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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Apologies have been received from Deputy Mairéad Farrell. All those present in the committee room are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. I propose that we go into private session in order to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Public Sector Reform Review (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not sure if the forum proposed by the Taoiseach to deal with foreign policy, security and neutrality matters is part of this foresight and research group but I would like an answer to the question asked earlier by Deputy Paul Murphy. Why has the Taoiseach decided to abandon the original proposal to have a citizens' assembly made up of a representative but random group, which would be a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Public Sector Reform Review (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 22. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have taken place of the Strategic Foresight and Strengthening Policy Development research project, jointly overseen by his Department. [15430/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Taoiseach how often every Cabinet committee meets, with particular reference to the committees on health, housing and education. [15432/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I said to the Taoiseach earlier that I believe his decision to lift the eviction ban was cruel, heartless, and stupid. He obviously intends, for now at least, to persist with it but we, in People Before Profit, intend to persist in campaigning for its reinstatement because thousands of people are facing eviction and potential homelessness. Our view is that people in this situation, where...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not as an apartheid state. If there were equal rights for everybody then yes, some state should exist but not as an apartheid state.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a myth. That is partition.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of the United States. [15155/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My jaw nearly dropped when the Taoiseach said, after meeting President Biden, that he did not know what the world would do without the assistance he and the United States have provided to protect democracy and security around the world. When he made that amazing statement, I wonder if he knew about Joe Biden's record. Did he know, for example, that Joe Biden said the if Israel did not...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For the past hour, disability activists have been outside this building calling on the Government to ratify the optional protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD. I remind the Taoiseach that the UN convention was established in 2006. It took 12 years of campaigning by people with disabilities and disability activists finally to force the Government to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The approved housing bodies, AHBs, are buying their housing from private developers. That is the reality. The bulk of social housing is actually private developers. The Government is still depending on the private developers and paying them extortionate prices. They are charging for the stuff they are doing with extortionate rents that nobody can afford. That is the actual reality. I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: These are the Government figures.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do not get me wrong. I know that AHBs contribute to the provision of social housing. I am in favour, especially when we have a €10 billion surplus, of the Government buying up a lot of the new developments, which otherwise would be rented at extortionate levels. We are swimming in money. Use that money to buy up the houses of people who are threatened with eviction and to buy up...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No doubt the Taoiseach hoped the Easter break would give him a bit of respite from the rage and despair people are feeling concerning the cruel and stupid decision his Government made to lift the eviction ban. This issue is not going to go away for thousands and thousands of families and individuals. They are facing notices to quit, they are facing eviction and they have nowhere to go. No...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on when the BusConnects phase for the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown area will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16583/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (18 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why taxi drivers legally have to offer card paying facilities, while this method of payment is optional for all other members of the business community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17321/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (30 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with the Department of Justice regarding the national review of State supports for PhD researchers in relation to visa and immigration status of non-EEA PhD researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15747/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Gender Equality (30 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on his plans for improving gender equality. [12862/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (30 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on departmental plans to address inequities that may emerge between State-funded PhD researchers and other PhD researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15748/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (30 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to the abolition of all third-level and postgraduate fees in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15749/23]