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Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Film and Television Industry: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are for Screen Producers Ireland and Screen Ireland, specifically for Screen Producers Ireland in terms of its position that essentially no employment relationship existing between its members and people engaged on its productions. How can they explain that and how are they going to the courts saying no such relationship could even exist?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Film and Television Industry: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For the record, those were not answers to the questions I put. The ballot referred to was a ballot, and Ms O'Sullivan can correct me on this, of 790 people but there are 2,000 people in the industry.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Film and Television Industry: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we ask additional questions?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Film and Television Industry: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thought because there was 15 minutes left.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medicinal Products (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 452. To ask the Minister for Health when dupilumab for persons with eczema will be made available in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42807/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last week the Government voted down the motion where we called on it to acknowledge that hundreds of student nurses and midwives were working and are being exploited and to pay them. The Tánaiste should not try to obfuscate. In doing that, the Government betrayed the programme for Government commitment, specifically to return the support of healthcare workers who protected us all. The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, did.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government does not respect the democracy of this House.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 2019 has been commenced; if not, when it will be commenced; the plans for enforcement of the provisions contained in the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42509/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 113. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for recruitment across the public health regions to ensure they can chase down the SARS Cov2 virus, to learn all there is to learn from this work and to help protect the population from Covid-19 and from future pandemics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42365/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the Covid-19 vaccine will be rolled out across the country; if a new database will be developed to ensure a professional tracking system for both shots of the vaccine; if the programme will be rolled out by the public health regions; the role general practitioners will play in this roll-out; if there will be a prioritisation of vulnerable...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 372. To ask the Minister for Health if the changes to income limits for medical card applications in budget 2020 have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42808/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 439. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service recognises the WHO’s latest position on transgender persons that it has stopped classifying transgender persons as having a mental disorder since 25 May 2019; the locations of the HSE or National Gender Service clinics; the length of the waiting lists to attend; the number of persons on waiting lists for transgender...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 452. To ask the Minister for Health when dupilumab for persons with eczema will be made available in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42807/20]

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Statements (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I commend Deputies Eoghan Murphy and Duncan Smith on seeking this debate. The 50th anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is an important occasion to remind ourselves of the utter obscenity and horror of nuclear weapons. If the Nazi Holocaust was probably the greatest crime that was ever committed against humanity, a very close second is the decision of one of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As the Ceann Comhairle will be aware, I objected at the Business Committee to the short amount of time available for the debate on the vaccine. I will add to the points that have already been made. This is a huge undertaking, and People Before Profit is very pleased that we have, or hope to have very soon, vaccines available. We have no doubt about their importance in trying to combat the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the progress of his plans for a high-level review of the economy to be led by his Department. [43544/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Today is day 250 of the Debenhams dispute. Almost 1,000 workers, most of whom are women, and their families have suffered terrible hardship. They have endured a long battle for a just and fair redundancy and still, in the teeth of Christmas, they remain out protesting. I heard the Taoiseach's response to Deputy Barry earlier. He spoke about not engaging in a blame game. I want to be very...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will continue the earlier discussion. The welfare of workers is an economic question and an economic imperative. I refer to the Taoiseach's response on Debenhams and the possibility of another such situation unfolding with the Arcadia workers who, I believe, will be protesting outside Leinster House early next week. Unless Arcadia is bought out, it is also facing liquidation and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Unfair environmental trade.