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [53228/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the UN General Assembly. [51711/22]

Departmental Strategies

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [53227/22]

Departmental Offices

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [51712/22]

Bus Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

222. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will investigate the poor service provided by company (details supplied) on many of its routes, including late and cancelled services and no updates on the app; the steps that can be taken to improve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53051/22]

Homeless Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

311. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes that local authorities have bought with tenants in situ; the number of local authorities that are in the process of buying same; the number that have made enquiries in relation to buying same broken down by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53030/22]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

315. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all housing estates and properties not under the purview of local authorities; the number of units and residencies individually affected in Dún Laoghaire, Rathdown and across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53049/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

441. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52898/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

457. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if illness benefit recipients will the receive the November 2022 cost-of-living double payment; and if not, if she will outline the rationale behind that decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53120/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

105. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the action that he intends to take concerning the ongoing inability to staff the disability network teams; the impact that is having on early intervention for children with developmental delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50101/22]

Citizens' Assembly

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a timeline for future citizens’ assemblies. [50103/22]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, NESC. [50104/22]

Departmental Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [51710/22]

Departmental Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

92. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of the arms industry companies from Ireland and other parts of the world that attended the recent 6 October 2022 arms fair, organised by the Department of Defence in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52081/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

274. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the call from a group (details supplied) for forest premiums in the next forestry programme not to be available to large scale institutional forestry investment funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52086/22]

Economic Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [48746/22]

Economic Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [49963/22]

Social Dialogue

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue unit of his Department. [50102/22]

Third Level Costs

Richard Boyd Barrett

81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he recognises the need to remove all fees for and financial barriers to further and higher education given the shortage of graduates and postgraduates across multiple sectors of Ireland’s economy and public services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51823/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

111. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that he intends to take to address the inequality in and the inadequacy of stipends across PhD research students which is now exacerbated by the recent Budget 2023 increase of €500 only to those in receipt of SFI and IRC stipends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51700/22]

Student Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

116. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address the chronic shortage of affordable accommodation for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51703/22]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

127. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will abolish the fees for graduate entry medicine programmes, given the chronic shortage of doctors across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51701/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

134. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that all postgraduate psychology students are provided with funded doctorate programmes and to end the discrepancies in funding between clinical, educational and counselling psychologists; if he will abolish all fees for these programmes to address the chronic shortage of these professionals across the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51702/22]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

136. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he recognises the need to remove all fees for and financial barriers to further and higher education given the shortage of graduates and postgraduates across multiple sectors of Ireland’s economy and public services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51704/22]

Energy Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

191. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will devise an alternative process other than the MRPN system for those on sub meters to access the electricity grants to ensure that those who are already struggling do not fall into energy poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51424/22]

Defective Building Materials

Richard Boyd Barrett

262. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will instruct NAMA to urgently pay for the remediation costs of the building defects leading to fire safety and water ingress issues at a location (details supplied); if he will ask NAMA for an explanation as to the reason that it has not done this to date when receivers controlled by NAMA in the neighbouring estate reportedly carried out similar remediation works for defects; if he will investigate whether NAMA have and are currently selling apartments in the complex without informing purchasers of the defects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51095/22]

Military Neutrality

Richard Boyd Barrett

382. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the person who is responsible for inviting four separate NATO-connected warships to visit Cork harbour in recent months; the reason that such invitations were issued; if these warships having been welcomed into Irish ports or allowed to use Ireland’s seas violates the Hague Convention on Neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52044/22]

Military Neutrality

Richard Boyd Barrett

383. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the State has ratified or signed the Hague Convention on Neutrality (V); the plans that exist for Ireland to come into full compliance with the Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52045/22]

Cost of Living Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

607. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if, as an urgent measure, he will look into reforming the need for social work students to do four months unpaid full-time placements, especially in view of the need for more social workers in the country and the current cost of-living-crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51831/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Richard Boyd Barrett

749. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a public appointment with a cardiologist at St Vincent’s Hospital; the average waiting time for a public appointment with a cardiologist when a referring GP submits an urgent request at the same hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51430/22]

Budget 2023

Richard Boyd Barrett

45. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the €400 one-off payment to those in receipt of fuel allowance is extended to those who will become eligible for fuel allowance with the new means test in January 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50098/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Boyd Barrett

52. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that those on so-called short-term social welfare payments will also receive the Christmas bonus and the one-off cost-of-living support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50099/22]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

114. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has had any discussions with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Cabinet in relation to a ban on evictions, given the current crisis in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50100/22]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

43. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 4 October 2022, the reason that karate-class training for children is not “care of the human body” in the same way as yoga and pilates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50440/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [48334/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

20. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with matters relating to justice will next meet. [49961/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [49962/22]

Education Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

68. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she intends to ensure similar funding for educational psychologists considering the shortage of educational psychologists and also the recent announcement of the funding for counselling psychologists’ placements by the Minister for Health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50023/22]

School Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

82. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education her plans to address the crisis of recruitment and substitute teachers in the major urban centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50024/22]

National Car Test

Richard Boyd Barrett

231. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the minimum or optimum number of mechanics who should be employed in each of the 49 NCT centres in Ireland, listed individually; the number of mechanics who are currently employed in each centre; the current average waiting times for NCT appointments in each of the centres to date in tabular and written form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49778/22]

Tax Credits

Richard Boyd Barrett

258. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if renters under a licence agreement will be entitled to the renters' tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49452/22]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

332. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the policy change in his Department with regard to the purchase of HAP, RAS and leased tenancies by local authorities or approved housing bodies, AHBs, in cases in which tenants are in receipt of a notice to quit; if he will provide circulars, memos and or any guidelines issued to the local authorities or AHBs in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50128/22]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

333. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list broken down by local authority, of all HAP and RAS tenancies bought by local authorities with the tenant in situ since the April 2022 circular allowing same to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50130/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

430. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the reason that the application for planning permission for a school (details supplied) was submitted with no up-to-date green measures which is out of line with Government policy and has led to the application being refused by the planners and yet another delay in the delivery of this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50125/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

431. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the reason that the interim application for a temporary school (details supplied) is delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50126/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

432. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the steps that she will take to address the endless delays and disappointments in relation to the provision of a school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50127/22]

Social Welfare Appeals

Richard Boyd Barrett

478. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if an applicant has a right to an oral hearing when requesting an appeal of a social welfare decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49474/22]

Official Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

562. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will meet delegates from a representative body (details supplied) in October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49746/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

579. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that he will take in relation to the fact that the only graduate-entry medicine specific loan has been removed by a bank (details supplied); if he has discussed the matter with the Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50260/22]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

672. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will remedy the lack of services provided to a child (details supplied) after being privately diagnosed with ASD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49815/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [48748/22]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the shared island unit. [48333/22]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on progress on Housing for All, which is led by his Department. [44837/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

26. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change will next meet. [48334/22]

Departmental Reviews

Richard Boyd Barrett

324. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will set up an independent radiation therapist review as soon as possible; if he will commit to implementing any recommendations that arise of the review dealing with the recruitment and retention crisis of radiation therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48833/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [46016/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment will next meet. [44835/22]

Public Sector Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

85. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way that he intends to solve the recruitment crisis across the public sector in Dublin given the lack of availability of affordable rents and the high cost of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48394/22]

Public Sector Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

100. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way that he intends to solve the recruitment crisis across the public sector, particularly in the major urban centres given the lack of availability of affordable rents or house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48310/22]

Public Sector Pay

Richard Boyd Barrett

101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact the Croke Park agreement hours are no longer in place; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for many employees in the public sector, the overtime entitlement is based on the rules in place prior to these hours ending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48393/22]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

119. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration he gave to expanding capital investment in areas such as housing, climate and energy savings prior to budget 2023 in order to reduce the need for large current expenditures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48395/22]

Workplace Relations Commission

Richard Boyd Barrett

139. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when legislative change will be made to give the Workplace Relations Commission jurisdiction to hear complaints in relation to the working time at sea directive, as promised by his Department in January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48106/22]

Energy Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

151. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures that will be in place in future Government electricity credits to ensure persons who are on subsidiary meters, yet are paying bills on a full property, will be able to avail of the full grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47896/22]

Energy Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

152. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of apartments and studios in larger buildings that are on subsidiary meters to the main electricity account and therefore not entitled to the full electricity credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47897/22]

Tax Credits

Richard Boyd Barrett

214. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated number of tenants who will benefit from the new €500 rental credit given that the numbers of tenancies that are supported by the rental accommodation scheme, HAP or rent allowance; the numbers of students and low paid workers who do not earn enough to pay tax; the numbers of tenancies that are not registered with the Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48485/22]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

232. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the reason that karate classes for children pay a higher VAT rate than other classes such as yoga, fitness classes and pilates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48468/22]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

302. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to publish the review that his Department has on the social housing income limits; the bodies or individuals that his Department consulted with in the course of carrying-out the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48486/22]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

303. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of all projects currently being progressed by the Land Development Agency; the projected homes to be delivered; the tenure of these homes; the timelines for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48487/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

444. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person with an income under €500 will qualify for the fuel allowance in 2023 if they are in receipt of a local authority pension and are not in receipt of any social protection payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48479/22]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

516. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who will not be entitled to the €1,000 one-off reduction in the student contribution; if he will extend it to all European Union students who have paid fees for the 2022-2023 academic year, whether student contribution or tuition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48488/22]

Third Level Costs

Richard Boyd Barrett

517. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of PhD researchers who will qualify for the €500 stipend increase that he announced in budget 2023; the proportion of PhD researchers that this represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48489/22]

Third Level Costs

Richard Boyd Barrett

518. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of PhD researchers in Ireland; the number of these who are in receipt of Science Foundation Ireland and Irish Research Council-funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48490/22]

Work Permits

Richard Boyd Barrett

537. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice when the results of the review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-European Economic Area fishers will be published; her plans to move these workers to the critical skills list where they can avail of the same rights to apply for a Stamp 4 permission as other migrant workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48102/22]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Richard Boyd Barrett

697. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when the funding for public fertility treatment will commence; if he will provide a definitive date for when persons can access public treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48501/22]

Work Permits

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will add home care assistants to the critical skills occupations list to address the crisis in recruitment for home carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46604/22]

National Car Test

Richard Boyd Barrett

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the reason that the current average wait time for an NCT booking in the Dublin centres is six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46613/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

246. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education when the interim building will be in place for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46802/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

247. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the status of the new building for three autism classes in a school (details supplied); when they will be able to go out to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46853/22]

Widow's Pension

Richard Boyd Barrett

308. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for a working person in receipt of a widow's pension being unable to claim illness benefit if they fall ill; if there are any other benefits available to a person in this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46901/22]

State Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

367. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she intends to reduce the size and capacity of the Criminal Assets Bureau during or after its move to a new premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47469/22]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

498. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the current average processing time for a nursing licence; if his attention has been drawn to any delays in the processing of such licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46893/22]

Public Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport his plans to follow the example of other countries in relation to reducing the costs of public transport and moving to a free and frequent public transport system nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46235/22]

Transport Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

62. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the calls made by taxi representative groups at a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications for supports for their industry (details supplied); his plans to support the calls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46270/22]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

109. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the way that he intends to use the billions in additional revenue now available to him as a result of the surge in corporate tax receipts expected this year; the way that these may be used to combat the ever-worsening housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46268/22]

Budget 2023

Richard Boyd Barrett

129. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is planning any further taxation measures in Budget 2023 to bring the large numbers of vacant and derelict homes into use given the severity of the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46266/22]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Boyd Barrett

70. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the estimated full-year cost of rolling out the in-school and early years therapy support demonstration pilot project in each school across Ireland. [46109/22]

Nursing Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

121. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be moved to a nursing home nearer to their family home in Glasthule, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46163/22]

Energy Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

72. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he can clarify the policy in relation to building a liquefied natural gas terminal in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45744/22]

Energy Prices

Richard Boyd Barrett

97. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will examine the current liberalised energy system and its impact on energy prices; if his Department will look at the policies of other states who have moved to some forms of renationalisation of energy generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45745/22]

Taxi Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

201. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the actions that a taxi driver (details supplied) whose taxi licence expired during the pandemic and was not in a financial position to renew it until now can take to have it renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45915/22]

Energy Prices

Richard Boyd Barrett

224. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty that would be foregone if energy prices were capped as follows: Petrol at €1.75 per litre; Diesel at €1.75 per litre; Electricity at 25c per kilowatt hour; Natural Gas at 8c per kilowatt hour; Oil (kerosene) at €1 per litre. [45818/22]

Social Welfare Rates

Richard Boyd Barrett

381. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing the disability allowance for all recipients to €350 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45838/22]

Social Welfare Rates

Richard Boyd Barrett

382. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing all headline social protection payments to €300 per week, excluding the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45839/22]