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Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I support this group of amendments. I am not on that committee so I was not part of that discussion, but fair points have been made. It really is quite extraordinary that the CIF would be the body to house the register of building providers. This is an attempt or effort at regulation of an industry that has failed so badly in many respects, including the health and safety of workers, bogus...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she will take in relation to the recent review of pension age that recommended not moving the pension age to the 67th year; and if she will further consider returning the pension age to 65 years in line with many countries across Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14564/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will rectify the situation in which those on pandemic unemployment payments over the course of the pandemic do not now have the necessary PRSI contributions to cover regular dental and optician visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14563/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Civil Service travel rates will be reviewed given rising inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14552/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a plan has been made for the sale or repurpose of the Dalkey and Kill o' the Grange Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14608/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans and the timeline for the review of the HAP limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14592/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the discussions he has had on, and the timeline he has put in place for, the promised review of the social housing income limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14593/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the programmes or funding in place for local authorities to acquire homes in order to prevent homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14594/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Properties (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 689. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if progress has been made identifying a location for the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown domestic violence refuge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14611/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 953. To ask the Minister for Health the best route for counselling services to volunteer aid to Ukrainian refugees and to hire incoming skilled workers in this field; if assistance is available to them in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14430/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans for Killegar forest in the wake of the decision not to sell it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14595/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports that will be made available to taxi drivers in view of rising fuel prices particularly considering the new supports announced for hauliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15171/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the extent of the violent suppression of democracy in Bahrain; if there is a reason that Ireland is silent on human rights violations there; if Ireland is willing to take a hard stance against these abuses through a joint statement and resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15237/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for new secondary schools in Cherrywood, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15242/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for Gaelcholáistí and non-denominational secondary schools in the south County Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15244/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has or will pay full PRSI contributions for all those who were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment over the course of the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15495/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to establish a working party to investigate the needs of persons living with Huntington’s disease and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15203/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information regarding the scholarships or grants that are available in Ireland for a Palestinian student who is hoping to undertake an MSc in human anatomy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15169/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 187. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a working party to investigate the needs of persons living with Huntington’s disease and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15204/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department issued 70 more licences to Coillte than to the private sector for February 2022; if this trend will continue in March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15195/22]