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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (20 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 658. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reimburse medication under the long-term illness scheme for medical CBD and THC for persons granted licences for the medication to treat epilepsy; and the scheme under which this medication will be covered in view of the fact that other anti-epilepsy medication is covered under the long-term illness scheme [12839/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1062. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes built by each local authority; the number built for use as public housing by other bodies and various bodies; the number of private homes built; the percentage of private homes built that were subsequently used as public housing via Part V or other mechanisms in each of the years since 1970, in tabular...

Sustainable Seaweed Harvesting: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Deputies Pringle and Connolly for tabling this motion. I also commend the groups from Bantry, Conamara and elsewhere who have been campaigning for some considerable time on this issue. Their efforts have helped bring this debate into the Dáil and forced the entire political system to take the matter seriously and to address their concerns. The motion put forward by Deputies...

Provision of Cost-Rental Public Housing: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Mick Barry. I thank Deputy Eamon Ryan for bringing forward the motion. Any motion that seeks to address one important aspect of this crisis, namely, people who are not eligible for council housing and are looking for rental accommodation, which cannot be and is not being delivered by the private market, is welcome. I certainly think we should look at the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Given that this transfer may go ahead and should go ahead, will the Government ensure that the decks are cleared in terms of the finances and liabilities of Dún Laoghaire harbour in order for this transfer to occur in an orderly way and for this unique piece of cultural and architectural heritage to be able to be used to the benefit of the millions of people who use those piers?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Tell that to the previous Deputies.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There were liabilities.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D (infrastructure) will next meet. [9873/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about one specific piece of infrastructure that I have discussed with him particularly when he was Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and was responsible for this piece of infrastructure, namely, Dún Laoghaire Harbour. A very important meeting will take place in the council tonight at which there will be a discussion as to whether Dún Laoghaire...

Order of Business (6 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That should be deferred.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the President of Italy. [9536/18]

Other Questions: Traveller Culture (28 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On March 1 last year there was an historic, if belated, acknowledgement of Traveller ethnicity and culture. Beyond the symbolic importance of the recognition of Traveller ethnicity and culture, what practical steps and policies is the Minister with responsibility in the area of culture going to take to practically celebrate, acknowledge and promote Traveller culture as a crucial part of...

Other Questions: Traveller Culture (28 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: All of those things are welcome and at some levels, we are moving forward. I also note that 15 March, the national Traveller day of culture will see an important event on Traveller history and ethnicity at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham. These are all positive things but actual participation in culture starts with the basics where, quite frankly, we are not moving forward. While these...

Other Questions: Traveller Culture (28 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I acknowledge the historical importance, albeit belated, of the recognition of Traveller ethnicity last year but now we need to move to practical policies and actions. My point is that we have a long way to go. The situation for Travellers in this country is truly shocking. They are seven times more likely to commit suicide and one in 11 young Traveller men die by suicide. Traveller men...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Sites (28 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for what it described as the procedural fluidity for allowing me to take Deputy Gino Kenny's question this morning. The Luggala House and estate are a jewel in a truly breath-taking location in the spectacular setting of the Wicklow mountains. The thought that this location, which should be enjoyed by walkers, tourists, locals and others, might...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Sites (28 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Hoping is not the same as achieving. The idea that this beautiful walk which people currently are able to enjoy because Garech Browne of the Guinness family has allowed the public access to Lough Dan through the estate could be ended if some property investor or private interest takes the estate over and no longer allows access. That is why we want more than expressions of concern or hope....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Sites (28 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A very passive approach is being taken here. We should be setting out with determination to acquire this estate. The Minister says it is not strategically important or a priority. I do not understand that. Has the Minister ever been up there? It is absolutely spectacular. Currently we can just walk past the estate to Lough Dan. If we had access to the full estate, the investment that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Sites (28 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did hear it.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (28 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to establish a proper and transparent structure of progression and qualification for trainees in the film industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10082/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (28 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has satisfied herself with the conditions of employment for workers in the Irish film industry in terms of training, working hours, employment status and pension rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10083/18]