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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Welfare Services (9 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will give the Minister some examples, the first of which involves a couple in their 60s. The husband, who used to work, developed early-onset Alzheimer's disease. They were on a big top-up arrangement, which people on the housing assistance payment, HAP, should not have to pay, and as a result they fell into arrears, given the cost-of-living hikes. We eventually got an exceptional needs...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Welfare Services (9 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If I can help progress those cases, I will certainly send them to the Minister. My point is that many of the cases of desperate people are complicated. The case of somebody who has fallen into arrears on his rent because he is paying a HAP top-up, that is, someone whose wife has Alzheimer's disease, who used to work and whose HAP tenancy is based on an income he no longer has, is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reports (9 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 99. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the new report on rapid-build housing published by his Department. [57890/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (9 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any allowance for utility bills can be made for those who are hosting refugees in their homes given the rising costs of energy bills and the pressure this is creating for many families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6378/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (9 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the reason for delay in regularisation of the long-term undocumented migrants scheme; when the remaining outstanding applications will be finalised; if he will provide a breakdown of nationalities who get approval and who are still waiting for their applications to be finalised; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (9 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options open to a person who has been granted refugee status and has now been granted under the family reunification unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6226/23]

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this motion forward on mortgage interest relief. While there would have to be some debate about whether this is the best way to assist people, it highlights that something has to be done to assist people who are being hit with these increased costs to service their mortgages. I have certainly received quite a few messages and emails from people who have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are not enough.

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach stated that NESC was looking into the issues of poverty and inequality. I put it to him that almost everything has changed since some of those reports were done. There needs to be a sort of an emergency response, again, to the shocking levels of poverty that are now becoming apparent. The Barnardos report published today is really shocking. The number of people accessing...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 16. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [3406/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government [3405/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As was discussed earlier, far-right elements utterly without justification are trying to target vulnerable immigrants and migrants for the housing crisis. That is why, on 18 February, we need to get out on the Ireland for All demonstration which has been widely backed by trade union and community groups, anti-poverty groups, housing groups and many others. Simultaneously, we need emergency...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: You learn something new every day and I learned something today from a meeting with representatives of housekeeping attendants or domestic attendants in hospitals. They represented people who previously might have been categorised as cleaners in hospitals and they came from University Hospital Limerick, Cork University Hospital and Letterkenny hospital. What I learned was very interesting....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and on PPE, infection control and a whole range of things. It has become a seriously skilled job, particularly after Covid-19 and especially concerning the whole question of infection control. If we do not have people cleaning places properly and who know how to do it in a professional way, then we will not have safe hospitals. These people had an evaluation done of their jobs. Other...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The application of this group of cleaners to have their job recategorised was not accepted and they have not seen the evaluation report. I know the Taoiseach will not know the answer to this question but I ask him to look into it on behalf of these workers. The point is the vast majority of them are women.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how the approximately 60 private households in a location (details supplied) can avail of the electricity grant when their landlord is on a commercial account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5819/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 344. To ask the Minister for Health if publicly funded fertility care, as outlined in the programme for Government, will include treatment options for single women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5616/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the assessment of needs for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5695/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 436. To ask the Minister for Health the services in place for medical card holders and GPs with GMS lists who are seeking to provide vasectomies; if appropriate training is in place for GPs wishing to provide such a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5964/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can explain the reason a Coillte-owned company (details supplied) based in Clonmel is charging all its Irish MDF customers more expensive prices for its products compared to its customers in England. [6000/23]