Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Civil Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will detail the salaries of the top ten highest paid civil servants in his Department. [34007/23]

Passport Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

114. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a Northern Ireland electoral ID card is acceptable when applying for a passport when it is accompanied with a birth certificate as well as an expired Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34131/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

338. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the procedures for a tenant on the Drogheda housing list who is moving to a HAP tenancy in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown; which local authority is responsible for making the HAP payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33464/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

562. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte will be allowed to claim either grants or premiums in the Forestry Programme 2023-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33459/23]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider the creation of a State construction company to directly build both social and affordable housing and to accelerate the retrofitting of local authority housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33204/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

48. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the progress of the tenant-in-situ and the cost-rental tenant-in-situ schemes, including a timeline on bringing in legislation to ensure that the tenant or local authority have first refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33205/23]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

62. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the local authority housing stock retrofitting programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33206/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make changes to the HAP scheme so that there is not a cliff edge if people go over the social housing income limits to ensure that there is tapered rental support for those above the limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33208/23]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

87. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for the full details of the affordability measures put in place in Cherrywood developments in return for the LIHAF funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33207/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

100. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what changes he intends to make to the cost-rental rules so that those eligible on income grounds are not ineligible on affordability grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33209/23]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

240. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a progress report on Housing For All. [30976/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [32541/23]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the NESC. [32542/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on health will next meet. [32540/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with disability will next meet [32550/23]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

268. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or the relevant senior official in his Department will meet with representatives from an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the procedures dealing with cases in the WRC involving the employment rights of workers in the film industry; if such a meeting could be arranged prior to the summer recess; to confirm whether this would be possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32529/23]

Residential Institutions

Richard Boyd Barrett

278. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if money granted by Caranua to a survivor of an institution that was to be used, only for household goods, but not yet used may still be claimed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32110/23]

Animal Welfare

Richard Boyd Barrett

453. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the appalling conditions that 3,000 bulls and heifers were subjected to on 30 May 2023 on a shipment of cattle that left Greenore Port in Ireland, with the destination of Haifa port in Israel; the animal welfare regulations and inspections that are in place to prevent these cruel conditions; if there are animal welfare agreements in place with countries that Ireland exports livestock to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32338/23]

Nursing Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

624. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health what measures are being implemented to rectify the situation where nursing homes prior to the fair deal scheme were mischarging residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32390/23]

Driver Test

Richard Boyd Barrett

43. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport what options are available to a person who has lost possible employment because they cannot get a driving test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31504/23]

Healthcare Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

160. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health given that 28 June is International Neonatal Screening Day, the progress he is making on expanding the national heel-prick test; how many diseases babies born today in Ireland are currently being tested for; when he will decide on including spinal muscular atrophy in new-born screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31497/23]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the non-statutory public service modernisation, development and reform functions for which his Department is responsible. [30974/23]

Programme for Government

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his intention to establish additional units-divisions in his Department to those outlined in the programme for Government. [30975/23]

Broadband Infrastructure

Richard Boyd Barrett

121. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to report on the plans to install fibre optics in the Foxrock area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30837/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

209. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by increasing the corporate tax rate to 20% and 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30992/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

210. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by imposing a minimum effective corporate tax rate of 15% on pre-tax gross trading profits before deductions, reliefs and allowances and assuming no behavioural change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30993/23]

Trade Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

211. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the latest available figures for total pre-tax gross corporate trading profits for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30994/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

212. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by imposing a financial transaction tax of 0.1% on shares and securities and 0.01% on derivatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30995/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

213. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated disallowing historic losses (losses forward) as tax deductions for banks and insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30996/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

214. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by introducing a 4% levy on profits of pharmaceutical companies and private health companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30997/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

215. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by abolishing the SARP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30998/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

216. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by establishing four new income tax bands of 50% on earnings between €100,000 and €150,000; 55% on earnings between €150,000 and €200,000; 60% on earnings between €200,000 and €275,000; 65% on earnings between over €275,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30999/23]

Tax Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

217. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance how many property owners are paying LPT on one property; two properties; three properties; four properties; between five and ten; between ten and 20; between 20 and 50, between 50 and 100, and 100 or more, excluding local authorities and AHDs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31003/23]

Tax Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

218. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full-year cost of abolishing the LPT and introducing a tax on NPPRs as follows: Single NPPR - €1,000; ten or less NPPRs - €1,500 per property; 11 or more NPPRs - €2,500 per property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31004/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance to provide a full-year estimate of the revenue that would be generated by introducing a levy of 33% on commercial aviation fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31005/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

220. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance to provide a full-year estimate of the revenue that would be generated if Ireland imposed the European Commission’s proposed tax on aviation fuel in Budget 2023; where that tax will be imposed on all flights, including executive and corporate flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31006/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

221. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by establishing a new levy of 5% on the profits of all airlines and aircraft leasing companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31007/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

222. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated by increasing the zoned land tax to 25% of market value of the land and where the levy will also be imposed if the planning permission is not commenced within 12 months of its granting or where the development is not completed within 36 months of the planning permission being granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31008/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

223. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by establishing a 10% levy on vacant or derelict residential property as per the number of vacant properties identified in the recent census but where properties tied up in probate, the fair deal scheme or holiday homes are excluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31009/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

224. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full-year cost of abolishing the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31010/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

225. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated by increasing stamp duty on non-residential property to 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31011/23]

Tax Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

226. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of the latest figures of the net worth of Irish households, including the net worth of the top 1%, the top 5% and the top 10% of these households; to estimate the revenue that would be generated by levying a tax of 2% on the top 5% allowing for a tax-free allowance for each household of €1 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31012/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

227. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance to give a full-year cost of lost VAT to the Exchequer by introducing price controls that cap petrol/diesel at €1.30 and 1.40 per litre; electricity at 25c per kilowatt hour; natural gas at 8c per kilowatt hour and oil (kerosene) at €1 per litre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31013/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

228. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full-year cost of reducing the pension earnings limit from €115,000 to €60,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31014/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

229. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by increasing CGT to 40%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31015/23]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

230. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by establishing a new rate of corporate tax of 50% on the profits of all energy companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31016/23]

Tax Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

231. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost for index linking the existing tax bands to inflation in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31017/23]

School Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

318. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the average total of voluntary contributions received annually by schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31166/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

384. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of acquiring one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom homes, per unit, in Dublin under the buy-and-renew scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31064/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

385. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of acquiring one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom homes, per unit, outside Dublin under the buy-and-renew scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31065/23]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

386. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 760 of 26 July 2022, if he will provide the number of houses bought by each council for the amounts listed in the table; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31066/23]

Water Pollution

Richard Boyd Barrett

389. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the proposals from Uisce Éireann to upgrade Ringsend water treatment plant, including a detailed timeline for this and how it will impact on the protection of the bathing waters in Dublin Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31101/23]

Social Insurance

Richard Boyd Barrett

420. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year revenue that would be generated by establishing a new employer PRSI rate of 19.75% on any salaries paid over €90,000 per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31000/23]

Social Insurance

Richard Boyd Barrett

421. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year revenue that would be generated by increasing the 11.05% employer's PRSI rate to 13.05% on salaries paid below €90,000 per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31001/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

509. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can specify the importer and distributor of the 30,000 ash plants infected with ash die back (Chalara fraxinea), imported from continental Europe and planted over 11 sites which he had cut and destroyed by burning in October 2012, as detailed by his predecessor in Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 15 November 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31047/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

510. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can specify the location of the 11 sites where his predecessor identified 30,000 ash plants infected with ash dieback (Chalara fraxinea), which he had destroyed by burning in October 2012 as detailed in Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 15 November 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31048/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

511. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will correct his response to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 26 May 2022, in which he stated that "the exact origin of ash dieback disease in Ireland or when it was introduced are unknown", given that his predecessor stated in response to a Parliamentary Question on 15 November 2012 that the origin of the disease (Chalara fraxinea) was confirmed as originating in a consignment of 30,000 ash plants imported from continental Europe which were planted on 11 sites which he had cut and destroyed by burning in his "effort to stop the spread of the disease and prevent further infection"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31049/23]

Medical Cards

Richard Boyd Barrett

727. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to make the appropriate changes so that the living alone allowance is not assessable income for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31119/23]

Medical Cards

Richard Boyd Barrett

728. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that the living alone allowance is not assessable income for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31120/23]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

804. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of abolishing third-level registration and tuition fees for repeating students including the associated reduction in the student support grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31167/23]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

805. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if PhD researchers classified as non-EU will be provided with updated residency visas with a four year duration, similar to the hosting agreement scheme used for attracting non-EU research talent; if a recommendation be made that PhD researchers have access to PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31199/23]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

806. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a recommendation will be made on mandating that PhD researchers have access to sick leave and/or parental leave; if a recommendation will be made for PhD researchers to have access to the Workplace Relations Commission in order to resolve disputes with their university; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31200/23]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

807. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a recommendation will be made on establishing minimum standards for the provision of funding for PhD researchers in Ireland, including minimum standards of pay, such as the national minimum wage; and if a recommendation will be made on the matter of employee status for PhD researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31201/23]

Universal Social Charge

Richard Boyd Barrett

81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the recent opinion poll showing overwhelming public support for abolition of the universal social charge; if he will give a commitment to announce the abolition of the charge in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30486/23]

