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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the NESC, a number of the appointments to that body have not yet been filled. Are they to be filled and does the Taoiseach know by whom they will be filled? I particularly urge the appointment to those vacant positions of people who have ideas on how to deal with the current housing and homelessness crisis. The NESC recently published a report on the property sector. Is there...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government should support the Private Members' motion today.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach might point me to the nonsense.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Did the Taoiseach discuss the issue of multinational tax evasion with the Belgian Prime Minister? I say that because it was reported late last year that $221 billion worth of profits were shifted offshore from Belgium to tax havens around the world, which is obviously a matter of very serious concern to the tax authorities. That equates to about half of Belgium's GDP. We might be...

Questions - Ceisteanna: Brexit Issues (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May. [22709/18]

Questions - Ceisteanna: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Chancellor Merkel since the last EU Council meeting. [23580/18]

Questions - Ceisteanna: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the meetings he attended in Sofia, Bulgaria. [23581/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Ms Leilani Farha and Ms Julieta Perucca for their presentations. I thank Mr. David Joyce, Ms Sinead Kerin and others from the Mercy Law Resource Centre for their great work, as well as for often looking at and assisting with the cases that flow through my door of people facing the consequences of the current housing crisis. I thank Ms Leilani Farha for her intervention over the past...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I love it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what one wants to see.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Merger (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the transfer of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25417/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Mergers Expenditure (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the transfer of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25416/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed. [24749/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a permanent building will be completed for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24763/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 743. To ask the Minister for Health if in the case of a fair deal scheme being granted to an applicant, if the money can be backdated to the day of application in the event that the applicant had to go into a nursing home in advance of the decision on application being made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24931/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; the reason the person is being pressurised to engage with a JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24881/18]

Referendum of 25 May: Statements (Resumed) (31 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There was no Trump effect here. The commentators warned there might be a Trump effect, that it would be terribly close and they referred to Brexit. There was never any doubt in my mind. This was a revolutionary upsurge that had been a long time coming. It was an unprecedented movement of people power and, in particular, of Irish women. It began way back with women being allowed to enter...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Citizens Assembly (31 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his plans to implement the recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly. [22708/18]

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is great the Minister has agreed to come to a consensus view and accept the suggestion. I will have to have a considered discussion with my colleagues about this. I have learned a good deal from the discussion. It is absolutely critical that we consider those people who make a significant effort to achieve fluency, including the many people who may not speak it in the home but are...

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a reasonable proposal. I had not really tuned into this particular debate, but it is a reasonable request to make if the fear - if I understand it correctly - is that fluent speakers will not be able to gain access to Irish speaking schools. As I am concerned by anything that smacks of exclusion or elitism, I do not want to support anything like it. It is a reasonable request that...