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Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Housing Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
95. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he now accepts the need for an outright ban on vulture funds purchasing large numbers of new homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7011/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Housing Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
125. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he intends to put in place to ensure availability of affordable homes in south Dublin, in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7012/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Housing Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
138. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take in relation to the cohort of people who earn more than the limit for social housing but are not eligible for cost rental on affordability grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7010/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Housing Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
144. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will immediately raise the HAP and homeless HAP limits, considering the ever increasing numbers entering homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7013/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Homeless Accommodation
Richard Boyd Barrett
153. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is concerned about the increase in family homelessness and the lack of three bed homes coming on stream via the Part V programme; what changes he intends to make to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7014/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Water Safety
Richard Boyd Barrett
409. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to confirm that Ireland has amongst the worst drowning rates in Europe; whether she intends to remedy this by increasing the number of lifeguards employed, ensuring proper training of all lifeguards, extending the months of the year that lifeguards are employed to cover the whole year, and by providing all lifeguards with the necessary equipment, such as radios, all-terrain vehicles and defibrillators, in line with European best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7110/24]
Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Richard Boyd Barrett
1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. [2797/24]
Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Richard Boyd Barrett
15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on his meeting with the President of China. [6660/24]
Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Richard Boyd Barrett
16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on his visit to the western Balkans. [2796/24]
Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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Departmental Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
73. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there has been an increase in the amount of ammunition for automatic rifles expended at the Curragh and the Glen of Imaal army ranges since the beginning of 2021; and whether any of this ammunition was used for training soldiers from NATO countries. [6786/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Departmental Programmes
Richard Boyd Barrett
1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach for an update on the child poverty and well-being unit. [4031/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Citizens' Assembly
Richard Boyd Barrett
10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [4019/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [2807/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Middle East
Richard Boyd Barrett
135. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of reports a Palestinian-Canadian journalist (details supplied) has been abducted by Israeli authorities in Gaza; if he is aware of reports that journalists are being targeted by Israeli authorities in Gaza; if he has raised the issue with the Government of Israel; if he has raised the issue with the Government of Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6071/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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International Protection
Richard Boyd Barrett
470. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the process by which a person who is not currently in Ireland and is in need of international protection would apply for asylum in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6521/24]
Thu, 8 Feb 2024
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Film Industry
Richard Boyd Barrett
4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what measures he is considering to ensure that workers in the film industry who are subject to multiple successive fixed-term contracts, have their rights under fixed-term workers legislation fully vindicated, and have their service to the industry properly recognised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5798/24]
Thu, 8 Feb 2024
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Employment Rights
Richard Boyd Barrett
15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what his role is in ensuring full compliance with employment legislation and workers right in the film TV arts and audio visual sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5801/24]
Thu, 8 Feb 2024
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Low Pay
Richard Boyd Barrett
34. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given the new information from the ESRI on low pay work, if he will consider the abolishment of sub-minimum wage rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5799/24]
Thu, 8 Feb 2024
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National Minimum Wage
Richard Boyd Barrett
66. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given that an increasing number of employers are in breach of national minimum wage laws, but the number of prosecutions is low, how is he going to enforce minimum wage law compliance and if there will be additional penalties to employers for minimum wage law breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5797/24]
Thu, 8 Feb 2024
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Intellectual Property
Richard Boyd Barrett
81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what progress he is making in addressing the concerns of actors, performers, writers and directors in the film and TV industry in relation to fully vindicating their intellectual property rights under the copyright directive and copyright legislation. [5800/24]
Thu, 8 Feb 2024
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Public Expenditure Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
89. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform given the need for large supplementary estimates in health and education in 2023, the steps he will take to avoid underestimates of funding public services; how he is going to monitor the adequacy of funding provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5768/24]
Thu, 8 Feb 2024
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Public Sector Staff
Richard Boyd Barrett
124. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform what considerations he has given to the proposed four day work week across the public sector as raised by multiple trade unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5769/24]
Thu, 8 Feb 2024
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Public Sector Staff
Richard Boyd Barrett
172. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is considering the high cost of accommodation as a significant factor in recruitment and retention challenges; and what considerations will be given to this. [5955/24]
Thu, 8 Feb 2024
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National Development Plan
Richard Boyd Barrett
173. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will consider the establishment of a state-run construction company to assist in achieving the National Development Plan goals and particularly the urgent need to address the housing crisis and critical infrastructure development. [5956/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Central Statistics Office
Richard Boyd Barrett
2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to provide details on Ireland’s annual drowning rate; the way this compares with other countries in Europe; and to provide a breakdown of drowning rates by county. [5178/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Driver Test
Richard Boyd Barrett
73. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the number of permanent staff employed by the Road Safety Authority as driver testers by testing centre; to provide an updated account of the waiting times for driving test applicants by testing centre; to provide a breakdown of the number of contract staff employed as driver testers; the retention rate of both permanent and contract staff employed as driver testers in the RSA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5180/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Joint Labour Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
148. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given that employers, security officers and trade unions had up to 2 January 2024 to enter submissions and that almost one month has elapsed since; when he plans to sign the Security Industry Joint Labour Committee Employment Regulation Order draft proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5467/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Richard Boyd Barrett
182. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the proposed date for the completed construction of the Dún Laoghaire Education Together National School; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5125/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Richard Boyd Barrett
183. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education how the Department is calculating the data which allocates special education teachers and the adjustments made based on complex needs; if the Department has received this data and will report on it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5126/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Legal Aid
Richard Boyd Barrett
345. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the amount that has been spent by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the PIA Review of the Legal Aid Service for 2022 and 2023; the details of these payments; the companies and individuals that received same; the amount received by each company and individual; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5211/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Legal Aid
Richard Boyd Barrett
346. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the amount that has been accrued, but is as yet unpaid, by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the PIA Review of the Legal Aid Service since its inception in 2016 to date; the details of these liabilities; the companies to which they are owed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5212/24]
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
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Public Transport
Richard Boyd Barrett
30. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport when he intends to act on the motion passed by Dáil Éireann in October 2022 in favour of free public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4625/24]
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
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Bus Services
Richard Boyd Barrett
65. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport to outline how he intends to address the impact of the shortage of drivers on the delivery of bus services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4626/24]
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
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Tax Code
Richard Boyd Barrett
86. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the latest projections for corporate tax revenue, given the introduction of 15% effective corporate tax rate for 2024 and 2025; and if he is satisfied that 15% will in reality be an effective tax rate. [4572/24]
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
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Tax Code
Richard Boyd Barrett
98. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a digital tax on digital and social media companies, as an alternative method of funding public service broadband to replace the regressive and widely discredited TV licence model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4569/24]
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
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Data Centres
Richard Boyd Barrett
119. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a specific tax on data centres given their high impact on our energy and resource infrastructure. [4571/24]
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
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Film Industry
Richard Boyd Barrett
125. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the penalties he is considering on film production companies found to be in breach of their requirement and obligation for receiving section 481 film tax credit funding, given the recent Workplace Relations Commission rulings against a company (details supplied) for its failure to uphold the employment rights and blacklisting of 38 film crew; if he intends to undertake an investigation into whether the practices at play in these cases are widespread in the film industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4573/24]
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
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Tax Code
Richard Boyd Barrett
145. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider and introduction of a wealth tax, given recent reports by an organisation (details supplied) and the Central Bank on the wealth distribution showing ever growing concentration of wealth in the hands of the very wealthiest households. [4570/24]
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
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Mother and Baby Homes
Richard Boyd Barrett
342. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the list of Mother and Baby Homes and any other State institutions that are included in the Redress Scheme, and to provide also a list of institutions that are not included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4662/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Legislative Programme
Richard Boyd Barrett
2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [4020/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Middle East
Richard Boyd Barrett
5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the activities of the sole remaining animal shelter in Gaza, Sulala Animal Rescue, and its collaboration with Animals Australia; whether he has raised the issue of animal feed reaching the shelter through the Kerem Shalom checkpoint with the Israeli Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4410/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [4029/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with disability will next meet. [4021/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to provide an update on Housing for All. [2795/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
26. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Cabinet committees on which he sits. [4030/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Richard Boyd Barrett
138. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 17 January 2024, to clarify whether persons excluded from the credit due to low energy usage where they have been occupying the property and are not a vulnerable customer/entitled to be a vulnerable customer or have a financial meter, will be awarded the credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3701/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Electricity Supply Board
Richard Boyd Barrett
233. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to report on when semi-State PAYE pensioners who were not permitted to contribute to the Government pension scheme can expect their pension increase to be paid out to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3997/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Education Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
278. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the grounds there are for the compulsory nature of educational devices in schools; if she is aware of the costs incurred by parents of students for the mandatory devices as well as the mandatory textbooks and other materials; if she will report on the process of contracting suppliers of the educational devices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3998/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Middle East
Richard Boyd Barrett
11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a public statement supporting the South African case against Israel for genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and advocate for Ireland to formally intervene in the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3348/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Middle East
Richard Boyd Barrett
24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what efforts he is making to assist Irish citizens or families with connections to this country who are seeking to escape Gaza and especially those who have contacted him seeking assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3349/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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European Council
Richard Boyd Barrett
6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on the December European Union Council meeting. [2805/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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School Transport
