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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will just finish this point because it is very important. The Government now envisages that certain people will be social housing tenants, certain people will have cost-rental accommodation, certain people will purchase affordable homes and certain people will be the sort of people who buy in the private market. In other words, there is to be a sort of caste system of housing which...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not happening.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Income and employment insecurity and, very often, downright poverty are the reality for many people who work in the arts sector in this country, a fact highlighted even more during Covid. My first question is whether the Government is going to do the pilot on basic income for people working in the arts. Second, we have recently had a good news story with the reports about the Disney...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 May 2021)

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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that addresses matters relating to the arts and culture will next meet. [26507/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (26 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the shared island unit of his Department. [26243/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (26 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If we want to promote the merits of sharing the island, it is not just about initiatives from the top. It is about breaking down division and showing the value of unity and alignment from the bottom. I gave the Taoiseach a concrete example of this a few weeks ago. Taxi drivers affected by the Covid pandemic in the North have been given a financial package of up to £3,000 to deal with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (26 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a family (details supplied) have been told they must wait up to two years for a coroner's inquest into the death of a family member; if measures will be taken to address any backlog in coroners' inquests due to the added pressure to the system caused by the pandemic and alleviate the suffering of this and other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vaccination Programme (26 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who have been vaccinated to date against Covid-19; the number vaccinated who are over 60 years of age; the number vaccinated who are medically vulnerable; the timescale for those who have not been vaccinated to receive a vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28483/21]

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "settlement activity and to regularly update Dáil Éireann": - publicly declare that the State of Israel is guilty of war crimes for its killing of innocent men, women and, most horrifically, 63 children in the Gaza Strip over recent weeks; - acknowledge that: - the recent escalation of violence was provoked by the attempt...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I intend to move the People Before Profit amendment No. 1 to this motion. I am sharing time with Deputies Gino Kenny, Bríd Smith and Barry. I thank Sinn Féin for introducing its motion. It makes many very important points about the annexation of territory in the West Bank and Jerusalem seized by Israel after 1967. However, our amendment, and I will mainly speak to that, seeks...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if retired members of the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme were afforded any consultation or right to vote on the proposals recently agreed; if we will agree to meet their representatives to discuss their concerns on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27525/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the 1951 pension scheme for CIÉ workers is in compliance with minimum funding standard rules; his plans to meet with CIÉ representatives to discuss the crisis in this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27526/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a statute of limitations for penalties or prosecutions on financial institutions for misconduct or breach of regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27757/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans in any upcoming finance Bill to allow VAT on electricity for disabled electric vehicle use to be claimed back; if not, if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to allow same as an interim measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27769/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a budget for the purchase of tablet devices (details supplied) for secondary schools in 2021; if this budget will ensure all pupils have access to such a device; if the use of such devices is now routine and compulsory in secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28163/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider providing free travel cards for persons with epilepsy during the period in which they are disallowed from driving; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27505/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding needed to update the research framework to operate with PhD candidates as full employees of their institutions, rather than as students receiving grants or stipends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27533/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dropout rate across universities for first-year students commencing in 2020; the steps he is taking to support students that may be struggling with online learning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27765/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I strongly agree with this group of amendments. As the Minister said, the debate around these amendments relates to the fundamental differences between the Government and many in the Opposition in terms of what a land development agency should do. It is interesting that the Minister mentioned the Shanganagh Castle development as an example of a fundamental difference. Shanganagh Castle...