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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...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 39:In page 15, to delete lines 21 to 29.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 37:In page 14, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:“61. (1) Section 7(3)(c) of the Act of 2000 is deleted.”.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have a query from somebody who believes there has been an arbitrary refusal to admit a child to a school. This is an ongoing issue. The child alleges that she has been and is being very badly bullied online and in the school. A transfer has been sought to another school where it is believed she could get away from the bullying. The parents are worried about her possibly being suicidal...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 30:In page 13, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 30 of Act of 1998 8. Section 30 of the Education Act 1998 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):“(2A) In order to afford equal respect and dignity to all pupils, regardless of religion, ethnicity or family background, and to uphold...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I accept what Deputy Michael Collins said about resources. Pupil-teacher ratios are important and we need to have targets to reduce them substantially. I accept that there are issues with teachers' pay, resources, capitation grants and so on. I would not minimise the impact segregation can have on children or the pressure being put on children. Are we not dealing in this Chamber with the...