Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh gach suí
Leathanach 126 de 136
Déar, 5 Noll 2013
written
Local Government Fund
Richard Boyd Barrett
32. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for funding local authorities in 2014, in view of the news that the local property tax money for 2014 will fund Irish Water; if he will confirm that thereafter the local property tax will be retained by the local authorities and if the local government fund will be reduced by the same amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51934/13]
Céad, 4 Noll 2013
oral
Energy Resources
Richard Boyd Barrett
3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has any knowledge of actual production of oil from the Connemara field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51906/13]
Céad, 4 Noll 2013
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Traveller Accommodation
Richard Boyd Barrett
104. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the acknowledged need for the redevelopment of Labre Park Traveller accommodation in Ballyfermot, which has been included in the past three Traveller accommodation programmes but never advanced, if he will meet all of the stakeholders to ensure the delivery of this long awaited redevelopment. [51984/13]
Máirt, 3 Noll 2013
written
NewERA Projects
Richard Boyd Barrett
50. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full report on recent meetings of NewERA. [51706/13]
Máirt, 3 Noll 2013
written
Community Development Initiatives
Richard Boyd Barrett
274. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the planned changes to funding the community sector. [51958/13]
Déar, 28 Samh 2013
oral
Pension Provisions
Richard Boyd Barrett
3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the protections provided for in the Pensions (Amendment) Bill 2013 that would ensure that the restructuring of defined pension schemes would place the interests of workers and pensioners first, with particular reference to any instance of continued restructuring and its implications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51034/13]
Déar, 28 Samh 2013
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Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
Richard Boyd Barrett
31. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the rent allowance caps again in view of the recent reports of rent increases in the urban centres around the country; if not, the advice she would give to the thousands of housing applicants and homeless persons who cannot find suitable accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50742/13]
Déar, 28 Samh 2013
written
Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
Richard Boyd Barrett
36. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the advice she would give to housing applicants and persons facing homelessness across the country particularly in urban areas such as Dublin where rents are increasing dramatically and where little if any private rented accommodation is available within the Department's rent allowance caps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50741/13]
Céad, 27 Samh 2013
written
Employment Rights
Richard Boyd Barrett
30. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the bill on trade union recognition will be brought forward and the mechanisms that will be contained in the bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50560/13]
Máirt, 26 Samh 2013
oral
Discussions with European Leaders
Richard Boyd Barrett
8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent discussion with Chancellor Angela Merkel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40916/13]
Máirt, 26 Samh 2013
oral
Discussions with European Leaders
Richard Boyd Barrett
9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings he has had with European counterparts since the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40918/13]
Máirt, 26 Samh 2013
oral
Discussions with European Leaders
Richard Boyd Barrett
10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of Ireland's unemployment rate at the October meeting of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40922/13]
Máirt, 26 Samh 2013
oral
Discussions with European Leaders
Richard Boyd Barrett
18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the issues he raised with our European partners at the European Council meeting on 24-25 October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47668/13]
Máirt, 26 Samh 2013
oral
Discussions with European Leaders
Richard Boyd Barrett
19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he had discussions regarding Ireland's exit from the troika programme at the European Council meeting on 24-25 October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47669/13]
Máirt, 26 Samh 2013
oral
Discussions with European Leaders
Richard Boyd Barrett
20. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he had discussions regarding Ireland's debt situation at the European Council meeting on 24-25 October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47670/13]
Máirt, 26 Samh 2013
written
Haddington Road Agreement Negotiations
Richard Boyd Barrett
116. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that ASTI members will continue to be paid the annual supervision and substitution allowance of €1,769 gross, in view of the fact that this is not part of the Haddington Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42440/13]
Máirt, 26 Samh 2013
written
Tax Credits
Richard Boyd Barrett
195. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 12 November 2013, the steps that the Revenue Commissioners took to confirm that the person in question was residing with their partner for the years concerned; and if it is the practice of the Revenue Commissioners to withdraw tax credits without looking for confirmation of the reasons for adjusting tax credits. [50708/13]
