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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not give excuses. I said there are no excuses.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Of course not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I detest racism or anybody who whips it up. To meet desperate people who are homeless on the streets with hatred and fire is appalling and has to be condemned. I am telling the Minister that I spoke to people this morning in the locality who were equally appalled and oppose absolutely what was done. However, they told me there are many vulnerable people in the area. We need to remember...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also wish to raise the shocking and inexcusable events that happened on Sandwith Street over the weekend. Obviously, there is no doubt that we should all unreservedly condemn attacks on homeless and vulnerable asylum seekers. We should be clear - from talking to people in the locality, it is absolutely clear - that politically motivated far-right activists were down in the area actively...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Renewable Energy Generation (16 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to advise exactly when and how schools can apply for solar panels on their schools as part of the commitment the Government gave in September 2022 to put solar on all schools for free; when he expects the first solar panels to be put on the first schools under the commitment made almost eight months ago in September 2022; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (16 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 264. To ask the Minister for Finance when the help-to-buy scheme will be expanded to help private renters who are facing eviction to buy their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22712/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Renewable Energy Generation (16 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when and how schools can apply for solar panels on their buildings as part of the commitment the Government gave last September to put solar on all schools for free; when she expects the first solar panels to be put on the first schools under the commitment made almost eight months ago in September; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (16 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 569. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the plan to pay redress to the survivors of mother and baby homes who satisfy the existing criteria; whether he plans to expand the criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22640/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 604. To ask the Minister for Health to advise the reason the podiatry service in the diabetes centre in Loughlinstown Hospital has been removed; whether there are plans to replace it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22393/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 635. To ask the Minister for Health how a non-national physiotherapist (details supplied) can meet work placement requirements enforced by CORU for physiotherapy practice in Ireland if the restrictions will not allow the applicant to carry out the placement in their current place of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22597/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 636. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to a formal complaint made against a centre (details supplied) based on the rejection of one of the Alzheimer’s patients attending a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22598/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (16 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the urgent need of a community health nurse assessment by Cabinteely primary care centre for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22599/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research Funding (16 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the board will be appointed to the new research body that is a merger of the Irish Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland; how funds will be allocated across disciplines and between blue-sky/fundamental research and targeted programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22725/23]

Control of Exports Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No problem.

Control of Exports Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is something kind of Orwellian about this Bill. It arises from European Union policy, although it also contains a national element, as has been described, to control the export of dual-use items, technology, things that might have apparently benign uses but can also be used for military purposes. We want to control the export of those things presumably to prevent greater proliferation...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Shortly after 9 a.m., the sheriff and ten private security employees, accompanied by two gardaí, acting on behalf of Ernst & Young receivers and a bank - I am not sure which bank - cruelly and ruthlessly evicted by force a family of four in the constituency of the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Richmond. This is a family of two...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State has just read out the same note he read out ten minutes ago.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, I did not. The transcript will show that I am trying to develop the argument while the Minister of State is just stonewalling because he does not want to acknowledge the fundamental point. This is evidence. It is not just someone's opinion or a political policy; it is evidence produced by the Minister of State's Department and what it shows is that there is no problem getting planning...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would say it is fortuitous.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State's Department said that.