Parliamentary questions

Care Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

744. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the solutions the HSE have come up with to find residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36447/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

41. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport his engagement with the proposed new CEO of the IAA; his views on the Covid-19 safety guidelines drawn up by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, EASA, on airline travel; his further views on the future role for the IAA in ensuring passenger safety during the ongoing public health crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35793/20]

Taxi Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

44. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the reason for his refusal of the request of taxi representative groups to halt the issuing of new taxi licences in view of the devastating impact of Covid-19 on the industry; the reason for his refusal to dissolve the Taxi Advisory Committee and replace it with a structure more representative of the taxi industry as part of the national transport forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35794/20]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the President of the European Council. [35167/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will next meet. [33231/20]

Taoiseach's Communications

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he has had recent communications with the US ambassador to Ireland; and if so, if he will report on those communications. [35168/20]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

118. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a full report on the Indemnity Agreement; the details of the 18 religious congregations that it indemnified; the amount these congregations have contributed to the redress board; the value of these contributions that were made by the transfer of property to the State; the details of these properties; the amount by way of monies by congregation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35627/20]

School Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

134. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education her plans to relocate a school (details supplied) to meet its need to expand from its current two classes to have additional classes as the new school grows before the date of September 2021, at which point its current lease arrangement will no longer suffice; the way in which the school will meet the needs of the area the school is supposed to serve; the proposed relocation options identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35641/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

175. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35476/20]

Judicial Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

187. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if the Judicial Council, with which persons could lodge complaints against members of the Judiciary, as set out in legislation passed in July 2019, has been set up; if not, when it will be set up; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35549/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Richard Boyd Barrett

215. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the sectors of employment that those who test positive for Covid-19 are in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35628/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Richard Boyd Barrett

216. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of all Covid-19 screening programmes he has planned or is planning to introduce; if same will be introduced for screening by region, industry, school or third level institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35629/20]

Census of Population

Richard Boyd Barrett

24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department on census 2021. [33230/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide grants and supports to the self-employed and sole traders that work as taxi drivers that continue to have work related overheads despite having little or no work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35170/20]

Driver Test

Richard Boyd Barrett

252. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) whose driver theory test has been cancelled due to Covid-19 level 5 restrictions has had it put back 13 weeks to the next available slot instead of moving all appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34578/20]

Legislative Process

Richard Boyd Barrett

586. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if there is a timescale for the implementation of the family courts Bill announced on 30 September 2020; when recommendations of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on the reform of the family law system, published on 25 October 2019, particularly recommendation 36 of the report, will be considered and-or implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34545/20]

Immigration Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

614. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if a person (details supplied) can be issued their travel documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34905/20]

HSE Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

725. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number and nature of vacant positions in the HSE, by role and sector, and the length of time the position has been held vacant. [34966/20]

Healthcare Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

726. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of plans to utilize health capacity within the private hospital sector during the next six months. [34967/20]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing, infrastructure and digital unit of his Department. [33224/20]

Departmental Contracts

Richard Boyd Barrett

159. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of the contract awarded to a company (details supplied) for recruitment during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34153/20]

Departmental Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the number of additional staff recruited or seconded to his Department to assist with the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. [33222/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on recent correspondences with the UK Prime Minister. [33223/20]

Census of Population

Richard Boyd Barrett

21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his decision to delay Census 2022. [28895/20]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

31. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a national afforestation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33227/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

48. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the way in which a dangerous hand sanitiser was rolled out across the schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33228/20]

Nursing Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

97. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure student nurses are paid for the work they carried out in the fight against Covid-19; the details of the regime for the testing of these students when they are going on placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33558/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Richard Boyd Barrett

102. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans for investment in testing tracing infrastructure and public health tracing teams in the coming weeks to ensure that when Ireland emerges from the current level 5 there will be the resources necessary to track down any new outbreaks of the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33225/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

201. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the regulations regarding essential retail outlets and the sale of non-essential items in these retail outlets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33604/20]

National Broadband Plan

Richard Boyd Barrett

249. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if highspeed broadband upgrades are to take place in the Dún Laoghaire area particularly, but exclusively, from Patrick Street to Elton Park as currently the broadband service provided by a company (details supplied) is of insufficient strength signal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32563/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

406. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the way in which specialists SMEs in the live entertainment and events sector, including audio and lighting suppliers, staging companies, specialist event health and safety consultants, specialist security companies, fencing, sanitation, site services, power suppliers, marketing companies and other critical suppliers gain access to critical supports from his Department, that is, the CRSS, if they do not have public-facing companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32542/20]

Departmental Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

524. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the criteria for qualification to the now extended live performance scheme whose fund has been provided through the budget, amounting in €50 million; the person or body that will decide on eligibility; the person or body that will administer same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32541/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

562. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if persons are permitted to travel beyond the 5 km limit in order to view accommodation that they wish to rent or purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33626/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

698. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if the HSE is carrying out a risk assessment of the schools, and if not, the person or body that will; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32540/20]

School Facilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

703. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to improve water supply to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary, as the school has a "do not consume" notice in place since 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32311/20]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Boyd Barrett

832. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the extension of parental benefit is not coming into effect until April 2021; if she will consider bringing this forward in order that parents of children born during the Covid-19 lockdown can make use of it before their children are placed in full-time childcare facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32300/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

844. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind the need to be on the PUP for 16 weeks before a person can qualify for the part-time job incentive scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32459/20]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Richard Boyd Barrett

852. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to a PPS number and the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32556/20]

Jobseeker's Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

856. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of a jobseeker's payment who has applied for and been accepted for a community employment scheme can and should be pursued by Turas Nua simultaneously so as to be removed from social protection payments of any kind and return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32572/20]

After-School Support Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

955. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify the regulations regarding after-school care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33607/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

1177. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if acupuncture is deemed an essential service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32530/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

1180. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists employed directly or indirectly of the HSE that have been redeployed for Covid-19 measures in addition to the normal full complement of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists employed by the HSE. [32537/20]

HSE Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

1181. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the Health Business Services is the only body within the HSE with responsibility for recruitment and filling of positions; and if so, the number of positions the Health Business Services has filled for tracking and tracing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32538/20]

HSE Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

1182. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of jobs or positions the HSE has filled or hired; the number of these positions were filled by HBS versus the number were filled by outside agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32539/20]

Disability Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

1379. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the recent announcement by St. John of God Community Services that it will be withdrawing from the provision of disability services over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31342/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

1391. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of regulations to allow for fines for the breaking of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33603/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

1392. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a school (details supplied) that teaches music to students with intellectual disabilities is allowed to stay open under level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33605/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

1393. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if court ordered parental access which requires travel and household visiting is not impacted under level 5 regulations and that such arrangements must be continued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33606/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

1395. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of his negotiations with the private hospital sector to ensure a permanent increase in the capacity across the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33226/20]

Nursing Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

1401. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if student nurses on job placement in hospital and care settings are being paid by the HSE or another body; the rates of pay they are receiving and entitled to; if they will be given employee rights while in these roles; if so, the rights they will be entitled to; if these placements, payments and employee rights extend to the duration of any Covid-19 measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33625/20]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1408. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason the laboratory service at St. Michael's Hospital had its hours of operation reduced on 5 August 2020 back to pre-pandemic levels (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that out-of-lab-hours point-of-care blood testing is being used, despite the fact that this equipment is known to generate erroneous results, and that this point-of-care testing is being carried out by medical students rather than lab technicians or scientists; his views on whether this is appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33662/20]

Animal Welfare

Richard Boyd Barrett

1485. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if dog grooming and dog training falls under essential animal welfare services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32310/20]

Statute of Limitations

Richard Boyd Barrett

140. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if changes will be made to the time period that a case of clinical negligence can be brought; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32127/20]

Disability Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

170. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a space is available for a person (details supplied) in a service shortly or in the next term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32107/20]

European Council Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the EU Council meeting of 16 October 2020. [31339/20]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

125. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which a person in the case of an Irish passport holder from Northern Ireland, living in Ireland who wishes for all their official documentation to feature the Irish version of their name as opposed to the English version and their birth certificate is British or Northern Irish, can apply for this change to the version of their name and have it featured going forward in applications for passports, driver licences and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32080/20]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department with the National Economic and Social Council. [31337/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with housing last met. [31338/20]

Equality Proofing of Budgets

Richard Boyd Barrett

54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration if he will provide details of any equality proofing of budget 2021 that his Department was involved in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31343/20]

Student Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

90. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address the issues for students who have paid for student accommodation but whose colleges have now shut in the short and or medium term due to public health restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31341/20]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his rationale for not abolishing fees for the third level and postgraduate sectors in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31340/20]

Traveller Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

272. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Longford County Council has drawn down funding for Traveller accommodation in the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31189/20]

School Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

352. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the request by a school (details supplied) for a larger bus to ensure transport for all its students while adhering to public health guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31386/20]

Jobseeker's Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

402. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if applicants for jobseeker’s payments are required to provide full credit card and debit card details as they appear on the card; and if so, the reason this information is necessary; if this is with the permission of the financial institutions, including banks and credit unions, with regard to their protection of personal data; if this is in line with GDPR; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31192/20]

Hospital Appointments Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

599. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can get an update on the reason for the delay in required day surgery in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin 4; when it will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31197/20]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

191. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if the Teaching Council will allow the registration of a person (details supplied) to proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30758/20]

Forestry Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

285. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of Coillte planting that is coniferous; the percentage that is broadleaf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30484/20]

State Examinations

Richard Boyd Barrett

249. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the date on which the appeals process for leaving certificate 2020 students will be complete and all results available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30011/20]

State Examinations

Richard Boyd Barrett

250. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that all instances in which students were incorrectly marked for the 2020 leaving certificate have been identified; the number of those affected; if the CAO rounds of offers were made while errors in the grading were being identified; if so, the number of students who missed out on a place in third-level education as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30012/20]