Máirt, 26 Samh 2013
written
Health Contribution Refunds
Richard Boyd Barrett
409. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection further to the overcharging of the health contribution in 2009 and 2010, the number of persons who applied for a refund; the number who were given a refund; the total amount refunded; the number of persons still eligible for a refund; and the total amount of these refunds. [50724/13]
Máirt, 26 Samh 2013
written
Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
Richard Boyd Barrett
412. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans in terms of legislative reform to allow workers access to the State insolvency fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50561/13]
Máirt, 26 Samh 2013
written
Medical Card Applications
Richard Boyd Barrett
637. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the general practitioner visit card review or issue a temporary GP visit card to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [50639/13]
Céad, 20 Samh 2013
oral
EU-IMF Programme of Support
Richard Boyd Barrett
6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the position on Ireland's obligations under the fiscal treaty and other EU rules in terms of debt and deficit reduction, budgeting and monitoring following an exit from the troika programme; the implications of these obligations for future budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49253/13]
Céad, 20 Samh 2013
oral
Unemployment Levels
Richard Boyd Barrett
12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain the unusual anomaly recently highlighted by his Department, where growth has failed to match forecasts but the employment-unemployment situation has apparently improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49254/13]
Céad, 20 Samh 2013
written
Corporation Tax
Richard Boyd Barrett
19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to ask the corporate sector to make any extra tax contribution to assist economic recovery, particularly in the area of funding, training, education and employment programmes for young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49255/13]
Céad, 20 Samh 2013
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IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
Richard Boyd Barrett
26. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, formerly Anglo Irish Bank, mortgage holders regarding plans to dispose of these mortgages as part of the wind-up of IBRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49256/13]
Céad, 20 Samh 2013
written
Banks Recapitalisation
Richard Boyd Barrett
31. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he has drawn to the EU's attention, the fact confirmed in EUROSTAT figures, that the average cost per Irish citizen of the European bank bailout was €8,981 whereas the average cost per EU citizen was €192; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49252/13]
Máirt, 19 Samh 2013
oral
Cabinet Committee Meetings
Richard Boyd Barrett
2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU affairs last met. [42215/13]
Máirt, 19 Samh 2013
oral
Middle East Issues
Richard Boyd Barrett
85. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the pressure his Department is putting on the Israeli Government, through the Irish embassy in Tel Aviv or other channels, to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza; if he will provide details of his Department's most recent correspondence with the Israeli Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49260/13]
Máirt, 19 Samh 2013
written
National Internship Scheme Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
229. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of schools currently utilising the JobBridge scheme to employ interns in a teaching capacity. [48863/13]
Máirt, 19 Samh 2013
written
National Internship Scheme Data
Richard Boyd Barrett
300. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of schools currently utilising the JobBridge scheme to employ interns in a teaching capacity. [48862/13]
Máirt, 19 Samh 2013
written
Hospital Investigations
Richard Boyd Barrett
684. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [49360/13]
Máirt, 19 Samh 2013
written
Hospital Investigations
Richard Boyd Barrett
685. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will reply to the correspondence (details supplied) in County Dublin. [49361/13]
Máirt, 12 Samh 2013
written
Child Protection
Richard Boyd Barrett
23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the involvement of Health Service Executive child protection services with the two Roma children removed from their family homes; the imminent risk of significant harm to the children from the child protection point of view; if child protection services were aware of the cases in advance of the children being removed from their family homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47831/13]
Máirt, 12 Samh 2013
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Proposed Legislation
Richard Boyd Barrett
29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the children first Bill will be published; if it will mean that Departments and-or the Health Service Executive can be reported for failure to protect the welfare of vulnerable children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47832/13]
Máirt, 12 Samh 2013
written
Tax Credits
Richard Boyd Barrett
90. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain the changes in tax credits in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [48018/13]
Máirt, 12 Samh 2013
written
