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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is fair enough.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (25 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a commitment will be made to restoring the single rate of jobseeker's allowance in order that persons no longer get a reduced rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38848/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (25 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The decision of the then Fine Gael-Labour Party Government to slash the rates of jobseeker's allowance for young people under the age of 26 was one of the most obnoxious and discriminatory austerity cuts of the many obnoxious and discriminatory cuts in that period. There is no justification for continuing to have a discriminatory reduced rate of jobseeker's allowance for young people now....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (25 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is a rotten logic to that. The reason many young people were unemployed in 2009 and the years afterwards was due to the calamitous economic collapse precipitated by the Fianna Fáil Party when in government and perpetuated by the austerity cuts Fine Gael and the Labour Party Government continued. The evidence for that is that prior to the economic collapse, we had near full...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (25 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is blatant discrimination against young people. By definition, the payment is a poverty income for young people. That is what the Minister is imposing on young people. If other arguments do not sway her, she should consider the fact that we need to get our young people back to the country. Having a discriminatory reduced rate is not exactly an incentive or encouragement for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (25 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 22. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered that not increasing social welfare payments is in effect reducing the payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38847/19]

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have mixed feelings about the Bill and the role the Government seems to see for the AHB sector in the delivery of social housing. On the one hand, I do not doubt the contribution many AHBs make in the provision of social housing. Having met representatives of the AHBs at various committee meetings, I do not doubt the goodwill and bona fides of many, if not most, of those involved in the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Industrial Relations (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will request amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1990 to ensure representative rights for Army personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38547/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider allowing a premises in a location (details supplied) in the ownership of his Department to be used by UN veterans for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38546/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount forgone due to historic losses being used as tax deductions and exemptions for banks and insurance companies. [38523/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Interest Rates (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance the equivalent interest rates in banks in which he is a majority shareholder; the reason they differ; the figures a mortgage holder would pay over 20 years on a €100,000 and a €200,000 loan, respectively (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38765/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has inadequate provision of special needs assistants for the 2019-2020 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38755/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for a permanent location for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38756/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a building (details supplied) which is owned by his Department in view of the need for a permanent location for schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38757/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new schools planned in the Dún Laoghaire area in the coming years; the patrons of these schools; the sites and or buildings under consideration for the schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38758/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the method of calculation of special needs assistant allocation for schools; the way in which children that are still awaiting an assessment of needs can be catered for in cases in which they have no formal diagnosis but a clear need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38759/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children by CHO awaiting an assessment of needs to be completed; the length of time they have been waiting since they were first referred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38760/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children by CHO awaiting an assessment of needs to be commenced; the length of time they have been waiting since they were first referred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38761/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 407. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is compulsory for a household to use a separate brown biodegradable waste bin provided by their waste collection company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38331/19]