Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

State Pensions

Richard Boyd Barrett

47. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that she will take in relation to the recent review of pension age that recommended not moving the pension age to the 67th year; and if she will further consider returning the pension age to 65 years in line with many countries across Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14564/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

75. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will rectify the situation in which those on pandemic unemployment payments over the course of the pandemic do not now have the necessary PRSI contributions to cover regular dental and optician visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14563/22]

Civil Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

277. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Civil Service travel rates will be reviewed given rising inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14552/22]

An Garda Síochána

Richard Boyd Barrett

278. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a plan has been made for the sale or repurpose of the Dalkey and Kill o' the Grange Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14608/22]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

342. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans and the timeline for the review of the HAP limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14592/22]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

343. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the discussions he has had on, and the timeline he has put in place for, the promised review of the social housing income limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14593/22]

Homeless Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

344. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the programmes or funding in place for local authorities to acquire homes in order to prevent homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14594/22]

Departmental Properties

Richard Boyd Barrett

689. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if progress has been made identifying a location for the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown domestic violence refuge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14611/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

953. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the best route for counselling services to volunteer aid to Ukrainian refugees and to hire incoming skilled workers in this field; if assistance is available to them in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14430/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

1146. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans for Killegar forest in the wake of the decision not to sell it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14595/22]

Departmental Policies

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [12792/22]

Economic Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he is planning to update the national reform programme for 2022. [11771/22]

Civil Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Civil Service management board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, will next meet. [11770/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the German Chancellor. [12790/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [12791/22]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

72. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on his plans in relation to third-level and post-graduate fees; if these fees will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12872/22]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

80. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether it makes sense to maintain financial or other barriers to accessing all levels of further and higher education and that all such barriers should be removed including the leaving certificate given the significant skills shortages in a range of areas such as health, mental health, construction, education and others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12873/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

98. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on new plans for training and apprenticeship places in all trades that are needed to ramp up the supply of housing across the country; the role that local authorities might play in this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12871/22]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

107. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of his plans to support and subsidise further education students to ensure that poverty does not deter them from continuing their education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12874/22]

Student Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether the current plans for student accommodation are providing affordable accommodation for third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12875/22]

Social Welfare Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

303. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the selection criteria for activation programs for social welfare claimants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12204/22]

Departmental Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [7688/22]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [11432/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the One Ocean Summit. [11433/22]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council an agency under the aegis of his Department. [11431/22]

Departmental Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he is planning to update his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [7687/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

147. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the rationale for not including standalone grants to homeowners to replace doors and windows in which a significant energy saving can be made by upgrading same; if he will consider including a grant such as this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10933/22]

Approved Housing Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

342. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the rules that are around rents charged by approved housing bodies and upward rent reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10943/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

350. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the means test for disability grants, including in cases in which there are multiple owners of the house in question but only one or two residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11211/22]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

358. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if recent changes have been made to the tenant purchase scheme; if so, if these changes need to be ratified by each council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11306/22]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

371. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons and families who have been removed from housing lists across the country over the past two years as a result of being above the income limit for social housing support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11487/22]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

376. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a comprehensive list of the number of new social housing support units provided in 2021 by delivery method that is LA direct build; LA Acquisition programme; Part V divided by lease or buy, including length of leases AHB build; HAP including whether the new HAPs are replacements or for new RAS tenancies, other long-term leasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11534/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

843. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 850 road licences in his Department’s plan that are for the private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11307/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

844. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his officials have briefed and informed the relevant Department responsible for roadside trees of the dangers to traffic and pedestrians from falling trees due to Ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11309/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

845. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Coillte road licences issued on week two of the February dashboard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11310/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

27. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if all arts workers, not only performers and artists but including crew and technicians, will be eligible for the basic income pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10513/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

31. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason she is limiting the basic income pilot scheme to 2,000 applicants; if she will reconsider this number given that it represents a very small cohort of those working in the arts and culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10514/22]

Arts Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

33. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider developing a register for artists, performers, crew and technicians and all those working in arts and culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10515/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

57. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of establishing the eligibility criteria for the basic income pilot scheme for workers in the arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10512/22]

Environmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

133. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the projected amounts that will be raised from the carbon tax that are ring-fenced for retrofitting programmes in each of the years 2022 to 2030, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10486/22]

Electric Vehicles

Richard Boyd Barrett

210. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the ESB ecar cards require a minimum credit of €5 at all times; the rationale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10544/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

291. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will expedite approval for the submission of detailed cost analysis plan by a school project (details supplied) for building proposal submitted on 31 January 2022 in order to avoid any delay that may result in an inflation in cost in the interim as has happened in the past; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10523/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe will next meet. [9700/22]

Good Friday Agreement

Richard Boyd Barrett

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the shared island unit will hold its next dialogue. [9701/22]

Vacant Sites

Richard Boyd Barrett

109. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant sites identified in each local authority area across the country; the amounts levied in each area under the vacant sites levy; the amounts collected under the levy; the number of sites and the amounts outstanding in unpaid levies in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10199/22]

Derelict Sites

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of derelict sites identified in each local authority area across the country; the amounts levied in each area under the derelict sites levy; and the amounts collected under the levy; the number of sites and amounts outstanding in unpaid levies in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10200/22]

Census of Population

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the plans of the CSO for census 2022. [6394/22]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering further tax measures to alleviate the severe burden of heating and energy price increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10105/22]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will now consider establishing an escalating tax on the owners of multiple properties given the role that property investment funds and entities are now playing in dominating the housing market and contributing to unaffordable rents and limiting housing options for ordinary persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9675/22]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether taxes on energy and heating fuel such as carbon tax and VAT are now directly contributing to fuel poverty and excessive fuel costs for many households; if he plans to take steps to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9671/22]

Universal Social Charge

Richard Boyd Barrett

37. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will now consider abolishing the universal social charge and replacing it with a high-income social charge given the very severe impact of inflation and the rising cost of living, which is disproportionately impacting on low- and middle-income workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9672/22]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

65. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will clearly establish, through guidelines or in legislation, that film producer companies in receipt of section 481 film tax relief must take direct responsibility as the employers for all those working on section 481 supported film productions and end the situation in which they are denying this employer responsibility by hiding behind short-lived designated activity companies which are set up as accountancy tools for the duration of a film production and cease to exist shortly afterwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9673/22]

Inflation Rate

Richard Boyd Barrett

70. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that while inflation and the cost of living increases currently taking place are severely impacting on ordinary workers and households, corporate profits continue to rise as they have done throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and over the last decade; his further views on whether new tax measures are needed to ensure that those that are doing well in the current environment contribute to easing the burden being imposed on the rest of society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9674/22]

Environmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

137. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is a Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grant for lighting available for schools to switch to more carbon-friendly LED lighting; if not, if such a grant is planned for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9538/22]

State Examinations

Richard Boyd Barrett

424. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details of the model for the certificate history essays for this year; the way it differs from last year's model and the traditional leaving certificate model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9101/22]

School Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

440. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the request from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9316/22]

Social Welfare Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

520. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures that are in place for those reaching 65 years of age who should qualify for the over-65s benefit payment but do not satisfy the PRSI contribution criteria as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the loss of income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9498/22]

General Practitioner Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

664. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care will be extended to six- and seven-year-olds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9052/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [7681/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department’s Covid-19 and health unit. [7682/22]

Social Partnership Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [6393/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent communications with the President of the United States of America. [7680/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

120. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there is a continuous audit of medication across CAMHS to ensure that the overmedication that is currently practised comes to an end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7972/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

170. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to fill the vacant posts in CAMHS across the country as one of the measures to ensure that children are not being overmedicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7971/22]

Local Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

358. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of all allocations in local housing authorities in Dublin; the allocations that went to the housing waiting list, the HAP transfer list, the RAS transfer list, the overcrowding transfer list and the medical transfer list; the number of properties that were set aside for allocations to overall priority applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7793/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

421. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education when her Department will commence the refurbishment of a site in order that a school (details supplied) can move into the premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7514/22]

Teacher Training

Richard Boyd Barrett

466. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she is planning to allow trainee teachers to complete an online alternative to their mandatory Gaeltacht placement in summer 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8321/22]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

759. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will conduct a review of staffing levels across the health service and ensure that extra permanent posts are sanctioned to ensure that the health service can increase its capacity on a permanent basis to deal with non-Covid-19 care and the almost 1 million persons on waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2454/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

783. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans for the review of CAMHS in view of the recent Kerry CAMHS scandal; the details of the person or body that is conducting the review; if the review will cover all CAMHS services in the country; the terms of reference of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8051/22]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

872. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to proceed with statutory regulation for psychotherapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8277/22]

Qualifications Recognition

Richard Boyd Barrett

873. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to recognise the qualifications of persons with a level 8 honours degree in psychotherapy and counselling; if the HSE will offer employment to them without the need for a second allied health degree such as in social care, speech therapy, nursing or a master's degree; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8278/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

874. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the way funding given to charities for mental health services is monitored; if he will ensure that psychotherapists employed by these charities are paid a fair and just wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8279/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

945. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the forestry industry had an input into the decision making on licensing targets for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7670/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

946. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of road licences issued to Coillte in his Department's dashboard ending 4 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7671/22]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [6392/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

138. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that families of persons with dementia have been informed that day services provided at a facility (details supplied) are due to be cut from three days to two days per week; the reason this is the case, rather than increase the number of persons permitted to attend three days per week to the pre-pandemic level of 24, the HSE is insisting on retaining the reduced number which was introduced in July 2021 in keeping with public health guidelines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6851/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [6398/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment last met; and when it will next meet. [6399/22]

Citizens' Assembly

Richard Boyd Barrett

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [6400/22]

Student Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the new provisions he is putting in place to ensure affordable rents for students in view of the spiralling rent costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6442/22]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

73. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of extra places that would be needed in higher education to allow for an open access model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6439/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

103. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to alleviate the economic pressures on students in higher education and in particular his plans to provide affordable student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6440/22]

Third Level 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 that all barriers on the path qualification in psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy are removed including the abolition of fees for primary degrees and postgraduate degrees and to ensure that students are paid a living wage for their placements in view of the staffing crisis in CAMHS, early intervention teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6441/22]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

143. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on discussions with the Minister for Education with regard to the possibilities of an open access model for third level that would remove the need for a traditional leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6438/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

810. 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 in week three of January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5857/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health last met. [4700/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will meet next. [4698/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet.. [2221/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [4699/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

75. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the number of the 42 new schools planned for 2019 to 2022 under the online patronage preference system that have permanent sites and buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4812/22]

Education Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

119. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will now consider implementing the call by a union (details supplied) for open access to third-level and getting rid of the traditional leaving certificate once and for all; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4813/22]

Driver Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

277. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the options a taxi driver has to renew their licence in cases in which they cannot get an answer to emails or phone calls to the National Driver Licence Service for over two weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5036/22]

School Patronage

Richard Boyd Barrett

490. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a report on the online patronage process system that was opened in 2018 to decide 42 new schools to include name of school and catchment area, type of patronage of each school; if enrolment has opened on the schools; if the schools have temporary sites or permanent sites or both identified; the stage the building of these schools is at; when they are expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4855/22]

School Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

491. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the plans for a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4856/22]

Site Acquisitions

Richard Boyd Barrett

492. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a full report on all the actions that have been taken to identify a temporary and a permanent site for a school (details supplied) including efforts to purchase or lease a site as well as using any existing site owned by her Department with a list of all the sites that were looked at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4857/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

588. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether all lectures should be held on campus including Maynooth University as opposed to online given that pubs, restaurants, football matches, cinema and so on are all back to full capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5041/22]

Common Foreign and Security Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to increase European Union military spending following the recent discussions at a meeting of European Union foreign ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3929/22]

Foreign Conflicts

Richard Boyd Barrett

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has discussed the ongoing war in Yemen and the humanitarian crisis with his counterparts across Europe; if consideration has been given to the imposing sanctions on Saudi Arabia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3926/22]

Common Foreign and Security Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

35. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if proposals from NATO for increased European Union military spending were discussed at a recent meeting of European Union foreign ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3928/22]

Foreign Conflicts

Richard Boyd Barrett

41. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he has had with his European Union counterparts on the increased tensions between Russia and Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3930/22]