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Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask for a bit more latitude, given that no one else is here.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will raise two issues. First, and as the Taoiseach will be aware, I have raised the issue of taxi drivers many times. There is deep concern among taxi drivers about a campaign that seems to involve some of the ride-hailing apps, including Uber and others, suggesting that we are chronically short of taxis and implying we need to deregulate the taxi industry and develop the Uber model that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and they are not taking on enough full-time staff. The union has raised the matter. I ask the Taoiseach to look at that as well.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if in the instance of a first passport application there is a necessity of the identity verification form section 7 to be witnessed by a member of An Garda Síochána or whether any witness from the list provided on the gov.ie website is suitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7626/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on what schools in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown area provide properly serviced reading classes for dyslexic children, and if there are any upcoming plans to provide properly serviced reading classrooms for dyslexic children in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7525/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the implications for a RAS tenant, considering RAS is designated like social housing as social housing support, whose income goes over the income limit, who pays rent in line with the increased income but then receives a notice to quit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7675/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the timeline for the full installation of the hot school meals programme; if there is a commitment by her Department to cover all schools by the next Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7614/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (20 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in light of the recent conviction of a Circuit Court judge for sexual offences, to explain how it was possible for somebody with so many serious complaints against them to be appointed as a Circuit Court judge; to confirm that neither the Gardaí nor the school previously employing the judge undertook any activity which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how a person (details supplied) was appointed as a State solicitor and then as a judge when there were serious complaints to two separate school boards of management; the vetting system for State solicitors and judges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8180/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People Before Profit also wrote to the Business Committee to ask that the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, be willing to take questions and have a back-and-forth debate so that we can get to the bottom of the shambolic mess in RTÉ. The Government should agree to that. I want to raise another issue about the forthcoming...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Could I get a response?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can I get a response?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can I get a response please?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We do not know if the Government is going to give us the disability discussion we asked for.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I extend my sympathies to the family and friends of Ann Delaney who tragically died on the streets over the weekend. Her tragic passing further underlines the failure of the Government to address the question of rough sleeping, the wider and worsening homelessness crisis and the number of people in emergency accommodation, the figures for which went up yet again at the weekend. Just...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (28 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [7881/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (28 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the legislative programme, I understand the priority for the spring term is the childcare (amendment) Bill, which is to revise the Child Care Act 1991 to reflect best practice developments in the sphere of child welfare and protection services that have evolved in the 30 years since enactment and in light of the constitutional recognition of children as individual rights holders. It will...

RTÉ: Statements (28 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The situation in RTÉ at this point is an absolute shambles. It has been going on for nine months since the revelations about the extraordinary, large, secret payments to Ryan Tubridy on top of the obscene salary he received and, indeed, the salaries many other top presenters received, and many executives were receiving obscene salaries. There was outrage, there were hearings, there was...

Child and Youth Mental Health: Statements (29 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: All I can say is that the parents who come to me who are having issues accessing CAMHS for their children are, in many cases, are going through a nightmare. Even now, after all of the stories I have been told, I cannot get my head around the shambles and the mess the system seems to be in. I do not claim to be an expert, because I think the people who truly are experts are the parents who...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Which is the Chair's amendment?