Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

2776. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reinstating a concurrent payment of half-rate illness benefit and jobseeker's benefit in addition to one parent family payment and widow's and widower's pensions. [33574/19]

Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

2777. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to increase social welfare payments to 2009 levels. [33575/19]

Pension Provisions

Richard Boyd Barrett

2778. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to introduce a universal State pension of €250 weekly and reduce the pension age to 65 years of age. [33576/19]

Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

2779. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €100. [33577/19]

Child Benefit Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

2780. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to increase child benefit in respect of children over 12 years of age by €30. [33578/19]

Back to Education Allowance Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

2781. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of reversing cuts to the back to education allowance. [33579/19]

Pension Provisions

Richard Boyd Barrett

2783. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of ensuring the State contributory and non-contributory pensions are available to all those that reach 65 years of age. [33656/19]

Social Welfare Appeals

Richard Boyd Barrett

2839. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address matters regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34659/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

2931. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the second tranche of funding for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be made available to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33512/19]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Richard Boyd Barrett

2932. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing applicants on local authority lists. [33560/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

2933. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applicants on the RAS and HAP transfer lists. [33561/19]

Housing Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

2934. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average cost of building one to four bed homes on fully serviced publicly owned land. [33562/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

2935. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated amount it would cost to increase Part V from 10% to a statutory minimum of 20%. [33563/19]

Vacant Properties Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

2936. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of vacant properties; the number suitable for social housing; the number that have been considered for acquisition by local authorities by authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33564/19]

Homeless Accommodation Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

2937. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated full cost of emergency accommodation in 2018; and the projected cost for 2019 and 2020 by local authority and type of emergency accommodation, that is, hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels and family hubs. [33565/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

2938. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the spend in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and the projected spend for 2018 and 2019 on leasing, HAP and RAS agreements between local authorities and landlords by authority and type of agreement; and the number of these arrangements that are direct transfers from rent allowance arrangements. [33566/19]

Housing Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

2939. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated cost to provide a home to each person on local authority homeless lists, that is, excluding use of the private rental market in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33567/19]

Housing Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

2940. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average cost of building council housing on publicly owned land that is fully serviced. [33568/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

2967. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the annual spend for 2016, 2017 and 2018 and the projected spend for 2019 and 2020 on leasing, HAP and RAS agreements between local authorities and landlords by authority and type of agreement; and the number of these arrangements that are direct transfers from rent allowance arrangements. [34303/19]

European Council Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings when attending the European Council on 20 and 21 June 2019. [26874/19]

European Council Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Luxembourg. [27847/19]

Climate Change Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in delivering the Climate Action Plan 2019 and his plans for a climate action delivery board. [27845/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the number of times Cabinet committee A (Economy) met in 2019. [27846/19]

Recreational Facilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

65. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration will be given to becoming involved and funding the supervised playground at Library Road, Dún Laoghaire (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30023/19]

Community Development Projects Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

67. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the community projects supported by her Department; the reason for the projects receiving funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30024/19]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

386. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will remove the habitual residency clause for social protection for Northern Ireland in view of the commitment to no hard border on the island of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30115/19]

An Bord Pleanála Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

413. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the rate of overturning decisions of planners by An Bord Pleanála since 2011; if the planner upheld the planning authorities decision; the details of each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30139/19]

Public Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

92. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with his counterparts across Europe or sought reports from his counterpart in Luxembourg on plans to introduce free public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29573/19]

Taxi Regulations

Richard Boyd Barrett

93. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the taxi share pilot scheme being run by a company (details supplied); if he has had discussions with the company or representatives of taxi drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29572/19]

Direct Provision System

Richard Boyd Barrett

313. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the person or body responsible for inspecting direct provision centres; the regularity with which these inspections occur; the parameters for the inspections; if the reports have provoked action from his Department; if so, the details in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30029/19]

Traveller Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

835. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the role of the county development plan in relation to local authority Traveller accommodation programmes 2014-2018. [29196/19]

Climate Change Adaptation Plans

Richard Boyd Barrett

55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to an organisation (details supplied) and its recent report into alternative ways to achieve the climate mitigation target of 1.5 degrees limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28431/19]

Climate Change Adaptation Plans

Richard Boyd Barrett

60. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) and its response to the IPCC report and recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28432/19]

Human Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

67. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the arrest of a person (details supplied) by Egyptian security forces in dawn raids on 25 June 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28722/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met. [26623/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met. [26872/19]

