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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]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to allocate the necessary funds in budget 2024 to meet the demands of an organisation (details supplied) for a living wage for all PhD researchers, regardless of funding source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15751/23]

Education and the School Building Programme: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Labour Party for bringing this important motion forward. Last week I raised the case of Gaelscoil Phádraig, one of the indirect victims of the 58 school delays. They still have not got a firm answer as to when their problem is going to be solved. I think they possibly have the record for delay, which is shocking. The school is in existence 27 years. It was founded in...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They were encouraged by the Zionists.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez. [15154/23]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to ask the Taoiseach a question I asked him the other day in the context of his discussions with his European counterparts to which I never get an answer. I have asked several times and I asked the Tánaiste and other Ministers. The Taoiseach and his European counterparts have within a very short space of time imposed sanctions on Putin and Russia for what is unquestionably a...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Departmental Properties (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department's resource-efficiency action plan. [15153/23]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Departmental Properties (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to take the Taoiseach up on something he said about the State most likely being slower than the private sector regarding retrofitting and the construction of social housing, for example. On the construction of social housing, there is a PPP being developed across three local authority areas to build a relatively small number of social housing units. In the four-year timeline given by...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: You had better give the Taoiseach some extra time, Acting Chair.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is absolutely untrue.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach should not say that. It is not true. There is not a single country I champion that-----

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not a supporter of the Cuban regime.