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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with Mr. Donald Tusk. [12829/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Papal Visit (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Pope should get a welcome only if he does what Pope Ratzinger refused to do, which was to provide the files containing the church's own information on clerical sex abuse by its members in this country. Ratzinger refused to provide the Vatican's own internal information on this after the production of the Ryan, Ferns and Murphy reports and so on. Ratzinger then, without any particular...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Papal Visit (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I think it is entirely appropriate.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Papal Visit (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I think it is entirely appropriate because-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Papal Visit (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Pope Francis, when he went to Chile and Peru in January this year, was met with very significant protest because he appointed a bishop who was widely believed to have covered up and turned a blind eye to clerical sex abuse carried out by a particular Catholic sect. There were uproar and protests every day over his decision to appoint this bishop. We need to put to Pope Francis the question...

Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What the Tánaiste is proposing is not only unconstitutional, it is fundamentally undemocratic. It is further confusing people on this issue, and frankly, this kind of thing is going to endanger the "Yes" vote for the repeal of the eighth amendment. The Government and the Tánaiste should stop messing around and trust women. This is not about trusting politicians; it is about...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Papal Visit (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the work his Department is planning to prepare for the Pope's visit in August 2018. [13945/18]

Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not agreed. After the Business Committee concluded the business for today the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade issued a statement, first to the media and only in the past 30 to 40 minutes was it posted to his website, making what I believe to be a pre-emptive, stupid and reckless decision to expel Russian diplomats without any evidence of Russian culpability for the Salisbury...

Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Absolutely but that decision has been made in advance of the debate with no provision for a vote on a decision, which I and other Deputies believe fundamentally attacks our international reputation as a neutral country, without any evidence and which is frankly riddled with hypocrisy in respect of the justifications that provided for it.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I certainly will not be agreeing to the order of business unless the Government concedes that there will be a vote on this decision because it has profound implications for Ireland's neutrality and is based on no evidence whatsoever.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, the Minister issued his statement after that decision was made, pre-empting the debate.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are a neutral country.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which Home Building Finance Ireland, HBFI, will contribute to delivering more affordable housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13950/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Communications (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that alternative telephone numbers to 1850 and 1890 in all Departments of the Revenue Commissioners are provided in order that those trying to discuss issues with officials are not charged beyond their normal telephone packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13949/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Book Sales (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he continues to allow banks, particularly those in which the Government has an ownership stake, to sell mortgage loans to vulture funds; his plans to implement policy changes to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13630/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Financial Forum (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his Department's or his involvement in the European Financial Forum. [7006/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Abolition (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to undertake a comprehensive review of all corporate tax reliefs and expenditures to establish if such tax reliefs benefit the public and society or are simply providing a mechanism for extensive tax avoidance and private corporate profit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13629/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to award free travel passes to persons with epilepsy and their travel companions in view of the fact that many are banned from driving and are advised by doctors not to cycle and not to use public transport unaccompanied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14102/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (27 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the recent decisions to allow homemakers pre-1994 to discount those years from pension calculations will be enacted; when women will benefit from same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14109/18]

Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (22 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the status of pay inequality across the whole public sector in view of the shortage of teachers and health staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13010/18]