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Safe Staffing Levels in Hospitals: Statements (23 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is a big disconnect between what we are being told by those who work in the health service, and those who use the health service, and the tone and content of the Minister's narrative. He painted a very rosy picture of the health service and the success of the Government in addressing the staffing crisis - that is what it is. Every single report we get from people using the health...

Safe Staffing Levels in Hospitals: Statements (23 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Unusual but agreeable.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am waiting for the microphone to be turned on.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have just come from a protest by hundreds of postgraduate researchers, organised by the Postgraduate Workers Organisation. The slogans at the protest, which was very angry, were “Research is work”, “Researchers are workers” and “We demand a living wage”. It is shocking that 7,000 to 10,000 PhD researchers in this country, who do innovative and...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to address the shortage of teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14160/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (23 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is intending to bring in to address the high cost of housing which is impacting on the ability of schools to recruit and retain teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14162/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (23 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a detailed roadmap with interim targets for achieving the Government's target of 400 multi-denominational primary schools by 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14161/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the decision to put 58 school building projects on hold (details supplied) has the knock-on effect of further delaying the move of a school from its current temporary location in prefabs to its permanent location, meaning the school has now been waiting 27 years for a permanent home; her views on whether this delay is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Gorse Burning (23 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 7 March 2023, the area of land covered by gorse and heather and so on, that has been burned nationwide; how many tonnes of CO2 have been released into the atmosphere from the period, 1 September 2022 to 28 February 2023; if this CO2 is included in agricultural emissions; and if he will...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are the leaders of the Israeli Government and they should be arrested for war crimes, which Amnesty and Human Rights Watch have rightly said are crimes of apartheid and illegal occupation, and for the crime of passing new laws yesterday to re-legalise illegal settlements, as well as the fact that the Israeli Government has committed to more illegal settlements of Palestinian territory,...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. The barbarism and criminality of Vladimir Putin is plain to see and he should be investigated and prosecuted for his undoubted war crimes and crimes against humanity. Of course, an incredible irony is at work when Joe Biden also suggests that is a good idea, given he represents a country that refuses to accept the jurisdiction of the ICC, possibly...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [12863/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I found the Taoiseach's answer to my previous question rather evasive. I will frame the question again. It is not just about the individual case; it is about how that case epitomises the failure of the Government to understand what is going on or its wilful denial of what is going on. What is not particularly specific to this case is that there is somebody trapped in homeless...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am finished.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: At the International Women's Day protest, one of the biggest issues of concern to people was the housing crisis. We have had extensive debate about the Government's decision to lift the eviction ban. One of the features of those who are going into homelessness is how many of them are women and children and the impact that has on children. I will give the Taoiseach an example. What are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Taoiseach have any answer to my question?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The programme for Government commits to ensuring we develop an education system that serves everybody, whatever religion they are or if they have no religion whatsoever, and that commits to advancing the divestment programme. As we know, currently 90% of schools are in the hands of the Catholic Church. The schools run with their ethos, which is hardly appropriate for a country that is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with church leaders. [12857/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the ESRI, and I was listening to the earlier part. I might follow on from some of the questions around housing, because the ESRI and economists are generally very cautious in their use of words. In cautious words, the witnesses are painting a rather grim scenario, would they agree? That is probably accurate, unfortunately, with regard to the housing situation that we are facing....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Dr. McQuinn said he could envisage a situation where if interest rates go up, that might impact on demand, if I heard him correctly, and if supply continues to ramp up, he could envisage a situation where, potentially, prices and rents begin to fall. Is he sure about that?