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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected Exchequer spending for the Safe Routes to School Programme in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39523/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with or will meet with the IAA in relation to their decision to cease payment of increases in pensions, in contravention of The Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993, Article 41 (5) and Article 22 para 4 (a) of EU Commission Regulation No. 2019/317, and whether he can explain the rationale for this; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of introducing light rail transport systems in the cities of Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40585/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his plans for a windfall tax, and the EU-wide plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39526/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide full details of the tax regime for REITs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39527/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 228. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will add motor mechanics to the critical skills list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39636/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer to provide free school transport to all primary and post-primary school students in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39518/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist. [39519/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the annual capital spend by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive in each year since 2005 of acquiring new emergency accommodation to increase the provision of emergency homeless accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40416/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the average current expenditure by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive in each year since 2005 of leasing or renting emergency accommodation to increase the provision of emergency homeless accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40417/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the delays regarding an appeal by a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension, as well as the denial of supplementary welfare allowance, and who has had no social welfare supports since 17 August 2023, when their illness benefit was stopped; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40147/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 772. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in relation to the afforestation scheme 2023-2027 document, specifically section 6.8, the definition of a farmer as outlined in the section acts as a disincentive for persons commencing farming, particularly the previous four years’ applicant for BISS or BPS, from entering the afforestation scheme; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 773. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in relation to the afforestation scheme 2023-2027 document, specifically section 6.8, the definition of a farmer for farmer rate of forestry payments as defined was a decision made by his Department or one instructed by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40189/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 770. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide, in tabular form, the total number of private felling licences issued by his Department in each year since 2014; the number of felling licences issued to Coillte for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40186/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 771. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to specify the length of time the director of forestry is in place; to list, in tabular form and date form, the associations, societies and semi-State bodies that the director has met since his appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40187/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (20 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 975. To ask the Minister for Health to investigate the reason that there is no board of management for the medical primary certificate application office, resulting in the refusal of all medical primary certificate grant applications and appeals; to advise when this will be rectified to facilitate people with disabilities and brain injuries to drive; and if he will make a statement on the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In February, the Dáil passed the People Before Profit Eviction Ban Bill 2022, which would reinstate an emergency ban on no-fault evictions for the duration of the housing and homelessness emergency. Tomorrow, during our Private Members' time, we will ask that the Dáil expedite that Bill. Whatever the Taoiseach may have said back in February during the debate or since or to justify...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with culture, arts and the audiovisual sector will next meet. [32551/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with social protection will next meet. [41218/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For years now, at the request of film crews in the Irish film industry, I have been raising the systematic abuse of fixed-term contracts by film production companies in receipt of public money. In practice, they leave workers wide open to blacklisting if they do not toe the line. I have also been raising the campaign of Irish Equity, including the performers, writers, directors and so on,...