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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]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Recreational Facilities (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 497. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will work with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and other relevant agencies to ensure that a supervised playground (details supplied) remains a supervised service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38764/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation to each local authority in each of the years from 2008 to 2018 and to date in 2019 by the LGF, different grants and LPT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38766/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will work with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to ensure that the apartments at a location (details supplied) that are the subject of eviction cases by an organisation are brought into public ownership in order to secure homes for these tenants, four of which are HAP tenancies; and if he will make a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Dublin Chamber of Commerce and Chambers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the research and development tax credit, given the limited amount of money that may be available for any discretionary budget measures, why does Chambers Ireland not argue for redirecting some of the research and development funding that is currently disproportionately benefiting a small group of IT companies and big multinational corporations rather than seeking an extension of the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Dublin Chamber of Commerce and Chambers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not vacant.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Dublin Chamber of Commerce and Chambers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am glad Mr. Talbot is keeping an eye on me.