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Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and I came straight up as soon as I discovered that people had not bothered to turn up for their slots.

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking the Ceann Comhairle to be reasonable. There is plenty of time and a shortage of speakers. I am asking the Ceann Comhairle to allow the two Deputies who have bothered to turn up to speak to do so.

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am here and Deputy Michael Collins is here.

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Thank you.

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I appreciate that. I know the Ceann Comhairle does not disagree with this because we have discussed it, but it further underlines the point about the change of the speaking order enforced by the Government, which guarantees this sort of uncertainty. The Government insists that it has multiple slots before some of us get to speak and then no one from the Government side bothers to turn up....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if confirmation will be given to a school (details supplied) of the location of its temporary school in September 2021; if she will ensure that the temporary school will be in the catchment area of the school; the location of the permanent site; when the permanent site will be ready; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35267/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will work with a school (details supplied) to ensure the acquisition by her Department of a building for a specific ASD unit and as a school hall; if not, if confirmation will be given that the school will have an ASD unit and will be allowed to rent the building for same while a deal is worked out between her Department and the parish...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (1 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person in their 80s who has been in receipt of the State pension (contributory) and a qualified adult increase for nearly 20 years and whose spouse is the qualified adult and is also in their 80s has received a means text request from her Department; if this is a random review; if so, if the procedure will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (1 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment whose payment is reduced to the €203 on 7 September 2021 or the subsequent two dates will be moved to jobseeker’s allowance rather than stay on the payment at the relevant rate; her views on the way this can be justified given the payment is not a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (1 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT implications for a registered charity building an animal shelter as a new build; if exemptions are available on the VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35448/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the period of time a person can receive jobseeker’s benefit before they are means tested for jobseeker’s allowance temporarily until the job market and the economy has recovered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35442/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prisoners who have been vaccinated to date against Covid-19; the number vaccinated who are over 60 years of age; the number vaccinated who are medically vulnerable; the timescale for those who have not been vaccinated to receive a vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28506/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are many uncertainties with the Covid pandemic, particularly now with the emergence of the Delta variant. There is uncertainty about whether we can win the race in terms of vaccination to get ahead of this variant and ensure that things do not go into reverse, plunging us into lockdowns and more people getting sick and going to hospital. It is still unclear, given where we are at in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This business of attacking the Opposition and accusing it of sloganeering really has to stop. I do not think the Taoiseach would accuse Dr. Mike Ryan of being a left-wing sloganeer, but he is supporting the people's vaccine. Médecins sans Frontières and UN aid agencies are supporting the people's vaccine. Many of the countries that for years suffered the consequences of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Why will they not do it?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The practice of guillotining critical debates is back with a vengeance, despite the Taoiseach's party in opposition often joining us in railing against the practice of guillotines. We have seen it on two Bills of critical importance, one of which is the Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, which includes the shocking amendment by the Government at the last minute to exempt...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination last met; and when it will next meet. [34684/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not know if it is a matter of a lack of co-ordination or a lack of honesty from the Government when the Taoiseach says repeatedly that there will be no cliff edge for income supports for people in sectors impacted by the pandemic where they cannot earn a living or work at all. On the other hand, the same people who are in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, receive notice...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am telling you what I have been told.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are being taken from them in September.