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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 882. To ask the Minister for Health if landscapers and gardeners are permitted to work during level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11639/21]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have amendments in the group. We actually went to the trouble of putting in amendments. There are more than 20 of them. My thanks to the staff in the offices of People Before Profit and Rise who, at short notice, had to submit over 20 amendments. There are connected amendments across this grouping and other groupings. The purpose of the amendments is to try to turn a Bill that is,...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: First Stage (25 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank USI for continuing to campaign on this important issue. It is great that many parties of the Opposition are uniting to support students in order to end the disgraceful situation whereby students do not enjoy the protections to which they are entitled in terms of their accommodation. Indeed, when one looks at all of the purpose-built and extremely expensive student accommodation...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government's gratitude for the heroic work our healthcare workers have done to protect us all during Covid was revealed as thoroughly hollow when it voted down the People Before Profit motion in October to pay student nurses and midwives for their work on placements. What the Government did promise was a review of their allowances. The review offered them an absolutely pathetic...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Student nurses are living in poverty.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (25 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 27 January 2021, when the information requested will be collated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10672/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 269. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering including phlebotomists as a category eligible to vaccinate persons for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10659/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 270. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering including veterinarians as a category eligible to vaccinate persons for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10660/21]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputies Paul Murphy and Barry. Sadly, this legislation on quarantine is the latest instalment in the totally defective and failed policy of the Government for dealing with Covid-19. To be honest, the legislation is nothing more than quarantine by name, but neither in effect nor in practice, for incoming travellers and therefore will continue to allow the virus and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person cannot apply for redundancy after a year has passed since he or she lost his or her job; if so, the advice for a person whose company has not been operating since March 2020 and has been on a Covid-19 payment since then (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10551/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Rights (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans being considered to refund flights already booked even in circumstances in which the flights are still operating, given that persons are requested not to go on holiday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9509/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Referendum Campaigns (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the referendum to ensure public ownership of water will take place; if he will address the concerns of local government staff on plans regarding staff transfers to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9551/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason 60 social housing units in the social housing stock of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council remain unoccupied despite a large social housing waiting list; if additional funding will be provided to ensure that these homes are prepared for new tenancies and occupied by April 2021; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning application deadlines should be extended given the restrictions that are in place making it less likely that notices will be seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9754/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the options for social housing applicants to transfer to other local authority areas; if so, the way in which these transfers will be applied for and processed; if he is planning a new rural resettlement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9758/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current law with regard to evictions during Covid-19 and the way in which it might be amended if there is a change in the level under which it is operating; if there is a difference between eviction for arrears due to loss of earnings due to Covid-19 and evictions for other reasons; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects embassies and consular activities to resume for members of the public who need in-person appointments and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9448/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to facilitate students of the leaving certificate or other years who feel they cannot return to the classroom with the community transmission still at high levels due to an underlying condition or a vulnerable family member; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9453/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 791. To ask the Minister for Health if emigration is considered essential travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9507/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Feb 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 823. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish citizens are permitted to travel to the UK for family reunification purposes; if partners are considered family; if family reunification is considered essential travel; if An Garda Síochána accept that this is essential travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9644/21]