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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the EU and international division of his Department. [26505/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last week, the Government unfortunately voted against my amendment seeking to impose sanctions on Israel of the same sort we imposed on apartheid South Africa. I think that is a mistake and I think history will ultimately vindicate the view that this is an apartheid state and that it should be treated in the same way as apartheid South Africa. Beyond that general proposition, I want to...

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will share time with Deputies Murphy and Barry. Both the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance got quite annoyed with People Before Profit this morning saying that we never recognise the good things the Government does, and that we are just looking for reasons to give out. I refute that absolutely. Of course, we acknowledge the income and wage supports, grants to SMEs and so on to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that driver theory tests to be deemed an essential service and for in-person testing to reopen in centres in a safe and a socially distanced manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29982/21]

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta) 2020: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Tairgim: "Go léifear an Bille don Dara hUair anois." I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." It is worth noting that we originally tabled this Bill in the previous Dáil in September 2017. At that point, not surprisingly, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael voted against it and, as a result, it did not pass. In the context of the earlier debate, let us be absolutely clear: we...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta) 2020: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not that we want to personalise things in any way or comment on the Minister of State's background or anyone else's but there is absolutely no doubt that the policies that have been pursued are the problem. I first entered the Dáil in 2011, the year Fine Gael and the Labour Party went into government. I have been in the Dáil for ten years now. That Government, under Enda...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has examined possible implications for the climate goals of Ireland, especially targets committed to in the Paris Treaty as a result of Ireland endorsing the CETA trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 200. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he envisages introducing a mandatory sick pay scheme before the end of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30269/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 198. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the setting up by the IDA of operations in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30267/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 199. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when employee redundancy rights will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30268/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 201. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide for those on general employment permits to have at least the same rights as critical skills permits holders in the forthcoming employment permits Bill (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30270/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Services (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 202. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide for access to workplace relations bodies by undocumented workers (details supplied). [30271/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Social Media (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 203. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to raise the rights of content moderators with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30273/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to protect workers’ health and safety in view of the reopening of the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30274/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 205. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional resources that will be provided to the Health and Safety Authority in relation to the reopening of the hospitality sector; if Covid-19 will be designated as an occupational illness in that context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30275/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 275. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on sanctions against Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30266/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appeal will be supported to retain an additional teacher at a school (details supplied); if she will take steps to rectify the situation prior to the next appeal date on 15 June 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30289/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I strongly agree with this group of amendments. As the Minister said, the debate around these amendments relates to the fundamental differences between the Government and many in the Opposition in terms of what a land development agency should do. It is interesting that the Minister mentioned the Shanganagh Castle development as an example of a fundamental difference. Shanganagh Castle...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. We have had a masterclass in sophistry from the Minister and of course he thoroughly misrepresented the situation. The original proposals, quite a long way back, for the development of Shanganagh were to have private development. The People Before Profit Party in particular tabled motions insisting that the development would only be public and affordable. Then there was a big battle...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I never got to make a comment on amendment No. 44 and will do so now, briefly. It refers to the issue of the LDA engaging in commercial activities, which is a slippery slope in our view. This is where private finance and commercial priorities start to dictate the LDA's agenda, and affordability and the social objectives of the agency start to go out the window. That is the logic behind it....