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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Were those figures broken down by sector as they went into-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would be very grateful for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is a slight problem with the issue of who the employer is and the obligations that employer has to the employee, and sectoral concerns. I am not saying it should not be a part of the mix, but I believe that it is in the interests of the public, especially where public money is used, that the public gets the maximum amount back for its investment, whether via film tax relief or public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would have assumed that if someone goes to a place of work, whether a film set or a construction site, and finds out that 60% of the people in that place of work are entrepreneurs, he or she would think that something was wrong. While it might be credible to have 10% or 20% of people in a particular workplace acting as entrepreneurs, it is not credible that 60% or 70% of them, as the case...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (13 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask the Taoiseach to briefly address my question on the social housing income threshold.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (13 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When will it be done?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (13 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Over the past year, I have repeatedly raised with the Taoiseach the income thresholds for social housing. The programme for Government makes extensive commitments on the provision of affordable housing to our citizens as an absolute priority. However, due to the failure to address the income thresholds, there has been a significant cull of people from council housing lists. Some of the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (13 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to review and extend A Programme for a Partnership Government. [6711/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (13 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not doubt that the Minister has made efforts and I know she knows the value of this. However, in that context, I find it shocking that, although the Minister knows the service should not close, the service is going to close, almost certainly, in April, because €400,000 cannot be found. How many Supplementary Estimates have we had for health in current and capital spending?...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (13 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no assurances of the necessary funding which makes it likely that a service (details supplied) will have to close by April 2019 with the loss of six jobs and numerous clients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7149/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (13 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is very familiar with this case; I asked her about it several times since the middle of last year. I asked that she would do what she could to secure the necessary funding to avert what is now the imminent closure of the Cottage Home family support service in Shankill, which provides vital intervention and support services for vulnerable families and children to keep them out of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (13 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not doubt that the Minister has tried, but I just do not understand this. Hundreds of millions of euro have been wasted on the national children's hospital, and we are looking for €400,000 to keep a service that we know works. It provides support for 50 vulnerable families and their children, which saves the State a lot of money down the road. If this service is closed, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 44. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the extension of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; if this will be the final extension to the investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6984/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme (13 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 51. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the affordable childcare schemes available to low and middle-income families; the status of the new affordable childcare scheme that was first announced in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6985/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (13 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 52. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the necessary funding will be secured to ensure that vulnerable families are not left without a service (details supplied) in view of the prospect of the closure of the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6983/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (13 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 61. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a new campaign (details supplied) by an organisation and its five key demands relating to food poverty, health, exclusion, education and housing; the way in which she plans to respond to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6986/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Taxi Regulations (12 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will take Deputy Gino Kenny's question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Taxi Regulations (12 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It has.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disabilities Data (12 Feb 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Ten years after we promised to do so, we passed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It is good to have an aspiration although, noticeably, we ducked out of the proper option on monitoring. To what extent will the Minister ensure this is made a reality in terms of access to public transport for the disabled and the disability-proofing of public transport?