Results 24,001-24,020 of 27,080 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will correct his response to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 26 May 2022, in which he stated that "the exact origin of ash dieback disease in Ireland or when it was introduced are unknown", given that his predecessor stated in response to a Parliamentary Question on 15 November 2012 that the origin of the disease (Chalara...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (27 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 727. To ask the Minister for Health to make the appropriate changes so that the living alone allowance is not assessable income for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31119/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (27 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 728. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that the living alone allowance is not assessable income for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31120/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (27 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 804. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of abolishing third-level registration and tuition fees for repeating students including the associated reduction in the student support grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31167/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 805. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if PhD researchers classified as non-EU will be provided with updated residency visas with a four year duration, similar to the hosting agreement scheme used for attracting non-EU research talent; if a recommendation be made that PhD researchers have access to PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31199/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 806. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a recommendation will be made on mandating that PhD researchers have access to sick leave and/or parental leave; if a recommendation will be made for PhD researchers to have access to the Workplace Relations Commission in order to resolve disputes with their university; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31200/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 807. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a recommendation will be made on establishing minimum standards for the provision of funding for PhD researchers in Ireland, including minimum standards of pay, such as the national minimum wage; and if a recommendation will be made on the matter of employee status for PhD researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31201/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (28 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what options are available to a person who has lost possible employment because they cannot get a driving test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31504/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (28 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 160. To ask the Minister for Health given that 28 June is International Neonatal Screening Day, the progress he is making on expanding the national heel-prick test; how many diseases babies born today in Ireland are currently being tested for; when he will decide on including spinal muscular atrophy in new-born screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31497/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In my view, the stakes are very high in the RTÉ secret payments scandal, and the impact it has on public service broadcasting. I do not want to live in a world where the only sources of news and broadcasting are Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Mark Zuckerberg and big for-profit corporations. At least public service broadcasting is supposed to be not-for-profit and serving the public...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will you stop?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not mention any names.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In my view, a plot was hatched to conceal these secret payments from the public, from the Oireachtas and from the workers of RTÉ, to launder that payment through Renault, and to mislabel that payment as a consultancy when it was clearly not a consultancy. It was a payment to an individual, which a group of people or individuals wished to conceal from the public. The public was always...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This suggests the Government and this House have to be responsible for a massive culture shift to end that sort of obnoxious inequality-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and to restore the credibility of public service broadcasting.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not. The Ceann Comhairle clearly misheard me.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can I have my time now?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yesterday, we were told there was significant pushback from that individual on the 15% pay cut. That is what we were told in the committee. Okay? The problem is that there were also secret payments made, and they were - I do not think there is any other way to describe it - laundered through Renault and then mislabelled as consultancy fees when they clearly were not. If we take what we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In addition, there are issues relating to the copyright directive and the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act is not being complied with. We need to address that culture.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2022 (28 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, percentages.