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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Official Engagements (11 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet delegates from a representative body (details supplied) in October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49746/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (11 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that he will take in relation to the fact that the only graduate-entry medicine specific loan has been removed by a bank (details supplied); if he has discussed the matter with the Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50260/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remedy the lack of services provided to a child (details supplied) after being privately diagnosed with ASD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49815/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have just come from Trinity College where there were thousands of students, postgraduates and staff members in one of the biggest protests I have seen there for many years. The protest is part of the Union of Students in Ireland, USI, national walkout. There are similar turnouts across the country. To be honest, students do not accept that the Government did anything significant for them...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2023 (13 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that the €400 one-off payment to those in receipt of fuel allowance is extended to those who will become eligible for fuel allowance with the new means test in January 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50098/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 52. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that those on so-called short-term social welfare payments will also receive the Christmas bonus and the one-off cost-of-living support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50099/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rental Sector (13 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has had any discussions with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Cabinet in relation to a ban on evictions, given the current crisis in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50100/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (12 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 4 October 2022, the reason that karate-class training for children is not “care of the human body” in the same way as yoga and pilates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50440/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have quite a few questions and, therefore, I hope the witnesses will give brief answers. The local authority of Mr. Curran and Ms Keenan is going to deliver 2,318 new social homes by the end of 2026 but it has 2,458 households currently on the housing waiting list, another 1,768 that are in RAS or HAP tenancies and on waiting lists, and it projected as of July that a further 2,825 will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I take that point but let us be clear that I am correct. There will be 4,400 households on the list at the end of this plan whereas, according to Mr. Curran, there are currently approximately 3,000 households on it. That is a grim scenario. I do not blame Mr. Curran, but it is just not good enough. We have a flipping disaster in Dún Laoghaire. The suffering it is causing to people is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do not forget, though, that even if we just take those on the list now and put that figure against what the council is planning to build, it will fall short. If you add to that the 2,825 people expected to be added to the list in the next few years, it means we will be in a worse position at the end of this period, with thousands of extra people on the list. Something must be done about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I request that those figures be provided because we need to know how many people are being removed from the list as a result of the failure to raise the income thresholds. The phrase "we are not actively in the market" was used. I have been urging the Government to go into the market and buy houses, especially in circumstances where people are facing homelessness. The Government has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: How many affordable houses are we going to get in Cherrywood and how much will they cost? Do we have any idea of how much the affordable and cost-rental units will cost in Shanganagh when they are constructed? Turning to Kelly's Hotel, which is owned by the council, and which has been empty for about 20 years, what is happening with it? I refer to Kelly's Hotel in George's Place in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank all our contributors for their contributions so far. I do not have many questions on animation. Our job is to assess whether section 481 is delivering what it is supposed to deliver. From what I see of the animation industry, it is. They are companies, full-time jobs and industry development. The industry is supposed to be developing and growing and creating companies of scale...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Who decides whether they get on?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: HODs decide.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Perhaps Ms O'Sullivan will explain to the committee who the HODs are.