Parliamentary questions

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [9959/23]

Constitutional Amendments

Richard Boyd Barrett

27. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his plans for referendums, including the referendum on housing committed to in the programme for Government. [9960/23]

Energy Conservation

Richard Boyd Barrett

137. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a list of social welfare payments which qualify a person for the SEAI fully-funded energy upgrades; if he will provide a list of the social welfare payments that do not qualify a person; the rationale for same; if the scope will be broadened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9565/23]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

284. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of homes built (details supplied) to date in 2023, broken down by local authority. [9882/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

281. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of how he will approve grants for any State-backed forestry investment fund, given the clear judgment of the European Court in 2003 that legal persons owned and controlled by the State are eligible for aid to cover the costs of afforestation and maintenance of forests in the same way as any other natural or legal person, but that they are not, however, eligible for aid to compensate for a loss of income from agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9319/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

282. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the cost-benefit analysis for Irish forestry provided as part of Ireland’s current application for State aid; if he can assure this Deputy that the criticism of the Comptroller and Auditor General in 2018 that the previous cost benefit analysis for State Aid 2014 - 2021 failed to account for a number of factors, including the tax free status treatment of forestry, the cost of agricultural supports, and the displacement of other activities, have been fully and entirely addressed in the new cost-benefit analysis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9320/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

283. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the advances in scientific knowledge about the emissions caused by forestry activities on organic soils summarised by the Environmental Protection Agency in July 2022, if the Government has revised the value of forestry sequestration from that used in the State aid application 2014 to 2021, when 39% of the benefit was calculated to come from carbon sequestration based on an assumed value of €39 per tonne of carbon dioxide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9321/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

284. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he, as a golden shareholder, will call an EGM to amend the principal objects of the State forestry board of Coillte Teoranta from its sole definition as ‘commercial’ to include ‘environmental’ and ‘social’ factors, as is required under the definition of ‘sustainable development’, to which Ireland is committed; if he will indicate whether it is his intention to change Coillte’s mandate along these lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9322/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

285. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct the State forestry board of Coillte Teoranta to use the same metrics as the EPA and LULUCF carbon accounting and stop its practice of including carbon embedded in manufactured wood products and saved through product substitution, which is misleading the public as to their forestry’s contribution to Ireland’s carbon budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9323/23]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Richard Boyd Barrett

286. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the 2022 United National Global Peatlands Assessment which suggests that the inclusion of climate concerns would, because of the enormous carbon density of peat, lead to more shallow thresholds for example, 10 cm (details supplied); if he will concede that a shallower threshold for Ireland than 50 cm is now required in view of this best available scientific advice and his sector’s increasing failure to meet Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9324/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

287. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that no second or further forestry replanting is approved to take place on peat soils, given that the resulting emissions of greenhouse gases from the disturbance to these organic soils continue to peak on successive rotations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9325/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

288. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the concerns of the European Commission over failures in Ireland’s forestry SEA report of October 2022, if any; if he will outline his proposals to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9326/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

289. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Forestry Service has not moved away from the inaccurate use of the sustained yield/clear fell and replant model whereby forested areas that are harvested are considered the same as standing forested areas if they are simply replanted, to an annual allowable cut proposed by the Forestry Policy Review Group in 2014 and included in a document (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9327/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

290. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the 44,000 ha of poor quality sitka spruce planted on farms with no access roads or thinning identified in the Forestry Policy Review Group report in 2014; the health and status of all broadleaved and native woodland sites across the entire forest area public and private; if he will furnish this Deputy with a report/analysis; if he will also include underperforming conifer sitka and lodgepole pine plantations across the entire forest area public and private; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9328/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

291. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine where is the science behind the Forestry Service/Coillte decision to reduce harvest rotation length from the UK scientific sustained yield measure of 45-60 years used by the old public forest manager the Forestry Service for decades before Coillte called for it to be reduced down to 25-30 years, and the impact this is having on increased soil, water and biodiversity impacts as well as reduced carbon stocks from cutting younger trees which cannot store as much carbon as older trees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9329/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

292. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Government did not conduct an up-to-date cost benefit analysis based on the social, environmental and economic pillars of sustainable forest management of the new Forestry Strategy/Programme that included water and soil damage to decide public good value for money, given the huge expenditure of €1.3 billion announced for the next five years for forestry for public good value for money (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9330/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

293. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what has developed of the Coillte investment of 15 million punts worth of public forests used as equity in IFORUT in 1994 since Coillte have left IFORUT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9331/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

294. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the University College Dublin attitudes to forestry survey results focused on counties Wicklow and Kerry, conducted by a person (details supplied) in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9333/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

295. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will verify a statement by a person (details supplied) related to the survey in 2020 that it was costing the Government approximately €17,000 per ha for an individual with yield class 22 to get €20,000 per ha at harvest time after 35 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9334/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

296. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Coillte and the forestry industry cannot provide full life cycle carbon accounting for its operations that include the full fossil fuel usage of the clear fell/replant model with high disturbance, especially given that Ireland is harvesting more with shorter rotations; the true carbon/fossil fuel cost of harvesters and loaders and trucks ferrying timber across Ireland to mills, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9335/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

297. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline how not having full life cycle carbon accounting affects the carbon measuring and accounting for the Climate Action Plan and EU LULUCF and UNFCC climate reporting REF (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9336/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

298. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline how the full life cycle carbon accounting anomaly has been factored into the new Irish forestry strategy/programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9337/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

299. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the 400 acres of public forestry lands sold to an organisation (details supplied) in 2016 for €230 million; if this public property was placed on the open market to obtain the best value for the public interest; if not, if it was sold in a private deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9338/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

300. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Land Commission was dissolved in 1989 with 2,500 ha of agricultural land, if he can ascertain the amount of that land that was gifted to Coillte/NPWS; if so, if he will provide a breakdown by estate, area, acreage, and so on; the amount of this land that is still in Coillte/NPWS control; the amount that has been sold off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9339/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

301. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Coillte lands at a location (details supplied) were originally in the Land Commission portfolio transferred to Coillte in 1989; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9340/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

302. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte had provided him with its five-year business plan; if this plan included a deal between Coillte and an organisation (details supplied); if a letter of expectation sent instructing Coillte to proceed with its plan referred to the five-year business plan; if it included the aforementioned deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9341/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

303. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of members of the Coillte board of directors who have experience or knowledge of forestry management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9342/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

304. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will now place in the public domain the New Era Coillte Review Report, in light of the outpouring of public outrage at a deal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9343/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

305. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of businesses established by Coillte since 1989 which are no longer operational, for example, Coillte landscaping, Griffner/Coillte timber houses, Coillte Hardwoods, Coillte Christmas Trees; the accumulated debts associated with those failed enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9344/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

306. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of the public forest estate, broken down into tree species and age, with all of the other assets such as forestry machinery, tractors, trucks, chainsaws, tools, and so on when the Forest Service was wound down to make way for Coillte in 1988; if he will outline what became of all the old assets, for example, forestry machinery, tractors, trucks, cars, chainsaws, tools, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9345/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will next meet. [8827/23]

Nursing Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he has met with the Attorney General following publication of his report on nursing home charges and the disabled persons maintenance allowance. [8828/23]

National Risk Assessment

Richard Boyd Barrett

19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the draft list of strategic risks 2023 in the national risk assessment. [8829/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [5893/23]

Departmental Strategies

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department’s strategy statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update them. [8573/23]

Departmental Strategies

Richard Boyd Barrett

19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2022 will be published. [8574/23]

Departmental Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [8575/23]

Driver Test

Richard Boyd Barrett

186. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport to review the delays and wait times for driving tests in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8218/23]

Driver Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

218. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance when the suspended disabled drivers’ medical board of appeal will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8184/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

284. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the HAP limits and clarify if the band for a parent/parents with two children should have a further uplift where a three-bedroom property is needed due to the age and the sex of children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8093/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

443. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if Covid-19 will be recognised as an occupational disease in Ireland, as per the EU ACSH Agreement in November 2022; if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8789/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

465. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the time for appeals for social welfare disallowances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8219/23]

Nursing Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

608. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the regulations for the fair deal in respect to extra costs incurred by families, which nursing homes are invoicing for, outside of the flat rate fee issued by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8220/23]

Nursing Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

161. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that nursing home residents on the fair deal scheme are also being charged for extras that often, especially for those on social welfare, are unaffordable; if he will ensure that all those on the fair deal scheme are not required to pay any extra charges above those set out in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7602/23]

Departmental Reviews

Richard Boyd Barrett

319. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the progress of the National Review into PhD conditions; if he will provide a full work plan for the review as laid out by chairs and the meetings the chairs may have had or plan to have with stakeholders; the anticipated date of completion for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7813/23]

Departmental Reviews

Richard Boyd Barrett

320. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to clarify the process by which chairs of the review into PhD conditions were selected and to provide details of the remuneration awarded to chairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7814/23]

Departmental Reviews

Richard Boyd Barrett

321. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to request the chairs of the review into PhD conditions contact an organisation (details supplied) and to meet with the organisation as the body representing PhD researchers in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7815/23]

Departmental Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [5892/23]

Homeless Persons Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

94. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the measures in place to prevent homelessness outside of the current moratorium on certain notices to quit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7635/23]

Homeless Persons Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

95. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the homeless supports that are available for individuals and families who become homeless but are above the social housing income limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7636/23]

Homeless Persons Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

96. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full costs of providing emergency homeless accommodation broken down by local authority area and broken down by month over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7637/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [5891/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Housing for All progress report for quarter 4 2022 will be published. [4417/23]

Departmental Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

423. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if birth information requested from Tusla since October 2022 will be released and acknowledgments made to applicants for the distress caused by the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6518/23]

Departmental Reports

Richard Boyd Barrett

99. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the new report on rapid-build housing published by his Department. [57890/22]

Energy Prices

Richard Boyd Barrett

115. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if any allowance for utility bills can be made for those who are hosting refugees in their homes given the rising costs of energy bills and the pressure this is creating for many families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6378/23]

Immigration Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

241. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the reason for delay in regularisation of the long-term undocumented migrants scheme; when the remaining outstanding applications will be finalised; if he will provide a breakdown of nationalities who get approval and who are still waiting for their applications to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6219/23]

Immigration Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

242. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the options open to a person who has been granted refugee status and has now been granted under the family reunification unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6226/23]

Programme for Government

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government [3405/23]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [3406/23]

Energy Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

65. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how the approximately 60 private households in a location (details supplied) can avail of the electricity grant when their landlord is on a commercial account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5819/23]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Richard Boyd Barrett

344. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if publicly funded fertility care, as outlined in the programme for Government, will include treatment options for single women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5616/23]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

368. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the assessment of needs for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5695/23]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

436. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the services in place for medical card holders and GPs with GMS lists who are seeking to provide vasectomies; if appropriate training is in place for GPs wishing to provide such a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5964/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

495. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can explain the reason a Coillte-owned company (details supplied) based in Clonmel is charging all its Irish MDF customers more expensive prices for its products compared to its customers in England. [6000/23]

Education Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

111. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the regulations and guidelines from her Department for primary and post-primary schools with regard to the operation of any private for-profit companies on school grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5207/23]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

127. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a full report on a school building (details supplied); the details of the reasons for the delay with construction; and if she will outline the plans for September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5206/23]

Child Abuse

Richard Boyd Barrett

345. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps a person should take and who does not want to go to the police, who wants to divulge a historic child abuse case, that took place in a Dublin boys home in the 1970s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5284/23]

Child Abuse

Richard Boyd Barrett

346. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish a report into child sexual abuse (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5307/23]

Child Abuse

Richard Boyd Barrett

347. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps a person should take who wants to divulge a historic child abuse case, that took place in a Dublin boys home in the 1970s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5283/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he is intending to establish new Cabinet subcommittees. [3075/23]

