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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (8 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 96. To ask the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself that those in need of home care are able to access this care in a timely manner and that this care is adequate to meet their needs in view of the reliance on private companies to deliver home care packages; if an audit of these services has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6090/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On behalf of People Before Profit, we are supportive of the overall aims of the Bill and pretty much all of the measures it proposes. There is no doubt about the health and societal implications of excessive use of alcohol. The World Health Organization states drinking alcohol is associated with risks of developing health problems such as mental and behavioural disorders, liver cirrhosis,...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He is a doctor.

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Bríd Smith. We are taking five minutes each. The obfuscation and the attempt to throw mud in our eyes that I just heard from the Minister of State really is extremely disappointing. It puts to shame people like the man whose bust is behind me in the Chamber, James Connolly. In a quote that is very appropriate to this debate, he said, "Our demands most...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach should read the report. That is what was said before 2008.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The annual gathering at Davos, as a gathering of the world's global corporate and billionaire elite, always brings into fairly sharp focus the ever-growing, shocking and obscene levels of wealth inequality in our world. This year, Oxfam reported that the richest 1% have the same amount of wealth as 82% of the remainder of the world's population. It also pointed out that there are now 2,000...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not against Professor Stiglitz.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Davos for the World Economic Forum. [4288/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Protest always works, though.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (7 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 7 December 2017, if he has received a full report into complaints his Department received regarding conditions at a location (details supplied); if so, if all appropriate actions to remedy the identified defects has been addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6229/18]

Other Questions: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Minister elaborate slightly? Is he suggesting that if they apply through Lebanon and could make their way to Lebanon that might be possibility? Perhaps he could indicate. Will the Minister explain whether there is a particular reason, given that we have a diplomatic presence in Turkey, that we could not also take programme refugees from Turkey? Will the Minister confirm that we...

Other Questions: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons (details supplied) will be allowed to resettle here. [5693/18]

Other Questions: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This question is really a plea on behalf of a very vulnerable Palestinian family for compassion and generosity on the part of the Minister and the Government. The Barud family have been acknowledged as UN refugees. They are stranded in Turkey. Four of the children are disabled and the family has nowhere to go, even though they have been acknowledged as refugees. I have talked to the...

Other Questions: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----why we could not do so.

Other Questions: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I appreciate the Minister's response and I appreciate we are taking other refugees from Lebanon, but this is a particular case. This is a family of seven in which four of the children have very significant disabilities. They had previously lived in Saudi Arabia, but Saudi Arabia expelled them because of its "no Palestinian refugees" policy, which is not a very nice policy. They were...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the pay was better we would get the workers.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his address to the European Parliament on 17 January 2018. [3129/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I find that there is regularly an Orwellian disconnect between the pious rhetoric often associated with these set piece speeches in Europe and the aspirations that are articulated and the reality of what is actually happening in Europe. The Taoiseach spoke about a Europe which respects the rule of law and human rights, and about peace. He then contrasted that with 90 emigrants drowning in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are many priorities one could talk about but I want to focus on one of them. I believe the Cabinet is, sadly, 11 years on, still discussing the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I hear that we are close to the moment when the Government will ratify it. While I hope that happens, I want to know what the Taoiseach intends to do to actually...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (6 Feb 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Taoiseach to set out his Department's priorities for 2018. [3091/18]