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Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: While the Acting Chairman must manage the House and prevent Deputies from speaking about irrelevant issues, I take very seriously the point I made which I consider to be very relevant. As such, his intervention is out of order.

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What he has done is-----

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I can spend half an hour talking about it if I want.

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I can; this is Second Stage.

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do.

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Of course, I want to proceed.

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also want to proceed without intervention by the Acting Chairman.

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, is it a ruling of the Chair that I am not allowed to spend as long as I like discussing a particular section?

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does that mean I am not allowed to discuss-----

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will do so. I will also continue with the argument I was making, which is my main argument.

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will continue my contribution and if the Acting Chairman continues to interrupt me, people can judge the matter for themselves.

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, intervene or interrupt.

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As Deputy Catherine Connolly pointed out, section 23 addresses the specifics of the issue. It provides a timeline of 36 months in which the State can make an adjudication that parents have neglected or failed their children. If I understand the Bill correctly, the child may have been fostered for 18 months of this 36 month period. Potentially, this means that he or she may have been with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Independent Review Mechanism (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to commit to a full-sworn commission of inquiry into allegations of rape and abuse made by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10148/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to acknowledge the new evidence that was presented to her before the dissolution of the 31st Dáil in relation to the cause of the fire in the Stardust tragedy; to agree to the request of the Stardust families for a new commission of inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10149/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; if the regulator has been established, the name of the regulator; and the procedure for lodging a complaint. [9367/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Relief Data (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of income tax foregone in each of the years 2011 to 2016, to date, and the projected amount in 2017 through tax breaks on private health insurance; the income brackets of the beneficiaries of these tax breaks, by every €10,000 of earned income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10418/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 883. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out intensive home care packages in south County Dublin under the national dementia strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10416/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Strategy on Dementia (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 884. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the health budget he is ring-fencing for the dementia strategy and if he should give an automatic entitlement to a medical card to all dementia sufferers [10417/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Data (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 901. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres per county; the number and profession of all staff within each primary care centre; the service categories provided in each primary care centre, in tabular form; and if these staff are directly employed by the State or private providers. [10457/16]