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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We did.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It did.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Wait and see the turnout from the Government parties at committees-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Protecting public health is a priority but we have to face the fact there is a shocking contradiction. I raised this at the Covid committee so I am not grandstanding. We are spending approximately 50 times more on ensuring adherence to public health guidelines per Deputy than we are spending per pupil in school. That is shocking. The money given to schools to ensure physical distancing is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Functions (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for State visits. [22650/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Functions (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: From a foreign policy point of view, I would like the Taoiseach's assurance that this Government, and all parties in this House, will do absolutely nothing between now and November to facilitate, encourage or promote assistance to Donald Trump's campaign to return to the White House. I think this is a priority. Under normal circumstances, one might say we have to maintain friendly...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Functions (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I know the Taoiseach will not be as explicit as I might be about Trump but I am asking the Department of the Taoiseach to be careful not to inadvertently offer any public relations opportunities to Donald Trump between now and November. That is what I am urging because he is a danger to the whole world. Whatever I may think about Biden, this guy is a threat to democracy. On Palestine, I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The protocol and general division deals with relations with the religious bodies. I appeal to the Taoiseach, through this division, to engage urgently with the Sisters of Charity and the Catholic Church generally on a scandal in the St. Mary's centre, a nursing home that also provides assisted living housing for people with blindness, visual impairment and disability. In a Debenhams-style,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I raised the problem I have with Questions on Promised Legislation being taken off the Dáil schedule on the Order of Business. While the Government might not have a legislative programme, there is a programme for Government, which contains commitments regarding various legislation, some of which has been rightly described by Deputy McDonald as "off the wall". We need answers to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sure.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 40. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on whether the model of accommodation for asylum seekers leads to a well-integrated society; if not, his plans for alternative models in view of the recent death by suicide in a direct provision centre in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22332/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to help small businesses, such as restaurants, which had to close for a period of months to assist with the rent payments that are still due even though they were not trading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22212/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a company or a person is prohibited from operating waste disposal services using the permit of another company in cases in which they have been convicted for illegal dumping in the past; if it is an offence if they continue to operate using the permit of another company; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the ESB Networks works to replace domestic electricity meters with smart meters will be rolled out nationally; the entity that carried out the safety testing on the meters in relation to radio frequency EMFs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22265/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if ESB Networks, in replacing electricity meters with smart meters, allowed customers to refuse to have smart meters installed; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22266/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider buying back taxi licences from those who wish to retire as a result of not being able to work due to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22215/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if vacant buildings will be refurbished and retrofitted in order that they can be used by a school (details supplied) to provide extra space and classrooms in order that social distancing can be achieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22214/20]