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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carbon Tax Implementation (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Wrong.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask the Taoiseach simply to scrap the strategic housing development scheme as a complete failure. We discovered from a report published at the weekend that it is essentially a scheme dreamed up by property developers who gave the then Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government and current Tánaiste, Deputy Coveney, their recommendations. The Government took those...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not happening.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [37374/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social policy and public services will next meet. [37375/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Any social policy worth its name would understand the key importance of treating pensioners with respect and fairness. Even though they are no longer working, we must ensure their rights are upheld and the contribution they have made to our society through their work is respected. Earlier today, hundreds of pensioners protested in the pelting rain as part of a protest organised by the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Boris Johnson. [37373/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Boris Johnson's non-paper proposal for a string of customs posts on either side of the Border has been rightly dismissed by everybody as completely unacceptable. It demonstrates the total disregard, if not contempt, Boris Johnson holds for the economic and political well-being of this country. I find it alarming that the Taoiseach says that this is totally unacceptable and that this...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need to absolutely, categorically rule out border checks or anything else that will move us towards a harder border or that will damage the all-Ireland economy. The Taoiseach needs to say that very categorically to Boris Johnson, but also to the European Union.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We did not know until the weekend.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools are required to submit accounts on-line via an accountant to FSSU; the reason an individual school cannot file the figures directly to the unit by extracting the numbers from the profit and loss and balance sheet on an annual basis,which in some cases would save the school the added expense of hiring an accountant; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Applications Administration (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a person (details supplied) can regularise themselves when they cannot acquire either a Macedonian or Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39646/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 310. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a hospital appointment; the number of persons ahead of them on the list; his plans to invest in the service to improve the waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39286/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Records (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 460. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, prior to the privatisation of a company (details supplied), two financial reports or audits were produced which showed significantly different financial positions; and if copies of both will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39420/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investigations undertaken by MetroLink, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the National Transport Authority and organisations or individuals employed by these bodies into the feasibility of rerouting sewer lines in the area of the proposed Tara Street station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39852/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investigation Dublin City Council, MetroLink, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the National Transport Authority and organisations or individuals employed by these bodies have undertaken in relation to the possible uses and disposal of a proposed vacant site (details supplied) which would be created if the current preferred plan...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is no longer receiving a living alone allowance; if it will be reinstated in order that they can apply for the household benefits package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39300/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (26 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the condition for receiving section 481 tax relief, which requires the recipients to provide quality employment and training, can be met by the producer companies that apply for and receive the relief when those same producer companies are denying responsibility for employment and training on film productions but rather claiming that a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (26 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 23. To ask the Minister for Finance if the local property tax will be abolished and replaced with a landlord's tax that increases in rate depending on the number of properties the landlord has; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38986/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Cases (26 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date and the projected costs for the entire case for the Irish legal team taking an appeal against an EU ruling (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38984/19]