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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have also raised this issue repeatedly with the Taoiseach. I go so far as to say that the failure to have an all-Ireland integrated strategy to deal with Covid-19 amounts to sabotage of the efforts necessary to deal with the virus. That is how high the stakes are, and all the public health experts, infectious disease experts and epidemiologists understand that point. It is simple to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of additional staff recruited or seconded to his Department to assist with the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. [33222/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Are any of the additional staff brought in to deal with Covid-19 addressing the issue of the recruitment of front-line workers necessary to deal with the crisis or the issue of the conditions and pay such workers have to accept? I have raised this matter with the Taoiseach a few times but the more I raise it, the more shocking and extensive are the emails and contacts I get from people. For...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was asking about Wednesday. Wednesday is what we are talking about.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I asked specifically about Wednesday and a debate which is of considerable public health importance.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach did not answer me.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He did not give an answer.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is not allowing a debate on that at any point, is it?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not agreed. Same point.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That has nothing to do with it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not agreed. The Solidarity-People Before Profit group wrote to the Business Committee to state our view that time should have been made available this week to discuss the significant concerns regarding health and safety in schools, particularly in the context of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland ballot. It expressed concerns about the failure to apply the European Centre...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My group has not spoken.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am trying to be helpful.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To save time and, hopefully, for us not to be forced into a vote which would actually be a waste of time at this point, if it is only a minute in the difference, why will the Government not just agree to the original proposal, which was ten and five minutes? With due respect to Deputy Mac Lochlainn, I do not agree with the splitting of seven and eight because it will just mess things up...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his decision to delay Census 2022. [28895/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a national afforestation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33227/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Biocidal Products (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the way in which a dangerous hand sanitiser was rolled out across the schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33228/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 102. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for investment in testing tracing infrastructure and public health tracing teams in the coming weeks to ensure that when Ireland emerges from the current level 5 there will be the resources necessary to track down any new outbreaks of the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33225/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 201. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the details of the regulations regarding essential retail outlets and the sale of non-essential items in these retail outlets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33604/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Nov 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if highspeed broadband upgrades are to take place in the Dún Laoghaire area particularly, but exclusively, from Patrick Street to Elton Park as currently the broadband service provided by a company (details supplied) is of insufficient strength signal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32563/20]