Results 11,541-11,560 of 27,073 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 136. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is reasonable that the blind community of CHO 6 would have to travel from County Wicklow to Tallaght for services that have always been available in Dún Laoghaire in view of reports of the possible transfer of a centre (details supplied) to Tallaght; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50805/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Funding (5 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if the urgent need for 24 hour care for a person (details supplied) will be recognised; if funding for same will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51091/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in preparing for Brexit. [50807/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is massive uncertainty about what will happen in Britain in the coming weeks. The hope that certain issues could be avoided on the basis of an agreement that resolves things to everyone's mutual satisfaction is looking a hell of a lot more shaky. That brings the possibility of a hard Brexit into view. What scenarios are being envisaged in the contingency planning mentioned by the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance of the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War in Paris. [50806/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: At the armistice event on 11 November, President Emmanuel Macron warned against the dangers of nationalism rising in Europe. In particular, he referred to the dangers of the far right. We need to be very conscious of the dangers posed by the far right and the sort of political forces that gave us the horrors of the first part of the 20th century. When he looks at the uprising and protests...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the same matter, I was there last night when the teachers occupied the building for a brief period. They did so out of desperation because they do not know what to do. They have not been paid their wages, which is money owed to them, and the owner has disappeared into the night, leaving them completely high and dry. I was talking to one teacher, whom I know quite well, and this is the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----to these highly qualified people. Will the Government fast-track using the Social Insurance Fund, consider a teacher protection fund-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and smooth the way to resolving any social welfare difficulties the teachers may have coming into Christmas?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Today's business shall be No. a18, motion re opt-in under protocol of a measure in the area of asylum, migration and integration funds, referral to committee; No. 18, excess Vote in relation to 2016 - Vote 35; No. 18a, motion re parliamentary question rota swap; No. 38, statements on the report on the procurement process audit of the national broadband plan; No. 19, instruction to committee...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: British-Irish Council (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the British-Irish Council on the Isle of Man on 8 November 2018. [49533/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has discussed with the IDA the reports that briefing documents within the IDA advised executives to underestimate rents here when in discussions with multinationals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50388/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the housing crisis here is having a detrimental impact on skills availability and foreign direct investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50389/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make funds available to meet the demands of nurses in view of the 94% vote to reject the pay offer in a union (details supplied) in order to alleviate pressures in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43922/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 490. To ask the Minister for Health if pay and conditions demands from nurses will be met in order to end pay inequalities, bring nurses in line with other health professionals and to allow for faster recruitment into the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49104/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the regulations in place to oblige trustees of pension funds to regularly update their members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50149/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Referendum Campaigns (29 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the referendums he is planning after the blasphemy referendum of 26 October 2018. [43912/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I directly disagree with the previous point. I and many other Deputies in the House canvassed throughout the campaign for weeks and not once in the thousands of doors upon which we knocked did the issue of the three-day waiting period come up. The issue raised was always the substantial one, the issue of whether there were circumstances in which it was justified to have a termination or...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Chairman-----

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I listened to the Minister's arguments against amendment No. 12. Obviously we agree with his amendment to reduce the review period to three years. If we do not pass amendment No. 12, very important information will not necessarily be collected to inform us whether women are being left outside this legislation in terms of their access to healthcare. Deputy Donnelly said that in three...