Ukraine War

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent phone call with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. [4424/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. [3073/23]

Education Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

142. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if there are restrictions and regulations on private for-profit companies operating in schools; if so, if he will provide these restrictions and regulations and any decision-making process attached; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5112/23]

International Protection

Richard Boyd Barrett

167. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any allowance for utility bills can be made for those who are hosting refugees in their homes given the rising costs of energy bills and the pressure this is creating for many families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5111/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the proposed running order of citizens’ assemblies. [4415/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with social protection will next meet. [3074/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with immigration and integration will next meet. [4426/23]

Child Poverty

Richard Boyd Barrett

22. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his views on the creation of a new division within his Department, focusing on child poverty. [4416/23]

Ukraine War

Richard Boyd Barrett

122. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts he intends to make to try and prevent further escalation of the war in Ukraine in his new role as Minister for Foreign Affairs of a neutral country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4456/23]

Passport Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

504. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a passport renewal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4609/23]

Child Protection

Richard Boyd Barrett

514. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the review of safeguarding practices in an organisation (details supplied) has been completed; if so, when will it be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3973/23]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

517. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the advice to be given to a person with an acquired brain injury who is disabled, is a part-time parent to a child with ASD, and needs help when on access visits to manage their child’s behaviour with a suitable organisation to facilitate visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4028/23]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she is aware of the recent hearings at the budget scrutiny committee about section 481 film credit and the concerns raised by Equity about the failure of producer companies to vindicate the rights of actors, performers, directors and writers in respect of intellectual property and EU directives; the concerns raised by representatives of film crew about the failure of producer companies to vindicate their rights in terms of employment legislation, in particular the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003, and whether she intends to take action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3876/23]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to issues raised by film crew at the recent Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight hearings on section 481 tax relief in terms of their vulnerability to blacklisting and failure to vindicate their rights as employees under EU and national law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3722/23]

Arts Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

34. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline plans for the funding of the necessary and planned works for a theatre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3724/23]

Arts Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

42. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she intends to respond to requests made by an organisation (details supplied) for greater Government support for musicians and others working in the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3725/23]

Industrial Relations

Richard Boyd Barrett

47. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to concerns being raised by Equity about the failure of producer companies to vindicate the rights of actors, performers, directors and writers in relation to intellectual property and EU directives and whether she intends to take action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3721/23]

Arts Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

60. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a report on the pilot basic income for artists scheme; if she intends to implement it for all artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3723/23]

Homeless Persons Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

86. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to extend the moratorium on certain evictions after 31 March 2022; the other measures he will put in place to stop the flow of people into homelessness; if those measures will include an increase in the number of Part V property bought, allowing councils and approved housing bodies, AHBs, to buy homes where people have a notice to quit and would be eligible for cost rental, and accelerating the programme to bring vacant homes back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3875/23]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

105. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline his plans to accelerate the servicing of housing land in order that councils can include plans for social and affordable homes on these lands in their targets to 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3651/23]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

122. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is planning to extend the moratorium on certain evictions after 31 March 2023; what other measures will he put in place to stop the flow of people into homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3648/23]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

129. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way he will ensure that all the people now eligible for social housing due to change in income limits will be put back on the list urgently so they will be eligible for allocations as a matter of urgency as many of these people have missed out on allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3649/23]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

173. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide all details of the way he will address the huge shortfall in the delivery of social housing under Housing for All; his plans to address, particularly, the lack of three and four bedroomed family homes in the pipeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3652/23]

Fire Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

216. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the role that his Department has in ensuring that funding is in place to meet the pay demands of the members of an organisation (details supplied) in the retained Fire Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2364/23]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

217. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the National Development Plan commitments on social housing are currently being fulfilled by Housing for All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2366/23]

Care Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

312. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health what options are open to ensure the allocation of a social worker for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3826/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the committee that deals with education will next meet. [3407/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [61331/22]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

91. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of any role or involvement he has in the proposed Coillte-Gresham House deal in relation to the future of Irish forestry; if he will outline the tax treatment of such an investment plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3143/23]