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Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his address to the European Parliament on 17 January 2018. [3129/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I find that there is regularly an Orwellian disconnect between the pious rhetoric often associated with these set piece speeches in Europe and the aspirations that are articulated and the reality of what is actually happening in Europe. The Taoiseach spoke about a Europe which respects the rule of law and human rights, and about peace. He then contrasted that with 90 emigrants drowning in...

Other Questions: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons (details supplied) will be allowed to resettle here. [5693/18]

Other Questions: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This question is really a plea on behalf of a very vulnerable Palestinian family for compassion and generosity on the part of the Minister and the Government. The Barud family have been acknowledged as UN refugees. They are stranded in Turkey. Four of the children are disabled and the family has nowhere to go, even though they have been acknowledged as refugees. I have talked to the...

Other Questions: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----why we could not do so.

Other Questions: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I appreciate the Minister's response and I appreciate we are taking other refugees from Lebanon, but this is a particular case. This is a family of seven in which four of the children have very significant disabilities. They had previously lived in Saudi Arabia, but Saudi Arabia expelled them because of its "no Palestinian refugees" policy, which is not a very nice policy. They were...

Other Questions: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Minister elaborate slightly? Is he suggesting that if they apply through Lebanon and could make their way to Lebanon that might be possibility? Perhaps he could indicate. Will the Minister explain whether there is a particular reason, given that we have a diplomatic presence in Turkey, that we could not also take programme refugees from Turkey? Will the Minister confirm that we...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons applying for naturalisation that are not decided upon within the six-month guideline will be provided with a detailed explanation as to the reasons for the delay including the provision to the person of additional information required to process the application in a timely manner. [5694/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Community Rating (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 402. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the lifetime community rating scheme to make credits available to persons on low incomes who qualified for medical cards from 2008 and to those who had health insurance prior to 2004 in cases in which insurance companies no longer hold records of these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5794/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a company engaged in employing a person through JobBridge, JobPath, community employment, Tús or a similar scheme is vetted to ensure it complies with employment and health and safety law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5748/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a service user engaged in JobBridge, JobPath, community employment, Tús or a similar scheme leaves the scheme early due to non-compliance with employment law and-or the conditions of the scheme, the provisions that are made for this situation in the way in which the person is dealt with by her Department; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the agency responsible for taking action against a landlord who discriminates against a person on the basis of refusing to take a housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5786/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Protest always works, though.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Davos for the World Economic Forum. [4288/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The annual gathering at Davos, as a gathering of the world's global corporate and billionaire elite, always brings into fairly sharp focus the ever-growing, shocking and obscene levels of wealth inequality in our world. This year, Oxfam reported that the richest 1% have the same amount of wealth as 82% of the remainder of the world's population. It also pointed out that there are now 2,000...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not against Professor Stiglitz.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach should read the report. That is what was said before 2008.

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Bríd Smith. We are taking five minutes each. The obfuscation and the attempt to throw mud in our eyes that I just heard from the Minister of State really is extremely disappointing. It puts to shame people like the man whose bust is behind me in the Chamber, James Connolly. In a quote that is very appropriate to this debate, he said, "Our demands most...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He is a doctor.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On behalf of People Before Profit, we are supportive of the overall aims of the Bill and pretty much all of the measures it proposes. There is no doubt about the health and societal implications of excessive use of alcohol. The World Health Organization states drinking alcohol is associated with risks of developing health problems such as mental and behavioural disorders, liver cirrhosis,...