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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Portuguese Prime Minister. [10516/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Did the Taoiseach discuss with the Portuguese Prime Minister Portugal's model for dealing with illicit drugs? There are major parallels, historically and socially, between Portugal and Ireland in the sense that Portugal developed a big problem with illicit drugs at a similar time to this country in the 1980s. It was an enormous problem, with high rates of HIV, drug related crime, addiction...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (5 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether public procurement processes are fit for purpose in view of the cost overruns at the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10581/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (5 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also want to discuss public procurement and the lessons that we may learn from the debacle of the national children's hospital. Has the debacle of going from an initial estimate of €400 million to an initial bid agreed for just over €600 million, all the way up to €1.7 billion or is it €1.4 billion or €2 billion, given the Minister pause for thought about...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (5 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can I ask a simple question? Is profit included in the bid process? I presume BAM or anybody else would require a profit margin. Are these things examined? Does the Minister look at how its bid might compare with what the Government would do if the State did this work directly and did not require the taking of a profit and whether that would work out cheaper and better? When bids come...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (5 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I find it interesting that when doing this, it is completely outside the realms of consideration for the Minister to contemplate whether the State should do things directly itself. It would not require a profit motive, potentially would be able to get things cheaply in bulk and would be able to borrow money more cheaply. There are all sorts of possibilities as to why the State, when...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (5 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The housing projects are not built directly.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (5 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The councils were already doing that work.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (5 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the public procurement process in view of the cost overruns at the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10580/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (5 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a passport for a person (details supplied) has not been issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10312/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 308. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will roll out the HPV vaccine programme for boys; if there will be a catch-up programme for all school age boys over the age prescribed by the programme; if priority is given to boys who are homosexual or bisexual; if it is recognised by the HPV school programme that boys who are homosexual or bisexual are in a higher risk group than...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Personal Injury Claims (5 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 359. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) can pursue compensation and justice from his Department in relation to complications regarding an operation post-childbirth in 1967; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10801/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (5 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 494. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the preschool options available to a family with a child that will be two years and seven months in September 2019, missing the ECCE first year by one month and that cannot afford to pay privately for the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10409/19]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It does not surprise me that the legislation has moved through the House as quickly as it has. The main purpose of the Bill is not controversial; it is to maintain as fully as possible the status quoin the common travel area to avoid disruption. No sane or sensible person in this Chamber would want to cause unnecessary disturbance or massively disrupt the status quo, particularly in the...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is very dangerous growth of that type of politics all across Europe, including within the European Union, and we cannot lay the blame for it on Britain. It is a failing of politics generally in the western world. We have also seen it in the United States. While we have to deal with a very immediate problem and the consequences of Brexit, we should not imagine, whether it resolves...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the plans for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10929/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Breaks Standardisation (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue specific guidelines for time to be set aside for eating and hygiene in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10928/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a disability accommodation appeal will be allowed in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11040/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 151. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to protect high street retail in view of the increasing impact of online shopping; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11008/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When?