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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We do not side with NATO on it.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Tests (25 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider the use of an antigen test to allow access to a leisure facility in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin for a child with special needs who cannot attend swimming therapy as their mother does not have a vaccine passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3152/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (25 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 449. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the arrangements he is making for refugees in a centre (details supplied) having fled Afghanistan to have family members reunited with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3206/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (25 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 450. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to move Afghan refugees out of direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3207/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 546. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remedy the lack of options available to a person (details supplied). [3016/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (25 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the transfer of a child (details supplied) from Sligo University Hospital to Temple Street Hospital as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3018/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 682. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Coillte road licences issued on the forestry licensing dashboard on week 2 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3000/22]

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am glad that finally we have a Bill before us on birth information and tracing, the stated objective of which is to end the shameful situation where, for decades and decades, people were adopted and their mothers were, in effect, forced to give up their children even if sometimes it was technically consensual. In reality, the stigma that was imposed by church and State on women who had...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The programme for Government committed to providing greater security for our tenants in the private rented sector. Those commitments are proving hollow for a group of tenants whose position I have raised on multiple occasions and who are now reaching the crunch point in a multi-unit apartment complex, St. Helen's Court, Dún Laoghaire, where a vulture fund, for no other reason than to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 130. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the basic income pilot scheme for arts and culture workers is limited to 2,000 persons rather than including all arts, entertainment and music workers; if she will reconsider this number; the way she plans to choose the participants in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2525/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am taking this question on behalf of Deputy Bríd Smith, who has been delayed in hospital. The question concerns the Iveagh Market in the Liberties. It is an absolute scandal that the building has been sat on by a developer. It is derelict and could collapse. It is an historical heritage site and the local community wants it to be re-established as a market, which could really...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I understand the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is centrally responsible for this area, but this is a heritage site. It is an absolute scandal that this beautiful building is now on the brink of collapse, instead of having been refurbished, revitalised or redeveloped as a market for the people. That was originally what this building was intended to be when it was given...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----intervene to get this site refurbished in the interests of the people and our heritage.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: While that is the formal position, given that she is responsible for the protection of our heritage, the Minister should see this as a priority. What the community is saying is that the mediation with this developer, Mr. Keane, should end. This person has no interest. From looking at the record and the neglect of this beautiful site, and the resulting dereliction and vacancy, it is evident...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Given the day that is in it, I will refer to the pandemic bonus. As well as the richly-deserved €1,000 for front-line healthcare workers, carers and those working with disability should benefit. I shout out particularly for retail workers in supermarkets. They put themselves at very serious risk and literally kept us alive during the pandemic. The Minister should consider them. ...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will just say that the Dunnes Stores workers have shown the way. They are traditionally low-paid workers who kept us going at the front line. They put in a pay claim and got 10%. That is what they deserve. Especially after Covid, retail workers and lower paid workers should be getting pay increases in that order. The Government should actively try to facilitate that. Last night the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is planning to review public sector pay in view of the current inflation rate of 5.3%; if he has had discussions with the Minister for Finance as to the way that private sector workers could also be compensated for the effect that this rate of inflation is having on the cost of living for workers nationally; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The €1,000 bonus for front-line healthcare workers is richly deserved, while the additional bank holiday is something that will be welcomed widely. These gains will be somewhat hollow, however, if the cost of living and the rate of inflation continue at the current level. In effect, that will mean that workers, pensioners and social welfare recipients are in fact seeing real income...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he plans to take in relation to the recommendation from the Independent Body Examining Additional Working Hours that public service hours should be returned to pre-Haddington Road Agreement levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2456/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether public sector pay increases of 1% to 2% will be wiped out and public servants will essentially be taking a pay cut in 2022 with inflation running at 5.3%; the actions he plans to take in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2457/22]