Parliamentary questions

Inflation Rate

Richard Boyd Barrett

100. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain the basis of his projection for inflation in 2024 of 2.9% when the annual inflation rate in September was 6.4%, and has been increasing recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46961/23]

Tax Reliefs

Richard Boyd Barrett

107. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the report on Section 481 tax relief from the Budget Scrutiny Committee; what actions he is planning in relation to the recommendations from that report, in particular those with regard to quality employment and training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51574/23]

Tax Reliefs

Richard Boyd Barrett

108. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is planning to implement the recommendations of the report on Section 481 tax relief from the Budget Scrutiny Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51573/23]

Constitutional Amendments

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [51154/23]

Departmental Policies

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland, overseen by his Department. [51155/23]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to provide a progress report on Housing for All for which his Department is responsible. [51156/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [50901/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [50902/23]

Social Dialogue

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [50903/23]

Family Reunification

Richard Boyd Barrett

183. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if there is any expedition for families applying for reunification of their family members in Gaza who cannot access original documents as necessary in usual circumstances given this is an abnormal situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50364/23]

Ukraine War

Richard Boyd Barrett

219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the options that are available for Ukrainian families when host family can no longer accommodate them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50365/23]

Defence Forces

Richard Boyd Barrett

84. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for details surrounding a "military photoshoot" conducted on Knockfierna hill in Limerick on 14 October; what measures the Defence Forces have in place to inform the public that soldiers dressed in military equipment, carrying real or replica rifles and other firearms, are carrying out drills in areas open to the public so that they are not surprised by the apparent sight of armed individuals on patrol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49558/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [46435/23]

Taxi Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will receive their SPSV licence, given that they applied over seven months ago, with no information on its status being communicated to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48843/23]

Departmental Reports

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his views on the recently published annual report of his Department. [43877/23]

Middle East

Richard Boyd Barrett

126. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on the plans and procedures in place to secure safe return home for Irish citizens currently trapped in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48455/23]

State Properties

Richard Boyd Barrett

354. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a complete list of all buildings owned by the State or any of the State agencies across Dún Laoghaire, Rathdown; and the occupancy rates and status of each. [47698/23]

School Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

561. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education what progress has been made on a report she received proposing the introduction of a teacher relocation scheme; what her plans are going forward in addressing this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48720/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

604. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider including those who wish to down-size to free up a family size home in the 'fresh start' principle for local authority affordable purchase housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47437/23]

Equality Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

1062. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made on the report he plans to publish summarising submissions regarding discrimination on the basis of disadvantaged socioeconomic status under the Employment Equality Act 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48366/23]

Nursing Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

1126. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether the standard of care in private care homes, as well as the standard of training and vetting of staff, are the same as the standards employed in HSE-run care homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47428/23]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

1382. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the meaning of 'irreconcilably estranged' in the context of proof of independence from parents for a SUSI grant application; and what proof will be accepted in the absence of involvement of Tusla, a social worker or the courts; whether an affidavit from a solicitor will be accepted as proof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47422/23]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

1386. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to accept that those over the age of 23 years are not living at home as independent of their parents, regardless of the type of accommodation or the length of time living way from home. [47521/23]

Budget 2024

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is considering a revision to budget 2024, given the context of the wide range of inflation projections for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46960/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

27. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he expects to revise his allocation of capital spending across any Departments in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46959/23]

Budget 2024

Richard Boyd Barrett

32. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he expects to revise funding for any public services in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46958/23]

Public Expenditure Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

42. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the basis on which he decided to increase capital expenditure by only €250 million in 2024, given the large surpluses in the public finances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47028/23]

Invasive Species Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

244. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to ban log imports following the confirmation of the spruce bark beetle (ips typographus) in Scotland; if so, the date he will bring in the ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47172/23]

Mother and Baby Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the State apologies issued by Taoisigh in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023. [43876/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Cabinet committees on which he sits. [46433/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Political Community meeting in Granada, Spain. [46434/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [43867/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [41216/23]

Departmental Offices

Richard Boyd Barrett

17. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach for an update on the economic policy unit of his Department. [43875/23]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

196. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if there has been any reduction in the VAT rate applied to sports and fitness classes in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46309/23]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

279. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education how a person (details supplied) can take a matter further as advised by the Board of Education when their daughter who is legally blind was refused a place on the basis that she could not complete the visual part of the entry assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46324/23]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether she supports the calls of representatives of actors, writers and directors for an end to use of buy-out contracts by film producers as a condition for those producers continuing to receive public funding for film productions in Ireland. [45792/23]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the progress she has made in convening the film industry stakeholder forum as recommended in the recent report by the budget oversight and scrutiny committee on section 481 film tax credit and the Irish film industry. [45790/23]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

59. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what further actions, if any, has she taken to address the concerns repeatedly raised by representatives of actors, writers, directors and film crews in relation to their remuneration, conditions and contracts of employment and the failure of film producers in receipt of public funding to meet the requirement of quality employment and training. [45791/23]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

61. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what action, if any, she intends to take to ensure recognition of service of film crew in the Irish film industry and to address the vulnerability of film crew to black-balling given the ongoing use of successive fixed-term contracts for the employment of crew by film producers who are in receipt of public funding for film production. [45793/23]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

75. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will, in light of the independent national review of State supports for PhD researchers, review his recent announcement and bring the stipends of all PhD researchers, not just those funded by Science Foundation Ireland, SFI, and the Irish Research Council, IRC, up to the living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45985/23]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

84. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address the sharp increase to 15% in undergraduate drop-out rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45701/23]

Third Level Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

128. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address precarious work in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45702/23]

Budget 2024

Richard Boyd Barrett

150. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount that has been allocated in Budget 2024 to student accommodation; the number of units this will supply; how he will ensure the affordability of this accommodation for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45699/23]

Education Costs

Richard Boyd Barrett

151. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science considering the chronic shortage of skilled labour, the reason he chose to reduce fees by only €1,000 and to make this only a once-off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45700/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [43865/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the committee on economy and investment will next meet. [42349/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

31. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent discussions with President Biden. [43866/23]

State Properties

Richard Boyd Barrett

148. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a complete list of all buildings owned by the State or any of the State agencies across Dún Laoghaire Rathdown; the occupancy rates and status of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43681/23]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

268. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the scale of no-reason evictions being carried out by a corporate landlord (details supplied) in Dublin in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43656/23]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

269. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he is aware of the scale of no-reason evictions being carried out by other corporate landlords in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43657/23]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

270. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to amend the law to offer protections to people whose pre-June 2022 tenancies are terminated by landlords refusing to offer further part-four tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43658/23]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

271. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to allow compulsory purchase of residential properties in circumstances, consistent with section 43.2 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43659/23]

Bus Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

59. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport what plans he has to increase frequency on existing routes and expand the number of routes and reduce fares, in light of the climate and cost-of-living crises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43120/23]

Bus Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport what plans he has to resolve the ongoing problems with the 59 bus route and many other Go Ahead routes; his views on whether it is now time to reabsorb these routes back into the Dublin Bus network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43119/23]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

103. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will announce in budget 2024 the abolition of the universal social charge for those earning under €100,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43154/23]

Budget 2024

Richard Boyd Barrett

127. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering additional tax measures in budget 2024 on information and communication companies, including social media and digital streaming companies, to fund public broadcasting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43150/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

134. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his Department's latest projections for windfall corporation tax revenues; the possible uses for these revenues that he is considering in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43152/23]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

136. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering any changes to the tax treatment of REITs and other property-related investment vehicles in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43151/23]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

158. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently published wealth tax measures that the Government could take that could raise up to €8 billion; if he will announce measures such as this in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43153/23]

Coast Guard Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

175. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if a transfer of undertakings protection of employment rights (TUPE) will apply to all Irish Coast Guard staff as regards the transfer from VHC Ireland to Bristow following the new tender being awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43226/23]

Coast Guard Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

176. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 336, 337 and 338 of 11 September 2023 where it was stated that Bristow Ireland supports the principles of TUPE in relation to the transfer of the Irish Coast Guard staff, to outline in detail what these principles that Bristow supports are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43227/23]

Coast Guard Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

177. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport whether Irish Coast Guard workers can be allowed access to the search and rescue tender document recently awarded to Bristow under FOI or by any other means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43228/23]

Coast Guard Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

178. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport whether the tender documents for the new contract for the Irish Coast Guard recently awarded to Bristow referenced TUPE and to provide the details of this reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43229/23]

Departmental Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on the shared island unit in his Department. [42347/23]

National Risk Assessment

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach for a report on the National Risk Assessment 2023 in his Department. [42348/23]

Passport Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to ensure that an application by a person (details supplied) for a passport is processed and any issues are referred back to the applicant. [42986/23]

