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Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Ukraine will next meet. [57889/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is pretty clear that the Government is using the appalling war Putin launched in Ukraine, which we all condemn, to move us ever closer to NATO. Last week, I asked why NATO assessors were assessing Irish troops in County Cork-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----in recent weeks and I still have not heard an explanation. These assessors were headed up by a military commander of the US Navy. This follows on from our participation in the Ukraine defence contact group which, according to the US Secretary of Defence, is part of NATO and whose first meeting was held on a NATO base in Germany. It is absolutely clear that the Irish Government is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the COP27 climate change conference. [57447/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Egyptian authorities arrested 1,540 Egyptian people in the weeks just before COP to prevent them organising protests. Thousands of people have been imprisoned and detained. Even when they get judicial orders for their release, they disappear. Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been imprisoned for five years for “spreading fake news”, by which it is meant that he utters words critical...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Could we have a debate or statements on the matter?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we have statements on the thresholds before the end of term?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have been asking for this for months.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For months we have been asking the Government to increase the social housing income thresholds. There was an announcement a couple of weeks ago, but we have had no detail about that whatsoever. There needs to be a debate to establish what the new thresholds are and, critically, whether the thousands of people who were taken off the housing list in recent years because of the failure of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the regulations around the back-to-school allowance to ensure that the allowance is available to a parent even when their dependent is in receipt of their own disability payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59284/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the eligibility criteria for fuel allowance to ensure that it is available to all recipients of social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59283/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the protections that are in place for district heating customers who pre-pay for gas in order to prevent any disconnection of service if they cannot pay their bills this winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59100/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that the recent increase of 1% effective from 1 October 2022 under the Building Momentum agreement due to retired civil servants who are on an off-point scale may not be paid until the end of Q1 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59058/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research Funding (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update and the date on which all Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council PhDs will receive the promised Q4 €500 payment as specified in Budget 2023 (details supplied); if this date is not in Q4 of 2022 as promised; the reason that led to it being delayed; the reason that this information was not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the State-owned forestry company Coillte is partnering in a joint venture with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59064/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (29 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte is headhunting foresters from the private sector to service new initiatives in conjunction with UK-based institutional investment funds for the purchase of land for afforestation in Ireland; if this is in line with Government policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59065/22]

Forestry: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Despite having the best conditions in Europe for growing trees, we have a totally dysfunctional forestry model in this country, and that has not changed in the 11 years I have been a Deputy. I do not claim to be an expert on forestry, but my interest was piqued beyond a general interest in forests as just being beautiful places before that when, in 2013, the Government of the day agreed with...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the last few hours, thejournal.iereported that Irish troops were being assessed by NATO assessors in the uplands of north Cork, between Mitchelstown and Fermoy. They were being assessed by a US Navy commander, Sam Mason, who is part of the NATO command. Very worryingly, Commandant Daire Roache explained that this is "part of a program that is for partner nations within NATO." Every...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Accommodation (24 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date report on both the temporary and permanent plans for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57934/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Accommodation (24 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Gaelscoil Laighean in my area was recently denied planning permission for temporary buildings on the Mount Anville site, which Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county councillors agreed to dispose of earlier this year in order to provide a site for both temporary and permanent buildings for the school. Parents have expressed absolute disbelief and fury that this is now the third planning...