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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Renationalise Eircom.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The school student climate strikers have chosen 24 May, the same day as the European and local elections, for their next major mobilisation to demand emergency action on climate change. While they are delighted that a climate emergency has been declared, they want to see the action follow the symbolism. The need to do so has been further underlined today by the Mauna Loa observatory in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is a global issue. Ms Greta Thunberg's first response to the climate emergency declaration here was that she concurred but that we have got to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Will the Taoiseach agree to that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (14 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the EU Council meeting of 10 April 2019. [17788/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (14 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also want to ask about Ireland and RTÉ's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, particularly in light of the horrific treatment by Israel of the Palestinians, the fact of an apartheid state in Israel and the systematic, regular and relentless flouting of international law and the human rights and civil rights of the Palestinians by Israel. I put it to the Taoiseach in simple...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee G, justice and equality, last met. [20545/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Everybody is appalled by the killing of Azzam Raguragui in Dundrum. My son hangs out in that area and would have seen Azzam, and the kids he hung around with there, regularly. The knife crime to which Deputies have referred is shocking. Beyond condemning what is atrocious, however, we have to think about how we are going to address the problem. It is getting worse and worse and I do not...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The people affected by the housing crisis such as those in emergency hubs, or those who fear their landlord will evict them, or those who cannot find rental accommodation they can afford, or those who work but cannot afford anything on the market to purchase or rent and who live at home with their parents, and sometimes with their grandparents, too, are sick of all the talk. They are sick of...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are saying it is a trickle.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Plus a top-up.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Half of them are paying top-up payments.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Aid (14 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions she has had with the European Commission or other European bodies on the possibility of additional funding as a consequence of Brexit; if she has had discussions with the European Union on relaxing of state aid rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18073/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to appoint a clerk of works on all the projects on the current status of large-scale projects list being delivered under the school building programme; if some smaller schools or extensions will not have a clerk of works appointed or sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20503/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 10 July 2018, the status of the steps he is taking to secure a permanent building for a Dún Laoghaire Educate Together national school in order to facilitate the demand for places in educate together; when the permanent building will be ready; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Deputy Clare Daly and Independents 4 Change for bringing forward this motion. I commend Deputy Clare Daly in particular on being very persistent in championing the matters addressed in this motion and those who have been affected, including survivors, relatives and others impacted by the very dark history of this country's treatment of many women and their children over many decades....

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (15 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 40. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the plans for a private clinic as part of the national children’s hospital; if the funding of this clinic is included in the latest budget for the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20881/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (15 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 77. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the co-location of a private clinic at the national children’s hospital in view of the fact that space at this site is at a premium; the cost of this part of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20882/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (15 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 44. To ask the Minister for Health if each CHO has enough funding to provide the home and respite care packages necessary for all those in need nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20884/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (15 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 61. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the process for allocating home care packages and respite care is fit for purpose and provides the care needed to the most vulnerable persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20883/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (15 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 48. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that funding is made available to a facility (details supplied) in order that it can continue providing care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20885/19]