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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As the Taoiseach said, this committee also deals with the area of arts and culture so I will continue to draw his attention to the film industry because €80 million goes out in grants from the Irish Film Board and section 481 tax relief. I will put it dramatically so that it will draw, I hope, the Taoiseach's attention. I do not expect him to know everything about this. There is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not clear that it does.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Economic and Social Council (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with the National Economic and Social Council. [26895/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Economic and Social Council (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On an issue I have already raised, the NESC's report refers 12 times to the problem of precarious work. When talking about economic benefits, one needs to look at the prevalence of precarious work and the extent to which the State is subsidising and facilitating work that does not have to be precarious. I again cite the film industry as an example. If we are putting in a lot of public...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Economic and Social Council (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Including those owned by the vulture funds.

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. I am sharing my time with Deputy Barry. The forces of hate and racism and even those who associate with outright fascism are on the rise in Europe. As important as Brexit is to this country, it pales into insignificance compared with the rather terrifying developments happening right across Europe and in the heart of the European Union. We are in a sort of happy bubble in this...

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputies Wallace and Daly were not. That was their choice. We disagree.

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have no doubt about the rotten role of Russia in Syria but the rotten role of the European powers and the United States of America in bombing Syria is not mentioned, nor is the role of European powers in bombing the hell out of Libya and creating the disaster we now see which is leading to the horrendous treatment of migrants and deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. We need to...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The story told by Deputy Michael Healy-Rae is horrific and was tragic for the lady involved. There is no doubt that hedgerows should be maintained such that they are not a danger to people such as that lady or any other road user. That is beyond question. The Members who are concerned about the Bill do not suggest that we should disregard road safety but, rather, the contrary, as we have...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This debate has taken an unfortunate acrimonious twist, unnecessarily personalised in some cases. I agree with Deputy Breathnach that we should be able to come up with practical solutions that guarantee the environmental integrity and biodiversity we need while ensuring road safety. Everybody wants to maintain biodiversity, protect and enhance the environment and wildlife and ensure road...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government has made a mistake by driving this Bill through without a proper consultation process.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the need to accelerate the separation of church and State in the area of education and in particular to ensure that no particular religious ethos compromises the objectivity of education in schools was recognised following the referendum to repeal the eighth amendment of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29390/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce or abolish the student contribution for third level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29386/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to remove apprenticeship fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29387/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the non-adjacent rate of the grant below the current 45 km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29388/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if part-time and further education students will receive the same supports as full-time students in the same circumstances; if a hardship fund will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29389/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 271. To ask the Minister for Health when the Bill to legislate for access to abortion here will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29481/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 272. To ask the Minister for Health the legal advice he has received on the publication of the legislation to allow for abortion here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29482/18]

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is 2,000 a year.

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In all sincerity, I am so beyond wanting to score political points when it comes to the current housing emergency because it is such a dire crisis and the hardship it is inflicting on so many people is so terrible that I would be happy to support anything the Minister of State, anybody in this House or, indeed, anybody outside this House came up with that would help solve this housing crisis...