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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...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. We have had a masterclass in sophistry from the Minister and of course he thoroughly misrepresented the situation. The original proposals, quite a long way back, for the development of Shanganagh were to have private development. The People Before Profit Party in particular tabled motions insisting that the development would only be public and affordable. Then there was a big battle...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I never got to make a comment on amendment No. 44 and will do so now, briefly. It refers to the issue of the LDA engaging in commercial activities, which is a slippery slope in our view. This is where private finance and commercial priorities start to dictate the LDA's agenda, and affordability and the social objectives of the agency start to go out the window. That is the logic behind it....

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 2: In page 8, line 11, after "of" to insert "public and affordable". Essentially, what we have done with these first few amendments is to insert "public and affordable" where the current Bill, as proposed by the Government, only refers to "housing". The reason for this is very simple. There is a notion, which has been peddled for a very long time, that if we just...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sorry, Chair. I put up a hand, but it does not matter. I need to set the record straight. I presume that Deputy McAuliffe, who is referring to the Bill, has read it. The Bill very clearly refers to the setting of affordable prices and rents and relating them to discounts on local market conditions. It refers to the establishment of DACs for the different parcels of land that will...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: As I understand it, the Minister did not speak to amendment No.43.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (20 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether limiting access to higher and further education is anachronistic; if he will consider establishing open access to third-level education for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26996/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (20 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the sale of a site (details supplied) to her Department is progressing; if there is an expected date by which the special class will be available for use by the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27152/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (20 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the fee of €950 for a naturalisation certificate can be waived for a person who has lived and paid tax in Ireland for 49 years and would be in difficulty paying the fee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27430/21]

Financial Resolution 2021 - Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties (19 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We should note for the record of the Dáil that a whole series of other amendments were submitted and were ruled out of order, including three proposed by my party.

Financial Resolution 2021 - Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties (19 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is the problem. You try to put in an amendment that will actually achieve something and it gets ruled out of order.