Revenue Complaint and Review Procedures
Richard Boyd Barrett
91. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the course of action a person may take if they complain to the Revenue Commissioners about their treatment in a public office and if they are not satisfied with the response they get. [48019/13]
Máirt, 12 Samh 2013
written
State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
Richard Boyd Barrett
205. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a non-contributory pension review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [48020/13]
Máirt, 12 Samh 2013
written
Child Protection
Richard Boyd Barrett
301. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in the case of the seven year old child taken from a Roma family in Tallaght, if the Garda contacted the Health Service Executive child protection social worker prior to acting and removing the child from the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47714/13]
Máirt, 12 Samh 2013
written
Racial Profiling
Richard Boyd Barrett
302. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will explain the use of racial profiling in the work of the Garda and Irish National Immigration Service and other sections of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47715/13]
Máirt, 12 Samh 2013
written
Consultancy Contracts Issues
Richard Boyd Barrett
448. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the action he will take in cases where it appears that some hospital consultants are exceeding the allowed 20% to 30% private practice; the impact this has on public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47993/13]
Máirt, 12 Samh 2013
written
Equality Issues
Richard Boyd Barrett
520. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether a recent Twitter statement was in keeping with the International Olympic Charter; if national governing bodies of sport will adopt equality and discrimination clauses in their constitutions in line with the EC White Paper on Sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48042/13]
Déar, 7 Samh 2013
written
Public Transport Subsidies
Richard Boyd Barrett
20. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the reduction in the State subsidy to Dublin Bus in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47178/13]
Déar, 7 Samh 2013
written
Public Service Obligation Services
Richard Boyd Barrett
39. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the tendering out of Dublin Bus routes to private firms and the implications this will have for the terms and conditions of Dublin Bus drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47177/13]
Máirt, 5 Samh 2013
oral
Cabinet Committee Meetings
Richard Boyd Barrett
5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on climate change and the green economy will next meet. [42214/13]
Déar, 24 DFómh 2013
written
Corrib Gas Field Issues
Richard Boyd Barrett
26. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it is true that a tunnelling expert sent by the Department to investigate claims by residents around Srahwaddaconn Bay that there was bubbling in the Srahwaddaconn estuary over the area where Shell was tunnelling as part of the Corrib project and that an expert was denied access to the tunnel by Shell where weeks later a Shell employee died when a compressed air pipe attached to the tunnel boring machine exploded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45047/13]
Céad, 23 DFómh 2013
oral
Local Authority Housing Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to deal with the housing crisis which sees 110,000 families and individuals on the housing waiting list and ten new persons presenting to homeless services in Dublin each day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44772/13]
Céad, 23 DFómh 2013
written
Foreshore Licences Applications
Richard Boyd Barrett
61. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to forthcoming amendments to the Foreshore Act if a company (details supplied) will be able to reactivate its previous application for oil exploration in the foreshore or if it will need to commence the process again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44773/13]
Céad, 23 DFómh 2013
written
Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
225. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Dublin receives a replacement wheelchair as a matter of urgency. [45301/13]
Máirt, 22 DFómh 2013
written
Local Authority Housing Stock
Richard Boyd Barrett
370. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of new houses each local authority has acquired in each of the past ten years; if these houses were new builds or acquired through the National Asset Management Agency or any other available scheme; his plans to build or acquire new social housing over the next five years on a yearly basis. [44673/13]
Máirt, 22 DFómh 2013
written
Local Authority Housing Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
371. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding the announcement made on 19 July 2012 that his Department would allocate €100 million for social housing, which would result in the provision of 800 new units across the country; the number of units that have been completed in each local authority area; and his views on the way this will impact on the 500 new units that were announced in budget 2014. [44674/13]
Máirt, 22 DFómh 2013
written
Homeless Accommodation Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
372. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make the necessary changes to the configuration of homeless services which creates a strict division between Dublin and Wicklow in view of the close relationship between the towns of Dún Laoghaire and Bray. [44675/13]