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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am very conscious of time. The Chair will pull me up-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to ask a question of the Minister, Deputy Donohoe. There are often references to planning objections and so on in terms of delivery. Is it fair to say that this is a bit overstated? The Department produces the IGEES report, which suggests that this is not really a problem. The vast majority of planning permissions are granted. There are some that are objected to, but the vast...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Big title.

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The first thing I want to do is say that tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. a demonstration organised by anti-war and Palestine solidarity groups including Mothers Against Genocide, The Anti-war Movement, the Union of Students in Ireland, Irish Palestine Solidarity and many others will be assembling at the European Commission offices on Mount Street to march to Leinster House. They will be calling once...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Cabinet committees on which he sits. [4030/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the same issue, genocide is the worst crime that a human being, state or regime can commit. It is the unspeakable crime. Joe Biden has armed Israel to the teeth, specifically to support Israel's ability to continue the massacre for which it is now in the dock. Let us be clear that Israel is in the dock for genocide. The court has said there is a plausible case that it is guilty of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The fact is that the market is proving incapable of delivering affordability for houses to buy or rent for large swathes of young and working people. That is the reality. There has been an uptick in the delivery of social housing. It has not been enough but we are beginning to see some progress, not least because the Government adopted a proposal we suggested, which was to start buying...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 16. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on Housing for All. [2795/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I met a young mother this week who has a very serious precancerous condition. For six years, she obtained a cream called Imiquimod with her medical card. For no reason for which she can get an explanation, she is no longer able to get it. It has been taken off the primary care reimbursement scheme with no explanation. They only way she can get it now, apparently, is by paying €400...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [4029/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with disability will next meet. [4021/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask that the Taoiseach allow for statements, particularly on the issue of housing affordability. I was told by my colleague, Councillor Melisa Halpin, that there was a management report in Dún Laoghaire yesterday showing that zero cost-rental or affordable houses were delivered last year. In Cherrywood, the biggest residential development in the country, houses are being sold at...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach said he was interested in ideas-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need an urgent discussion in which we can have ideas about how to deliver affordability in housing and rents.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 17 January 2024, to clarify whether persons excluded from the credit due to low energy usage where they have been occupying the property and are not a vulnerable customer/entitled to be a vulnerable customer or have a financial meter, will be awarded the credit; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Electricity Supply Board (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to report on when semi-State PAYE pensioners who were not permitted to contribute to the Government pension scheme can expect their pension increase to be paid out to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3997/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grounds there are for the compulsory nature of educational devices in schools; if she is aware of the costs incurred by parents of students for the mandatory devices as well as the mandatory textbooks and other materials; if she will report on the process of contracting suppliers of the educational devices; and if she will make a statement...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, I think the European Union-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The European Union-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----should crack the whip on Israel over the treatment of our citizens.