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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Contracts (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 495. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all pro bono work undertaken by accountancy firms for his Department from 2016 to date by the type of work, the number of hours spent and the name of the accountancy firms involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15489/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 497. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of payments by the Revenue Commissioners to law and accountancy firms from 2018 to date; the amount received by each of the firms in each respective year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider providing legislation to prevent landlords or letting agents charging tenants for references, as is in place in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14158/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 809. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will arrange vaccinations for the 117th Infantry Battalion in Lebanon given that it is experiencing difficulty and isolation due to measures to stop the spread of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has issued guidelines to the Teaching Council with regard to ESL teachers from English language schools that have closed down and ceased trading (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14188/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 901. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the age limit for drivers with Bus Éireann and for those contracted to drive school children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15106/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for students wishing to continue to third-level education abroad in September 2021 given the likely rise in CAO points requirements for domestic courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14159/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1497. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to using the IT system that Teagasc and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine have that tracks and traces the national herd and records and traces each inoculation to help in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination, which could prove to be cost efficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14438/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1608. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is refusing to reimburse the antigen costs for nursing homes (details supplied); if so, the reason for the decision; if he is considering reversing this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14833/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1775. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out for group 4 is prioritised by condition, severity and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15404/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1823. To ask the Minister for Health the changes to and impact on the provision of on-site therapeutic services to the children and young people attending services (details supplied) generally and the pupils of a school in particular in the rolling out of the new HSE progressing disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15598/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2013. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request from Coillte the percentage of planting which is coniferous and broadleaf, respectively by site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15225/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One of the big fears among ordinary people is that they are going to pay for the Covid-19 crisis, as was the situation during the most recent crisis, which was not of the people's making but of the making of bankers and developers. Their actions caused an unprecedented economic crash and ordinary people paid the bill through income losses, job losses and crushing cuts to areas such as...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Dr. Cassidy appears to be saying that there will be no austerity for now but the level of the debt we have taken on means the potential of some hard choices coming at a certain point. Perhaps Dr. Cassidy will think this is getting into the political area, or whatever, but does he want to comment on the Oxfam report? I know that the Central Bank produces reports on wealth and its...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: How much time have I left?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have asked most of my questions. On wealth distribution, I take Dr. Cassidy's point about property values and so on but has he any further comment on it? The figure I am aware of is that the wealthiest 10% has approximately 58% of all the wealth. Therefore, if there is a concentration of wealth in property and other areas as a result of Covid, does it follow that there has been a growth...

Young People and Access to Further and Higher Education: Motion [Private Members] (11 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank everyone who contributed to this debate. Mostly, however, I thank young people and students for forcing these issues to the top of the agenda, especially during this period of Covid-19. I thank the leaving certificate students this year and last year who simply refused to do the leaving certificate examinations, despite the Government's obsession with trying to carry on with them....

Young People and Access to Further and Higher Education: Motion [Private Members] (11 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — Covid-19 and public health restrictions have imposed significant hardship and sacrifice on young people, students and all those in education, seriously diminishing the educational experience and negatively impacting on mental health and general wellbeing; — even before the Covid-19 pandemic, this cohort of people faced very...

Young People and Access to Further and Higher Education: Motion [Private Members] (11 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing with Deputies Paul Murphy and Gino Kenny. I am taking eight minutes, Deputy Paul Murphy is taking eight minutes and Deputy Gino Kenny is taking four minutes.

Young People and Access to Further and Higher Education: Motion [Private Members] (11 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The socialists are extremely well organised. We are also trying to be ahead of the curve with this. It is sometimes frustrating in this place because there is great interest in the barneys and the Punch and Judy show. However, there is not so much interest when Deputies are trying to put forward what I would consider in this motion on higher and further education to be positive proposals...