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Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his Department’s new publication entitled Government Response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2023. [53909/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Contrary to mainstream economic theory, all wealth in our society is generated by workers. It is very obvious now that we are chronically short of the skills and workers we need in a whole range of areas, including construction, the health service, teaching, bus drivers and hospitality; you name it. Of course, the reason we are short is that it is unaffordable for tens of thousands of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----the left who criticise Israel for apartheid are somehow guilty of antisemitism.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the decision of the Government, albeit belated, to concede to a debate on Gaza that we asked for. I object that the Government motion in this has only come out in the past 20 minutes or so and we have been given five minutes from now to put in amendments. This is completely unacceptable, especially given the failure of the Government to accede to the request of those concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of reports that a number of Irish citizens are serving in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), in light of Government statements that Israeli actions in Gaza may amount to war crimes, in light of the proceedings against Israel in the International Court of Justice under the Genocide Convention, in light of Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 153. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, in light of the French and Jordanian delivery of aid to Gaza using military aircraft, and in light of the fact that it is unconfirmed whether France received permission from Israel to carry out this operation, acknowledging that the Irish Air Corps has similarly capable CASA-CN235 aircraft, and acknowledging the deployment of these...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance what input his Department and the Revenue Commissioners will have in the film industry stakeholders' forum planned for early 2024, given their involvement in the film sector through Section 481; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2403/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the practice of insurance companies refusing to provide building/property insurance to anyone with previous convictions who has an interest in a property and whether he believes this practice would make it far more difficult for ex-prisoners to find accommodation and reintegrate and if he will take action to address this; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to facilitate a school (details supplied) with the school bus they were promised to aid students travelling to a location from areas in the previous locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2381/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 318. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 5 December 2023, to provide a further progress update on the convening of the film industry stakeholder forum; how the terms of reference for the forum will be formulated; to list the categories of stakeholders that will be invited to attend; whether representatives of political...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if guardianship payments are assessable income for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2887/24]

Social Welfare (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, sure. If the Deputy is sceptical and if he does not believe Oxfam, he should check out the Central Bank. It may be a source that the Deputy might consider more reliable. I believe Oxfam is very reliable. The Central Bank has started to produce something we have long asked for, which is figures on the distribution of wealth in this country. In its quarterly bulletins at the beginning...

Social Welfare (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Very good.

Social Welfare (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Murphy has made many of my points. We welcome the Bill. Single parents suffer disproportionately from poverty. That has been well documented and remained consistently the case for many years now. The fact that the amount of maintenance single parents might receive, the vast majority of whom are women, is means-tested and then impacts on their social welfare payments is completely...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On New Year's Day, the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, issued an absolutely damning ruling against Metropolitan Films, which is one of the biggest film producing companies, with tens of millions of euro of public money having been issued to it over the years. Awards in the region of hundreds of thousands of euro have been made to film crew workers. This ruling revealed systematic...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (18 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to consider establishing an Ombudsman for An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2185/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (18 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to reconsider the refusal of a critical skills employment permit for a person (details supplied) in light of the applicant's legal residency in the country as an international protection applicant, and in light of the applicant's Irish Dental Council registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2181/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the guidelines set out in section 4.2.4 of the national guidelines for the assessment and allocation process for social housing provision for people with a disability, in relation to the time scale of processing applications, have a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2289/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (18 Jan 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the commitment to keep all Coillte lands in public ownership in the Programme for Government and the claim on Coillte's website that land is available for sale; the steps the Government has taken to ensure that Coillte land is not sold or privatised during the life of this Government. [2182/24]