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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a full report on the recent discussions that her Department has been having in relation to reform of the leaving certificate; the timeline for changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57330/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason occupational therapists and physiotherapists working in front-line cancer services who require a fresh uniform on a daily basis and are required to both supply and launder their own uniform receive a tax credit of only €217 while their nursing colleagues (details supplied) receive a higher amount; if he plans to increase the tax credits...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the catchment area for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57068/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (23 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has plans to increase staff levels at the Burgh Quay Registration Office to help speed up appointments for persons that have been trying for months to get an appointment for a stamp 4 visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57168/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the European Union is proposing action against Israel on the issue of Palestinian hunger strikers and demanding an end to their administrative detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56568/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (18 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had an engagement with either the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or the Ethiopian authorities regarding the current situation pertaining to the Tigray people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56569/21]

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I may not need 20 minutes.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Like many other Deputies, I have been caught a bit on the hop with the speed of this, not just today but in catching up with the issue. I am quite happy to admit that. I agree with Deputy Connolly on the seaweed issue. It may be of interest to people, particularly those who are Bob Marley fans, to learn that his favourite food, which he thought was going to be available in abundance in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. [55794/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (17 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which further potential risks have been identified in the context of the national risk assessment. [55793/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the guidelines for protective screens in taxis that are used as a protective measure to protect drivers against Covid-19; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that drivers have failed their NCT test due to having a screen installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (17 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of NPWS staff by county; the vacancies the NPWS has in each county; and the reason for these vacancies. [56412/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Death Certificates (17 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the backlog in issuing death certificates; and when she expects this to be cleared. [56404/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the ESRI. I apologise for not being here at the beginning. We are discussing many of the same issues with regard to the Finance Bill as we speak. Quite a few of us are double jobbing this evening. I read the witnesses' paper. I wanted to ask about the carbon tax and the commitment that people seem to have to it. Perhaps there is a failure to distinguish between different types...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 51: In page 77, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: 32.Within three months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall lay a report before the Dáil, on the functioning of section 481 relief for investment in films, particularly in relation to the degree to which it is meeting the requirement to meet “quality employment and training”...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I stand with the workers, whether they are deemed to be above or below the line. The Minister understands my point. It is an insulting notion because they are all equally important in the production of a film - everybody from the painter, costume designer, stagehand and transport drivers to the actors, directors and so forth. It is the case that if one is a painter who paints the stages,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As I have acknowledged previously, the Minister, more than any other Minister - there are a few Ministers who potentially should have been involved in this - and his officials have responded and there have been changes and improvements. The awful irony in all of this is that the people who brought the issue to the attention of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Culture, Heritage and the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I genuinely appreciate the engagement by the Minister on this matter, but more needs to be done. I will come back to this on Report Stage. I ask the Minister and his officials to further consider what I have said. It is unfair that the people who brought this matter to my attention and to the attention of the Oireachtas have, in effect, been blacklisted. While one union may be happy...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will table an amendment on Report Stage.