Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Taoiseach's Communications

Richard Boyd Barrett

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent meeting of the European Council. [3610/22]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

67. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has reviewed or plans to review staffing levels in the local authorities in view of the changes to the strategic housing development and large-scale residential developments legislation; if he will sanction extra posts to ensure that staff increases needed in the planning sections of the local authorities will not pull away from other sections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2455/22]

Covid-19 Tests

Richard Boyd Barrett

267. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider the use of an antigen test to allow access to a leisure facility in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin for a child with special needs who cannot attend swimming therapy as their mother does not have a vaccine passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3152/22]

Asylum Seekers

Richard Boyd Barrett

449. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the arrangements he is making for refugees in a centre (details supplied) having fled Afghanistan to have family members reunited with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3206/22]

Asylum Seekers

Richard Boyd Barrett

450. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to move Afghan refugees out of direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3207/22]

Vaccination Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

546. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will remedy the lack of options available to a person (details supplied). [3016/22]

Hospital Transfers

Richard Boyd Barrett

548. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the transfer of a child (details supplied) from Sligo University Hospital to Temple Street Hospital as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3018/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

682. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Coillte road licences issued on the forestry licensing dashboard on week 2 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3000/22]

Public Sector Pay

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is planning to review public sector pay in view of the current inflation rate of 5.3%; if he has had discussions with the Minister for Finance as to the way that private sector workers could also be compensated for the effect that this rate of inflation is having on the cost of living for workers nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2458/22]

Public Sector Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

46. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he plans to take in relation to the recommendation from the Independent Body Examining Additional Working Hours that public service hours should be returned to pre-Haddington Road Agreement levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2456/22]

Public Sector Pay

Richard Boyd Barrett

51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether public sector pay increases of 1% to 2% will be wiped out and public servants will essentially be taking a pay cut in 2022 with inflation running at 5.3%; the actions he plans to take in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2457/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

109. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the request by a committee (details supplied) to meet with her and her officials to discuss the Covid-19 supports they need given the impact of public health measures on their ability to earn income over recent months; if she will respond positively to the request for a meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2529/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

115. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has engaged with the Minister for Social Protection and the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment in relation to ensuring and maintaining income and grant supports for musicians and performers; if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties and lack of supports being encountered by grassroots self-employed musicians performers and workers in this sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2528/22]

Arts Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

130. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason the basic income pilot scheme for arts and culture workers is limited to 2,000 persons rather than including all arts, entertainment and music workers; if she will reconsider this number; the way she plans to choose the participants in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2525/22]

Driver Test

Richard Boyd Barrett

166. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport when the backlog in driving test waiting lists will be cleared. [2704/22]

Departmental Offices

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. [60209/21]

Driver Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

217. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the reason a learner driver permit application by a person (details supplied) is taking several months to process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63425/21]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

483. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person who is in full-time education with an allowance from a relative of €160 per week but has a housing need is entitled to housing assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63424/21]

Homeless Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

598. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the options available in the immediate term for persons living in homeless accommodation whose income goes slightly above the income limit for social housing; which is currently resulting in these homeless persons being asked to leave their homeless accommodation but they have no capability on their low incomes to provide a home for themselves and their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2257/22]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

599. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of strategic housing development applications awaiting a decision by An Bord Pleanála by local authority; the number of strategic housing development applications that have already received a pre-planning opinion from An Bord Pleanála by the deadline of 17 December 2021, by local authority; the number that had applied to An Bord Pleanála by the deadline of 17 December 2021 for a pre-planning meeting by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2259/22]