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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: Come on. I have got very little time.

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: I will come to that point shortly but there is a view that if we aggressively chase the virus instead of it chasing us and essentially, were we to screen the entire population in the way we screen our cattle in this country, we could identify where all the disease is and extract it from the population. Instead, it seems to me that we are being bounced around by the virus and, at a certain...

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: That is not true. There is no killing of herds on a large scale. Mr. Reid should not put out nonsense. That is nonsense.

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: That is very alarming. We have nearly 70 fewer critical care beds than we had in April when the system was nearly overrun.

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I cannot see into the mind of Boris Johnson, MP, and I am not sure I would want to, because I would say it is a pretty scary place but what we can say about him is that one of his biggest international backers is President Donald Trump, another man whose mind I would not like to see into, as it would be even scarier. As we speak, Donald Trump is willing to incite civil war in the United...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Taxi Regulations (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the demands of representative groups of taxi drivers will be agreed to, namely, to dissolve the taxi advisory committee and instead establish a national transport forum with strong representation from these representative groups, to extend the ten-year rule for replacing taxis to 12 years, to instigate an immediate moratorium on the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Taxi Regulations (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As I have repeatedly stated to the Minister and his predecessor in recent months, the clock is ticking on the dire situation faced by taxi drivers. They believe they have no choice but to organise another demonstration, to be held on 9 October, because of the failure of the Government to give commitments and assurances about supporting them through income subsidies, extending the ten-year...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Taxi Regulations (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In all that chatter, there was no clear commitment. The Government cut the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, of many taxi drivers who now have even less work available to them because of the new restrictions and there is no income subsidy for those who are able to return to work. They are caught between a rock and a hard place. They are in a dire situation but there has been no...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Taxi Regulations (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was not a good start for the Government to cut taxi drivers' PUP payments at the same time as it imposed restrictions that will even further reduce the amount of work available to the drivers. The Minister really needs to get a move on and give those assurances. The taxi drivers do not wish to hold another protest, but they believe they have no other choice because they are in desperate...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role of the IAA in oversight of the health and safety of passengers and workers in airports in view of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25887/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with the DAA in relation to protecting jobs at the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25888/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Refugee Resettlement Programme (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will engage with the Greek authorities with a view to helping relocate more of the refugees, particularly unaccompanied minors displaced from the Moria camp in Greece; and if he will implore the Greek authorities to make sure that minors are registered as minors and not as adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26266/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to set up a formal appeals process for students that have had their leaving certificate results downgraded by her Department as against the grade awarded to them by their teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25997/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the income limit for back to school allowance to €700 to allow a couple who have both lost their employment and are on Covid-19 payments to qualify; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26047/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 231. To ask the Minister for Health if there are research teams or research clinics set up to treat and research the conditions those recovering from Covid-19, post-covid19 infection are suffering, including but not solely chronic fatigue; if there is medical research ongoing, the detail of the different research and treatment facilities and teams; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the treatment and research into the ongoing health complications of patients who are post-Covid 19 infection; the types of conditions being examined for inclusion in post-Covid-19 treatments and research; the locations the research and treatment is being conducted from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26035/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 233. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or another organisation is researching the conditions affecting patients post-Covid-19 infection; if they are being considered as post viral fatigue syndrome patients; if so, if they can be examined at a later date to ascertain if they are possibly suffering from ME as a result of Covid-19 infection; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers are being informed that EU priority habitats of community importance (details supplied) are ineligible for CAP funding in view of the fact EU governing regulations listed in Annex 1 of the Habitats Directive show such sites as being eligible; the reason farmers are being informed that EU treaties and laws agreed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the agricultural appeals office is complying with EU law and governing regulations when making decisions on appeals regarding payments denied to farmers for preserving EU designated priority habitats of community importance; if it is policy to drive farmers that own such sites off their land by withholding EU funding from them...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (24 Sep 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a series of matters in relation to Coillte Nature (details supplied). [26044/20]