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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am also speaking in favour of the amendments from Deputies Jan O'Sullivan and Broughan. The point I would make very simply to the Minister is that while this Bill improves the position of tenants in the private rented sector somewhat, there is an incredible disconnect between the ambition of the measures in the Bill and the horror of the housing and homelessness crisis and the extreme...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to and his views on whether it is appropriate that a bank (details supplied) as a majority State owned institution, has contracted services from a company that is one of the biggest arms manufacturers in the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19228/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a campaign (details supplied) in particular the demand to be treated like other public sector workers in terms of pay and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20159/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget Measures (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for student registration fees and student hardship in general in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20160/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for two Cambodian citizens to apply for a holiday visa to visit their daughter and grandchildren, who are Irish citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19338/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 852. To ask the Minister for Health if the State Claims Agency will consider a claim (details supplied) that the Legal Aid Board is indicating is statute barred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19314/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 905. To ask the Minister for Health when ocrelizumab will be available to persons with multiple sclerosis who were promised access to the drug in January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19511/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 906. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce or abolish the per-item prescription charges in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19512/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Car Park Charges (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 907. To ask the Minister for Health if hospitals will receive sufficient funding in budget 2020 to ensure they do not charge for parking for patients or visitors to the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19513/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 908. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some doctors are charging medical card holders for reports such as those needed to apply for a driving licence for persons over 70 years of age; his views on whether the practice is acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19514/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the campaign to stop live animals being transported to Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19195/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans by the ESB for new smart meters in homes nationally; the cost to the customer for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19515/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service Staff (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of front-line staff in Dublin Fire Brigade in each of the years 2014 to 2018; the number of new recruits in each of the years; the cost of overtime for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19463/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if in all HAP and RAS tenancies and leasing arrangements between local authorities and landlords the properties are registered with the RTB; if this is a requirement for the landlord to receive payments; the number of tenancies that are not compliant by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19485/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: National Competitiveness Council (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On our productivity figures, how distorted would Professor Clinch say Irish productivity figures are by the presence and domination of a small number of information technology, IT, multinationals? We have had to develop a new measure of the economy, namely GNI* because of the distortions created by their predominance. I put it to Professor Clinch that we need a "productivity*" measure of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: National Competitiveness Council (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As a follow-on from that, would Professor Clinch say that too many of the tax credits, tax reliefs and supports are essentially benefiting that 10% of firms and that we need to radically and dramatically shift supports and expenditures into areas that will boost the domestic economy and reduce those costs, unlock those bottlenecks and so on rather than continuing to direct an awful lot of it...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: National Competitiveness Council (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have used the analogy before and I mentioned it earlier of flying on one large engine for relying on our standards of living. My first response is not to switch off that engine until the other one is firing strongly. That is how I would answer it in a colloquial sense. Inward investment will always be a major part of our economic model and it has been hugely successful in importing...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: National Competitiveness Council (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Much of it is about education and investment therein. While that is a broad brush-stroke comment, we need a hell of a lot more money to be invested in our universities and we need to develop and tailor our education system, without making it a completely utilitarian education system because I do not like that either. Much higher levels of investment in that regard are nonetheless part of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: National Competitiveness Council (8 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It seems these are significant problems, leading workers to have no choice but to make pay demands. Housing costs are off the charts. Childcare has been identified and the professor pointed out that transport is another area where there has been a consistent rise in costs, which seems to go against any attempt to deal with climate change or congestion. How does Professor Clinch expect...

Ireland's Position on the Future of Europe: Statements (18 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the statements on youth homelessness come back?