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Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I proposed it at the Business Committee.

Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not saying we should run it.

Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When we met outside the Citywest count centre and the scale of the "Yes" result had become apparent, I told the Taoiseach that the next step would be the separation of church and State. He said we would leave that issue for another day. This is another day. In fact, notwithstanding suggestions about the Citizens' Assembly examining these matters, the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill...

Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In line with the referendum result and its own commitment to diversity, the Government should accept the amendments this week.

Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What if people do not share a school's faith?

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (29 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Most of the points have been made. It is correct that we should be able to compel a school to make provision for children with special educational needs. As Deputy Thomas Byrne indicated, the Bill seems to be a little convoluted in the way it proposes to do so. It appears to focus on the school, the council, the rather lengthy process involved and the powers of the Minister but does not...

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (29 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have it.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (29 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are discussing all of the amendments in this group?

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (29 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not know how much evidence we need of the requirement for us to separate church and State completely, but we have had plenty of it in recent days. To my mind in 21st century Ireland it is just not acceptable to continue any form of religious discrimination in admission to schools or to continue a religious bias, which is imposed on children in a school of a particular ethos on children...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protection) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for bringing forward this Bill. Obviously, we will support it. It is right that student accommodation should be brought under the remit of the RTB in order that the sector can benefit from some of the protections, in terms of the rent caps and other protections, that are available to tenants in the private rented sector. Deputy Ó Broin acknowledged, as...

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As I was saying earlier, putting somebody’s religious or moral view into the Constitution, into the law or allowing it to dictate the behaviour and ethos of what should be a public service is not acceptable any longer in 21st century Ireland. I do not think it ever was. The “Yes” vote we saw at the weekend was part of a tide of public opinion welling up, an earthquake...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Referendum Campaigns (29 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 117. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make changes to abortion laws here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23524/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Referendum Campaigns (29 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his plans to implement the recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly. [22708/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (29 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 118. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on planned changes to introduce a screening process in the assessment of needs for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23525/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 46. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps and work being undertaken to encourage and incentivise agroforestry with a particular focus on native species in view of Ireland's historically low afforestation figures and rates. [23989/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As I have said on many occasions in this House, the levels of forest cover in this country are pitifully low, and one of the lowest in Europe. There is little sign that we are doing anything to improve it. My question refers in particular to agroforestry and the potential it has to change that situation significantly, if not dramatically, with a particular focus on native and broadleaf species.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is a lot at stake in the area of afforestation and forestry. Ireland faces huge fines because of carbon emissions, and forestry, as a carbon sink, can play a significant role in mitigating that. However, we are failing pitifully. The midterm forestry review makes for very sad reading. We have a target of 7,500 ha annually. COFORD, the National Council for Forest Research and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not doubt that the Minister of State is making a serious effort in this area but the facts tell us that we are failing. We must dramatically change things. Coillte did not help matters by messing farmers around with the farm partnership scheme and not paying them. I do not know if that has been resolved, but it has left a bitter taste in the mouths of farmers when it comes to...

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Minister, Deputy Zappone, for bringing this issue to light. What we are seeing here is yet another bombshell exposing the toxic relationship between church and State in this country and the human damage and hardship it has imposed and continues to impose on very significant numbers of people. In this case it is clear that this is likely to be the tip of the iceberg but 126...

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the commitments given by the Taoiseach. I was born in 1967 so I may be affected but I will have to check all this. In any event, the outcome for me has been positive but for huge numbers of other people that may not be the case and they have a right to know. We need a clear commitment that all obstacles will be removed to access to whatever information or files can be found. I...