Parliamentary questions

Human Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

116. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has discussed with his counterparts across Europe, with the Chinese Government and-or with the Chinese Ambassador the human rights abuses in respect of the Uighir people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28546/20]

US Presidential Election

Richard Boyd Barrett

117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has discussed with his colleagues in Europe or if he has concerns regarding the statements made by President Donald Trump that he would not accept the outcome of the forthcoming US elections if he does not win; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28544/20]

Health and Safety Authority

Richard Boyd Barrett

151. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspectors in the employ of the HSA; the estimated full-year cost of their employment; and the percentage of businesses inspected by them in 2019 and to date in 2020. [28186/20]

Workplace Relations Commission

Richard Boyd Barrett

152. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspectors in the employ of the Workplace Relations Commission; the estimated full-year cost of their employment; and the percentage of businesses inspected by them in 2019 and to date in 2020. [28188/20]

Taxi Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

204. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full-year cost of waiving all public service vehicle renewal fees for licences issued in respect of taxis. [28135/20]

Taxi Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

205. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full-year cost of waiving all renewal fees for taxi licences issued in respect of taxi drivers. [28136/20]

Taxi Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

206. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full-year cost of waiving all suitability test fees for vehicles operating as taxi. [28137/20]

Taxi Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

207. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full-year cost of providing electric and disability accessible vehicles for the entire taxi public services vehicle fleet, including charging stations. [28138/20]

Public Sector Pay

Richard Boyd Barrett

289. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full year cost of paying TDs all salary increments due between now and the end of 2021. [28127/20]

Emergency Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

326. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full year cost of providing emergency accommodation for homeless persons and families in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the estimated cost for 2021, including all supports paid to local authorities and subsidies to third-party providers. [28116/20]

Energy Efficiency

Richard Boyd Barrett

349. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for the refurbishment and retrofitting of all local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25177/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

498. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the various rates of pandemic unemployment payments, including the sectors in which the recipients previously worked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28176/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

499. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of paying all those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment a rate of €350 until the end of April 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28177/20]

Social Welfare Rates

Richard Boyd Barrett

500. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing all social welfare payments to €350 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28178/20]

Social Welfare Rates

Richard Boyd Barrett

501. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing all social welfare payments to €300 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28179/20]

Carer's Allowance

Richard Boyd Barrett

502. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of granting a €1,000 bonus to all recipients of the carer's allowance. [28184/20]

Living Wage

Richard Boyd Barrett

503. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of moving all social welfare claimants, including pensioners, to a living wage. [28185/20]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

626. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of disease control workplace inspectors in the employ of the HSPC; the estimated full year cost of their employment; and the percentage of businesses inspected by them in 2019 and to date in 2020. [28187/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the recommendations she has made for a roadmap for the arts and live entertainment sectors to reopen safely, protecting the public and workers across arts and entertainment in addition to ensuring the survival of the sectors as Ireland moves out of Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27483/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht her plans to expand the more than €5 million pilot performance programme from the recently activated July stimulus to the live entertainment and event sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27482/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

34. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the recommendations she has made for budget 2021 that will provide additional supports to performers, artists and arts workers during ongoing Covid-19 restrictions and beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27481/20]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

38. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if it is a condition of being granted a film certificate that a producer company, together with the qualifying company, is required to give an undertaking in respect of quality employment and training, that compliance with same requires an undertaking by the film company that it is the employer of the crew working on the production and that, in the event of a dispute being referred to the Workplace Relations Commission, the undertaking clearly establishes that an employment relationship exists between the company and the crew; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27479/20]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that two of the major film producer companies here currently engaged in co-productions with major US networks which have been the beneficiaries of corporation tax relief in the past five years (details supplied) are the subject of a significant number of claims before the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court, including penalisation for appearing before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. [27480/20]

Tax Reliefs

Richard Boyd Barrett

90. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of uncollected tax revenue as a result of persons offsetting their private health insurance costs against tax liabilities [27804/20]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Richard Boyd Barrett

176. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio from 1:27 to 1:15. [27811/20]

School Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

177. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the estimated full-year cost of bringing all currently employed school secretaries under the direct employment of her Department. [27812/20]

