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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree with Deputy Danny Healy-Rae that all the amendments should be debated. It is unacceptable that Second Stage should run on into Committee and Final Stages when most of those amendments will not even be debated. That is completely unacceptable and there is no justification for ramming the Bill through in this way. I sought a briefing on the Bill from the Oireachtas Library and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was not.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not true.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Shameless.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a total misrepresentation.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last week, I brought the attention of the House to the fact that the acting Chief Medical Officer and NPHET were not coming before the committee on Covid despite having been invited. It is a completely unacceptable situation. Before the weekend, I discovered from the Covid committee's secretariat that NPHET would not be attending again despite the consternation and debate in the Dáil...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will meet with the four taxi representative groups (details supplied) to discuss a wage subsidy scheme for their industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26719/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will abolish the local property tax and replace it with an enhanced local government fund from central funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26720/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a commitment will be given to not renew FEMPI when it comes before Dáil Éireann in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26725/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Advisers (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of special advisers across each Department; the salaries of each; if the information will be compared with the Government of 2011, 2016 and 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26721/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which applicants for driver's licence renewal who are non-nationals awaiting naturalisation documents with residency permits can be facilitated in having their applications processed when their required identifying documentation and Irish residence permit, IRP, is held up in the Department of Foreign Affairs due to delays...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Unemployment Data (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 277. To ask the Minister for Finance the projections of unemployment for the second two quarters of 2020. [17244/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 278. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has requested that the wage subsidy supports be maintained as part of the July stimulus for artists, performers, crew and event organisers in the arts, culture, music, live entertainment and events sectors as a basic minimum income over and above which these workers would be allowed earn some additional income without losing the payment until a full...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 279. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the discussions he has had with regard to maintaining wage subsidy supports for artists, performers, crew and event organisers in the arts, culture, music, live entertainment and events sectors as a basic minimum income over and above which these workers would be allowed earn some additional income without losing the payment until a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 280. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has requested of the relevant Ministers that the wage subsidy supports be maintained as part of the July stimulus for artists, performers, crew and event organisers in the arts, culture music, live entertainment and events sectors as a basic minimum income over and above which these workers would be allowed earn some additional income without losing...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 423. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the delay in processing the passport of a baby (details supplied) will be clarified and rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27341/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pupils of a school (details supplied) will receive additional bus transportation to address the lack of social distancing and the bus journeys to and from school of over two hours each way; if the extra buses needed will be found in the immediate future to protect the many very physically vulnerable children during the Covid-19 pandemic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure that reapplicants that sat the leaving certificate in previous years are not locked out of third-level education in view of the inflation in CAO points in 2020; if work is being undertaken on finding a solution to resolve the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26287/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to register an objection to the fact that, two weeks in a row, we have asked the acting Chief Medical Officer and NPHET to come before the committee. We expected them to come in today but they are not coming. It is extraordinary. We have had one party leaders' briefing, which included the acting CMO and NPHET, since the new Government was elected. On two occasions now we have asked...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Currently, we are running at between 200 and 400 cases of infection a day, which is rising generally. If we went to 800 or 1,000 cases a day, what would that mean in terms of our tracing capacity? Mr. Reid has said that the HSE is meeting demand and in meeting demand, it has got above 90,000 tests, which I believe was the figure he gave. If meeting demand at the current level of infection...