Results 11,981-12,000 of 26,902 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 120. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent trip to the United States of America and the meetings he had there. [30692/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 119. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [30691/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 121. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E (Health) last met. [30693/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to secure a permanent building for a school (details supplied) in order to facilitate the demand for places in Educate Together schools; and when the permanent building to be ready; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30354/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 353. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to identify areas in which there are particular labour shortages; the measures she is taking to address these shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30689/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 354. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to identify the reason for labour shortages in particular sectors; if she has examined measures to address these shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30690/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Court Recommendations (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 355. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether it is acceptable that a publicly funded body refuses to implement the recommendation of the Labour Court in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30762/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 537. To ask the Minister for Health if the approval of the drugs Nivolumab and Pembrolizumab will be expedited in order to prolong the life of certain cancer patients and in particular in the case of a person (details supplied); if they will be made VAT exempt and tax allowable in the circumstances in which a patient has no option but to self fund these drugs; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 643. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30748/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which care companies contracted by the HSE to fill care packages are regulated; the standards they must adhere to; the mechanisms available for persons to make complaints independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30807/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Professionals (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 664. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a FETAC level 5 qualification is sufficient for carers employed by care companies contracted by the HSE to care for persons with severe disabilities; the extra training they must undergo to ensure they are competent with clients with a high level of need such as those with Alzheimer's disease or a severe disability; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 831. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the mechanisms that will be put in place or that are already in place to assist a person who was illegally adopted via St. Patrick's, Navan Road, to trace their birth family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30385/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 832. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps a person can take in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30432/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 872. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person working full-time and paying PRSI on a widow's pension (contributory) is not entitled to illness benefit when sick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30500/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for a person (details supplied); the steps that will be taken to include free travel for persons with this level of disability regardless of income in budget 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30761/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 943. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the new €2 billion urban regeneration and development fund, URDF; his views on its potential to deliver affordable homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30728/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 944. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the information session on the urban regeneration and development fund held on 9 July 2018 for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30729/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 945. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the serviced sites fund for affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30730/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 946. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the parameters of affordable homes further to his statement (details supplied); the way in which affordable is defined; the persons that will be eligible for these homes; the way in which the allocation of the homes will be operated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30731/18]

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In all sincerity, I am so beyond wanting to score political points when it comes to the current housing emergency because it is such a dire crisis and the hardship it is inflicting on so many people is so terrible that I would be happy to support anything the Minister of State, anybody in this House or, indeed, anybody outside this House came up with that would help solve this housing crisis...