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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to challenge the Taoiseach's assertion that he is on top of dealing with the Covid-19 crisis. His Government has already lost its way in dealing with Covid-19 and if things do not change we are facing a very serious situation and the likelihood of a second wave and we will not be in a position to prevent that becoming a very significant problem if not a disaster. As well as the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (21 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration is being given to altering the three month waiting period which applies to school leavers not going on to further education before applying for jobseeker’s allowance for young persons that cannot find work or part-time work during Covid-19 restrictions (details supplied); and if she will make a...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank all the contributors and pay tribute to Ms Murphy and all her colleagues for putting themselves in harm's way in very difficult circumstances to protect all of us over recent months. It seems from what the witnesses are telling us that the rhetoric we heard about the wonderful work of healthcare workers has not been matched by supporting front-line workers such as Ms Murphy in the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to thank Ms Siobhán Murphy so much, on behalf of all of us, for what she has done. Does she believe that lessons have been learned by the HSE and the Government from the rather harrowing experience she has clearly gone through? Does she get any sense that the problems will be addressed? What would making the situation different and better for her entail on the ground as a...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Very briefly, what numbers do we need to recruit into the front line to be at safe levels for dealing with Covid and non-Covid healthcare come the autumn?

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will follow on from that point, because Deputy Kenny's question prompted a thought. The Department of Education and Skills has buildings which are sitting empty. One such building is the old education and training board building on Eblana Avenue in Dún Laoghaire. It has been sitting empty for the last two or three years, which was an absolute disgrace in and of itself pre-Covid....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The temporary ban on evictions is due to expire on Monday. There have been indications that the Government intends to extend it, but I would like to have confirmation that it will. Many tenants are very anxious. Given the direction of the virus at present, the idea that people would be evicted into homelessness and faced with the current pandemic is totally unthinkable from a public health...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (16 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he will take to prevent the practice of the banks to not let persons who are in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme draw down already agreed mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16317/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (16 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he will take to stop banks charging interest on Covid-19 mortgage breaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16318/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (16 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that University of Limerick student accommodation (details supplied) will only refund 50% of accommodation costs paid by parents for students who are now not required to be on campus next semester due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16367/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (16 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for legislation to allow partners of mothers in same sex couples that conceive via IUI or IVF treatment abroad to have their names added to the birth certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16366/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (16 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the returns of a person (details supplied) will be reassessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16364/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (16 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) relating to Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16363/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (16 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if patients with ATTR amyloidosis can access the new treatment for the disease at a hospital (details supplied) under the cross-Border initiative or treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16365/20]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (15 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputies Barry and Paul Murphy. The advent of Covid-19 has put Europe and the world at an existential crossroads. There have been a lot of woolly words of recognition about the need to move forward to a new normal, something different and better, and to learn the lessons of the Covid pandemic. However, I fear that a lot of that talk is rhetoric that masks an...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On health, I suggest the Taoiseach start taking French lessons. In recognition of the heroic work of healthcare workers, the French Government have just announced an €8 billion package of pay increases for them because of their tremendous work in protecting people and French society in the face of Covid-19. Healthcare workers in this country have done work every bit as heroic to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We should not set the need to recruit health workers to increase the capacity of the health service against the need to stimulate other parts of the economy. Recruiting health workers should be part of the stimulus for two reasons. First, if our health service is overwhelmed, then we can forget everything else. The stimulus will mean nothing if we have to lock down our economy again. A...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (15 Jul 2020)

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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (15 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Acting Chairman. I challenge what the Taoiseach said earlier about the Apple tax ruling. The ruling clearly states that the tax rulings made by Revenue were ineffective and inconsistent. The court does not contest that the level of tax on chargeable profits was totally out of line with the amount of tax that would be paid anywhere else under normal market conditions. In other...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (15 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans with regard to the LNG terminal in Shannon, County Clare, and the importation of fracked gas in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16085/20]