Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

School Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

318. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the average total of voluntary contributions received annually by schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31166/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

384. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of acquiring one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom homes, per unit, in Dublin under the buy-and-renew scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31064/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

385. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of acquiring one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom homes, per unit, outside Dublin under the buy-and-renew scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31065/23]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

386. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 760 of 26 July 2022, if he will provide the number of houses bought by each council for the amounts listed in the table; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31066/23]

Water Pollution

Richard Boyd Barrett

389. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the proposals from Uisce Éireann to upgrade Ringsend water treatment plant, including a detailed timeline for this and how it will impact on the protection of the bathing waters in Dublin Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31101/23]

Social Insurance

Richard Boyd Barrett

420. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year revenue that would be generated by establishing a new employer PRSI rate of 19.75% on any salaries paid over €90,000 per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31000/23]

Social Insurance

Richard Boyd Barrett

421. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year revenue that would be generated by increasing the 11.05% employer's PRSI rate to 13.05% on salaries paid below €90,000 per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31001/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

509. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can specify the importer and distributor of the 30,000 ash plants infected with ash die back (Chalara fraxinea), imported from continental Europe and planted over 11 sites which he had cut and destroyed by burning in October 2012, as detailed by his predecessor in Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 15 November 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31047/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

510. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can specify the location of the 11 sites where his predecessor identified 30,000 ash plants infected with ash dieback (Chalara fraxinea), which he had destroyed by burning in October 2012 as detailed in Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 15 November 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31048/23]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

511. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will correct his response to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 26 May 2022, in which he stated that "the exact origin of ash dieback disease in Ireland or when it was introduced are unknown", given that his predecessor stated in response to a Parliamentary Question on 15 November 2012 that the origin of the disease (Chalara fraxinea) was confirmed as originating in a consignment of 30,000 ash plants imported from continental Europe which were planted on 11 sites which he had cut and destroyed by burning in his "effort to stop the spread of the disease and prevent further infection"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31049/23]

Medical Cards

Richard Boyd Barrett

727. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to make the appropriate changes so that the living alone allowance is not assessable income for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31119/23]

Medical Cards

Richard Boyd Barrett

728. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that the living alone allowance is not assessable income for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31120/23]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

804. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of abolishing third-level registration and tuition fees for repeating students including the associated reduction in the student support grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31167/23]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

805. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if PhD researchers classified as non-EU will be provided with updated residency visas with a four year duration, similar to the hosting agreement scheme used for attracting non-EU research talent; if a recommendation be made that PhD researchers have access to PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31199/23]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

806. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a recommendation will be made on mandating that PhD researchers have access to sick leave and/or parental leave; if a recommendation will be made for PhD researchers to have access to the Workplace Relations Commission in order to resolve disputes with their university; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31200/23]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

807. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a recommendation will be made on establishing minimum standards for the provision of funding for PhD researchers in Ireland, including minimum standards of pay, such as the national minimum wage; and if a recommendation will be made on the matter of employee status for PhD researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31201/23]

Universal Social Charge

Richard Boyd Barrett

81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the recent opinion poll showing overwhelming public support for abolition of the universal social charge; if he will give a commitment to announce the abolition of the charge in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30486/23]

Tax Reliefs

Richard Boyd Barrett

98. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce new obligations on the recipients of section 481 film tax relief to end the use of buy-out contracts for performers, writers and artists which deny them their IP rights under copyright law, and a further obligation on producer company recipients of the credit to take direct responsibility as the employer for film crew on film productions so that their rights under fixed-term workers' legislation can be vindicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30201/23]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a windfall tax on banks and vulture funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30200/23]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that on 14 June 2023, the CEO of a charity (details supplied) outlined to the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight, wealth tax measures the Government could take that could raise up to €8 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30199/23]