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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (21 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are open to a student to appeal no offer from the CAO due to an error in the application process in cases in which the CAO claims that the exam number of the person was not entered (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44445/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (21 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for an applicant for naturalisation who is short of the reckonable residency requirement due to their stamp 4 GNIB card renewal being delayed during Covid-19; if they can request her to grant residency due to special circumstances; if the applicant must have a live application in order to request same; if so, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Work Permits (21 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 513. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the exclusion of home carers from the critical skills exemption to the non-EEA employment permit system; the way he plans to ensure the service will continue to be delivered in the home care sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (21 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 577. To ask the Minister for Health if an occupational therapist report will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44638/21]

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is hugely important legislation dealing with the incredibly important issue of the marine resources of the State, as others have pointed out. It is worth setting out again for people who are trying to understand this huge and complicated Bill. I have not fully got my head around all of the detail but I have read quite a bit. Fair play to the civil servants for putting it together. It...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, when a Bill is introduced the Minister would normally take us through the relevant sections. Is there a particular reason he has not done that? It is very unusual.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is very unusual not to go through the details.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Renting hotel rooms to students.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are all building hotels.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will debate the detail of Housing for All another day. I am a member of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight. According to the Parliamentary Budget Office, there will not be €4 billion of Government expenditure on Housing for All. There will be about €2.5 billion of direct Exchequer funding and the Government is essentially hoping to get the rest from the private sector....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One of the depressing things about the instance of cronyism involving the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, is that it deflects attention at the beginning of the Dáil term from the issues that people expect us to be dealing with and the crises that they expect us to resolve. One of those issues will be highlighted at 5.30 p.m. this evening by the National Homeless and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Similarly, around this city, we have private investor-built student accommodation where they are charging €1,000 per month and more for student accommodation. This is, in other words, housing for profit and not for students. It is creating a massive student accommodation crisis. What is the Taoiseach going to do about it?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will call on the European Union to support a temporary TRIPS waiver on Covid-19 vaccines, medicines and diagnostics at the upcoming WTO meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43651/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost to the Exchequer of extending tax relief to counselling and psychotherapy services as a qualifying health expense; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43348/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 264. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost to the Exchequer for exempting counselling and psychotherapy services from VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43347/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the affordable housing schemes referred to in the Housing for All policy document will commence and will be open for applications; when the criteria for eligibility will be available including the new local authority led affordable purchase scheme, the new first home affordable purchase share equity scheme, the cost...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the new local authority led affordable purchase scheme, the new first home affordable purchase share equity scheme and the expanded local authority home loan scheme will be available to applicants who have previously been homeowners but have lost their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43342/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the social homes and the number of the affordable homes projected for each year and in total in the new Housing for All plan that will be sourced by means (details supplied); the projected annual and total cost for any housing being provided through these means in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current estimated average cost of directly built local authority or AHB public and affordable housing on publicly owned land, providing the estimated cost for one, two, three and four-bed housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43927/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of HAP and RAS leasing tenancies across all local authorities including long term leases by AHBs; the projected number of these for each of the years in the lifetime of the Housing for All plan; the annual cost for each year and in total for the lifetime of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the...