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Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As has been said, it is going to be many months before we can get the population vaccinated. Until then, and perhaps beyond, the front line against Covid-19 remains in our hospitals. I want to respond to the systematic misrepresentations on the Taoiseach's part of the issue concerning student nurses and midwives, arising from a motion which we tabled several weeks ago. Let us be clear what...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will continue the earlier discussion. The welfare of workers is an economic question and an economic imperative. I refer to the Taoiseach's response on Debenhams and the possibility of another such situation unfolding with the Arcadia workers who, I believe, will be protesting outside Leinster House early next week. Unless Arcadia is bought out, it is also facing liquidation and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the progress of his plans for a high-level review of the economy to be led by his Department. [43544/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Today is day 250 of the Debenhams dispute. Almost 1,000 workers, most of whom are women, and their families have suffered terrible hardship. They have endured a long battle for a just and fair redundancy and still, in the teeth of Christmas, they remain out protesting. I heard the Taoiseach's response to Deputy Barry earlier. He spoke about not engaging in a blame game. I want to be very...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As the Ceann Comhairle will be aware, I objected at the Business Committee to the short amount of time available for the debate on the vaccine. I will add to the points that have already been made. This is a huge undertaking, and People Before Profit is very pleased that we have, or hope to have very soon, vaccines available. We have no doubt about their importance in trying to combat the...

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Statements (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I commend Deputies Eoghan Murphy and Duncan Smith on seeking this debate. The 50th anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is an important occasion to remind ourselves of the utter obscenity and horror of nuclear weapons. If the Nazi Holocaust was probably the greatest crime that was ever committed against humanity, a very close second is the decision of one of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Nursing Education (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will establish a payment or bursary system for students of nursing and midwifery in the interests of encouraging more students to study nursing and midwifery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43417/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Nursing Education (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine a payment or bursary system to ensure that nursing and midwifery graduates are not graduating with high levels of debt given the high level of emigration by graduate nurses and midwives; if he will address the lower level of pay for these graduates compared to graduates of other healthcare disciplines with whom many of them...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Information (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 123. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [43545/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Vaccination Programme (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 124. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the establishment of the high-level task force on Covid-19 vaccination. [43546/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for charging fees of over €15,000 per year for graduate entry medicine courses, which means that many students who finish the course leave university with loans of up to €100,000, and in turn results in emigration and exacerbates staff shortages in medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43423/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the different supports available to keep elderly persons in their homes for as long as possible and the way in which to access those supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42846/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 517. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of teachers, special needs assistants and classroom assistants who have contracted Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43038/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last week the Government voted down the motion where we called on it to acknowledge that hundreds of student nurses and midwives were working and are being exploited and to pay them. The Tánaiste should not try to obfuscate. In doing that, the Government betrayed the programme for Government commitment, specifically to return the support of healthcare workers who protected us all. The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, did.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government does not respect the democracy of this House.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medicinal Products (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 452. To ask the Minister for Health when dupilumab for persons with eczema will be made available in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42807/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 2019 has been commenced; if not, when it will be commenced; the plans for enforcement of the provisions contained in the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42509/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 113. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for recruitment across the public health regions to ensure they can chase down the SARS Cov2 virus, to learn all there is to learn from this work and to help protect the population from Covid-19 and from future pandemics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42365/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the Covid-19 vaccine will be rolled out across the country; if a new database will be developed to ensure a professional tracking system for both shots of the vaccine; if the programme will be rolled out by the public health regions; the role general practitioners will play in this roll-out; if there will be a prioritisation of vulnerable...