Parliamentary questions

Public Expenditure Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

40. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to recent revelations as to the way in which public money may have been misspent and the way in which there may have been a lack of governance in this spending in some third level institutions, the new measures he is planning to put in place to ensure proper oversight of expenditure across all public bodies and institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26273/17]

Teachers' Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

96. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the Government's timeframe to end the pay inequality that teachers endure, in view of the fact that it has now been six years of discrimination (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26319/17]

State Bodies Mergers

Richard Boyd Barrett

113. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason he and the Citizens Information Board are proceeding with the restructuring programme of MABS and the CIS despite the results of the Dáil Éireann motion and before the publication of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26326/17]

Legal Costs

Richard Boyd Barrett

124. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the oversights in place in terms of the expenditure of publicly funded bodies on legal defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26272/17]

Brexit Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will ensure that Ireland has a veto on agreements with regard to the island of Ireland in relation to Brexit. [25983/17]

Social Welfare Fraud

Richard Boyd Barrett

59. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the full cost of his high profile advertising campaign against fraud in social protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25953/17]

State Pensions Reform

Richard Boyd Barrett

73. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of his interest in those who get up early in the morning, he will give a commitment to ending the pension inequality that has emerged due to cuts to the State pension in previous budgets and is experienced by many who spent many years getting up early in the morning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25954/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Michel Barnier when he was in Dublin. [25676/17]

Human Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

84. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised concerns either within the European Union or directly with Turkish President Erdoğan regarding the continued imprisonment of 15 opposition parliamentarians from the HDP party and up to 150 journalists by the Turkish Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25648/17]

Arms Trade

Richard Boyd Barrett

96. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had communication with President Trump in view of the €110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia and in further view of the human rights issues in Saudi Arabia and the escalation of air strikes in Syria and Iraq since President Trump took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25647/17]

Family Reunification Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

123. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a family reunification visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25511/17]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Richard Boyd Barrett

163. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the Christian Brothers are to pay their outstanding debts to the redress scheme: if there is a requirement for them to pay in cash or if land transfers would be acceptable, particularly in cases in which doing so would safeguard a school and its facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25457/17]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Richard Boyd Barrett

173. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that the Christian Bothers intend to pay the full amount of their debt to the redress scheme at the expense of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin by selling off the school's playing fields; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25456/17]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Richard Boyd Barrett

174. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the Christian Brothers are to pay their outstanding debts to the redress scheme; if there is a requirement for them to pay in cash or if land transfers would be acceptable, particularly in cases in which doing so would safeguard a school and its facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25458/17]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Richard Boyd Barrett

175. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an agreement was made by the Christian Brothers to ensure the use of the playing fields attached to a college (details supplied) would be used by the college and its pupils as long as it was in existence; if the Christian Brothers move to sell the playing fields to a property developer represents a breach of that agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25459/17]

Housing Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to raise the current income limits to qualify for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25286/17]

Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

224. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding a situation in which a person who has entered into a housing assistance payment, HAP, tenancy and has an increase in earnings pushing him or her over the limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25455/17]

Human Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

333. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the persecution being suffered by the Guarani-Kaiowá people in Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil including their forced removal from their ancestral lands at the hands of agribusiness, the Brazilian Government and paramilitaries; if he will contact the Brazilian Government and convey the State's indignation at the crimes that are being inflicted on the Guarani-Kaiowá; if he will insist that the Brazilian Government and the UN intervene to protect the human rights and land rights of the Guarani-Kaiowá; if the State and the UN will send observers to the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25646/17]

Arms Trade

Richard Boyd Barrett

334. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether it is appropriate that the State should trade with Israel, particularly in the area of armaments, in view of the ongoing denial of basic human rights to the Palestinian population, the continued expansion of illegal settlements into Palestinian terriroty and the current freedom and dignity hunger strike of 1,500 Palestinian prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25649/17]

Irish Prisoners Abroad

Richard Boyd Barrett

335. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his efforts to have a person (details supplied) released from prison in Cairo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25650/17]