Results 4,821-4,840 of 26,842 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [30840/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [34038/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is cutting people off HAP.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: How would it make things worse?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I guess that is a "No". The Government will not be supporting a Bill to reduce rents to affordable levels. That is not overly surprising from parties that are dominated by a disproportionate number of landlords relative to the population. Approximately €13 billion has been spent through HAP, the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, and leasing since 2001. That money in various rent...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a Bill.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach has been scathing of those of use who intend to vote no confidence in the Government this evening, suggesting it is negative and cynical and asking why we do not concentrate on positive proposals. This week, the Government has an opportunity to prove it is interested in positive proposals. The reason I have no confidence in this Government is that as we head into the summer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Relations (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 161. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issues in relation to a representative organisation (details supplied) that is seeking pay parity with similar workers in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31316/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 304. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will advise the home owners at a location (details supplied) which was previously owned by the National Asset Management Agency, given that the development has fire defects and none of the homeowners can get insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37443/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are available for self-employed persons who become ill and cannot continue to work or claim illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37117/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 731. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts that have been spent by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the personal insolvency arrangement review legal aid service in 2021 and to date in 2022; the details of these payments; the companies that received same; the amount that was received by each company....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 732. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts that have been accrued but are as yet unpaid by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the personal insolvency arrangement review legal aid service since its inception, from 2016 to date in 2022; the details of these liabilities; and the companies to whom they...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 920. To ask the Minister for Health if the living alone allowance is reckonable for a means test for the medical card for persons aged over 70 years but not for persons under 70 years; if so, the rationale for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37528/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the annual afforestation target of 8,000 ha is consistent with the advice of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36987/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of private meetings that he or his junior Minister with responsibility for forestry had with Coillte in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36988/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions that he has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the student accommodation crisis that will hit in early September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36668/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last year, there was an absolutely dire student accommodation crisis, to the point were many students were paying up to €400 a week for hotel accommodation. Some could not even get that. What is going to be different this year? Student union leaders believe that we are going to face the same student accommodation crisis this year, as last year. What has the Minister done, and what...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The cheapest student accommodation at UCD is more than €8,000 for the college term. The new student accommodation that is going to be provided at UCD costs €14,000 a year. That is just insanity. It is not acceptable. To be honest, the Government should intervene immediately to ensure that students and their families are not being screwed with that level of rent. It is not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The problem is that rather than the Government making a decision that we have to have the necessary student accommodation to avoid a student accommodation crisis and to make it affordable, the onus is being put on the colleges to provide it. The result is that we are getting accommodation such as that being offered at UCD, which costs €14,000 a year. I made a general suggestion to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (7 Jul 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: These are very small changes. We need to go a lot further. There needs to be a complete change of mindset. Accessing further and higher education should be seen in the same light as primary or secondary education. We want as many people to access further and higher education as possible, and we need to remove all barriers in order to facilitate that. We have the highest fees in Europe....