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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Taoiseach have a special adviser on disability matters, or have any of the Taoiseach's special advisers ever suggested he heeds the call of disability organisations and advocate groups for his Department to co-ordinate implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD, and disability matters generally? There are people dealing with...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: South Africa has done the world a favour by identifying the Omicron variant, and the way we repay them is that the European Union, with the support of the Taoiseach's Government, has consistently refused the calls from South Africa and many other nations, almost the entire global scientific community and many non-governmental organisations for the lifting of the intellectual property...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It does.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: South Africa is asking for the waiver, not me.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: South Africa is asking for the waiver, not me.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: South Africa is asking for the waiver. Will the Government give it to them?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: May I speak very briefly? It is not a political point. It is actually about-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, I am speaking on the Order of Business.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He did not respond to the question I asked.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Honestly, he did not.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He did not respond to the question I asked about two things being set against each other where the same people are-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Unless you have a time machine.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The same spokespersons cannot be in two places at one time.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is directly clashing.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not agreed. The Planning and Development (Amendment)(Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 will finish Second Stage at 4 p.m. tomorrow and will begin Committee Stage at 6 p.m. Meanwhile, Report on Final Stages of the Maritime Area Planning Bill, involving exactly the same spokespersons, will be on in the Dáil Chamber between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. That is completely unacceptable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the challenges facing students of psychology who need to study for up to eight years before they are fully qualified for many disciplines within psychology; if he will consider a particular subvention for these students considering the urgent need for psychologists in both the health and education systems; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase access to further education; if he is considering increasing places to have an open access model that would eliminate the need for CAO and leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58586/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will abolish all fees for apprenticeship courses in view of the skills shortage in many trades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58588/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise in advance to our witnesses if I repeat questions asked earlier. I was in the Dáil. We are behind the curve on designating marine protected areas compared to many other European countries and are playing catch up. How does Mr. Cronin envisage us dealing with the legacy projects in terms of large offshore wind turbine proposals? How do we address the problem of a site that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank our guests for their responses. I am sure Mr. Cronin has already answered this question, but where is the Department at in terms of the development of the legislation? Are there drafts available of the work thus far? What type of criteria will form the basis for assessing areas to be designated? How far along the road is the Department in terms of a draft framework? What can we...