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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There should be no question of us giving an inch on the question of the Border and the assurances given. We often focus on the very immediate and important question of the debacle in Britain and what the implications might be in terms of a crash-out Brexit in the event that there is a deal or no deal. However, over the Christmas period it would be worthwhile reflecting on the wider...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are not our debts. They are Anglo Irish Bank's debts.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The programme for Government states the Government would be tested by the way in which it dealt with the housing crisis. As we face into Christmas, the Government's failure to deliver on its promise to address the housing crisis rings particularly poignantly in our ears. All of us were very moved by the case of Amanda and everybody was delighted to see Amanda and her family get keys to her...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Commencement of Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. Can we hold the Minister to that? I do not know who made the promise but I believe it was made in the context of the amendments in June, so it probably was not the Minister. It was said nonetheless and that is a frustration for people. I hope we can be sure on this.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Commencement of Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered in the absence of commencing Part 9 of the Children and Families Relationship Act 2015, publishing a stand-alone Bill to correct the technical errors in Part 9. [53414/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Commencement of Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the amendments needed will be progressed to commence Part 9 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53207/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Commencement of Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Children and Family Relationships Act was enacted in 2015. It is now 2018 but Parts 2, 3 and 9, which is the one involving the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, have not been commenced. This has very serious implications for couples who are having children through donor-assisted human reproduction, in particular same-sex couples, as there is no proper facility for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Commencement of Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am glad to see the Minister is focused on this and that there is a plan. However, there is a great deal of frustration out there. One woman wrote to me in the following terms:I am facing a particularly difficult situation where I am seven months pregnant and as it stands my wife will not be recognised as the parent of our child as certain Parts of the Child and Family Relationships Act...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Costs (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason insurance rates for taxi vehicles, particularly wheelchair and disability vehicles, are high compared to EU rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53509/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 297. To ask the Minister for Health the full entitlements of children between 12 and 16 years of age in the HSE dental programme; if children between 12 to 16 years of age are entitled to full and free dental treatments needed without restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53507/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Insurance Coverage (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if licensed taxi drivers are permitted to seek and acquire insurance for work vehicles from insurance companies in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53508/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Garda is not a business.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (18 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 321. To ask the Minister for Health if persons working for the HSE have a choice of working until they are 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53277/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 428. To ask the Minister for Health when essential operational arrangements will be in place to facilitate the implementation of Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015, including the establishment of the national donor-conceived person register and the appointment of authorised persons under the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53225/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 447. To ask the Minister for Health if a service (details supplied) will remain available in view of a recent review of same; if, after the recent review of the service, the five day a week 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. drop-in service that has been available to service users in CHO 6 for the past ten years will remain available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53318/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 448. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department was involved in the plans for a new centre (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if the business plan was reviewed; if funding was contributed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53319/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consultancy Contracts Data (13 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance the audit and consultancy fees paid by his Department and agencies or bodies attached to or under the remit of his Department to companies (details supplied) in each of the years since 2009; the percentage of audit consultancy fees that these payments represented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52500/18]

Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not. I said it could have been public housing.

Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will start by referring to what the Taoiseach stated earlier and the use of the term "extreme". This has become a familiar trope of the Taoiseach when referring to the socialist left and our policies. It is part of a wider, quite worrying, narrative that is taking hold in the mainstream political establishment across Europe, which says there are extremists on the right and extremists on...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Tory Party is in a mess of its own making. Its members have played with the fires of xenophobic nationalism, of anti-immigrant sentiment, of nostalgia for some imagined historical imperial glory and whatever else motivates these rather strange people in the Tory Party. They are tearing themselves apart currently. Frankly I am not sorry to see them do so given the dangerous politics...