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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They should be taxed for property.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The billionaires are claiming-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For many years, People Before Profit has called for a wealth tax to try to redistribute wealth in what is one of the richest countries in the world where wealth has increased exponentially year after year, including during the pandemic. We now have the ironic situation that today, 100 of the richest people in the world have sent a begging letter to the political leaders of the world asking...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last night, I was privileged to speak at a meeting marking the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. It was attended by hundreds and hundreds of people from this country, including many young people wanting to learn about the history of Bloody Sunday. The meeting was addressed by Kate Nash of the Bloody Sunday families, people from the Black Lives Matter movement and people from the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the specific case, I ask if anything can be done, please.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last year, People Before Profit brought a Bill to the Dáil that proposed a constitutional referendum to enshrine the right to housing. There was a commitment in the programme for Government to have a referendum on housing but nothing is happening on these things. There are consequences for real human beings as a result of the Government's failure to do something on this. On dozens...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On two occasions I have raised the plight of the accessible community transport service in south Dublin with the Taoiseach. It provided door-to-door transport for people in wheelchairs and with severe mobility issues. He did respond to me in a letter but to be honest the letter did not offer any comfort in terms of the need for the service to replace its buses. It does not have the buses...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. [60209/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If we were not discussing the utterly tragic and terrible death of Ashling Murphy this week and the implications it has for how our society treats women, we would be discussing another tragic death of a 17-year-old man who took his own life after leaving the care of a hospital and who was on the radar of Tusla. That speaks to the terrible and consistent failure to provide adequate mental...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a learner driver permit application by a person (details supplied) is taking several months to process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63425/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 483. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who is in full-time education with an allowance from a relative of €160 per week but has a housing need is entitled to housing assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63424/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options available in the immediate term for persons living in homeless accommodation whose income goes slightly above the income limit for social housing; which is currently resulting in these homeless persons being asked to leave their homeless accommodation but they have no capability on their low incomes to provide a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of strategic housing development applications awaiting a decision by An Bord Pleanála by local authority; the number of strategic housing development applications that have already received a pre-planning opinion from An Bord Pleanála by the deadline of 17 December 2021, by local authority; the number...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of strategic housing development applications in the lifetime of the legislation by local authority; the number of these applications that were refused, granted permission and withdrawn, respectively by local authority; the number that were the subject of a judicial review by local authority; the number of these...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 673. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of correspondence he has had with his Chinese or European counterparts with regard to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2337/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 786. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to offer predicted grades for leaving certificate students in 2022 or other measures for exam year students that may compensate for the loss of education they have experienced over the previous two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1302/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1054. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason many persons who were on the pandemic unemployment payment and being transitioned to the jobseeker’s allowance before 7 December 2021, even though their industry had not returned to pre-pandemic levels and were then unable to return due to the 7 December 2021 restrictions meant their industry would not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 14 December 2021, the number of applications that are going to multiple applications and the number going to individuals, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63233/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1588. To ask the Minister for Health when the EU Digital COVID Certificates will be updated to reflect the booster vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1046/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1940. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost to the Exchequer from the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic to date of arrangements made with private hospitals and private health providers for use of private hospitals and healthcare capacity to deal with Covid-19 and non-Covid care during the pandemic; if he will provide as much detail as possible in relation to the conditions of these...