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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (29 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have been in considerable communication with a number of taxi drivers. The petitioner is a member of the National Private Hire & Taxi Association, NPHTA, which is one of the largest taxi driver representative organisations. They are annoyed over the manner in which this tariff change has been implemented and they have cause to be. There were protests about this a while ago...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (30 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Minister wants to avoid major disruption to hundreds of thousands of people over the May Day bank holiday weekend and prevent workers, who do not want to be on strike, from going on strike tomorrow, he should abandon this crazy plan to privatise 10% of the routes of Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus. A lot of mud has been thrown and confusion sown on this issue but the bottom line is...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (30 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When we hear the Minister's response, which has failed to address either the questions we asked or, more importantly, the concerns driving the bus workers to go out on strike tomorrow, I have to say they are right and justified to proceed with that industrial action to force the Minister to back down. This is about the Minister's policy and not all these technicalities and legalities. It is...

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The context for this debate is what happened to ordinary citizens in this country in 2012. When some of us on this side of the House screamed in opposition to the vicious cuts imposed, particularly in budget 2012, that hit the most vulnerable people and when many people in this House asked in the same year whether the unsustainable debts of tens of thousands of ordinary mortgage holders who...

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not. Government Deputies piled in and then-----

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not accept the reasons and the Government Deputies did pile in.

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not say "inquiry".

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that the Government is now claiming that there is a return to recovery, if she is planning to reverse cuts that have affected lone parents during her time as Minister; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17338/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of her Department's budget in 2015, 2016 and 2017 that it is planned to move to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of the housing assistance payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17337/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of her Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment. [18256/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Water Administration (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been communications between Irish Water and the Revenue Commissioners over the past 14 months; if so, if he will provide information as to the nature of such communications; in particular, if the names and addresses of private individuals have been passed to Irish Water by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of his Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment. [18252/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of his Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment; if he will compare current figures across each sector of the public sector with the figures before the embargo was introduced; and, in view of the recent spring statement, if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Recruitment (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of his Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment. [18247/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Recruitment (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 230. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of his Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment. [18249/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 258. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision centres who have been granted leave to remain or have been issued with a stamp 4, but who have been unable to leave due to difficulties such as finding accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17459/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 259. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given that the Data Protection Act 1988 and amendment Act of 2003 outline eight rules of data protection that include data being obtained and processed fairly, keeping data for specified, explicit and lawful purposes, and disclosing data only in ways compatible with these purposes, and given that the statutory instrument signed into law...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Recruitment (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 271. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of her Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment. [18255/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Recruitment (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 285. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of his Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment. [18264/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Recruitment (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who have been sanctioned for recruitment to child and adolescent mental health service teams; the number of posts sanctioned which have been filled; and his plans for full recruitment. [17858/15]