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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 739. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all parking charges at public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24186/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 740. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of introducing a fully funded universal contraception scheme. [24187/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (23 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 741. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of staffing public health teams to the WHO-recommended levels [24188/23]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 933. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of ensuring all postgraduate research students receive a full-year €28,000 stipend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24073/23]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 934. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of providing a funded psychology postgraduate course for counselling, education and clinical services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24074/23]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 935. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of abolishing postgraduate third-level registration and tuition fees, including the associated reduction in the student support grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24075/23]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 936. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of abolishing third-level registration fees for all EU students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24076/23]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 937. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of abolishing tuition fees for postgraduate courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24078/23]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 938. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of abolishing tuition fees for mature or repeating students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24079/23]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 939. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that the maintenance grants for both undergraduate and postgraduate students are doubled, and that the adjacent rate is reduced to 24km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24080/23]

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: You want us to join a military alliance headed up by the United States. We co-operate with them daily. That is what PESCO is about-----

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----but you do not draw the distinction. What is Irish neutrality? It is not clearly defined but it is apparent from our history what it was and from the people who set up the Irish Neutrality League, namely, Connolly and Pearse. The First World War was key in motivating the leaders of the 1916 rebellion to instigate that rebellion. They wanted Irish independence and freedom long...

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is the truth about neutrality. The Tánaiste talks of security threats but my strongly held view is the best protection Irish troops and this country have is our reputation for being a former colonial country that has opposed war and imperialism and is not part of any of the big imperialist blocs. If we become associated with US, UK or European foreign policy, it will seriously...

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I honestly believe that this security and neutrality forum the Tánaiste is setting up is part of a sustained campaign by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to dismantle Irish neutrality and that this agenda of undermining, eroding and dismantling Ireland's neutrality is a long-standing objective of the two major parties in government.

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are cynically using the utterly horrendous situation in Ukraine and the barbaric invasion by Russia of Ukraine to advance a project within NATO and the European Union of ratcheting up the militarisation of the European Union, developing a European army and moving closer to United States foreign policy in a way that is probably the greatest threat to Ireland's security. Of course, the...

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not interrupt the Tánaiste.

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are clearly co-operating, as we are through PESCO, the battle groups, interoperability with NATO, structured co-operation and, of course, in the context of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, it was confirmed by the then Minister for Defence, Deputy Coveney, that we have attended three meetings at NATO military bases to discuss the situation in Ukraine. It was very interesting to see the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want rent controls. The Government is not going to do that. I think the Minister of State should but he has set his face against it. We need public and affordable housing to replace HAP but, in the meantime, there is a problem. In Dún Laoghaire today, three one-bedroom units are available for €1,895, €1,507, and €1,900 per month, respectively. The rents for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are a couple of issues I wish to raise with the Minister which, again I believe, are practical suggestions. We need a portal where people can get the information about cost-rental and affordable housing. Many people just do not know what is out there, where they go for it, how they apply for it, and all that kind of stuff. A one-stop shop where all of the cost-rental and affordable...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what actions he intends to take to close the gap between HAP thresholds and market rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23566/23]