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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (20 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on how to approach birth information and tracing policy where a birth parent or other individual with access to relevant information is withholding information or otherwise failing to cooperate with an individual who is seeking out their birth information; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (20 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1269. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for a new company providing home support to be placed on the approved providers list in CHO6; if the tendering process only occurs once per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11805/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1300. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of reports that Covid testing laboratory staff employed by private providers were excluded from the Covid-19 recognition payment, although they carried out Covid testing on behalf of the HSE; if it was the deliberate policy of his Department or the HSE to exclude such workers; if so, to supply any details about how this policy was arrived...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1376. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the scopolinem patch; if there are plans to make it available for medical card users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12363/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (20 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1570. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has reviewed Water Safety Ireland's recommendations and compared them to those prevailing in Northern Ireland; if she plans to harmonise the lifeguarding season and equipment provisions between Ireland and Northern Ireland; her views on whether Northern Ireland's stringent lifeguarding recommendations play a role in Northern...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The development plan is supposed to be made in a democratic way by elected representatives. If I missed any previous explanation as to why section 51 has been put in and the rationale for involving the Office of the Planning Regulator at this early and formative stage of the development plan, apologies, but could the Minister of State tell me why the Government is doing this? It does smack...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order with regard to a difficulty I have, and perhaps there is nothing I can do about it, I have to leave at 7 p.m. and I have two amendments in the next grouping, namely, amendments Nos. 370 and 381. It is highly possible that I will not be here when we reach them.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Amendments Nos. 370 and 381.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 370: In page 103, to delete lines 34 to 38.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to improve the reliability of Dublin Bus services in general and routes operated by a company (details supplied) in particular; the extent to which he believes the reliability issues are connected to the difficulties in recruiting drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13254/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is appropriate that the new taxi regulator recently appointed has come directly from employment in a senior position with a taxi app company that has a commercial interest in the taxi industry; his further views on whether this represents a potential conflict of interest; and if he will make a statement on the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I share these concerns. The Minister will be familiar with the idea of the shock doctrine, as outlined in Naomi Klein’s very good book. This is about how emergency and disaster situations are used to push through changes that undermine democracy. I have to be honest and say that I fear there is more than a bit of this here. This is to vary a development plan based on an approval...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not agreed.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The business and issues facing the country have effectively been driven off the agenda for the rest of the week. That to me is unacceptable. On the first day of the new Taoiseach's ascension into office, there will be no Leaders' Questions and no Taoiseach's Questions. A debate on disability has been bumped off the agenda. Questions of finance have been bumped off the agenda. That is not...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Fine Gael is putting a brave face on today's events, but the real background to the ascension to office of Deputy Simon Harris is an outgoing Taoiseach and one-third of sitting Fine Gael TDs abandoning the Fine Gael ship and being afraid to face the electorate at the next general election. The reason they are abandoning the Fine Gael ship and do not want to face the electorate is because...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The first sign of this is the kite-flying around the plan-----

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----to renege on the promise to extend sick leave next year for workers. Already, the new Harris regime is suggesting it is going to renege on a promise to give additional sick leave to workers in order to back the interests of big business. Then, of course, there was the standing ovation over the words Simon Harris used about being repulsed, rightly, at the actions of Israel in its...