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Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have been looking for transparency on the advice on which the Taoiseach is basing his decisions since 20 February, at the first briefing. I have asked on six occasions for the minutes, written advice and position papers of the expert advisory group that advises NPHET and the Government but have never even received the courtesy of an answer. Will the Taoiseach publish the minutes, written...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have read the contract and it is very clear. It is a temporary, special purpose contract for three months. At a time when we need permanent increases in staffing in our health service we are giving the worst contracts possible to people seeking to work in the public health emergency. I ask the Taoiseach to issue an instruction to NPHET to tell the expert advisory group to publish the...

European Council Meeting: Statements (6 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are very alarming signs that both the European Union and the Irish Government are utterly failing to learn the obvious lessons of the current public health emergency and are planning to revert to the failed austerity policies that did such damage in the aftermath of the financial crash of 2008 and to impose the cost and burden of this emergency once again on working people and the key...

European Council Meeting: Statements (6 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Micheál Martin must ask a question.

European Council Meeting: Statements (6 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No problem.

European Council Meeting: Statements (6 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State partly answered my question but I will ask it nonetheless. Many areas are impacted by the current situation but there is one that, it seems to me, the Government should have been thinking about already in our discussions with Europe. One thing that has been revealed clearly is that our public health system is under capacity. We have the lowest levels of ICU and of GP...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry, in accordance with the questions-and-answers format agreed by the Business Committee. Today, People Before Profit and Solidarity Deputies launched an online petition calling on the Government to abandon plans to cut or taper the €350 pandemic unemployment payment, at least until the pandemic has passed and all the employment losses and economic...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach has not given a clear commitment that there will be no cuts or tapering until the pandemic is over and until all the employment lost as a result of the pandemic has been restored. The Taoiseach should give a commitment, and I am asking for a commitment, that the over 66s and the under 18s who are being unfairly discriminated against get the payment also, and that many workers...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He was over time. That is why I was.

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No.

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is why the Taoiseach should give the commitment.

Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Trump-like buffoonery and recklessness of Boris Johnson have been fairly evident to most people in this House and country for some time. If there is something of a silver lining to the grim public health emergency and pandemic that we face, it is that the buffoonery and recklessness on Johnson's part has been further revealed. For most people, Brexit and everything else are being seen...

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There have been some positive measures taken in the face of the health emergency, such as freezing rent increases and stopping evictions, something the Minister previously said could not be done, and some decongregation of emergency hubs and allocations. Why could it not have been done before if it can be done now? Is it going to be permanent for those people? Will people who have been...

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----while people are suffering from homelessness and mocking people with Covid and making light of the work of our nurses. He is enjoying himself in South Africa while I have to deal with people like Brian who is 70 and is living in a shed. He should be cocooning but the only accommodation he is offered is a hostel in town, when he is living in Dún Laoghaire. There is Anthony, who is...

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will be sharing time with Deputy Paul Murphy, with five minutes each. Bus Éireann is flouting the Government's protocols for the return to work, published on 9 May. They require that if bus workers cannot social distance on Bus Éireann buses, there should be screens. There are no screens, however and bus workers are very concerned about the return to work that will see passenger...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Data (13 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance the payments made by the Revenue Commissioners to law firms in 2018 and 2019. [3945/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Legal Fees (13 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance the payments made by NAMA to law firms in 2018 and 2019. [3946/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Data (13 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance the payments made by the Central Bank to accountancy firms in 2018 and 2019. [3947/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Projects (13 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance the pro bono work undertaken by accountancy firms for his Department from 2015; and the details of the projects they worked on. [3948/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (13 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 571. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in terms of the funding deficit that a service (details supplied) is experiencing that may result in the inability to continue providing services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4471/20]