Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

86. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will investigate the abuse of employees, trainee employees and volunteers in the film industry in view of an imminent official strike across the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47912/17]

Schools Building Projects Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

178. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the reason for the ongoing delays; the steps his Department is taking to overcome these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48043/17]

Public Transport Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

443. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures in place to provide adequate public transport to service a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48065/17]

Schools Facilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

86. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that the playing fields land at a college (details supplied) has been sold; if he has seen the contracts for such a sale; if his attention has been drawn to the legal case that is being taken by the board of the school to stop the deal closing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47394/17]

Schools Facilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

87. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of a college (details supplied) will be supported in its endeavours including the legal proceedings to stop the sale of playing pitches in view of the fact that this school is funded by his Department and the fields are vital green space used by the students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47395/17]

Patient Files

Richard Boyd Barrett

157. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the correct procedure to be followed with regard to patient files; the category of person that can put information into such a file; the appropriate information to be placed in such files; his views on whether information with regard to an allegation of inappropriate behaviour of a staff member to the patient is included in appropriate information for a patient's file; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47393/17]

EU Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the issues he plans to raise at the upcoming European Council meeting. [44042/17]

Taoiseach's Communications

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent discussions with Prime Minister Theresa May. [45035/17]

Coillte Teoranta Lands

Richard Boyd Barrett

41. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether Coillte's recent announcement that it is examining 25 of its land parcels and seeking partnerships with private developers to develop these sites as industrial wind farms represents a significant diversion and potentially conflicts with its core mandate to protect the national forest estate and promote afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47188/17]

Climate Change Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the input his Department had into Cabinet discussions on Ireland's role in and contribution to global climate change mitigation in advance of the Bonn climate change conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47044/17]

Forestry Management

Richard Boyd Barrett

52. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish a special task force to liaise and co-ordinate between his Department and the Departments of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to examine and drive a co-ordinated and coherent plan for utilising and expanding native forestry to maximise its multiple benefits in line with commitments on climate change mitigation, environmental and heritage protection and enhancing biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47045/17]

Forestry Management

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether his Department is not sufficiently supporting small scale coppice management of existing hedgerows and woodlands on farms (details supplied); his plans to use existing funding not currently being availed of for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47041/17]

Forestry Management

Richard Boyd Barrett

66. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there has not been a specific move to target the 500,000 acres of non-commercially viable Coillte lands identified by the McCarthy report in 2010 for the development of mixed native woodlands (details supplied) in view of the problem of land availability for forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47042/17]

Forestry Management

Richard Boyd Barrett

70. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department is not adopting the full suite of agroforestry measures that are funded and provided for within the rural development regulation for farming and forestry; the further reason he is not actively encouraging the creation of linear riparian native woodlands on farms to act as buffers to collect nitrate and phosphate run off in view of the problem for farm sustainability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47043/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B, social policy and public services, will next meet. [44043/17]

One-Parent Family Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

72. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on her Department's response to a review (details supplied) of the amendments to the one-parent family payment and, in particular, its impact on child poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43793/17]

State Pensions

Richard Boyd Barrett

79. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure pension equality by removing the band changes made to the way in which pensions are calculated and reducing the number of contributions needed to qualify for the State pension from 520 to 260; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46798/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

655. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the supports in place for persons engaging in mental health services that have complaints about service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45802/17]

Health Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

661. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) can be referred for treatment to a specialist of neurology in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45826/17]

National Lottery Funding Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

663. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason for the drop in funding from the Health Service Executive national lottery grant scheme to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45848/17]

Child and Family Agency Investigations

Richard Boyd Barrett

1093. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 516 of 17 October 2017 and 183 of 27 September 2017, when a formal response will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45772/17]

Labour Activation Measures

Richard Boyd Barrett

1166. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the case of a person of 62 years of age who has recently lost their job and has been invited to participate in JobPath but is not allowed to take up part-time work in their chosen field and instead is expected to find work for 30 hours or more a week in another field; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45659/17]

Invalidity Pension Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

1167. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the invalidity pension of a person (details supplied) has been stopped in view of the fact that their condition has remained the same and is likely to continue to remain the same into the future and evidence has been provided of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45828/17]

Employment Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

1168. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the practice in the film industry of certain companies hiring unpaid runners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45831/17]

Employment Support Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1176. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the arrangement between her Department, JobPath, a company (details supplied) and Turas Nua; the mandate that these companies have regarding jobseekers; the details of the contracts with these companies; if there is a pay by result remuneration for each jobseeker that gains employment through the scheme, if so, their salary and the reason it is required that jobseekers must sign a contract with these private companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45663/17]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Richard Boyd Barrett

