Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that deals with climate change. [4067/19]

EU Migration Crisis

Richard Boyd Barrett

59. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on discussions he has had with his European counterparts with regard to the recent reports of 170 migrants missing in the Mediterranean Sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3967/19]

Middle East Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

61. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he plans to take with regard to the ongoing and worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4138/19]

Human Rights Cases

Richard Boyd Barrett

63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the issue of the reports of ill-treatment of eight female activists detained in a prison in Saudi Arabia with his counterparts across Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4137/19]

Middle East Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

67. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with his European counterparts the worsening humanitarian situation in Palestine since the United States of America implemented cuts to infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3968/19]

Human Rights Cases

Richard Boyd Barrett

86. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will establish a cross-party group to visit the detainees in a prison in Saudi Arabia in view of reports of ill-treatment and torture of eight female activists detained at the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4136/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent telephone call with Chancellor Merkel. [1384/19]

Schools Amalgamation

Richard Boyd Barrett

171. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for closing two schools in County Cavan in favour of opening one larger school creating a longer commute for residents; if public consultation was carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2354/19]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Richard Boyd Barrett

292. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the location in which persons who grew up in mother and baby homes can access the counselling services made available by his Department. [2360/19]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

582. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a women’s refuge (details supplied) in Dublin 6 has reopened as a women’s refuge; if not, the reason therefore; the reason the refuge centre is no longer accepting donations of clothes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2378/19]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

617. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the resources available to a family in homeless services that is in receipt of social welfare payments and have to drive their children to school each day (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2343/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

677. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the application by an organisation (details supplied) for a change of use of public spaces in an area in order to provide additional social housing units; the details of the proposed rental scheme that will be offered to new tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2465/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B, social policy and public services, will next meet. [1550/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Mali and Ethiopia. [1383/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the meetings he has planned with Heads of State over the next six months. [1551/19]

Taoiseach's Communications

Richard Boyd Barrett

21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversations with Prime Minister May. [1385/19]

Abbey Theatre

Richard Boyd Barrett

37. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the major difficulties in the theatre, film and arts sectors in terms of insecure employment income and career possibilities in view of the controversy in a theatre (details supplied) and a recently launched campaign by actors and performers with regard to precarious work and ongoing disputes related to insecure employment in the film industry; the actions she plans to take to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2004/19]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a progress report on the film industry stakeholder forum; the stakeholders the appointed chairperson of the forum has engaged with in advance of convening the forum since their appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1772/19]

Arts Council Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

66. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to address employment, income and career precarity and insecurity in theatre, film and across the arts sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1774/19]

Abbey Theatre

Richard Boyd Barrett

80. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the recent controversy in a theatre (details supplied) following the recent letter signed by theatre practitioners regarding employment in the national theatre; her further views on whether the controversy more generally reflects widespread employment and income insecurity among theatre makers and arts workers generally; the measures she plans to address these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1773/19]