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Ceisteanna - Questions: Vaccination Programme (18 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I got my notification that I will get my vaccine tomorrow in the Aviva Stadium. I am delighted with that and I would like to thank-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Vaccination Programme (18 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Would a football match not be nice? I wish to thank all the front-line healthcare workers and all those involved in carrying out the vaccination programme. Nothing tangible has really been done in terms of a meaningful "thank you" to all healthcare workers. There should be some sort of financial acknowledgement for healthcare workers and, indeed, other groups such as the student nurses and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (18 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is no equivalence-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (18 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the programme for Government. [21779/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (18 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The programme for Government stated explicitly that the annexation of Palestinian territory by Israel was a crime against international law and that the Government would respond appropriately using its positions. What will the Government's response be? I believe it should expel the Israeli ambassador and impose sanctions immediately. Israel is not just annexing territory. It is ethnically...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The revelation that Ireland Strategic Investment Fund was financing cuckoo funds is really quite shocking. I am referring to the financing of entities that are worsening the housing crisis, pricing people out of the market and charging extortionate rents. In many cases, the State and the people pay again, with local authorities leasing properties from the same entities.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My point is that we need an explanation. Hundreds of millions of euro in public money are involved in financing these entities. We need a detailed explanation immediately this week.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am proposing that the Minister come in here and give us an explanation stating precisely how much money was invested and the rationale behind the investment.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: National Economic and Social Council (18 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has read the NESC report on the position of the self-employed. [1330/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (18 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene in the current crisis relating to the CIÉ pension schemes and ensure that the company takes no unilateral action until current court proceedings are finalised and resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26475/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (18 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a commitment will be given to the systematic testing of the waters of Dublin Bay at a minimum of ten locations throughout 356 days of the year (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26063/21]

Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As we are discussing education, it would be appropriate to begin my remarks by paying tribute to Seamus Deane, one of Ireland's great academics and intellectuals, who has just passed away. I was privileged enough when I was studying English literature in UCD, having entered there in 1987, that Seamus Deane was already an intellectual legend teaching in UCD. I remember reading his wonderful...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Tánaiste mentioned the Israeli ambassador. I was at the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence this morning and the ambassador came in with a brazen and really outrageous defence of the ethnic cleansing that Israel is engaging in against the people of Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem and the murder of innocent children in Gaza, where 17 children have been killed so far and more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) can stay on its current site now that the lease has been renewed for one more year while the permanent site is being developed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25087/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (13 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with the parent group of a school (details supplied) with regard to a permanent site for their school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25086/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (13 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the advice for a person who has been refused a contributory pension due to the fact their contributions for working prior to becoming a homemaker cannot be located by her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25408/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (13 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will be phased out in 2021; if so, the way this will be done; the timescale for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25409/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am addressing the ambassador and the supporters of the Israeli project, state or whatever it is. I am one of the people who think that state is a colonialist enterprise and that it is an apartheid state. From its very beginning, it achieved its aims through the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people, something well documented by Professor Illan Pappé in his book, The Ethnic Cleansing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Israel or Palestine is a place that deserves peace but the ambassador's state has shown no interest in actual peace and reconciliation with the Palestinian people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a brief point of order, and it is a genuine one-----