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Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 493. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of payments made by NAMA to law and accountancy firms from 2018 to date; the amount received by each of the firms for each respective year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 494. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of payments made by the Central Bank to law and accountancy firms from 2018 to date; the amount received by each of the firms for each respective year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15488/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Contracts (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 495. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all pro bono work undertaken by accountancy firms for his Department from 2016 to date by the type of work, the number of hours spent and the name of the accountancy firms involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15489/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 497. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of payments by the Revenue Commissioners to law and accountancy firms from 2018 to date; the amount received by each of the firms in each respective year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider providing legislation to prevent landlords or letting agents charging tenants for references, as is in place in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14158/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 809. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will arrange vaccinations for the 117th Infantry Battalion in Lebanon given that it is experiencing difficulty and isolation due to measures to stop the spread of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has issued guidelines to the Teaching Council with regard to ESL teachers from English language schools that have closed down and ceased trading (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14188/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 901. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the age limit for drivers with Bus Éireann and for those contracted to drive school children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15106/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for students wishing to continue to third-level education abroad in September 2021 given the likely rise in CAO points requirements for domestic courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14159/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1497. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to using the IT system that Teagasc and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine have that tracks and traces the national herd and records and traces each inoculation to help in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination, which could prove to be cost efficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14438/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1608. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is refusing to reimburse the antigen costs for nursing homes (details supplied); if so, the reason for the decision; if he is considering reversing this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14833/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1775. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out for group 4 is prioritised by condition, severity and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15404/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1823. To ask the Minister for Health the changes to and impact on the provision of on-site therapeutic services to the children and young people attending services (details supplied) generally and the pupils of a school in particular in the rolling out of the new HSE progressing disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15598/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2013. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request from Coillte the percentage of planting which is coniferous and broadleaf, respectively by site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15225/21]

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This Residential Tenancies Bill is, for the most part, a deception and a fraud. It is an attempt to suggest the Government is trying to protect tenants in the midst of the Covid pandemic when, in reality, apart from a tiny cohort of tenants for whom protections will be extended, literally a few hundred tenants, the Government’s real intention is, as of 5 April, to allow vulture funds...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Like the other Opposition parties, we have a series of amendments, which seek to extend considerably further the protections this Bill proposes to extend only until July. We have gone the furthest in saying they should be extended until April 2021 and I will explain why we think that is right. We also support all the other amendments that go considerably further than the Government. We...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is talking down the clock.

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 3: In page 4, line 5, to delete "12 July 2021" and substitute "12 April 2022".

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 9: In page 4, line 9, to delete "12 July 2021" and substitute "12 April 2022".

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No.12 :