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Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not agree with the language-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What I was about to say was that I do not like the language of competition in terms of a sustainable economy but nonetheless some of the matters discussed in the document are important. This relates to my previous point about musicians. If we do not support key sectors such as music and culture, we will really pay for it. I ask the Taoiseach to look at that because although some venues are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to meet musicians in that regard?

Appropriation Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is a lot to discuss when talking about €88 billion in expenditure in a year but I will first raise things that I consider urgent for people who have endured a particularly difficult time, or who are likely to as we face into Christmas. Obviously, a considerable amount of the additional money spent on Covid income supports relates to the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, the...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Simon Community for bringing forward the provisions of the Bill and I thank Deputy Ó Broin for co-ordinating the all-party effort to support the legislation. The Bill would give people three months leeway when faced with eviction into homelessness and it would give local authorities the right to trigger that three-month extension. The most important element of the Bill is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way he plans to respond to the recent EPA Report on Waste 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61540/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Process (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the involvement he or his Department has had in the development of planned legislation in relation to marine protected areas; his views on the progress of maritime planning in the absence of these protected areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61541/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a county council must erect site notices, display pending documents and applications on their websites for section 254 licences and allow observations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61313/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason very few of the 467 teachers on secondment that would be available for substitute work have become available to schools (details supplied); if these teachers have been deployed temporarily to the substitute panels across the country; if not, if she will ensure they are added to the substitute panel and that this panel is made...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the decision of the patron body of a school (details supplied) to disband the board and put a single individual in charge, despite the fact that four persons were willing to serve on the board; if she has requested an explanation for this decision; if she will request the patron body to restore the board with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the approximately 1,000 appointments being made available each week at the immigration services at Burgh Quay are all being made available for persons on the appointment booking system; if not, if some appointments are taken up by institutions that are looking to process multiple applications; if so, the number that are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (14 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 470 of 23 November 2021, and in view of remarks made by the Taoiseach in Dáil Éireann on 8 December 2021 (details supplied) the international issues that are causing delays at the INIS office, Burgh Quay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61693/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on discussions with the Central Statistics Office, CSO, with regard to the 2022 census. [60670/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do I have a bit longer than a minute and a half?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not planning to use them all. Do not worry. I just wanted to clarify we have 15 minutes. Something interesting has come to my attention about the census. Given the scale of the housing crisis in this country, there has quite correctly been a focus for quite some time, extending to years, on the question of vacant and derelict properties in the country. Many people, including me,...

Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Instruction to Committee (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will support the amendments insofar as they seek to facilitate planting of native trees on small parcels of land and provide for schemes to be set up to allow that to happen relatively easily. However, as others have said, there is concern about the way this has been sprung on people and the lack of consultation with stakeholders who are concerned with forestry, including those in the...

Finance Bill 2021: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We support the extension of the EWSS and the CRSS schemes. Are we dealing with all the amendments together?

Finance Bill 2021: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The debate, though, is a short one.

Finance Bill 2021: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We support these schemes for the obvious reasons. The pandemic continues to impact particular sectors of the economy. We should remind ourselves that these are the ones that have been hit the hardest and most consistently right from the beginning through to now. Everybody has been affected by the pandemic in one shape or form. To be honest, the past two years have been pretty grim. For...