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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 929. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry to ensure that new medicines are available to persons with MS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16163/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 926. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time the women's refuge in Rathgar has been closed; his plans to re-open same; his further plans to open other women's refuges in the Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16155/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 955. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a redress scheme for persons who were forcibly committed by the State prior to the enactment of the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16362/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1326. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time the women's refuge in Rathmines has been closed; when it is planned to reopen; her plans to open additional refuges in the Dublin region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16389/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consequences for a jobseeker who does not want to sign a contract with a private company for a JobPath scheme or similar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16356/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether it is a conflict of interest that a person (details supplied) is also a board member of an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15022/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Ardmore Studios (29 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is absolutely disgraceful that we have sold off the State's holding in Ardmore. We have fully privatised it to the benefit of a company which appeared like a mushroom. That is a feature of the film industry where the companies that receive all the State money appear like mushrooms and then disappear just as quickly. The culture committee has heard testimony from representatives of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Ardmore Studios (29 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is an absolute disgrace that we discover on RTÉ and in newspapers over the weekend that a key part of Ireland's cultural and cinematic heritage has been sold. We hear that the State has sold its share in a deal in which none of the details have been scrutinised and we have no idea about guarantees to protect the future of Ardmore as a film studio. Incredibly, €7 million has...

Affordable Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Or misrepresent people, as the Deputy did earlier.

Affordable Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The truly appalling rise in homelessness figures, especially child homelessness figures, should lead the members of this Government to hang their heads in shame at the hardship and suffering inflicted by the Government's failed policies on the 10,000 people now suffering homelessness, particularly for the children who suffer. The numbers of children in homelessness are increasing month on...

Appointment of Members of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Motion (29 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The role of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is critical. It needs to be completely independent of Government in order that it can, where necessary, and independent of any Government pressure, make critiques of any Government failure to uphold human rights or equality principles. The State has failed very badly in many of these areas. I ask the House to think of the plight of...

Appointment of Members of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Motion (29 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----in the process of selection.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (29 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recent efforts he has made to assist a school (details supplied) in its ongoing campaign to ensure the future of its playing pitches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14273/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (29 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there should be a move towards the elimination of all third level education fees in the interest of ensuring accessibility for all to further education (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14272/18]

European Council Meeting: Statements (28 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: How long do we have for questions?

European Council Meeting: Statements (28 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are only two questions and we have a while so we will give plenty of time to the Minister of State to reply. I want to press the Minister of State on the question of the nerve agent and the evidence on which the decision to expel a Russian diplomat was based. It was done on the word of British intelligence services, or perhaps it was that of the British Government alone, and then...

European Council Meeting: Statements (28 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Barry has outlined how a state of the European Union is engaged in pretty unacceptable and brutal repression of those protesting against injustice. There is also an ally of the European Union with preferential trade arrangements, Israel, whose actions we should consider as we come to Easter weekend. Easter, of course, commemorates the persecution of the Israelites by the Roman Empire...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Correspondence (28 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach said a substantive response is usually given to any correspondence his Department receives within an appropriate time. I have a specific question about a piece of correspondence dealing with a serious matter. It relates to a whistleblower whose story and the issue he brought to public attention featured in a "Prime Time Investigates" programme in 2015. It involved a company...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Correspondence (28 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach could give him a reference.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (28 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Honesty is an important prerequisite to serious debate. Deputy Martin said that those who are critical of the decision to expel are defending Russia, in response to which I noted the Taoiseach was nodding.