Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet sub-committees he will establish. [10154/16]

Programme for Government Initiatives

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his plans to implement the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11576/16]

Ministerial Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on his meetings with the new chief executive of Coillte Teoranta (details supplied) including his plans for future meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14503/16]

Appointments to State Boards

Richard Boyd Barrett

66. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the appointment of a person (details supplied) as executive director of Coillte Teoranta heralds a further commercialisation of the company; if this is appropriate for the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14504/16]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

294. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive the full SWA payment of €186 per week, rather than the reduced rate of €100 per week, while the person is awaiting a decision on a disability allowance claim. [14357/16]

Back to Education Allowance Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

333. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason he no longer provides back to education allowance payments for students studying outside of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14805/16]

Medicinal Products Supply

Richard Boyd Barrett

52. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a State pharmacy to source best value pharmaceuticals for supplying hospitals, general practitioners and pharmacies, and to estimate the savings that would be made to the Exchequer with this measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13766/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

161. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13842/16]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on any meetings he held during his recent visit to the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11577/16]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he discussed the issue of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in any of his meetings on his recent visit to the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11578/16]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Richard Boyd Barrett

48. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of recruitment in the public service since the moratorium was lifted; the number of persons who have been recruited across each section; the procedures management has to follow to obtain sanction to recruit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13010/16]

Visa Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

221. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time persons (details supplied) will be waiting for long-stay visa application in order that they can be reunited with their spouse and father. [13445/16]

Public Expenditure Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

557. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount accounted for by projected demographic pressures and by projected inflation in respect of the projected fiscal space to 2021; the space which remains beyond these requirements on a year by year basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10204/16]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

629. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the support he provides for the replacement of prosthetic limbs which have a price tag of €11,000 for those in full-time work with an average annual salary of €30,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12603/16]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

647. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the support he provides for the replacement of prosthetic limbs which have a price tag of €11,000 for those in full-time work with an average annual salary of €30,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12604/16]

EU Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of Ireland's housing and homelessness crisis at the most recent meeting of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10150/16]

EU Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the discussions he had with the British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, at the most recent meeting of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10151/16]

EU Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the issues he will raise at the meeting of the European Council in June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10155/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection to make the rent allowance scheme available to low-paid workers in order to ensure tenancy sustainment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11643/16]

State Pension (Contributory)

Richard Boyd Barrett

183. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [11911/16]