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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Finance (23 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Perhaps the Minister could answer on the issue of other sources of revenue in the area of wealth taxes or whatever in the budget.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2022 (23 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 39. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make the funds available in Budget 2022 to bring funding for education up to the OECD average of 4.9% of GDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45646/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (23 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will work with a school and an organisation (details supplied) to ensure that the pitches used by the college for generations are kept for use of the college, the local community and sports clubs into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45643/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (23 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is planning to take to ensure that spending is at least brought into line with the OECD average of 4.9% of GDP in view of the recent OECD report that ranks Ireland lowest in education spending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45644/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the practical measures he will make to reward essential workers for the contribution they made to the fight against Covid-19; if these measures will include raising the minimum wage to €15 per hour, a four day working week, more public holidays and statutory holiday entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the funds will be made available in Budget 2022 to ensure that school secretaries receive a public sector pension entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45645/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (21 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way the exchange of a driver licence for a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44424/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a company (details supplied) is regularly cancelling scheduled services on the number 63 route between Dún Laoghaire and Carrickmines causing service users to arrive late for their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44565/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (21 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the schemes in place as part of the job-share initiative or community schemes for persons with a disability or mental health issues; if there is no replacement, if he plans to introduce a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44645/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (21 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are open to a student to appeal no offer from the CAO due to an error in the application process in cases in which the CAO claims that the exam number of the person was not entered (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44445/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (21 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for an applicant for naturalisation who is short of the reckonable residency requirement due to their stamp 4 GNIB card renewal being delayed during Covid-19; if they can request her to grant residency due to special circumstances; if the applicant must have a live application in order to request same; if so, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Work Permits (21 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 513. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the exclusion of home carers from the critical skills exemption to the non-EEA employment permit system; the way he plans to ensure the service will continue to be delivered in the home care sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (21 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 577. To ask the Minister for Health if an occupational therapist report will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44638/21]

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is hugely important legislation dealing with the incredibly important issue of the marine resources of the State, as others have pointed out. It is worth setting out again for people who are trying to understand this huge and complicated Bill. I have not fully got my head around all of the detail but I have read quite a bit. Fair play to the civil servants for putting it together. It...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, when a Bill is introduced the Minister would normally take us through the relevant sections. Is there a particular reason he has not done that? It is very unusual.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is very unusual not to go through the details.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Renting hotel rooms to students.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are all building hotels.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will debate the detail of Housing for All another day. I am a member of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight. According to the Parliamentary Budget Office, there will not be €4 billion of Government expenditure on Housing for All. There will be about €2.5 billion of direct Exchequer funding and the Government is essentially hoping to get the rest from the private sector....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One of the depressing things about the instance of cronyism involving the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, is that it deflects attention at the beginning of the Dáil term from the issues that people expect us to be dealing with and the crises that they expect us to resolve. One of those issues will be highlighted at 5.30 p.m. this evening by the National Homeless and...