Results 25,701-25,720 of 27,080 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Turning to the question of the finance portfolio, we will be voting, for policy and not for personal reasons, against the nomination of Deputy Chambers because we have had more than 100 years of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Ministers for Finance. We think they have had their chance and have not delivered, not even when this country has more revenue and is wealthier than it has ever been....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport ,further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 14 May 2024, the way it can be justified that 2014 cabs can remain on the road while 2015 cabs must be retired due to NTA age limits given that all taxi drivers operating during the Covid-19 crisis suffered a similar loss of income; if he will consider extending the age limits of other cabs...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 May 2024, what legal advice he has received concluding that he cannot exercise the prerogatives outlined in Section 42 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27190/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 May 2024, the conditions under which he can exercise the prerogatives outlined in Section 42 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27191/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 May 2024, if he will outline, noting that the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 covers activity other than direct physical violence; and noting that the Act covers financing of terrorist and terrorist-linked activity, the engagements he has had with his EU counterparts regarding the imposition of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline, with regard to the local authority shared ownership scheme, and given the obligation on local authorities to keep legal costs to a minimum, what recourse an individual (details supplied) has if they feel that their local authority is imposing onerous conditions on the sale of their shared ownership scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 345. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has any initiatives planned to address the staffing crisis in the childcare sector resulting in widespread temporary and permanent closure of facilities, including any plans to streamline credential verification processes for Irish applicants or incentives to non-EU applicants; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 365. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of disease-protected hospital beds in Ireland, by hospital, region and disease category, in tabular form. [26750/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the disease-protected beds that are ringfenced for particular diseases in Irish hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26751/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 367. To ask the Minister for Health the statistics recorded relating to instances of those in need of disease-protected beds in hospitals being unable to avail of them due to lack of availability; to provide a breakdown of these statistics for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26752/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if a child under 16 years with a full medical card is entitled to free dental fillings; if not, where a parent who cannot afford a private dentist can seek this care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26914/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 424. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list for physiotherapy for bone and joint issues at St. Vincent’s University Hospital; if it is correct that a referred patient has been told that the list is ‘on hold’ by staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26915/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Middle East (26 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 May 2024, the basis on which Ireland does not impose restrictive measures unilaterally; if this is a matter of Government policy or whether he is bound by law not to exercise the powers contained in Article 42 of the Criminal Activity (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Middle East (26 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 34. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 May 2024, if he or his predecessors have ever exercised the powers contained in article 42 of the Criminal Activity (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005; if Ireland has previously imposed restrictive measures on those carrying out terrorist, terrorist-linked, or terrorist-financing activity in a domestic context by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (26 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason An Garda Síochána has failed to fully cooperate with operation Newham in terms of failing to provide a single document in relation to the Dublin-Monaghan bombings; the reason An Garda Síochána has failed to provide intelligence information in relation to this case to operation Newham; and if she...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was grimly amused by the Tánaiste's accusing others of ideological obsessions in response to an earlier question. Surely the ideological obsession that is most evident is that of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to privatise everything that moves, whether it is selling public land to private developers for housing or the issue I want to raise, public service broadcasting. It has...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Just "Fair City".

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: So the Government washes its hands of the matter. The Government is responsible for not reining in the obscene salaries, which everybody knew about, at the top of RTÉ, whether it was executives or a tiny number of overpaid presenters. Now, however, the people getting it in the neck are the skilled people - the ordinary workers. They are the ones who will lose their jobs and they will...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The losses will not stop at 400 jobs. Many of the people we are talking about are ancillary workers who work on "Fair City" and in other areas of RTÉ. Their jobs will be under threat as well.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Government intervene to protect public service broadcasting? Will it ensure there are decent jobs for workers and that they are not the victims of this process? Will public service broadcasting be properly funded by taxing the obscene profits of social media companies?