Afforestation Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

94. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts made to address the failure to meet afforestation targets and to develop a higher proportion of native and broadleaf forestry within the national forest estate; his engagement with Coillte in this regard and with regard to developing community woodlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28232/19]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

170. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the policy under review for hiring clerks of works on additional accommodation schemes will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28390/19]

Planning Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

358. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of strategic housing developments submitted to An Bord Pleanála; the number of units in each of the applications; the number granted planning permission; the length of time it took for permission to be granted; the number of commencement notices that have been issued for those that were granted permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28384/19]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

85. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the outstanding issues with regard to pay and conditions across the health service in order that the shortages of staff can be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27849/19]

National Children's Hospital

Richard Boyd Barrett

102. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will revise his plan to allow a private section in the new children's hospital further to his comments to a newspaper on 23 June 2019 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27848/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

131. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the breakdown of costs to his Department for the visit of President Donald Trump. [27468/19]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

249. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the grant support available to persons seeking to commence a course outside the State that is postgraduate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27541/19]

Prisoner Releases

Richard Boyd Barrett

301. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if safeguards will be put in place. [27507/19]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Richard Boyd Barrett

365. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the status of plans for HAA cards for survivors of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27456/19]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

403. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if survey findings by an organisation (details supplied) are considered as part of the HSE review; if the FreeStyle Libre device will be made available to all persons with type 1 diabetes; if he will consider the views of persons self-funding its use when making his final decision on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27626/19]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

405. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 18 June 2019, if assistance is available for a treatment abroad that is not available here and is only available in a private hospital abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27639/19]

Public Service Vehicles

Richard Boyd Barrett

593. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA has carried out a review of the new service being piloted by a company (details supplied); if so, the outcome of the review; the number of taxi drivers participating and not participating in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27823/19]

Defence Forces Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

39. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown of costs to his Department of the visit of the President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump; the cost of dispatching the LÉ Niamh to Doughmore Bay and the LÉ Aoife to the Shannon Estuary; the transportation and other associated costs involved in sending members of the Defence Forces to County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27379/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

40. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of costs for his Department associated with the visit of the President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump; the number of personnel dispatched; the number of overtime hours worked by staff; the transportation and other associated costs involved in sending Departmental staff to County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27377/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

96. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of costs to his Department for the visit of the President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump; the number of gardaí dispatched; the number of overtime hours worked; the transportation and other associated costs involved in sending gardaí to County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27378/19]

School Meals Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

239. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that single-use plastics are not used as containers for the hot school meals scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27218/19]

Programme for Government

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his views on the report on A Programme for a Partnership Government published in May 2019. [25213/19]

Departmental Administrative Arrangements

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. [25591/19]

Mental Health Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

156. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if there is a one-stop shop for persons experiencing mental health difficulties or crises in which they can obtain information regarding services available and the way in which to access them; if not, if consideration will be given to establishing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26983/19]

Mental Health Services Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

157. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting to accident and emergency departments with a dual diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26984/19]

Mental Health Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

159. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the post-care and community care services available to patients discharged from a mental health bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26990/19]

Mental Health Services Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

160. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health beds available in each CHO; the number of persons waiting for beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26991/19]

Mental Health Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

167. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the mental health services available to persons via the HSE; the emergency services available to persons experiencing mental health crisis; the way in which to access services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27022/19]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the National Economic and Social Council. [26621/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B, social policy and public services, last met. [26622/19]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Richard Boyd Barrett

54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the plans for a permanent site for Dún Laoghaire Educate Together; the timeframe for the site; the rationale for developing a temporary site for three years when a permanent site is due to be announced in Autumn 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26628/19]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Richard Boyd Barrett

60. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a special school (details supplied) can expect to have a permanent site; his views on whether it is appropriate for a school that provides for children on the autism spectrum will be beside a building site for the whole of autumn 2019 and its outdoor space will be inaccessible due to the lack of a permanent site for both the school and Dún Laoghaire Educate Together. [26629/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

216. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools nationally in temporary buildings or on temporary sites; the length of time they are in these temporary situations; if permanent sites have been identified; the length of time it is expected that each of these schools will be waiting for the permanent build; the patronage of each of these schools by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26633/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

217. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if planning permission has been submitted for the Dún Laoghaire Educate Together and a school (details supplied) regarding temporary accommodation; the timeline for the temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26634/19]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Richard Boyd Barrett

467. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason there has been a delay in appointing a new sonographer in St. Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, that has led to the development of another waiting list after the scheduled retirement of the previous sonographer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26632/19]

