Results 11,981-12,000 of 26,897 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

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...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----but this only seems to be more of the same. It looks like another misguided, futile attempt to get the private sector to solve the emergency that it created. I cannot see it any other way. It would seem to indicate a complete incapacity on the part of the Government to understand the reasons for the previous property bubble and crash that led us to the current housing crisis, and...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is 2,000 a year.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision will issue on an application for naturalisation further to correspondence regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29650/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (5 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the resettlement of persons (details supplied) currently in Turkey will be considered under the UN resettlement programme due to their particular vulnerability further to correspondence signed on a cross-party basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29649/18]

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government has made a mistake by driving this Bill through without a proper consultation process.