1301. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there is a scheme to facilitate persons on the housing list in Dublin to move outside of Dublin and take vacant properties in rural areas if they wish to do so; if not, his plans to set up such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45799/17]

Housing Assistance Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which he envisages reaching the housing assistance payment, HAP, targets in Rebuilding Ireland in view of current rent prices and supply problems in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45301/17]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

17. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether the process that homeless persons must go through when there is no placement available for them from the DRHE to be satisfactory in view of the chronic shortage of both emergency placements and hotel and guesthouse accommodation; his plans to make changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45302/17]

Social and Affordable Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an affordable housing scheme to guide councils in providing affordable homes and to ensure that affordable homes will remain affordable into the future, even if there is a change of ownership, will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45303/17]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

39. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans for the roll-out of a fully staffed full-time place finder service for those looking for a home; when it will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45300/17]

Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund

Richard Boyd Barrett

47. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which he envisages the affordability requirement of LIHAF funding being delivered across the country and in Dublin in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45299/17]

Immigration Controls

Richard Boyd Barrett

118. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that racial profiling is not taking place at immigration controls in the airports and ports; the guidelines that are provided to immigration officers as to the way in which persons are selected for questioning at passport control as against those that are simply waived; if figures or records are kept on the number of persons questioned; if a disproportionate number of those are naturalised immigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45388/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D (infrastructure) will next meet. [44702/17]

Schools Property

Richard Boyd Barrett

74. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to protect playing fields owned by the religious orders but used by publicly funded schools to ensure their use by current and future pupils of such schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45030/17]

Schools Building Regulations

Richard Boyd Barrett

82. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools being audited or investigated for fire safety or building regulation breach issues; the number of these built by a company (details supplied); if a college (details supplied) built by the company is lying idle; if so, the reason; if he will provide all information possible within sub judice as to the nature of the legal action under way regarding the college; and if, in view of these issues, he is of the view that the company should receive public contracts in the future. [44820/17]

Consular Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

174. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if there is recourse available regarding their property; if assistance can be given to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45225/17]

Disability Activation Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

215. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the job shadow initiative for persons with mental health difficulties is succeeding; the current initiative and plans for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45195/17]

Tax Compliance

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the figures for 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017 for the tax revenue from the relevant contracts tax, RCT1, tax head; the gross figure and the figure net of refunds, deductions and allowances in the construction sector; the number of construction workers to which this relates; the comparative figures for the same years for PAYE workers in the construction sector; if he is satisfied that the tax take from RCT1 in the construction sector is fully capturing the sector's tax liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44724/17]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

22. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a report (details supplied) shows that nine out of ten persons would favour a wealth tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44721/17]

Universal Social Charge Application

Richard Boyd Barrett

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will correct the anomaly that sees pre-1995 public sector pensioners pay the universal social charge on all their income, while all other recipients of the State pension are exempt from USC on that portion of their income resulting in these persons being worse off than other persons who receive the State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44720/17]

Tax Compliance

Richard Boyd Barrett

38. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on recent efforts to clamp down on bogus self-employment; the number of workplace raids the Revenue Commissioners have participated in with the joint investigations unit; the nature and consequence of these raids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44722/17]

Corporation Tax Regime

Richard Boyd Barrett

39. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the extent of deductions, allowances and reliefs allowing corporations to reduce their tax liability under headings such as intra-agency transfers, research and development, losses brought forward and other such headings; his views on whether such reliefs, deductions and allowances are facilitating large scale tax avoidance and represent bad value as tax expenditures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44723/17]

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

34. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the blocks preventing the immediate ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44195/17]

UN Declarations

Richard Boyd Barrett

46. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to mark the United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44196/17]

Cross-Border Health Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

155. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the procedure a person should go through if they require surgery in another country; the way in which they receive a referral for the surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44347/17]

Health Insurance Regulation

Richard Boyd Barrett

157. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the regulations on health insurance require that a health insurance company here must take into account the number of years that a person returning here has had with an international health insurance company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44353/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet Committee A (Economy) will next meet. [43786/17]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department's allocation in budget 2018 will see the issue of chronic low pay in the Defence Forces addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44030/17]

Defence Forces Strength

Richard Boyd Barrett

74. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he plans to address the staffing shortages in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44031/17]

Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

150. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when the new support scheme for IVF will be available; the assistance available until then; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44198/17]