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Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Tax the corporations.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Tax the corporations.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Tax the corporations.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Tax the corporations.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I never said that.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Féinriarachta Pearsanta agus Sláine Colainne) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Personal Autonomy and Bodily Integrity) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Many Government spokespersons have called for a rational, sensible and sensitive debate on this sensitive issue. That is fair enough but let us clarify what this debate about. It is not about anyone's personal views on abortion. While everyone is welcome to his or her views on the issue, people should also be able to make decisions about their lives, health and welfare. This debate is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (18 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of abolishing the universal social charge for those earning less than €60,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49227/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (18 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the revenue foregone in 2014 as a result of the tax breaks provided REITs; and the estimate of the tax that will be foregone for 2015. [49228/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 425. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the Áras Attracta scandal in County Mayo and the clear failure of Health Service Executive management at the facility, his views on the disciplinary proceedings being taken against the consultant child psychiatrists in Laois-Offaly CAMHS who have consistently and repeatedly brought to HSE management attention resource deficits in primary and...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (14 Jan 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yesterday, a shameful 601 people who had been admitted to hospital were left lying on trolleys. A record 601 people, who needed a bed and appropriate care, were put through the indignity and needless suffering of being left on a trolley in an overcrowded accident and emergency unit. Nurses, absolutely at the end of their tether and run off their feet, have now been forced by the Minister to...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (14 Jan 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I acknowledge the positive decision of the Minister to bring Liam Doran onto the task force. However, what the INMO and any medical professional says is that we need more beds and more nurses and this requires more resources. What we are dealing with now is an absolutely unacceptable and unprecedented crisis in accident and emergency departments. It is a case of the chickens coming home to...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (14 Jan 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Five hundred and twenty-three-----

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Momentum Programme (14 Jan 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the difficulties persons may have being forced onto momentum courses while not being able to afford the cost of getting to class for the placement; if she will indicate the use of these courses in the Dun Laoghaire area, the practice of the DSP INTREO Centre and Local Employment Services having to meet targets and quotas to fill these places; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions (14 Jan 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 403. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the legality behind a case where a property owner may be brought to a criminal court on charges of trespassing on their own property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49598/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (14 Jan 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 404. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to do away with non-convictions showing up on Garda statements issued in response to Garda clearance requests from employers-colleges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49599/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (14 Jan 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 464. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the terms of reference of the commission of inquiry arising out of the Guerin report can or is it likely to be extended at any stage to include any other cases, such as the cases being reviewed by the panel of council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1582/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme (14 Jan 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 758. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the use of Momentum courses and the progression rates of persons getting work from these courses, the reason there is no extra payments for the purpose of public transport or child care for participants in these courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49531/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme (14 Jan 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 759. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the difficulties persons may have being forced on to Momentum courses while not being able to afford the cost of getting to class for the placement; if she will indicate the use of these courses in the Dún Laoghaire area, the practice of the Department of Social Protection Intreo centre and local employment services having to meet targets...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Jan 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In all of these matters we have to be led by the people who went through the experience. The voices of the victims and those campaigning on their behalf have to be respected. As I understand it, the Westbank Orphanage and other Protestant institutions have not been included. They need to be included. Similarly, I support the calls regarding the Magdalen laundries. The Taoiseach should...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (20 Jan 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the processes and protocols in his Department for appointments to State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47831/14]