Tax Reliefs

Richard Boyd Barrett

98. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce new obligations on the recipients of section 481 film tax relief to end the use of buy-out contracts for performers, writers and artists which deny them their IP rights under copyright law, and a further obligation on producer company recipients of the credit to take direct responsibility as the employer for film crew on film productions so that their rights under fixed-term workers' legislation can be vindicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30201/23]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a windfall tax on banks and vulture funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30200/23]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that on 14 June 2023, the CEO of a charity (details supplied) outlined to the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight, wealth tax measures the Government could take that could raise up to €8 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30199/23]

Mortgage Interest Rates

Richard Boyd Barrett

134. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a cap on mortgage interest rates to prevent families being impoverished and forced into arrears by rising interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30198/23]

Climate Action Plan

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the first progress report for the first quarter of 2023 of the climate action plan. [29543/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

17. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [29544/23]

Official Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the meeting of the European Political Community on 1 June 2023. [29545/23]

Universal Social Charge

Richard Boyd Barrett

71. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a taxation query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29979/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [29534/23]

Departmental Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland, overseen by his Department. [29535/23]

Equality Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department’s public sector duty equality and human rights assessment. [29536/23]

Work Permits

Richard Boyd Barrett

281. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how a person (details supplied) can receive a permit for employment without immigration status, which is required for their worker's permit, but they cannot gain immigration status (stamp 1) without a worker's permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29142/23]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

380. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the defective apartments and duplexes redress scheme will be enacted; if retrospective applications for redress will be included in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29324/23]

Immigration Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

429. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice how a person (details supplied) may gain immigration status given that their stamp 1G visa has expired and they wish to continue working in Ireland with no need to pursue further education, but they have been refused a working permit on the grounds of immigration status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29141/23]

Residential Institutions

Richard Boyd Barrett

505. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if money granted by Caranua to a survivor of an institution that was to be used only for household goods, but not yet used may still be claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29208/23]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

563. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 16 May 2023, the reason for the removal of the service; if there is an intention to replace the service; if not, where else the service might be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29079/23]

Medicinal Products

Richard Boyd Barrett

674. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has plans to fund the drug, dupilumab which is used to treat a form of asthma, under the reimbursement scheme; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29408/23]

Economic Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Government's response to Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2022. [28603/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health is next due to meet. [28606/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

26. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach which Cabinet sub-committees will meet before the summer recess. [28607/23]

Council of Europe

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the Council of Europe. [24732/23]

Departmental Strategies

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the national reform programme for the European semester recently published by his Department. [26164/23]

Education Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

498. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will investigate whether a person (details supplied) has applied for home tuition for a person, as advised by her Department; if an EWO can engage with the family urgently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27321/23]

Asylum Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

863. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if an application for asylum which was made in 2021 is being processed for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27319/23]

Asylum Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

864. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if asylum seekers can engage in third level programmes or apprenticeships if they have a permit to work but are waiting for their asylum application to be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27320/23]

Immigration Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

925. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if a person (details supplied) will be granted their IRP renewal as soon as possible as they have experienced a very lengthy wait and have since been let go from their current employment and cannot access and welfare claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28261/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

962. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is reluctant to accept the UN recommendation for countries to leave untouched all peat soils of 10 cm depth rather than afforesting and reafforesting sites with peat depths of 30 cm, 40 cm and even 50 cm deep peat, as alluded to in Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 26 April 2023; if he can at least assure this Deputy that he will end afforestation and reafforestation on peat soils of a greater depth than 15 cm, given that his Government itself has published as part of the EU Green Deal ‘Keeping Ireland Green: 12 Stories about the EU and Ireland’s Environment’ with an introduction by him in which it is stated in section 9 that ‘A climate change solution beneath our feet’ that ‘It is estimated that a 15cm thick layer of peat contains more carbon per hectare than a tropical forest.'; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27834/23]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

104. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will use the opportunity of Budget 2024 to abolish all registration and tuition fees for undergraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26744/23]

Third Level Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he intends in Budget 2024 to ensure that all PhD researchers receive a stipend of at least the living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26743/23]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

135. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the changes he intends to make to student fees in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26746/23]

Student Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

139. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if Budget 2024 will include measures to ensure that student accommodation is affordable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26747/23]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

141. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure in Budget 2024 that all three streams of PhD psychology students are fully-funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26745/23]

Cost of Living Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

42. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of a recent report by an organisation (details supplied) that found that up to almost half of parents or their children have had to go without heat, electricity, food, clothing or other essential items over the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26006/23]

Cost of Living Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

47. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of a recent report from a charity (details supplied) which found that 73% of parents think that the cost-of-living crisis has negatively affected their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26007/23]

Road Safety

Richard Boyd Barrett

183. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if there are any rules, regulations, guidelines or studies around the safe transporting of children on bicycles and on cargo bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25787/23]

Community Employment Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

477. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of paying the living wage and the minimum wage to all workers on the CE scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26180/23]