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Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Richard Boyd Barrett
12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Chancellor Merkel on 20 March 2018. [13943/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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Immigration Status
Richard Boyd Barrett
73. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if correspondence in relation to persons (details supplied) will be responded to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16368/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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Immigration Status
Richard Boyd Barrett
75. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for naturalisation; the reason for the delay in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16369/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
926. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the length of time the women's refuge in Rathgar has been closed; his plans to re-open same; his further plans to open other women's refuges in the Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16155/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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Health Services Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
929. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry to ensure that new medicines are available to persons with MS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16163/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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Mental Health Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
955. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans for a redress scheme for persons who were forcibly committed by the State prior to the enactment of the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16362/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
1326. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time the women's refuge in Rathmines has been closed; when it is planned to reopen; her plans to open additional refuges in the Dublin region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16389/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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JobPath Programme
Richard Boyd Barrett
1461. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consequences for a jobseeker who does not want to sign a contract with a private company for a JobPath scheme or similar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16356/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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Appointments to State Boards
Richard Boyd Barrett
1506. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether it is a conflict of interest that a person (details supplied) is also a board member of an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15022/18]
Thu, 29 Mar 2018
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Schools Facilities
Richard Boyd Barrett
48. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the recent efforts he has made to assist a school (details supplied) in its ongoing campaign to ensure the future of its playing pitches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14273/18]
Thu, 29 Mar 2018
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Third Level Fees
Richard Boyd Barrett
58. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there should be a move towards the elimination of all third level education fees in the interest of ensuring accessibility for all to further education (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14272/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
oral
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Richard Boyd Barrett
9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the United States of America and the meetings he had. [12830/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Departmental Correspondence
Richard Boyd Barrett
27. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the system used by his Department for dealing with correspondence. [12831/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Middle East Issues
Richard Boyd Barrett
88. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent report that Israel is responsible for a 2007 air strike on a Syrian nuclear reactor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14032/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Human Rights
Richard Boyd Barrett
93. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the issue of the continued incarceration of a person (details supplied) in an Israeli prison and the recent ruling against an open trial with his counterparts across Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14031/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Human Rights
Richard Boyd Barrett
96. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the UNHCR reports presented at the recent Human Rights Council that outline the way in which living conditions across the West Bank and Gaza have worsened in particular for children over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14030/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Ministerial Travel
Richard Boyd Barrett
105. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14029/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Official Engagements
Richard Boyd Barrett
115. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent trip to the United States of America and the meetings he had there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11336/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Syrian Conflict
Richard Boyd Barrett
116. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider calling in the Russian ambassador to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria and eastern Ghouta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11337/18]
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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Social Welfare Code
Richard Boyd Barrett
259. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the rate of PRSI payable is the same for S class self-employed persons at 4% and A1 class employees; if so, the reason they are not entitled to the same social welfare benefits, in particular jobseeker's benefit; her plans to extend the same benefits to self employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14401/18]