Respite Care Grant

Richard Boyd Barrett

198. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of restoring the respite grant to its highest historical level. [27809/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

199. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of the pandemic unemployment payment at current levels from now until the end of 2021. [27810/20]

Hospital Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

276. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of permanently increasing and staffing fully and on a permanent basis the number of acute beds to obtain 85% occupancy in the hospital network. [27798/20]

Hospital Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

277. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of permanently increasing and staffing fully and on a permanent basis to bring the level of ICU beds to 560 in the hospital network. [27799/20]

Health Services Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

278. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of the current levels of nursing home care provided through the public health system. [27800/20]

Health Services Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

279. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of the subsidies paid to private nursing homes. [27801/20]

Health Services Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

280. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of the fair deal scheme. [27802/20]

Hospital Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

281. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of subsidies paid to the private hospital network. [27803/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Richard Boyd Barrett

282. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of conducting 200,000 Covid-19 tests per week through the existing network of State-owned and operated medical laboratories. [27805/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Richard Boyd Barrett

283. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he has costed a move towards a Covid-19 saliva sample testing system; if so, the estimated full-year cost of conducting 35,000 tests per day via the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27806/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

284. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the manner in which the Covid-19 pen-and-paper tracking and tracing system is currently configured; the estimated full-year cost of operating the system; if there were reductions in the numbers of staff involved in the system following the introduction of the Covid-19 tracker application. [27807/20]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

285. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of public health consultants in the employ of the public health service; and the estimated full-year cost of employing them. [27808/20]

Economic Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his plans for a high level review of the economy to be led by his Department. [27111/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet co-ordination committee last met. [27112/20]

National Broadband Plan

Richard Boyd Barrett

39. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the progress made and the steps he will take to address the concerns of the residents and school in an area (details supplied) about the serious issues with Eir and its provision of broadband, which was the subject of a complaint that has subsequently been progressed by the residents to the Commission for Communications Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27508/20]

Property Tax

Richard Boyd Barrett

68. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will abolish the local property tax and replace it with an enhanced local government fund from central funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26720/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

80. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will meet with the four taxi representative groups (details supplied) to discuss a wage subsidy scheme for their industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26719/20]

Public Sector Pay

Richard Boyd Barrett

97. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the forgoing of the pay rise for all public representatives as part of a Covid-19 solidarity measure will be agreed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26939/20]

Public Sector Pay

Richard Boyd Barrett

98. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the foregoing of the pay rise for all public representatives will be agreed to as part of a Covid-19 solidarity measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26722/20]

Public Sector Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider the call from trade unions and civil society for a four-day week across the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26724/20]

Public Sector Reform Review

Richard Boyd Barrett

104. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a new drive for public service reform as mentioned in the programme for Government; if this will not include a slowdown in recruitment or an undermining of staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26723/20]

Public Sector Pay

Richard Boyd Barrett

115. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a commitment will be given to not renew FEMPI when it comes before Dáil Éireann in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26725/20]

Ministerial Advisers

Richard Boyd Barrett

116. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of special advisers across each Department; the salaries of each; if the information will be compared with the Government of 2011, 2016 and 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26721/20]

Driver Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

258. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the way in which applicants for driver's licence renewal who are non-nationals awaiting naturalisation documents with residency permits can be facilitated in having their applications processed when their required identifying documentation and Irish residence permit, IRP, is held up in the Department of Foreign Affairs due to delays caused by Covid-19 measures and in view of the fact that this can cause serious problems in travel and work through no fault of their own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27340/20]

Unemployment Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

277. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the projections of unemployment for the second two quarters of 2020. [17244/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

278. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he has requested that the wage subsidy supports be maintained as part of the July stimulus for artists, performers, crew and event organisers in the arts, culture, music, live entertainment and events sectors as a basic minimum income over and above which these workers would be allowed earn some additional income without losing the payment until a full or substantial recovery to normal or near normal levels of employment and income earning opportunity return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17393/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

279. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the discussions he has had with regard to maintaining wage subsidy supports for artists, performers, crew and event organisers in the arts, culture, music, live entertainment and events sectors as a basic minimum income over and above which these workers would be allowed earn some additional income without losing the payment until a full or substantial recovery to normal or near normal levels of employment and income earning opportunity return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17396/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

280. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he has requested of the relevant Ministers that the wage subsidy supports be maintained as part of the July stimulus for artists, performers, crew and event organisers in the arts, culture music, live entertainment and events sectors as a basic minimum income over and above which these workers would be allowed earn some additional income without losing the payment until a full or substantial recovery to normal or near normal levels of employment and income earning opportunity return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17696/20]

Passport Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

423. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the delay in processing the passport of a baby (details supplied) will be clarified and rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27341/20]

School Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

476. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if the pupils of a school (details supplied) will receive additional bus transportation to address the lack of social distancing and the bus journeys to and from school of over two hours each way; if the extra buses needed will be found in the immediate future to protect the many very physically vulnerable children during the Covid-19 pandemic and after; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26878/20]

Third Level Admissions

Richard Boyd Barrett

656. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps being taken to ensure that reapplicants that sat the leaving certificate in previous years are not locked out of third-level education in view of the inflation in CAO points in 2020; if work is being undertaken on finding a solution to resolve the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26287/20]

Taxi Regulations

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if the demands of representative groups of taxi drivers will be agreed to, namely, to dissolve the taxi advisory committee and instead establish a national transport forum with strong representation from these representative groups, to extend the ten-year rule for replacing taxis to 12 years, to instigate an immediate moratorium on the issues of licence and to establish a licence buy-back scheme for taxi drivers wishing to exit the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25883/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the role of the IAA in oversight of the health and safety of passengers and workers in airports in view of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25887/20]

Airport Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

49. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the engagement he has had with the DAA in relation to protecting jobs at the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25888/20]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

131. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will engage with the Greek authorities with a view to helping relocate more of the refugees, particularly unaccompanied minors displaced from the Moria camp in Greece; and if he will implore the Greek authorities to make sure that minors are registered as minors and not as adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26266/20]

State Examinations

Richard Boyd Barrett

134. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education her plans to set up a formal appeals process for students that have had their leaving certificate results downgraded by her Department as against the grade awarded to them by their teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25997/20]

Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

170. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the income limit for back to school allowance to €700 to allow a couple who have both lost their employment and are on Covid-19 payments to qualify; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26047/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

231. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if there are research teams or research clinics set up to treat and research the conditions those recovering from Covid-19, post-covid19 infection are suffering, including but not solely chronic fatigue; if there is medical research ongoing, the detail of the different research and treatment facilities and teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26034/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

232. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the treatment and research into the ongoing health complications of patients who are post-Covid 19 infection; the types of conditions being examined for inclusion in post-Covid-19 treatments and research; the locations the research and treatment is being conducted from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26035/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

233. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the HSE or another organisation is researching the conditions affecting patients post-Covid-19 infection; if they are being considered as post viral fatigue syndrome patients; if so, if they can be examined at a later date to ascertain if they are possibly suffering from ME as a result of Covid-19 infection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26036/20]

EU Directives

Richard Boyd Barrett

283. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers are being informed that EU priority habitats of community importance (details supplied) are ineligible for CAP funding in view of the fact EU governing regulations listed in Annex 1 of the Habitats Directive show such sites as being eligible; the reason farmers are being informed that EU treaties and laws agreed to preserve and maintain EU sites of community importance compel them to preserve and maintain their properties for free; the treaty or law in which such a policy was agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26015/20]

Coillte Teoranta

Richard Boyd Barrett

285. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a series of matters in relation to Coillte Nature (details supplied). [26044/20]

EU Directives

Richard Boyd Barrett

286. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the agricultural appeals office is complying with EU law and governing regulations when making decisions on appeals regarding payments denied to farmers for preserving EU designated priority habitats of community importance; if it is policy to drive farmers that own such sites off their land by withholding EU funding from them (details supplied); his views on whether the EU Commission has been misled by the State on the environmental protection policy being implemented here; if Ireland is in breach of the birds and habitats directives which result in the imposition of millions of euros in fines from by the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26101/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [25610/20]

Bus Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the financial penalties that will be applied to companies by the NTA as a result of the bus services provided by them not meeting the targets set out in its contract. [25848/20]

