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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with marine and fishing will next meet. [53177/21]

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Deputy Harkin for bringing forward this Bill, which we are very happy to support. When the for-profit banking system drove this economy over a cliff, along with its developer friends, the Government moved heaven and earth to prop it up. Emergency legislation was flowing like confetti. It involved late-night sittings, huge urgency and €60 billion to keep them going. As for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the electric small public vehicle grant scheme has been closed; if the closure is temporary; if so, when it will resume; if the unspent €9 million budget will be carried over to the next year; if it will be in addition to that allocated for 2022; the amount of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53518/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an extension on applications for the electric vehicle grant for taxi drivers was given to those who have committed to buy an electric vehicle costing over €60,000 but was not given to those who have not committed to buy an electric vehicle under €60,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53519/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Professor Moloney. I am sorry for hesitating; I was just making sure I was giving her the correct title. I also thank her team and wish the commission good luck. It is welcome. I apologise that I will also have to run over and speak in the debate on the Finance Bill. It is an interesting contrast in a way because the Finance Bill comprises lots of individual measures relating to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I include myself in that, by the way.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am delighted Professor Moloney has highlighted our tax expenditure work and that it is great that we are looking into the matter. I have one more question. To what extent does the commission envisage itself making recommendations on what should be adopted after it has considered the climate crisis and various taxes, such as wealth tax, property-based taxes and corporate tax, and having...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: May I ask a specific question on that because I am interested in it? Will the commission be considering wealth taxes specifically?

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are 18 months into the pandemic and it is just under a year since People Before Profit brought the first motion to the Dáil calling for payments to student nurses and midwives because of the incredible work they have done on placement during Covid-19 especially but which they do all the time. The Government must get this. This is not just about what student nurses and midwives do...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is just under a year since People Before Profit brought the first motion to this Dáil calling for student nurses and student midwives to be paid while they are working on placement. Today, they are still out there protesting and demanding they be paid and respected for the work they do during placement. I understand the Tánaiste said earlier there will be a slight increase for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the planned establishment of an IDA office in Israel. [53173/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she plans to reply to a person (details supplied). [52266/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 725. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that can be taken to expedite a stamp 4 permit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52248/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 752. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has given consideration to granting an extension of the right to apply for Irish citizenship to great-grandchildren of Irish immigrants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52647/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 863. To ask the Minister for Health the status of booster vaccines; and when he expects all over 70s in Dublin to be offered a booster vaccine. [52256/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1040. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise a student who is currently on an Erasmus scheme in Sweden who received their first vaccination dose in Ireland and the second in Sweden but cannot get an EU Digital COVID Certificate from either country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52986/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if felling licences to date in 2021 have been issued for 22,736 ha in view of the fact afforestation licences in the same period only amount to 3,418 ha (details supplied); his views on whether this amounts to net deforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53265/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The purpose of this series of amendments is to ensure that we have a proper planning approach, that is, a plan-led approach to the development and protection of our marine area and resources and, in particular, to ensure compliance with the marine spatial planning directives and the protections and requirements of those directives, which are about having a proper planning regime for managing...