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Other Questions: Youth Services Provision (24 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will deal with the Minister's failures in the area of child poverty in Private Members' business tonight. I want to ask about another failure in the national youth strategy that was highlighted in the Children's Rights Alliance report. It was highlighted very dramatically last week when over 150 young people, many of whom were in tears, came here to protest about the lack of proper...

Other Questions: Youth Services Provision (24 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not get a supplementary question.

Income and Living Conditions: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move:“That Dáil Éireann: notes the incontrovertible evidence that the impact of austerity cuts and regressive charges since the economic crash in 2007/8 has contributed to a consistent rise in poverty, deprivation and hardship and that this situation has continued to worsen under the current Government; notes, in this regard, that:— the Central Statistics...

Income and Living Conditions: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are the latest available figures.

Income and Living Conditions: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is that an election prediction?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Responsibilities (24 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 136. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his responsibilities in the area of child mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7756/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 5 February 2015, when she will conclude her deliberations on lone parents who are affected by a potential cut of €86, as this requires clarity as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7919/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (24 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are persons still in receipt of dual social welfare payments; if so, if she will provide a breakdown of which payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7921/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Membership (24 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of the current directors of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, to include the date of their first appointment to the company, amount of terms served, and the date their current directorship expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7865/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Membership (24 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 621. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that no chief executive on any State harbour company is in receipt of bonuses or directors' fees for attending their respective companies' board meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7866/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities (24 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that all moneys agreed to be repaid by a person (details supplied), a former director of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, back to the company in relation to expenses, the subject of previous parliamentary questions, have been repaid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7867/15]

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Minister's officials for their briefing on the Bill. I have no doubt they put a great deal of work into this very detailed and progressive legislation, which I welcome. The Bill seeks to acknowledge the reality of family life in Ireland today and, in that sense, is long overdue. We have moved a long way from the conception of certain people of what a family is supposed to be....

Income and Living Conditions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank all my colleagues in the Technical Group for their contributions, and all the people who contributed to this discussion. I do not want to spend a lot of time on the global picture in terms of Europe, Greece and so on except to say how right Deputy Ross is about the outrageous stab in the back this Government has given the Greek people when they are fighting to improve a dire...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Expenditure (25 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Minister for Health his views to the recent reports suggesting that there is no evidence that the universal health insurance model leads to reductions in the cost of health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8052/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 46. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to resume a full-time ambulance service within the National Ambulance Service Health Service Executive at ambulance stations where services were curtailed, due to cutbacks, including services at the following ambulance stations,Tallaght, Swords, Maynooth, Baltinglass, Arklow and Dunshaughlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8051/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the delegation for the presentation and for highlighting this issue, which is both important and fascinating. My constituency clinic comes across issues of this nature quite regularly. In tackling this issue is the best approach to focus solely on the failure to deal appropriately with migrants rather than across the board? I have no doubt that migrants are confronted with specific...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Mr. O'Brien says there is a need to focus on particular aspects but it is a case of how the whole package is presented to front-line workers while citing the possible needs of specific areas and specific groups.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are more or less in agreement on these matters. Certainly, we are trying to get to the same place. On the question of name badges for staff, I have enormous sympathy with what Mr. O'Brien is saying. We are constantly having to advocate for people who are in these difficult situations, but I also am conscious of the other side. That is not in any way to excuse racism, sexism or any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Where staff are dealing with queries by telephone, I do not see a problem with their providing a name to callers. However, I could anticipate problems where officials on the front desk in a housing department or in certain areas of public service are required to have their full name on display. I take all the points Mr. O'Brien has made and agree it is important to humanise the process. I...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (26 Feb 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the latest developments in Egypt particularly in relation to the mass trials of protestors and including Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa at the recent European Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7794/15]