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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was just talking to one of the leaders of a taxi representative group just now. He spoke of a taxi driver who looked for a loan from the bank of €5,000 and was refused. Why was that? It was because when the banks look at the situation of the taxi industry as it is now, they know there is no work and no income. As a result, they think that those applying for even €5,000...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about all the debts they have?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports he plans to implement to aid taxi drivers in the coming period as a result of the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on the industry; if he plans to extend the ten-year rule for vehicles due to be replaced in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15580/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Over the last year I have repeatedly tried to get it into the heads of the Government just how crucified more than 20,000 taxi drivers have been by the impact of Covid-19. Thousands of them had to take to the streets in September to demand supports and assistance. Apart from a few changes they forced in the PUP, support for the thousands of taxi drivers has not been forthcoming from the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Wrong.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Stop privatising.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with housing will next meet. [1329/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I feel like I am living in a parallel universe whenever I hear the Government talk about housing. I hear about all these grand plans, but I believe there will only be one additional council house in my area this year and we only got one or two last year. All the rest is outsourced and now the Government is planning to outsource more through the Land Development Agency, LDA, and privatising...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the issue of abortion rights in the North, anybody who is even vaguely interested in fighting for unity on this island would understand that the unprecedented movement from below of young people, particularly young women, unwilling to accept the control of their bodies and their right to bodily autonomy by the State was an all-Ireland movement. There were busloads of women, other young...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with children and youth affairs will next meet. [1328/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am shocked to hear that a Cabinet committee dealing with children and youth affairs has not met since last November. There are many groups of people who are suffering with mental health issues, stress and anxiety as a result of the Covid pandemic and the restrictions. One of those cohorts is made up of our young people and they are very significantly suffering. There is a lot of lip...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs to date of the BusConnects project; when proposed route changes to the network will be implemented in the Dún Laoghaire area of County Dublin; if the promised increase in services across the city of 23% will see an actual 23% increase in bus fleet numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15581/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Maintenance Contracts (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is an alternative to Iarnród Éireann in carrying out ongoing maintenance works on the rail line in Dún Laoghaire in view of the effect of the noise on local residents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14162/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the age limit for drivers with Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15106/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial position of the CIÉ pension schemes both the regular wages scheme and any other scheme affected; if the CIÉ group withdrew funds from this scheme in 1994; if that funding has ever been restored; if the assurances given to CIÉ workers in 1987 on the division of the company into three bodies will be honoured,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 383. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with local authorities on the development of cycling infrastructure across Dublin in particular without a statutory public consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38402/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 506. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the delay of the closure of branches of a bank (details supplied) until after the Covid-19 pandemic given the importance of same during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15850/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 496. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have filed domicile levy returns; the amount collected since commencement to the present date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15491/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 493. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of payments made by NAMA to law and accountancy firms from 2018 to date; the amount received by each of the firms for each respective year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 494. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of payments made by the Central Bank to law and accountancy firms from 2018 to date; the amount received by each of the firms for each respective year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15488/21]