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Page 262 of 337
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Burial Grounds
Richard Boyd Barrett
139. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to outline Glasnevin Trust's system of appointing members to its board; and his views on this system and whether it is in line with best practice. [17422/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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UK Referendum on EU Membership
Richard Boyd Barrett
4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his plans to campaign in Britain on the referendum on a British exit from the European Union. [17144/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Northern Ireland
Richard Boyd Barrett
7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the status of the next British-Irish Council meeting. [16863/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Ministerial Responsibilities
Richard Boyd Barrett
31. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the division of responsibilities between him and the Minister for State in his Department. [15600/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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EU Battle Groups
Richard Boyd Barrett
34. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of military exercises involving Irish soldiers and European Union battle groups; and other joint military exercises that have taken place in the past year, the other countries which were involved in the exercises; if he plans such exercises in the future;and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16872/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Defence Forces Equipment
Richard Boyd Barrett
42. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the weapons and equipment his Department or the Defence Forces purchased in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date; that they plan to purchase in the coming year, detailing the value and nature of the purchase and the country and companies from which these purchases were or will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16894/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Staff Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
238. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of extra staff that have been employed in local authorities and to which authorities, to support the housing assistance payment and rent accommodation scheme, and to which scheme they have been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16804/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Staff
Richard Boyd Barrett
239. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he received a request from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for extra staff to facilitate the roll-out of the housing assistance payment and rent accommodation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16805/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Housing
Richard Boyd Barrett
240. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to provide copies of memos, instructions and directives to local authorities or individual communications to particular councils in relation to all aspects of housing, including but not limited to, staffing levels, emergency accommodation, building programmes, acquisitions, Part 5 and Part 8 and allocation priorities since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16806/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Housing Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
241. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow all persons in emergency homeless situations to self-accommodate; his further plans to cease to limit this option to families and to cease the requirement that persons be put in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16807/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Homeless Accommodation Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
248. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funds for emergency accommodation in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown to prevent the relocation of homeless people to emergency shelters in the city where they are away from family and support networks. [17027/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Disability Allowance Appeals
Richard Boyd Barrett
281. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused payment under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16786/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Defence Forces Remuneration
Richard Boyd Barrett
574. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will respond to allegations that some members of the Defence Forces serving on missions, such as Operation Pontus in the Mediterranean, are being paid less than the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17052/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Overseas Missions
Richard Boyd Barrett
575. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of operations the Defence Forces are involved in abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17053/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Defence Forces Medicinal Products
Richard Boyd Barrett
576. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence why the Defence Forces use the anti-malaria drug Larium, despite its known side effects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17054/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Defence Forces Medicinal Products
Richard Boyd Barrett
577. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will justify the enforcement of the use of the anti-malaria drug, Larium, which has serious side effects, by the Defence Forces abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17055/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Exploration Industry
Richard Boyd Barrett
27. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on the exploratory drilling at Woodburn Forest in County Antrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16155/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Hydraulic Fracturing
Richard Boyd Barrett
29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a national ban on hydraulic fracturing, given the international evidence on its dangers; if not, why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16154/16]
Wed, 15 Jun 2016
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Wage-setting Mechanisms
Richard Boyd Barrett
51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to examine the sub-minimum wage rate for young persons and bring it up to the standard minimum wage rate in the interests of ensuring that young persons are not discriminated against; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15839/16]
Wed, 15 Jun 2016
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Joint Labour Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
58. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she will take to ensure the joint labour committees sit, formulate and impose employment regulation orders where the joint labour committees have not met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15840/16]