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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 32. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on a humanitarian response to Ukraine will next meet. [22822/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22821/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: How much money has the Government spent on the lawyers who are representing the Government in supporting Apple to stop the people of this country getting €13 billion in additional tax revenue? It beggars belief that the Government is backing the richest company in the world, a company that was paying less than 1% tax, in a case where it claims it was paying its fair share of tax, as...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [22820/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In relation to children, I refer to a couple who have three children aged 16, 14 and ten years old. They have been homeless for two years. They do not want to bring their young children into homeless accommodation because they are terrified for them, particularly for their daughter, who they think would be very vulnerable. The children, as a result, are now staying their 72-year-old...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can clarify (details supplied) in relation to the pension provision of CIÉ workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24547/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue yield from an increase in the vacant homes tax to 25% in a full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24057/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that every public sector worker is paid a minimum of €15 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24032/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of people working in the public sector earning less than the living wage of €15 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that every public sector worker earning under €100,000 receives a pay increase of 10% in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24033/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 256. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost of introducing three new bank holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24035/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio to 1:15 across primary and post-primary levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24104/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of making primary and post-primary education totally free, i.e., abolishing all charges (including voluntary contributions), providing free school uniforms, books and all other required equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24105/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists currently employed by NEPS; the number of sanctioned psychologist posts in NEPS; the average full-year cost of running NEPS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24106/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs currently employed by her Department; the number of sanctioned SNA posts; the average full-year cost of employing these SNAs; and the average cost of each SNA to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24107/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SETs currently employed by her Department; the number of sanctioned SET posts; the average full-year cost of employing these SETs; the average cost of each SET to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24108/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing capitation grants to primary and post-primary schools by 50%. [24109/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider a review of the pilot voluntary redeployment scheme in consultation with teachers that takes into consideration the current educational, financial and environmental climate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24378/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 332. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated full-year cost of doubling the current spending on the arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24028/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 333. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated full-year cost of increasing the spending on the Arts by 10% [24029/23]