National Asset Management Agency

Richard Boyd Barrett

61. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the amount NAMA has made available to developers in loan facilities to complete projects by year up to the end of quarter 2 of 2020. [25841/20]

National Asset Management Agency

Richard Boyd Barrett

62. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the amount NAMA has paid out to date for repair and maintenance of properties in its portfolio. [25845/20]

National Debt

Richard Boyd Barrett

63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the amount of interest paid on the national debt in 2020 that was contracted since 2008. [25846/20]

National Asset Management Agency

Richard Boyd Barrett

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the details of empty properties and land banks that have not yet been sold with regard to the assets of NAMA; and the negotiations that have taken place to acquire these homes for social and or affordable housing. [25847/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

72. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht her plans to safeguard the jobs of the 35,000 persons in the arts and entertainment industry that have been locked out of their employment when they and their families have been waiting six months, in an industry worth €3.5 billion to the economy annually, for a particular plan for their industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25742/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

75. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht her plans for the €3.5 billion entertainment industry that employs 35,000 persons; the timeline for the €6 million pilot project; when she expects to publish the findings of this pilot project; and the number of seats she plans to offer to this industry on the planned recovery taskforce. [25743/20]

Rental Accommodation Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

83. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants on the RAS and HAP housing transfer lists. [25700/20]

Emergency Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

84. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full cost of emergency accommodation in 2019; and the projected cost for 2020 and 2021 by local authority and type of emergency accommodation, that is, hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels and family hubs. [25701/20]

Local Authority Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

85. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing applicants on local authority lists. [25714/20]

Local Authority Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

86. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of building council housing on publicly-owned land that is fully serviced. [25715/20]

Local Authority Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

87. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of building 1 to 4-bed homes on fully serviced publicly-owned land. [25716/20]

Homeless Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

88. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost to provide a home to each person on local authority homeless lists, that is, excluding use of the private rental market in 2021. [25717/20]

Social and Affordable Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

89. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated amount it would cost to increase Part V from 10% to a statutory minimum of 20%. [25720/20]

Vacant Properties

Richard Boyd Barrett

90. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant properties here; the number suitable for social housing; and the number that have been considered for acquisition by local authorities by authority. [25721/20]

School Costs

Richard Boyd Barrett

129. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the estimated full year cost of measures (details supplied). [25850/20]

Social Welfare Schemes Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

134. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out annually in rent allowance in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the projected amount for the remainder of 2020 and 2021. [25688/20]

State Pensions

Richard Boyd Barrett

135. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of ensuring the State contributory and non-contributory pensions are available to all those that reach 65 years of age. [25689/20]

Pension Provisions

Richard Boyd Barrett

136. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of reinstating the transitionary pension. [25690/20]

State Pensions

Richard Boyd Barrett

137. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to introduce a universal State pension of €250 weekly and reduce the pension age to 65 years of age. [25691/20]

Housing Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

138. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if the funds saved following the transfer of recipients of rent allowance to HAP, leasing arrangements and RAS have then been transferred to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; the organisation responsible for the latter payments; and if so, the amount in each of the years since the commencement of the payments. [25693/20]

Social Welfare Rates

Richard Boyd Barrett

139. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of reinstating a concurrent payment of half-rate illness benefit and jobseeker’s benefit in addition to one parent family payment and widow’s and widower’s pensions. [25695/20]

Child Benefit

Richard Boyd Barrett

140. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to increase child benefit in respect of children over 12 years of age by €30. [25697/20]

Back to Education Allowance

Richard Boyd Barrett

141. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of reversing cuts to the back to education allowance. [25699/20]

Social Welfare Rates

Richard Boyd Barrett

148. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to increase social welfare payments to 2009 levels. [25840/20]

Social Welfare Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

149. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of measures (details supplied). [25849/20]

Child Detention Centres

Richard Boyd Barrett

155. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the estimated average cost of keeping one young person in remand in a youth justice remand facility for one year. [25726/20]

Youth Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

156. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the average estimated cost of recruiting four youth workers, one team leader and an administration person in the youth work sector for one year. [25727/20]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

181. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health beds available in each CHO; and the number of persons waiting for beds. [25722/20]

British-Irish Co-operation

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the UK Prime Minister. [24047/20]