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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the priorities of his Department in 2019. [5669/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is fine as long as it is taken into account that it could be fitted in today at some stage.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Subject to what the Business Committee says.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is why we need a debate. We need a full debate precisely because of what the nurses are saying that nobody is actually talking about the issues that have led them out on strike. If the Taoiseach wants to resolve it and the House wants to take its responsibility in trying to resolve it, it has to discuss the details of what is going on-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and end the spin and propaganda which the Taoiseach is using to evade his responsibility in the matter.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I contacted the Business Committee.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not think that is enough. It is not serious enough in the face of what is going on. The nurses do not want to be out. If the Taoiseach is serious about ending the dispute, we need to thrash out the issues fully.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is not engaging.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sorry; I am not trying to be disagreeable, but this issue is too serious. There is a need for a full Dáil debate on the issue-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No. It would be a gross dereliction of its responsibility for the House to fail to discuss the nurses' strike this week. In the pelting rain this morning every nurse to whom I spoke expressed repeatedly his or her disbelief and fury at the failure of the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health to listen to the reasons nurses were striking and engage with them. I do not believe the House...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs Availability (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 349. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to making food supplements and vitamins available under the medical card scheme in circumstances in which they have been recommended by a doctor and are necessary for the health of the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5123/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants removed from the housing list in each of the years 2014 to 2018 due to being over the income thresholds by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5437/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the income threshold criteria for eligibility for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5438/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Dr. Collins for attending. I welcome the fact that he welcomes our focus on this. It is an area about which everyone needs to think more. I wish there was more media attention on it. There is major debate in respect of direct expenditures in the budget. There is almost no debate about the massive amount of money that could be used for other things but is accounted for by tax...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Dr. Collins said that every tax expenditure - and I absolutely agree with him on this - is money that could be spent in a different way on the same sector or on something completely different. Does he believe that as part of proper scrutiny that there needs to be a comparison done on that? Let us take two examples that we looked at recently. The research and development tax credit is up to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: May I ask a couple of brief questions?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is there potential for significant abuse in the area of capital allowances, deductibles and reliefs of various sorts in the corporate area? I am of the opinion that there is. How do we scrutinise such allowances to prevent abuse? I refer to company cars and supposed business trips which confer a very significant benefit on the traveller. Is it in the public interest for a businessperson...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Where did they go?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (31 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the changes in scheduling that have taken place in bus routes now operated by a company (details supplied) in comparison to when the routes were operated by Dublin Bus; the reason for the frequent disruption to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4851/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility (31 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to whether councils sent incorrect guidelines relating to assessment for the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability scheme; the number of persons who could be affected across all local authorities; the amount potentially denied to applicants across all local authorities due to...