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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet again. [25447/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Along the same lines, we still have a devastating housing crisis with multiple facets to it. One of these is the cliff edge of thresholds when it comes to social housing income thresholds, where people find themselves threatened with the possibility of homelessness through no fault of their own but then discover they have now gone over the threshold in this regard, even though they may have...

Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Referral to Select Committee (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to make a point of order.

Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Referral to Select Committee (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This motion relates to the European Defence Agency and the involvement of Irish troops with PESCO. Some of us believe this represents a very serious threat to Ireland's neutrality. It is being referred to the committee, which would be normal but do we have a commitment that when the committee has considered this, it will be sent back to the Dáil and there will be a debate on it? If...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [26276/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The marine protected areas legislation has been on the priority legislation list for 20 months and it still has not even been published. The Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan, was asked about this in January of this year and he said it would be published in the first quarter. It still has not been published. Ireland has the lowest proportion of its marine environment protected of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport ,further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 14 May 2024, the way it can be justified that 2014 cabs can remain on the road while 2015 cabs must be retired due to NTA age limits given that all taxi drivers operating during the Covid-19 crisis suffered a similar loss of income; if he will consider extending the age limits of other cabs...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 May 2024, what legal advice he has received concluding that he cannot exercise the prerogatives outlined in Section 42 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27190/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 May 2024, the conditions under which he can exercise the prerogatives outlined in Section 42 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27191/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 May 2024, if he will outline, noting that the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 covers activity other than direct physical violence; and noting that the Act covers financing of terrorist and terrorist-linked activity, the engagements he has had with his EU counterparts regarding the imposition of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline, with regard to the local authority shared ownership scheme, and given the obligation on local authorities to keep legal costs to a minimum, what recourse an individual (details supplied) has if they feel that their local authority is imposing onerous conditions on the sale of their shared ownership scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 345. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has any initiatives planned to address the staffing crisis in the childcare sector resulting in widespread temporary and permanent closure of facilities, including any plans to streamline credential verification processes for Irish applicants or incentives to non-EU applicants; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 365. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of disease-protected hospital beds in Ireland, by hospital, region and disease category, in tabular form. [26750/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the disease-protected beds that are ringfenced for particular diseases in Irish hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26751/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 367. To ask the Minister for Health the statistics recorded relating to instances of those in need of disease-protected beds in hospitals being unable to avail of them due to lack of availability; to provide a breakdown of these statistics for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26752/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if a child under 16 years with a full medical card is entitled to free dental fillings; if not, where a parent who cannot afford a private dentist can seek this care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26914/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 424. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list for physiotherapy for bone and joint issues at St. Vincent’s University Hospital; if it is correct that a referred patient has been told that the list is ‘on hold’ by staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26915/24]

Mortgage Interest Rates Cap Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank those who contributed to the discussion. While the new deputy leader of Fianna Fáil was terribly polite in his response, the net interpretation of what he said is really that the Government is not going to do anything and will let the free market decide. Lola, who I mentioned earlier on, is paying €900 a month, or €10,000 or €11,000 a year, more than she...

Mortgage Interest Rates Cap Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." We initiated this Bill last year, 2023, in response to ten interest rate hikes by the European Central Bank, ECB, which impacted tens of thousands of mortgage holders in this country. These are working people who are trying to put a roof over their heads and they were hammered again and again by interest rate hikes by the European...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On behalf of Sophie Cole, I ask the Tánaiste to have the assault leave scheme amended urgently. I do not know if the Tánaiste knows Sophie. She is a former SNA who was assaulted and injured in the course of her work in November 2022. She has been left with lifelong injuries and in excruciating pain. The financial implications of this situation have seen Sophie and her husband...