Electric Vehicles

Richard Boyd Barrett

82. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on any upcoming plans to install electric vehicle charge ports in the Blackrock area and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43024/23]

Education Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

112. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if there is any planning in place to facilitate Islamic holidays where children are required to spend time celebrating the holidays during school hours in primary and post-primary schools and where it is currently at the discretion of the principal to make a decision on whether or not Muslim children are permitted time off, which is not the case for other religious holidays, such as Christmas, where students and staff are expected to take time off; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42884/23]

School Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

120. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the total parental contribution made for school transport for primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43021/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

128. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funds that are available to someone who is eligible for the full housing aid for the older persons' grant, but where the work done in the house is over the €8,000 maximum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42883/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

136. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in view that the grant maximum for housing aid for older people has not gone up in a number of years, he will consider increasing the grant maximum, to fall in line with the increase in costs for essential housing maintenance, such as rewiring, which costs €10-€15,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42882/23]

Medical Records

Richard Boyd Barrett

194. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the way a person (details supplied) can access old medical records in order to follow up on some historical issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42885/23]

Climate Action Plan

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [42341/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [42342/23]

Departmental Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach for an update on the child poverty unit in his Department. [42343/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

36. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with disability will next meet. [41209/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education will next meet. [41217/23]

Public Sector Pay

Richard Boyd Barrett

277. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the full-year cost of ensuring that every public sector worker is paid a minimum of €17 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42625/23]

Departmental Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

410. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing all illness and injury payment benefits to €300 per week, excluding disability-related payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42233/23]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

543. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to re-instate the funding for transport to and from a location (details supplied) in Wicklow for a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42474/23]

Departmental Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

597. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health for a progress report on the spending of the €110,000, which was allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a diabetes register (details supplied); if he will request the HSE to immediately begin recruiting for this new post; if he can confirm if unused funding from budget 2023 will carry over to 2024, while providing a timeline as to when the HSE recruitment freeze will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42285/23]

Departmental Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

598. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health for a progress report on the spending of the funding which was allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a national paediatric diabetes audit in conjunction with the National Office of Clinical Audit, NOCA, following the publication of a detailed feasibility study (details supplied); if he will request the HSE to immediately begin recruiting for these new posts; if he can confirm if unused funding from budget 2023 will carry over to 2024, while providing a timeline as to when the HSE recruitment freeze will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42286/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

665. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to provide a full list of those who were paid the €1,000 Covid bonus payment, broken down into the different groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42672/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

699. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the security officers working in vaccination centres and those working in hospitals were awarded the Covid €1,000 bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42760/23]

National Security

Richard Boyd Barrett

38. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when he expects the report from the fora on international security policy to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41694/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with culture, arts and the audiovisual sector will next meet. [32551/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with social protection will next meet. [41218/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with housing will next meet. [41208/23]

Visa Agreements

Richard Boyd Barrett

425. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice to outline the rationale for changing the requirements and procedures for visas for those from Bolivia; the reason for the short notice of same; what measures she intends to put in place to facilitate those who had already booked flights and made plans under the old rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41473/23]

School Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

73. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the expected Exchequer spending for the Safe Routes to School Programme in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39523/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Richard Boyd Barrett

113. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he has met with or will meet with the IAA in relation to their decision to cease payment of increases in pensions, in contravention of The Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993, Article 41 (5) and Article 22 para 4 (a) of EU Commission Regulation No. 2019/317, and whether he can explain the rationale for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40168/23]

Rail Network

Richard Boyd Barrett

137. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of introducing light rail transport systems in the cities of Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40585/23]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

146. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance to outline his plans for a windfall tax, and the EU-wide plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39526/23]

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Richard Boyd Barrett

147. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance to provide full details of the tax regime for REITs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39527/23]

Work Permits

Richard Boyd Barrett

228. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will add motor mechanics to the critical skills list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39636/23]

School Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

247. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost to the Exchequer to provide free school transport to all primary and post-primary school students in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39518/23]

National Educational Psychological Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

248. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist. [39519/23]

Emergency Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

532. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the annual capital spend by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive in each year since 2005 of acquiring new emergency accommodation to increase the provision of emergency homeless accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40416/23]

Emergency Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

533. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the average current expenditure by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive in each year since 2005 of leasing or renting emergency accommodation to increase the provision of emergency homeless accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40417/23]