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Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If we had a little bit longer for the small groups, we might have time. A modern day plague or infestation has struck most of Dublin and perhaps other parts of the country. The infestation is particularly acute in south Dublin. It is not locusts but property developers and property speculators, who are drawn like bees around a honey pot or perhaps flies around a less pleasant substance,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant delays experienced by allied healthcare professionals in receiving their CORU registration; his plans to speed up the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4603/21]

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have no particular difficulty with the individual nominations, although I do point to the point made by many people about gardaí investigating gardaí. I would like to see more civilian oversight of gardaí to ensure we genuinely have independence in oversight of the Garda and that it is perceived to be independent. Given the recognition and acknowledgement that we need a...

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (Covid Restrictions Support Scheme) (Percentage Adjustment) Order 2021: Motion (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When the legislation relating to the CRSS was passed by the Houses, I argued as forcefully as I could that it was unfair on people who did not have a premises, whose premises might be, for example, their taxi or van or whose livelihoods involved overheads in terms of loans or rents on premises that are not public-facing, such as musicians, people who work in the arts and many others who...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not agreed. I am not exaggerating when I say that the Government is using the Covid pandemic to gag the Opposition and minimise the opportunities for the Opposition to hold the Government accountable at a time of national emergency when people out there are asking questions about the strategy around Covid, around the state of our health services and all the different knock-on issues...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are not allowed ask the Taoiseach these questions. That is not acceptable, as far as I am concerned. It is a 40-minute slot. We have asked for it for the past two weeks and it is being denied. That is not accountability. That is not leadership on the Taoiseach's part. It does not give the public the opportunity to ask really urgent questions they have of Government.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not agreed. I do not want to waste the Dáil's time by calling votes, particularly if I am not getting support from others. Nonetheless, I will make the point that we have six and a half minutes to question the Minister for Health tomorrow because the Government insists on limiting the time to debate with and question the Minister. We have raised this repeatedly over the past few...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am pointing out it is not acceptable.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Nor it is acceptable that, at the end of Thursday, it seems the Government wants to ensure that we organise things so that there cannot be Tuesday sittings of the Dáil. I object profoundly to this. It is essential work for us to act as messengers to the Dáil of the issues that are being raised by people in the context of this dire crisis and the hardships they are suffering-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and their concerns about the lack of a plan from this Government to deal with Covid.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I raised it at the Business Committee.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the additional funding for Bunratty Folk Park, part of Shannon Heritage and under the Shannon Group, will go ahead as previously planned; the length of time that funding is expected to last; if the amenity will be able to return to full functionality once the current Covid-19 restrictions are lifted; if Shannon Heritage will remain...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a copy of the register of interest for the board of An Bord Pleanála will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3706/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 409. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Passport Office can issue a passport for members of families on an emergency basis when they are relocating and moving abroad to access work or for other reasons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4310/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts the Legal Aid Board has spent on personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the PIA review legal aid service for 2020; the details of these payments; the companies and persons that received same; the amount received by each company and person; the amounts that have been incurred but are as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 719. To ask the Minister for Health the method and parameters for means testing and negotiation of the nursing home support scheme; the considerations made in regard to a spouse who relies on the pension of the person in nursing home care and or availing of the scheme and in cases in which the spouse may not have a State pension or a private pension to live on; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Staff (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 734. To ask the Minister for Health the current HSE staffing levels in comparison to the previous peak of Covid-19 positive cases in hospitals in April 2020 (details supplied); his views on whether it is appropriate to repeat the same arrangements for student nurses and midwives currently on or soon to commence clinical placement given the current levels of positive cases that the healthcare...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Staff (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 735. To ask the Minister for Health the rostered members of staff who are remunerated within an agreed salary for final year interns; his reasons for not providing them with an increased salary equal to the rate that interns were offered in spring 2020 for the duration of their rostered internship particularly given the significant increase in hospitalisations since that time; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 742. To ask the Minister for Health if there are special circumstances in which a person (details supplied) can obtain a Covid-19 vaccine for travel purposes. [3895/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 839. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the reopening of day care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4319/21]