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

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----but this only seems to be more of the same. It looks like another misguided, futile attempt to get the private sector to solve the emergency that it created. I cannot see it any other way. It would seem to indicate a complete incapacity on the part of the Government to understand the reasons for the previous property bubble and crash that led us to the current housing crisis, and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision will issue on an application for naturalisation further to correspondence regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29650/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (5 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the resettlement of persons (details supplied) currently in Turkey will be considered under the UN resettlement programme due to their particular vulnerability further to correspondence signed on a cross-party basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29649/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The programme for Government indicates that this Government should be judged on the basis of how it addresses the housing crisis. I wonder how accountability for that commitment is being pursued, given the ever-worsening housing and homelessness crisis and record numbers who are homeless. There has been a pretty pathetic output of public housing. I ask particularly about two of the big...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with a person (details supplied). [27746/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do find it slightly ironic, but I am glad that the Labour Party is now proposing the introduction of a minimum effective corporation tax rate.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When we proposed it, when the Labour Party was in government for five years, it did not bring forward a minimum effective corporation tax rate.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It did not bring forward a minimum effective corporation tax rate. That is a fact. There is no history to read. We asked the Labour Party to do so time and again. I am glad that it is now in favour of it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is amazing. It is strange that Tim Cook's name cannot be mentioned. It is a little odd. Perhaps it is symptomatic, or just an office thing, but there is a fear of and deference shown to Tim Cook, Apple and similar corporations which I find extraordinary, with the access they enjoy. The Taoiseach and I disagree on Ireland's role in tax avoidance by Apple, but one thing is beyond...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does that mean we ought to ignore tax avoidance?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 120. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent trip to the United States of America and the meetings he had there. [30692/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 119. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [30691/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 121. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E (Health) last met. [30693/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to secure a permanent building for a school (details supplied) in order to facilitate the demand for places in Educate Together schools; and when the permanent building to be ready; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30354/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 353. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to identify areas in which there are particular labour shortages; the measures she is taking to address these shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30689/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 354. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to identify the reason for labour shortages in particular sectors; if she has examined measures to address these shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30690/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Court Recommendations (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 355. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether it is acceptable that a publicly funded body refuses to implement the recommendation of the Labour Court in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30762/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 537. To ask the Minister for Health if the approval of the drugs Nivolumab and Pembrolizumab will be expedited in order to prolong the life of certain cancer patients and in particular in the case of a person (details supplied); if they will be made VAT exempt and tax allowable in the circumstances in which a patient has no option but to self fund these drugs; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 643. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30748/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which care companies contracted by the HSE to fill care packages are regulated; the standards they must adhere to; the mechanisms available for persons to make complaints independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30807/18]