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Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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School Curriculum
Richard Boyd Barrett
219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put Mandarin on the curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19656/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Waste Disposal Charges
Richard Boyd Barrett
241. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the use of bin tags in houses that are unable to have wheelie bins will be affected by the new waste management legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19203/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria
Richard Boyd Barrett
259. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council is assessing payments under the disability allowance scheme and the family income supplement scheme for rent purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19582/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Home Help Service Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
453. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for extra hours under the home help scheme, including when he will make a decision on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19127/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Richard Boyd Barrett
469. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19213/16]
Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Housing Funding
Richard Boyd Barrett
56. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to increase funding for capital expenditure for house building to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13011/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Planning Issues
Richard Boyd Barrett
173. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation relating to the maintenance of privately owned trees when they endanger the private property of another person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18057/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Housing Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
188. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce rent to buy schemes or other affordable house purchase schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18140/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Housing Funding
Richard Boyd Barrett
222. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his detailed funding plans for 50,000 local authority houses; if he envisages that all of these houses will be managed by local authorities given the recent Oireachtas Committee on Housing and Homelessness report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18450/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Housing Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
223. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the home acquisition programme, by homes purchased by local authorities, by amount paid, by amount invested in homes before letting them, by homes managed by local authorities, for each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18451/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme
Richard Boyd Barrett
258. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is assessing payments under the disability allowance scheme and the family income supplement scheme for rent purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18042/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Respite Care Services
Richard Boyd Barrett
370. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health why he has reduced the respite service provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17972/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Road Safety
Richard Boyd Barrett
516. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will legislate for seat belts on public buses; if not, why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18088/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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State Aid Investigations
Richard Boyd Barrett
23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if the State expended public money on legal or other services; if so, the amount, in the context of the current European Union investigation into a company's tax dealings (details supplied) here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17505/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Corporation Tax
Richard Boyd Barrett
39. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance in the context of the budget 2017 process, if he intends to take action to tackle corporate tax loopholes and address the very low effective tax rate being paid by many large corporations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17503/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Property Tax
Richard Boyd Barrett
51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance in the context of the budget 2017 process, if he is considering abolishing the local property tax and reverting to the direct funding of local authorities through progressive taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17504/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Corporation Tax
Richard Boyd Barrett
57. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance what he will do if the European Commission decides in the next month, as is being reported, that a company's tax dealings (details supplied) breached state aid rules; if he will recover the estimated €17 to €19 billion in unpaid corporation tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17501/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Insurance Industry Regulation
Richard Boyd Barrett
87. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether motor insurance companies are operating a regime of age discrimination with increased premiums for the young and the old and whether such discrimination is illegal under the Equal Status Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17806/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Public Sector Pensions
Richard Boyd Barrett
200. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for reversing the public service pension reductions introduced during the crisis in line with the Fine Gael election manifesto; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17807/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Direct Provision System
Richard Boyd Barrett
37. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans regarding the system of direct provision, including a detailed timeline; if the human rights of asylum seekers are being vindicated under the current system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17148/16]