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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (26 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 903. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contingency plans she had in place in the event that examiners might not be able to attend oral exams for students sitting their leaving certificate exams in 2022; if she is considering bringing forward the date from 4 May 2022 to an earlier date to hold the now postponed Irish oral exam for approximate 500 students affected by this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (26 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to introduce schemes for family reunification for Yemini citizens given the dangerous situation as a result of the war there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19420/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (26 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgical mesh surgeries that have been performed in Ireland for reasons other than vaginal prolapse including but not limited to bowel surgery and hernia; the number of these surgeries that have resulted in complications from the mesh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19206/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (26 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1337. To ask the Minister for Health the options that are available for dental care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19263/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1925. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 26 January 2022, if he will provide a copy of each of the weekly tables of active harvesting sites provided to his Department by Coillte in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20825/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also offer my thanks and best wishes to Teresa Doolan, and my best wishes to Liam and Noel in their new jobs. The Government has committed to supporting artists, in particular after Covid-19. I am glad the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media is in the Chamber. I wrote to her on Tuesday about the plight of 20 artists in a studio on Richmond Road near...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (7 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will re-examine the minimum wage and raise it to €15 per hour considering the spiralling cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Travel (7 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his last visit to Saudi Arabia and the issues that he raised with the regime there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18805/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (7 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the Government’s position on liquefied natural gas terminals in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18850/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the tenant purchase scheme is open to those receiving a non-contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18952/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (7 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount that it would cost to pay postgraduate research students a stipend for 40 hours per week (details supplied); the cost per research postgraduate student; and the cost for all postgraduate research students in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18984/22]

Vacant Properties: Motion [Private Members] (6 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Regional Group for bringing forward this motion on an incredibly important subject, that is, the frankly scandalous situation around vacant and derelict properties and vacant sites that could be used to address the severe and disastrous housing and homelessness crisis we are facing. We support the vast majority of measures that the motion proposes. There are a couple of things...

Vacant Properties: Motion [Private Members] (6 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We overwhelmingly agree that there needs to be radical new emergency actions to get vacant and derelict properties and vacant sites back into use to address the housing crisis. The Government has singularly failed in its efforts to do that to date. Now, a crisis that has existed for nearly a decade, which we have not addressed, of housing and homelessness is being compounded by our need to...

Address by H.E. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (6 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank President Zelenskyy for his address and extend the solidarity of People Before Profit to the people of Ukraine. We must all join in condemning the barbaric invasion by Vladimir Putin's forces of Ukraine and we must demand accountability for the horrific crimes against humanity and war crimes of which he is undoubtedly guilty. There can be no doubt that the horrific scenes we saw in...

Seanad: Comhshuí de Dháil Éireann agus de Sheanad Éireann - Joint Sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas - Address by H.E. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (6 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank President Zelenskyy for his address and extend the solidarity of People Before Profit to the people of Ukraine. We must all join in condemning the barbaric invasion by Vladimir Putin's forces of Ukraine and we must demand accountability for the horrific crimes against humanity and war crimes of which he is undoubtedly guilty. There can be no doubt that the horrific scenes we saw in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (6 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance if the persons who were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment in 2020 and 2021 may still have a tax liability pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18858/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (6 Apr 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to procurement procedures at an organisation (details supplied); if any appropriate measures have been taken by the organisation to prevent, identify and remedy conflicts of interest in the conduct of a procurement procedure relating to the services provided to the board by another organisation; if...