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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Issues (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his telephone conversation with Prime Minister May on 5 November 2018. [47966/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, I would like clarification. If amendment No. 5 is agreed, do amendments Nos. 6 to 9, inclusive, fall? Is this correct?

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not want to make accusations but it is a bit of a slight of hand. We will all vote for the same amendment to remove the criminalisation clause but the way the amendments have been grouped means that by doing so we cannot move the subsequent amendments that would at least mitigate the worst effects of the decision the Minister has made.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Fair enough but that is the effect and it is unfortunate. The points have largely been made but the fact of the matter is that doctors seeking to ensure the health and welfare of women in pregnancy situations will now be labouring under an anxiety and fear that if they do certain things they may be guilty of a criminal offence and subject potentially to a 14 year prison sentence. To my mind...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sorry, not for the woman but for the doctor. The doctor will be labouring under that anxiety. It is not an acceptable situation if doctors in these difficult, often crisis driven situations, are wondering whether they are guilty of a criminal offence and outside the law if they do this. We know where this has led us in the past. It has potentially disastrous consequences. I really think...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not see how the Minister could argue that the provisions of amendment No. 12 could limit a future review. It is just insisting that certain important indicators of whether women who need abortion services are gaining access to them are met. We are trying to ensure that women who need abortion services have genuine access to them. If over the next three years we discover that, for...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Chairman-----

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I listened to the Minister's arguments against amendment No. 12. Obviously we agree with his amendment to reduce the review period to three years. If we do not pass amendment No. 12, very important information will not necessarily be collected to inform us whether women are being left outside this legislation in terms of their access to healthcare. Deputy Donnelly said that in three...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: These data.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I directly disagree with the previous point. I and many other Deputies in the House canvassed throughout the campaign for weeks and not once in the thousands of doors upon which we knocked did the issue of the three-day waiting period come up. The issue raised was always the substantial one, the issue of whether there were circumstances in which it was justified to have a termination or...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Helsinki. [48406/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to pursue legal action against a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49542/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the outstanding issues of pay equality in the view of possible industrial disputes in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49541/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a permanent building for a school (details supplied); if the immediate crisis facing the school that is due to leave its premises in May 2019 and to date has no appropriate alternative building will be resourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49538/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allay the fears of the staff, pupils and parents in a school (details supplied) that has no premises from May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49539/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase funding for third-level education in view of the impact of increased numbers of students and funding levels not rising to meet this demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49540/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Referendum Campaigns (29 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the referendums he is planning after the blasphemy referendum of 26 October 2018. [43912/18]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Today's business shall be No. a18, motion re opt-in under protocol of a measure in the area of asylum, migration and integration funds, referral to committee; No. 18, excess Vote in relation to 2016 - Vote 35; No. 18a, motion re parliamentary question rota swap; No. 38, statements on the report on the procurement process audit of the national broadband plan; No. 19, instruction to committee...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the same matter, I was there last night when the teachers occupied the building for a brief period. They did so out of desperation because they do not know what to do. They have not been paid their wages, which is money owed to them, and the owner has disappeared into the night, leaving them completely high and dry. I was talking to one teacher, whom I know quite well, and this is the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----to these highly qualified people. Will the Government fast-track using the Social Insurance Fund, consider a teacher protection fund-----