State Examinations

Richard Boyd Barrett

251. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if the 2020 leaving certificate appeals process was closed before all errors in the grading mechanisms were identified; if so, if students will have another opportunity to appeal decisions in the way in which they were graded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30013/20]

State Examinations

Richard Boyd Barrett

252. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the dates on which the first calculated grades were made in relation to the 2020 leaving certificate results; the date on which the rounds of CAO offers were made; the date on which errors were discovered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30014/20]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

294. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if women who took parental leave in 2017 or 2018 will obtain credits for this period to entitle them to social welfare supports during the Covid-19 pandemic; her plans to ensure that parents who take parental leave are not discriminated against in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29636/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

352. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the ballet teaching school sector are within Schools, Early Learning and Childcare services and Higher and Adult Education of the Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19, in view of the fact that the sector follows internationally recognised exam syllabi up to vocational level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29798/20]

State Examinations

Richard Boyd Barrett

356. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of the 6,500 students who were erroneously upgraded in the 2020 leaving certificate results who were given a place on a course through the CAO process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30015/20]

Student Grant Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

362. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason a Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29916/20]

Direct Provision System

Richard Boyd Barrett

396. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice her plans to phase out the reliance on direct provision centres as a method of housing asylum seekers especially in view of the overcrowded conditions of centres increasing the likelihood of Covid-19 transmission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29927/20]

Prescriptions Charges

Richard Boyd Barrett

434. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason he has not provided for the reduction in prescription charges set to come into effect on 1 July 2020; if medical card holders will see the reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29635/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

491. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if meetings of an organisation (details supplied) are allowed to continue in view of level 3 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29955/20]

Defence Forces Representative Organisations

Richard Boyd Barrett

33. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Defence his views on the proposal that an organisation (details supplied) joins a union as an affiliate body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29111/20]

Defence Forces Review

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Defence his plans for the commission for the future of the Defence Forces; if representatives of an organisation (details supplied) will be on the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29110/20]

Trade Agreements

Richard Boyd Barrett

67. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a recent report from a university (details supplied) with regard to the Mercosur deal and the way in which it contradicts the EU Green Deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24048/20]

Trade Agreements

Richard Boyd Barrett

68. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions his Department has had with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the impact of the Mercosur trade deal on climate. [25178/20]

Trade Agreements

Richard Boyd Barrett

69. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions he has had with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the impact of the Mercosur trade deal on farming here. [27551/20]

Redundancy Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

70. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has discussed the proposals of unions (details supplied) to establish a fund to safeguard redundancy entitlements workers in the event of a liquidation. [27552/20]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Boyd Barrett

188. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if a child (details supplied) can be found a place in a school that will suit their needs, as per the recommendations of their early intervention team clinicians; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29299/20]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Boyd Barrett

189. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she can task the SENO in the appropriate area to support a child (details supplied) and their family in locating an appropriate school place in a primary school with an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29300/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on arts and culture will next meet. [25611/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. 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. [28893/20]

Departmental Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the number of special advisers allocated to him; and the cost of each of these advisers in terms of salary, expenses and so on. [28550/20]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

61. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that would be raised annually by implementing four new tax bands by amounts (details supplied) [29098/20]

Universal Social Charge

Richard Boyd Barrett

72. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full year cost of abolishing the universal social charge for persons earning less than €90,000. [29258/20]

Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

154. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons who were on the back to work enterprise allowance scheme are been given an extension if their two year duration fell during the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28993/20]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

202. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice her views on the request being made by many campaigners to increase the number of refugees to 400 from the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece, following the recent fire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28545/20]

Departmental Administrative Arrangements

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [27113/20]

Departmental Advertising

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the amount his Department has spent on advertising for online, print and broadcasting to date in 2020. [28894/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee which addresses the economy will next meet. [28548/20]

Homelessness Strategy

Richard Boyd Barrett

47. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in the context of Covid-19 and particularly rising infection rates, his views on whether it is unacceptable from a public health point of view to allow families and persons to become homeless; the measures he plans to take to ensure this does not happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28542/20]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

74. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the fact that the vast majority of strategic housing developments awaiting planning or having received planning are doing little to provide the much-needed affordable housing that is required but are for the most part profit-driven developments, often inappropriate for the sites in question and, if developed, will be unaffordable for the vast majority of those impacted by the ongoing housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28543/20]

US Presidential Election

Richard Boyd Barrett

101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there have been discussions with the American Ambassador to Ireland with regard to the very worrying comments from the current President of the United States, stating they will not accept the results of the upcoming Presidential election if they do not win; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28552/20]

Middle East

Richard Boyd Barrett

107. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, as the 20th anniversary of the second Palestinian Intifada is passed, his attention has been drawn to the escalating policy of silent transfer of Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem; the measures the EU is discussing to address the behaviour by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28547/20]