Richard Boyd Barrett
111. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education to outline the process for allocating school buses to schools or to areas within the greater Dublin area. [3120/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Housing Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
135. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will lift the mandatory 90-day period for being declared homeless for HAP tenants if the tenant finds a property before the 90 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3173/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Middle East
Richard Boyd Barrett
193. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if, in light of the worsening humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza, the alarming rate of conflict-related injury and illness affecting children there, the rate at which children are made orphans there, the destruction of Gazan hospitals, and the severe pressures on hospitals in the wider region, he is aware of calls to host Palestinian orphans in severe need of medical care in Ireland; if he is aware of pledges by the United Arab Emirates to evacuate up to 1,000 injured children from Gaza for treatment in hospitals in the UAE; if he is aware of the evacuation of dozens of displaced patients from Gaza to Turkey for treatment; if he is aware of any other medical evacuations of displaced Palestinians to other states; to look into undertaking a similar effort in Ireland; to outline what avenues humanitarians in the region could pursue to see sick and injured orphans from Gaza treated in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3152/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Economic Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on his Department’s new publication entitled Government Response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2023. [53909/23]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Middle East
Richard Boyd Barrett
112. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of reports that a number of Irish citizens are serving in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), in light of Government statements that Israeli actions in Gaza may amount to war crimes, in light of the proceedings against Israel in the International Court of Justice under the Genocide Convention, in light of Ireland’s obligations as a signatory to the latter to take measures both to prevent and to punish the crime of genocide, including by punishing perpetrators, including private individuals, and in light of domestic legislation such as the Genocide Act 1973; his views on whether these individuals serving in the IDF may be in breach of Irish law; if he intends to publicly advise those eligible to serve in the IDF against doing so; his further views on whether it is appropriate for Irish citizens to serve in foreign militaries, particularly where the documented conduct of these militaries might seriously conflict with international human rights law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2768/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Air Corps
Richard Boyd Barrett
153. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if, in light of the French and Jordanian delivery of aid to Gaza using military aircraft, and in light of the fact that it is unconfirmed whether France received permission from Israel to carry out this operation, acknowledging that the Irish Air Corps has similarly capable CASA-CN235 aircraft, and acknowledging the deployment of these aircraft by the State in relief and evacuation operations in response to crisis situations in Ukraine and Lebanon, if he intends to look into deploying Irish military aircraft in operations to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2769/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Film Industry
Richard Boyd Barrett
201. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance what input his Department and the Revenue Commissioners will have in the film industry stakeholders' forum planned for early 2024, given their involvement in the film sector through Section 481; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2403/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Insurance Coverage
Richard Boyd Barrett
211. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the practice of insurance companies refusing to provide building/property insurance to anyone with previous convictions who has an interest in a property and whether he believes this practice would make it far more difficult for ex-prisoners to find accommodation and reintegrate and if he will take action to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2576/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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School Transport
Richard Boyd Barrett
268. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education to facilitate a school (details supplied) with the school bus they were promised to aid students travelling to a location from areas in the previous locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2381/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Film Industry
Richard Boyd Barrett
318. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 5 December 2023, to provide a further progress update on the convening of the film industry stakeholder forum; how the terms of reference for the forum will be formulated; to list the categories of stakeholders that will be invited to attend; whether representatives of political parties from either Dáil Éireann or the Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight Committee will be invited to attend; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2402/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Housing Schemes
Richard Boyd Barrett
331. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if guardianship payments are assessable income for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2887/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Postal Services
Richard Boyd Barrett
136. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to consider establishing an Ombudsman for An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2185/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Work Permits
Richard Boyd Barrett
176. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to reconsider the refusal of a critical skills employment permit for a person (details supplied) in light of the applicant's legal residency in the country as an international protection applicant, and in light of the applicant's Irish Dental Council registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2181/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Housing Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
221. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the guidelines set out in section 4.2.4 of the national guidelines for the assessment and allocation process for social housing provision for people with a disability, in relation to the time scale of processing applications, have a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2289/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Coillte Teoranta
Richard Boyd Barrett
271. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the commitment to keep all Coillte lands in public ownership in the Programme for Government and the claim on Coillte's website that land is available for sale; the steps the Government has taken to ensure that Coillte land is not sold or privatised during the life of this Government. [2182/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Coillte Teoranta
Richard Boyd Barrett
272. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of Coillte's advertised policy on the sale and leasing of public land; how much land has been sold or leased since he became Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2183/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Human Rights
Richard Boyd Barrett
50. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of reports of human rights abuses in Balochistan, Pakistan; if he has taken the matter up with the Government of Pakistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1863/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Middle East
Richard Boyd Barrett
51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to ensure Ireland’s commitments under the political declaration regarding the use of explosive weapons in populated areas are being vindicated in relation to the ongoing bombardment by Israel of Gaza, one of the most densely populated areas on earth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1901/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Energy Usage
Richard Boyd Barrett
124. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason people with low energy usage between July 2022 and June 2023 are being penalised by ineligibility for the electricity credit, as many of these people are on low incomes and are desperately in need of the credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1645/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Richard Boyd Barrett
125. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of reports that the EPA and SEAI are only including Dublin Airport’s on-site operating emissions in their reports, that this would not include emissions driven by its core business (aviation) or any associated road traffic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1659/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Financial Services
Richard Boyd Barrett
351. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance to investigate reports that performing loans with AIB are being transferred to debt collectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1155/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Tax Reliefs
Richard Boyd Barrett
361. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if the help-to-buy scheme will be extended to previous home owners who can demonstrate a housing need which they cannot meet for reasons of breakdown of a relationship, insolvency and so on or whether there is any other scheme available to help with a purchase deposit for this cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1550/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Health and Safety
Richard Boyd Barrett
430. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what recourse an employee has when the regulations on the right to sit in SI. No. 358/1995 are not being adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57322/23]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Departmental Policies
Richard Boyd Barrett
748. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to remedy the adverse effects made to households by vegetation from public and private lands, including the obstruction of natural light; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56639/23]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Housing Schemes
Richard Boyd Barrett
815. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 6 July 2023, whether the statistical data referred to in relation to the tenant-in-situ scheme has been published yet; if not, when it will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1340/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Naturalisation Applications
Richard Boyd Barrett
1093. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1371/24]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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Forestry Sector
Richard Boyd Barrett
419. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 771 of 20 September 2023, if he will now provide the details requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55895/23]
Wed, 13 Dec 2023
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Housing Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
126. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details on the targets and delivery of social and affordable housing, including targets for cost rental, LA or AHB provided affordable to buy and social, since the beginning of Housing for All and the actual delivery of each type up to end of quarter 3 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55692/23]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Public Services will next meet. [55112/23]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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British-Irish Co-operation
Richard Boyd Barrett
16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent meeting of the British-Irish Council. [55113/23]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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Climate Change Negotiations
Richard Boyd Barrett
25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at COP28. [55114/23]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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Driver Licences
Richard Boyd Barrett
221. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport to account for the length of time it takes to acquire a motorbike licence in Ireland; what he intends to do to rectify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55064/23]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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Emergency Accommodation
Richard Boyd Barrett
10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the sharp increase in family homelessness, and what measures he intends to take to ensure that this trend is reversed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54220/23]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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Housing Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
20. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the progress of the cost rental delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54223/23]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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Housing Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
45. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the HAP limits in line with rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54222/23]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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Housing Schemes
Richard Boyd Barrett
78. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline when he intends to bring forward the promised "first refusal" legislation with regard to the tenant in situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54219/23]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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Housing Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what measures he is going to put in place to address those families and individuals in homeless services who are above the income limits for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54221/23]
Wed, 6 Dec 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [53589/23]
Wed, 6 Dec 2023
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Departmental Offices
Richard Boyd Barrett
13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit in his Department. [53907/23]
Wed, 6 Dec 2023
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National Economic and Social Council
Richard Boyd Barrett
21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [53908/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Broadcasting Sector
Richard Boyd Barrett
79. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the Government is committed to ensuring there will be no diminution in the quality and offering of public service broadcasting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53637/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Film Industry
Richard Boyd Barrett
89. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the film industry stakeholder forum will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53634/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Film Industry
Richard Boyd Barrett
92. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media how the film industry stakeholder forum will be instituted and who will be invited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53635/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Bus Services
Richard Boyd Barrett
168. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the reason the 7.45 a.m. service on the No. 7 bus from Brides Glen to the city centre is cancelled so frequently (details supplied); if the matter will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53349/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Childcare Services
Richard Boyd Barrett
475. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will remove the requirement for childcare providers to provide a separate set of financial records to the ones filed with the Revenue Commissioners in the core funding model (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53433/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Middle East
Richard Boyd Barrett
204. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he believes the actions of the Israeli Government with regard to the onslaught in Gaza should be referred to the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50268/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Official Engagements
Richard Boyd Barrett
216. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what efforts he has made with the Israeli Government to end the onslaught in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50267/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Richard Boyd Barrett
383. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) is receiving a reduced rate of social welfare of €129.70; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52213/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Alcohol Sales
Richard Boyd Barrett
415. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice to report on the general scheme of Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022, which seeks to reform alcohol licensing legislation in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52136/23]