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Thu, 21 Apr 2016
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SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the figures for the number of first, second, third and fourth year apprentices registered with SOLAS for the following construction trades: bricklaying, carpentry-joinery, plastering and plumbing. [7953/16]
Thu, 21 Apr 2016
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Rail Services
Richard Boyd Barrett
158. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to discuss with Dublin Area Rapid Transit services how wheelchair users can be facilitated better so that there is someone available to put the ramp in place when a wheelchair user has made a booking. [7956/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Richard Boyd Barrett
87. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why those in receipt of carer's benefit while signing for credits are not entitled to jobseeker's benefit when their carer's position ends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7758/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Housing Adaptation Grant
Richard Boyd Barrett
88. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the help in place for those who receive a grant for house adaptations but cannot afford the balance themselves. [7762/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Wards of Court
Richard Boyd Barrett
116. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance to provide a report on the implementation of the Committee of Public Accounts recommendations in relation to wards of courts' funds that were lost in the crash. [7761/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Court Procedures
Richard Boyd Barrett
245. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if court appellants are being charged to acquire digital audio recordings of their original court hearings; if so, the reason, as such costs could potentially make it prohibitive for some persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7765/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Home Help Service Eligibility
Richard Boyd Barrett
358. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has been refused home help despite being severely disabled. [7759/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Home Help Service Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
359. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health why the home help hours of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin have been cut. [7760/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Mental Health Services Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
360. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if there is a formal or informal policy operating within the health and emergency services of refusing care to mental health and suicidal cases if the individual is under the influence of alcohol or drugs. [7764/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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NAMA Portfolio
Richard Boyd Barrett
487. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of all the National Asset Management Agency's properties in Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown, by addresses, by occupancy status and by usage type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7763/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Housing Assistance Payment Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
488. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for a detailed report on the numbers of landlords and property owners who have signed up under the housing assistance payment scheme, by local authority, in 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [7766/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Fiscal Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
111. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the updated figures for the projected fiscal space for each of the years from 2016 to 2018. [6669/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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UN Conventions Ratification
Richard Boyd Barrett
326. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6766/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Accident and Emergency Departments Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
497. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who were waiting for admission on trolleys in hospital emergency departments in March 2016; the way in which this number has changed, by monthly average, and by hospital, in the past 5 years; the frequency with which in this period ambulances have been impeded from responding to emergency call-outs because of delays in transferring their patients to emergency departments as a result of overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6748/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Hospitals Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
498. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the capacity of hospitals in terms of the number of beds and staff; the way in which has this changed, by monthly average, and by hospital, over the past five years; and the way in which this compares with other European Union states. [6749/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
499. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care teams which are recommended and are currently in place; the recommended and actual level of staffing by community health care organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6750/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Hospital Consultant Remuneration
Richard Boyd Barrett
500. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the percentage pay increase for hospital consultants recommended in the 2008 contract by year and cumulatively; the overall cost; and the cost per hospital consultant and of the pay rises foregone from the 2008 consultant contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6751/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Local Authority Housing Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
773. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses acquired by each local authority by direct purchase by Part V in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date. [6670/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Local Authority Housing Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
774. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations, criteria and price thresholds regarding the acquisition of houses by local authorities. [6671/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Local Authority Housing Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
775. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of the rapid build housing programme in Ballymun in Dublin 11; and the length of time the project took from the beginning of the process. [6672/16]