Energy Conservation

Richard Boyd Barrett

612. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person has the right to have a smart meter on his or her property removed after it has been installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26762/19]

Disability Allowance Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

709. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the reason disability allowance has been suspended for a person (details supplied) will be investigated; when a decision will be made on reinstating the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26449/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the UK Labour Party leader, Mr. Jeremy Corbyn. [25211/19]

Insurance Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

40. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a State regulated insurance company in view of the recent report of profits in the insurance industry increasing by 1,300%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25588/19]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his plans to implement new regulations of vulture and cuckoo funds to ensure that those in search of affordable homes are not losing out to international speculators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25589/19]

School Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

134. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the two prefabs, one of which is occupied by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25731/19]

National Children's Hospital

Richard Boyd Barrett

184. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 40 and 72 of 15 May 2019, the reason the new national children's hospital is obliged to provide private facilities for consultants who hold public and private contracts; his views on whether it is preferable in view of the Sláintecare report and a commitment to moving to a single tier health service, to ensure that the consultants working in the national children's hospital would also commit themselves to providing services on the basis of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25703/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

200. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25774/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the First Minister of Scotland, Ms Nicola Sturgeon. [25590/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with President Trump. [23992/19]

Foreign Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

37. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the Chinese Ambassador and-or his counterparts across the EU in response to the recent anti-extradition protests in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25587/19]

EU Migration Crisis

Richard Boyd Barrett

49. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had or plans to have with his European counterparts with regard to the increased criminalisation of sea rescues of migrants in the Mediterranean; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25228/19]

Foreign Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the Chinese ambassador to Ireland and/or his counterparts across the EU in response to the recent anti-extradition protests in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25226/19]

Foreign Conflicts

Richard Boyd Barrett

68. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the conversations he has had with the Sudanese ambassador to Ireland in view of the recent events in Sudan that have seen hundreds killed and injured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25227/19]

Foreign Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

71. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the recent events in Christchurch, New Zealand, with his counterparts in Europe. [16747/19]

Foreign Conflicts

Richard Boyd Barrett

78. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the recent unrest in Sudan that has seen at least 100 killed and hundreds more injured with his counterparts across the EU; the actions the EU plans to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25225/19]

Foreign Conflicts

Richard Boyd Barrett

81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the recent events in Sudan with his counterparts in Europe. [25212/19]

Schools Refurbishment

Richard Boyd Barrett

166. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken regarding a prefab at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24829/19]

Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

303. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) who requires surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24876/19]

Respite Care Services Availability

Richard Boyd Barrett

305. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of respite beds nationally by CHO; if they are for adults or children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24883/19]

Respite Care Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

306. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the provision of respite services nationally; if they are run directly by the HSE or by section 39 companies, charity services and or NGOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24884/19]

Respite Care Services Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

307. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the impact on respite services due to budgetary constraints in view of the overspend on the national children’s hospital; if funding for existing beds will be affected; if planned respite beds for both adult and paediatric patients that were planned to be delivered over the next five years will be fully funded or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24885/19]

Social Welfare Appeals Delays

Richard Boyd Barrett

588. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in an appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24878/19]

Medical Negligence Claims

Richard Boyd Barrett

133. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 852 of 8 May 2019, the steps a person can take to seek justice in the case of medical negligence dating back a number of years in which the symptoms of the person as a result became more apparent and worse years later, where the case is statute barred and the person cannot avail of justice from the State Claims Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24605/19]

Departmental Operations

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international, European Union and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [23993/19]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

50. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to improve employment and working conditions for workers in the film industry following the recent debate in Dáil Éireann on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24235/19]

Arts Promotion

Richard Boyd Barrett

63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider establishing an expansive nationwide public programme to employ artists and creative workers to work in schools and communities, particularly with young persons, in exchange for a living income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24234/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings in Paris on 15 May 2019. [22684/19]

European Council Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with EU leaders at the informal European Council meeting. [22683/19]

Housing Assistance Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

65. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some landlords or their agents are refusing to rent to HAP recipients due to the fact they are adding HAP to the income of the recipient (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23825/19]

Transport Support Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

393. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce a replacement scheme for the mobility allowance for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24182/19]

Household Benefits Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

924. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the household benefits package will be restored for those in receipt of carer's allowance who are not living with those they care for; and if such carers will be made eligible for the fuel allowance. [24075/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the US Congressional delegation that visited Ireland recently. [21771/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversations with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. May, about Northern Ireland. [21772/19]