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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee meetings held in October 2019. [46683/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I asked the Taoiseach about this matter yesterday and the Minister for Health last week. We need a firmer commitment on this matter. It was stated yesterday that the HSE is engaging on the issue. We do not need engagement. Dementia sufferers and their families need a clear commitment that funding will be provided and the deficit will be made up. Interim funding is needed to avert the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (13 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he can justify continuing very significant tax breaks to the very highest earners through schemes such as the special assignee relief programme, SARP, and the key employee engagement programme, KEEP, in view of the significant and growing wealth and income inequalities in society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46678/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (13 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the local property tax is likely to become increasingly problematic and regressive due to its link to the property market conditions. [46681/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (13 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the ongoing controversy in the film industry regarding the requirement to provide quality employment and training as a condition for receiving section 481 film tax relief, her views on whether the employer must be clearly identified as the Irish producer company that applies for the relief rather than a short lived designated activity company...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (13 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance if will he consider further changes to section 481 film tax relief in order to ensure that receiving that relief is strictly conditional on the clear identification of the employer responsible for creating quality employment and training and that the said employer cannot be a short-lived DAC company but rather must be the Irish producer company standing...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The programme for Government makes specific reference to implementing the national dementia strategy. As the Taoiseach is aware, there is major anxiety or fear about the fate of the St Joseph's dementia care facility in my constituency in Shankill. I brought up this issue last week when I sought a debate with the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, on its fate. It is threatened with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Programme for a Partnership Government. [46490/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last Tuesday, I was asked to go to an emergency meeting of parents of children in a crèche, the Magic Roundabout. They were already paying €1,100 in monthly crèche fees, which I find staggering. Those fees will go up to €1,250 a month while 20 of the parents will lose their kids’ places in the crèche. This is because Tusla told the crèche it needed...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Services will next meet. [46491/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As a result of the refusal of Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, to raise the income thresholds for social housing, hundreds of housing applicants who are hard-working people are being thrown off the list. It is happening every week. I have some examples. Sinéad, who had been on the list for eight years, was thrown off it because she did three...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have been told that for two years.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (12 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the attempts by Israel to brand support for Palestine as anti-Semitic with his European counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46487/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the revolts and mass protests in Chile, Algeria, Lebanon, Iraq, Ecuador and Haiti with his European counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46486/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (12 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new applications made for SNA access for the 2019-2020 academic year; and the number of new SNA posts created solely based on these new applications. [46224/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (12 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, is funded; the amount of the budget allocated to provide for SNA access; and the number of new applications made for the 2019/2020 academic year. [46225/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SENO will fulfil the recommendations of private reports to facilitate SNA support as per the findings of each report; and if not, the reason therefor. [46226/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body to which the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, is answerable to in cases in which a school is dissatisfied with the provision of SNA access further to an appeal. [46227/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (12 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for determining the number of National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, assessments per school in view of the fact demand exceeds supply. [46228/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Nov 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to roll out the school inclusion model nationally in view of the fact schools outside of the 75 schools in the pilot programme have lost SNAs and have not benefited from in-school support. [46229/19]