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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Ten families and individuals, in the St. Helen's Court apartment complex in Dún Laoghaire, whose plight I have raised around 20 to 30 times in the past four years, received letters to tell them they will be evicted within ten days of the lifting of level 5 restrictions, or 56 days from the receipt of the letter. I want to stress the landlord in this case is a vulture fund. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of Covid-19 on the tax position of frontier workers who have previously been eligible for transborder workers relief (details supplied); the impact on the businesses that employ them; if any tax adjustment has been made due to Covid-19; if any tax adjustment will be made post-pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12190/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (4 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will contact his counterpart in Northern Ireland for a report on the status of the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12241/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (4 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the passport office will resume processing applications that are non-emergency given passports are important pieces of identification that are needed for purposes other than travelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12203/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Electricity Supply Board (4 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if stamps from an ESB pension can be converted to stamps for a contributory pension; if stamps can be bought towards a contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12243/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider offering Covid-19 vaccinations to 16 to 18 year olds who work in a high risk environment such as a pharmacy or in healthcare in view of the recent inclusion of 16 to 18 year olds with health conditions in the vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12208/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the reason carers are not considered healthcare workers in relation to the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12230/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vaccines that Ireland will receive by the end of February, March, April, May and June 2021 (details supplied); the number of vaccines that will be administered by the end of each month in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12233/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to the ways in which a system could be created to appoint a person as a named visitor to a care home resident and in which that person could be vaccinated in order to allow visits to care homes to take place safely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12237/21]

Banking Sector: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The inescapable logic of what needs to be done in response to what I consider to be a pretty serious crisis in the banking and financial system is that we need to take it into public ownership. The Minister might say that my colleagues and I were always going to say that, but I think it sort of adds weight to a socialist case that has long been made, one which we strongly put forward in the...

Housing Shared Equity Loan Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (3 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister should stop trying to throw mud in people's eyes with his political attacks on the Opposition, which are designed to do nothing other than deflect from a deadly serious argument about an issue which is absolutely critical for vast numbers of people. Even if we set aside all that has been said about a return to Fianna Fáil's past with regard to developers and so on, at the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (3 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 43. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to small start-up businesses that have not begun trading yet but have been attempting to start up in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis; if directors of such start-up companies can avail of any income supports; if a company (details supplied) that is attempting to trade since the crisis can avail of funding...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available to small start-up businesses that have not begun trading yet but have been attempting to start up in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis; if directors of such start-up companies can avail of any income supports; if a company (details supplied) that is attempting to trade since the crisis can avail of funding supports under current Covid...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Incentives (3 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding actions by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12109/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the €50 million expanded live performance scheme will be accepting applications; the parameters or conditions for application; when she is announcing the opening of the scheme for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11467/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (3 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the review by his Department of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and the review of exemptions for educational and community buildings, as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; the details of the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (3 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 13 January 2021 and given concerns for the well-being of a person (details supplied), if he made advances to secure the return to Ireland of the person from China; the status of that person's situation; if he has considered calling in the Chinese ambassador to discuss the matter further; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 709. To ask the Minister for Health if healthcare assistants and social care workers are being considered as vaccinators during the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10983/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 831. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans for persons with disabilities living in residential care settings many of whom have underlying health conditions associated with their particular syndromes to be vaccinated sooner than other persons in their age groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11425/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 817. To ask the Minister for Health the latest list of underlying conditions which will qualify persons for access to the Covid-19 vaccination programme currently group 7 on the vaccination list; and if this list of underlying conditions will include ME or CFS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11367/21]