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Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. Black lives matter. Racism is not so much a virus as a poison deliberately administered. George Floyd was a victim of murderous, brutal and systemic racism that was deliberately stoked, encouraged and escalated by the billionaire Donald Trump, who uses racism deliberately, as even General James "Mad Dog" Mattis has admitted, to divide and rule, to...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Perhaps a more accurate description of divide and rule tactics is the false claim the Taoiseach tried to make in order to boost his political ambitions by decrying the welfare cheats who cheat us all, rather than the bankers and property speculators who truly did cheat us all. Maybe the Taoiseach will address another group who are about to face an injustice at his hands and, indeed, have...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Communications (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with the President of the United States of America and-or the US ambassador in view of the recent events in the US and recent comments regarding the dangers of racism. [10419/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Communications (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has contacted the US ambassador to condemn actions by a police force (details supplied) in view of the recent events in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10420/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passport applications are now being processed; if passports are being issued to those needing to travel for work or study abroad in circumstances in which travel is permitted; if processing has not resumed, when the service will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10114/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to end the direct provision system here in view of the recent events in the United States of America and increased awareness of the dangers of racism and discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10421/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 370. To ask the Minister for Health the location a drive-in cinema in which patrons are isolated in their cars and staff are safely socially distanced may reopen under the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. [10013/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 409. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine opening up physiotherapy for those with severe conditions and those with a disability that rely on a physiotherapist to administer treatment for managing painful conditions and to mitigate against worsening health in the case, for example, of those with paralysis or degenerative diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed report on Covid-19 infections amongst health workers; his views on the request by an organisation (details supplied) for an inquiry into these infection levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10422/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 431. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the guidance the Health Protection Surveillance Centre wrote for the nursing home and homecare sector on Covid-19 infection and transmission prevention; the way in which this guidance issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10423/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 432. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the programme to test and keep testing homecare workers that work with the most vulnerable of persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10424/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider recommendations (details supplied) to support taxi drivers that have lost income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10427/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans in relation to licence renewal for taxi drivers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10428/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of taxi drivers and PSV licence holders currently in receipt of the Covid-19 payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10425/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 684. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will maintain the Covid-19 pandemic payment for taxi drivers until the industry recovers but allow drivers to top-up their income by doing some work without losing the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10426/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 723. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recommendation of a report (details supplied) that a refuge centre be established in the county; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that during the Covid-19 crisis the incidences of domestic violence have increased; if the necessary funds will be provided to the county...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 724. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to acquire the 21 units at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10417/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of council house completions across the four Dublin local authorities was 228 in 2019 in comparison to 634 in 2018; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the projections for 2020 are lower again; his plans to improve these; and if he will make a...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the witnesses for all their work. Undoubtedly it has been a pressured time for them and their colleagues. I am a big supporter of science. Will the witnesses comment on one lesson from all of this, which is the need to invest more in scientific research in this area? Do they feel that the level of Government investment in that area is satisfactory? The issue of transparency and...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No advices were provided. No advices were published at all.