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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I requested at Thursday's meeting of the Business Committee that before the Christmas break an urgent discussion about the shameful levels of child and family homelessness as we head towards Christmas. Every single month we have seen a new and shameful record in the levels of child and family homelessness. While many might be looking forward to Christmas, for many mothers, children and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (5 Dec 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government is committed to ensuring there will be no diminution in the quality and offering of public service broadcasting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53637/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (5 Dec 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the film industry stakeholder forum will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53634/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (5 Dec 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 92. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how the film industry stakeholder forum will be instituted and who will be invited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53635/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (5 Dec 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the 7.45 a.m. service on the No. 7 bus from Brides Glen to the city centre is cancelled so frequently (details supplied); if the matter will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53349/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (5 Dec 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will remove the requirement for childcare providers to provide a separate set of financial records to the ones filed with the Revenue Commissioners in the core funding model (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53433/23]

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This Bill deals with matters that are very important in the context of our society, the people of this country, our environment and many of the challenges we face. The latter include the acute housing crisis, climate change, the need to develop the infrastructure necessary to sustain our society and key matters like environmental justice and access for ordinary people to justice when it...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister should take us through every section.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister should be taking us through every section of the Bill.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: May I raise a point of order?

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a point of order. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle can tell me-----

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The point of order is that 20 minutes are allocated to the Minister. Is that correct?

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Twenty minutes have been allocated to the Minister in the context of introducing a Bill-----

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Bill is 700 pages long. Normally, the procedure would be that the Minister, as well as any general explanation, would take us through every section of the Bill. Maybe the Minister will surprise me and state that he is going to take us through all 541 sections of the Bill in his 20-minute slot, but I would be highly surprised if that were the case. It is just indicative of the lack of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have been contacted this week by a number of families whose children go to the Discoveries Crèche and Montessori School in Shankill. I understand something similar has happened at the Discoveries crèche in Firhouse. The organisation has decided to pull out of core funding because it is inadequate and therefore the parents are being told they will endure a 28% increase in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----or, as we propose, by introducing a proper national childcare system.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 216. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what efforts he has made with the Israeli Government to end the onslaught in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50267/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 204. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he believes the actions of the Israeli Government with regard to the onslaught in Gaza should be referred to the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50268/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Today is the UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Quite honestly, there are double standards in this Government and the western world with regard to their attitude to the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the massacre which Israel has visited and the people of Gaza, the brutality which it continues to visit on the West Bank, the ongoing apartheid for...