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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 664. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a FETAC level 5 qualification is sufficient for carers employed by care companies contracted by the HSE to care for persons with severe disabilities; the extra training they must undergo to ensure they are competent with clients with a high level of need such as those with Alzheimer's disease or a severe disability; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 831. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the mechanisms that will be put in place or that are already in place to assist a person who was illegally adopted via St. Patrick's, Navan Road, to trace their birth family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30385/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 832. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps a person can take in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30432/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 872. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person working full-time and paying PRSI on a widow's pension (contributory) is not entitled to illness benefit when sick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30500/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for a person (details supplied); the steps that will be taken to include free travel for persons with this level of disability regardless of income in budget 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30761/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 943. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the new €2 billion urban regeneration and development fund, URDF; his views on its potential to deliver affordable homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30728/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 944. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the information session on the urban regeneration and development fund held on 9 July 2018 for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30729/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 945. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the serviced sites fund for affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30730/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 946. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the parameters of affordable homes further to his statement (details supplied); the way in which affordable is defined; the persons that will be eligible for these homes; the way in which the allocation of the homes will be operated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30731/18]

Other Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the work he is undertaking to review the system of corporate tax relief and expenditure in preparation for budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31031/18]

Other Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As I have made clear repeatedly since I was elected to this House in 2011, I think the system of corporate tax reliefs and allowances are the dirty secret of the Irish tax code in that they bestow enormous tax breaks and big tax loopholes to the benefit of a small number of corporations. Whether it is research and development tax credits, knowledge development boxes, losses forward or...

Other Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For the Minister to describe it as a small number of targeted allowances is incredible. The latest available figures for corporate tax, which are always a few years behind, which is itself a problem, are for 2015. They show €144 billion in gross profits and tax paid of €6.2 billion, which is less than 5%, not 12.5%. Let us look at one example, the research and development tax...

Other Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The facts speak for themselves. Irish universities have tumbled further down the international rankings. Why? As the professors of those universities explain, our teacher to student ratio in the universities is now rising to 1:20 as against 1:10 in China, for example. A few buildings might be built but teachers must be employed and registration fees that are blocking people from going into...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with European Union Commission President, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker. [29098/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach said that he spoke to Jean-Claude Juncker and used the phrase, "strengthening the external borders of the EU", which has been used regularly at recent meetings. I want to interrogate what he is talking about and what it means. I will put it bluntly and dramatically, and also accurately. European leaders, including the Taoiseach, unfortunately, are sleep-walking back into the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Urban Renewal Schemes (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also want to raise the issue of housing conditions in the inner city. Recently I was contacted by residents in the south inner city complaining about the chronic damp conditions in their flat complexes, which they have been suffering for long periods of time. There is absolutely no doubt that in areas of big disadvantage the issue of housing is desperate. It has knock-on effects for...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the most recent European Council meeting. [29396/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will ask again. I have asked already about Orbán as well and about the rise of racist and far-right forces, of which he is one of the most prominent. In the same comments with regard to Orbán's racist agenda, the Taoiseach said we have to respect that other countries come from a different perspective. Does the Taoiseach regret that? The Helsinki committee said this was very...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The report I mentioned shows it is really diabolical and worsening throughout the European Union.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They do not give an inch to racism – not one of them.