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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (26 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 167. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health services available to persons via the HSE; the emergency services available to persons experiencing mental health crisis; the way in which to access services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27022/19]

Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That leads on to the point I was making and the question for the Minister to answer. Given the possibility of a disorderly Brexit, uncertainties in other areas, the demands and requirements for public spending on a whole range of areas - I will not list them - is €700 million really enough? If, as I would suggest, it would be far preferable to have much more - I do not think anybody...

Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The €700 million that according to this statement is available for additional expenditure in the coming budget is just not enough. The issue of the likely cost overruns in health has been pointed out. The Minister has questions to answer. The Christmas bonus was raised by Mr. Colm McCarthy at the Committee on Budgetary Oversight. We must also consider the possibility of a hard...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We would have no problem submitting our plans.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government has claimed it is supportive of a mix of social and non-social housing. A mix of people with different family sizes and in different income brackets is a reasonable aspiration although the net effect has been to, effectively, prevent large-scale social and affordable housing developments on public land because they are tied up with convoluted formulas around social housing...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not happening.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B, social policy and public services, last met. [26622/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also wish to speak about the NESC report on public transport. The Government's climate plan is pathetic when it comes to public transport. We need public transport anyway to deal with dire congestion. On many important bus routes, students and workers just cannot get on buses in the morning. In the context of a climate change emergency, the Government is doing nothing in response to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Why not?

Special Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Appointment of Members (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Did the Ceann Comhairle say Gina Kenny?

Special Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Appointment of Members (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: You did.

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the National Economic and Social Council. [26621/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the plans for a permanent site for Dún Laoghaire Educate Together; the timeframe for the site; the rationale for developing a temporary site for three years when a permanent site is due to be announced in Autumn 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26628/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special school (details supplied) can expect to have a permanent site; his views on whether it is appropriate for a school that provides for children on the autism spectrum will be beside a building site for the whole of autumn 2019 and its outdoor space will be inaccessible due to the lack of a permanent site for both the school and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools nationally in temporary buildings or on temporary sites; the length of time they are in these temporary situations; if permanent sites have been identified; the length of time it is expected that each of these schools will be waiting for the permanent build; the patronage of each of these schools by county; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if planning permission has been submitted for the Dún Laoghaire Educate Together and a school (details supplied) regarding temporary accommodation; the timeline for the temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26634/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 467. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been a delay in appointing a new sonographer in St. Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, that has led to the development of another waiting list after the scheduled retirement of the previous sonographer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26632/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 612. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person has the right to have a smart meter on his or her property removed after it has been installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26762/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 709. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the reason disability allowance has been suspended for a person (details supplied) will be investigated; when a decision will be made on reinstating the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26449/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget 2020 and Macroeconomic Issues: Discussion (25 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Mr. McCarthy and Dr. Kinsella for their interesting contributions. Notwithstanding the dangers and threats they have outlined, do they believe there are certain problems that must be addressed and that they will cost money? If the Government works within the discretionary fiscal space it is talking about, the amount available is not enough to deal with those problems. I do not need...