Results 8,841-8,860 of 26,897 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio to 18:1 by paying all staff on the pre-2011 pay scale.. [24805/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio from 1:27 to 1:22. [24806/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing special education provision by 15% on the 2018 level. [24807/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secondary school students are obliged to wear face masks in school in cases in which a student has a condition such as ASD which precludes them from wearing a mask; the instructions to schools in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24869/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if specific medical reports are needed by schools to exempt secondary school students from wearing a mask; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24870/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special supports are available for parents and students in cases in which a student is required to stay at home for health reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24871/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax Yield (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount that would be raised by increasing the employers rate of PRSI by 2%. [25581/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax Yield (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional revenue which could be generated by establishing a new band of employers' PRSI of 19.75% on incomes over €90,000 per year and to increase the existing 10.955% by 2% to 12.995%. [25588/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons receiving pandemic unemployment payments of €203, €250 and €300 per week by the sector in which they previously worked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25592/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing student grants to their highest historical levels. [24808/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider increasing the number of higher education places available through the HEAR and DARE schemes in order to provide students experiencing educational disadvantage the opportunity to obtain their preferred third-level places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24853/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 700. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of clearing homecare package waiting lists [24758/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 701. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to hire 100 speech and language therapists, 100 psychologists, 100 occupational therapists and 100 physiotherapists, respectively [24759/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 702. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to clear assessment of needs waiting lists for children with autism [24760/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Expenditure (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 703. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of adding 1,000 acute beds to the hospital network [24761/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 710. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of hiring 4,000 new nurses on the pre-2011 rate of pay [24793/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 711. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of hiring 500 consultants [24794/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 723. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson’s disease specialist nurses that will be employed under the enhanced community care fund (details supplied); if there will be an increase in the number of neurologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24851/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 724. To ask the Minister for Health if the higher income threshold for eligibility to a medical card for over 70s introduced in Budget 2020 has been applied; if not, when it will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24854/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (22 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 726. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the reduced number of hours for a person (details supplied) at a service; if the reduction is due to staff shortages; if so, his plans to replace staff that may have left or been redeployed during Covid-19 restriction measures; if the original number of hours they spent at the service will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the...