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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I understand that. However, that was not the question I asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to clarify whether I can have ten minutes because I did come in earlier. I had to leave for questions in the Dáil. I signalled this to the Chairman before I left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Minister understand the rage and fury felt by the public and perhaps nurses when he says he cannot afford to give them a pay increase which they must now go on strike to achieve, while the price paid by the public for the national children's hospital is 250% to 300% higher than the original bid? Does he understand the double standards the public believes are at work? Does he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have not finished. I would like to ask these questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Minister believe the fact the bid was €120 million lower than the next one should have raised a flag? Was a simple comparison made between the costs included in the bids? Who selected the board? Did the State look into its members' record in that regard? Mr. Costello who seems to be completely unconcerned and says BAM's tender was professional had to leave Sisk after a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government selects the people who do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Minister suggesting the overruns are acceptable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am saying the company deliberately tendered under the budget to get the contract but there was not proper scrutiny of the bid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not make a charge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I simply stated a fact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was not criticising. I was just asking if we looked into his record. It is in the public domain that he was involved with a project in Poland with big overruns. I read that in the newspapers after googling him. It was The Irish Times, the paper of record.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent telephone call with Chancellor Merkel. [1384/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The comments by Mr. Margaritis Schinas of the European Commission to the effect that Ireland will see a new hard border if Britain fails to approve the Brexit withdrawal agreement are extremely alarming and may suggest that the mask of EU solidarity with Ireland over preventing a hard border on this island is slipping a little. Equally worrying is the fact that the Minister for Foreign...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (22 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for closing two schools in County Cavan in favour of opening one larger school creating a longer commute for residents; if public consultation was carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2354/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (22 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the location in which persons who grew up in mother and baby homes can access the counselling services made available by his Department. [2360/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 582. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a women’s refuge (details supplied) in Dublin 6 has reopened as a women’s refuge; if not, the reason therefore; the reason the refuge centre is no longer accepting donations of clothes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2378/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (22 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the resources available to a family in homeless services that is in receipt of social welfare payments and have to drive their children to school each day (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2343/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the application by an organisation (details supplied) for a change of use of public spaces in an area in order to provide additional social housing units; the details of the proposed rental scheme that will be offered to new tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2465/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I might pick up on that point first because I have read the analysis. The Deputy rightly posed significant questions about the film relief and put the caveat that while the section 481 relief should be extended for certainty in the industry, it needs to be monitored and scrutinised. It should be monitored and scrutinised closely. He alluded to the need for that to happen. Mention was...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, but I ask how we are monitoring that stuff and who is monitoring it exactly. There are a number of different groups involved in this in terms of the application of law, including Revenue, the Department of Finance and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Arguably, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has a role too. I will finish my question on...