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Order of Business (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the same subject, the Taoiseach has stated his desire which we share that the referendum take place in May. A significant concern we have which is partially expressed by Deputy Bríd Smith's concerns about the time the various debates could take to complete relates to whether it will happen and that we will actually have the referendum in May. I do not see in anything the Taoiseach...

Order of Business (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Rubbish.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulation of Lobbying (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which persons (details supplied) were exempted from the stipulations in section 22 of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 for senior public officials when they left office to join private public relations firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54650/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Issues (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the threats or blocks to the status of British citizens living and working here in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55049/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 734. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will make up the shortfall in funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) by the HSE lottery grant scheme in 2017 which will prevent it from implementing projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54655/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 738. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for an organisation (details supplied); his plans to increase funding to the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54667/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 739. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for children seeking special needs assessments for disability; the way in which these waiting times tally with the times outlined in the Disability Act 2005; the way he plans to ensure that these timeframes will be adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54668/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 760. To ask the Minister for Health if there is scheme similar to the fair deal scheme for persons who would prefer to stay at home and receive their care there; if not, the other supports available to a couple, one of whom is in need of 24-hour care in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54805/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 806. To ask the Minister for Health the options open to a person employed by the HSE who would like to make a protected disclosure regarding practices in their workplace that they are of the view are covered by the whistleblowing legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54916/17]

Child Homelessness: Statements (15 Dec 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to first wish the Ceann Comhairle, all Members of the House and the staff in particular, who make it somewhat bearable for us to be in this place, a merry Christmas. It brings complete shame on politics and on the State that as we face into Christmas, 3,000 children and their mums and dads are either in emergency accommodation, hotels or hubs. Tens of thousands more are the hidden...

Child Homelessness: Statements (15 Dec 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Einstein.

McCartan Report on the Stardust: Statements (14 Dec 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As others have done, I welcome and acknowledge the presence of the Stardust families in the Public Gallery. I commend them on their continuing, heroic battle for truth and justice regarding the causes of the fire that consumed 48 young people - their loved ones - in 1981. I do not really understand the McCartan report's conclusions. I have met Pat McCartan and he seems to be a good man but...

McCartan Report on the Stardust: Statements (14 Dec 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He is right.

Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The word "equality" has been used a lot in political and public discourse lately. This is a very positive development. Obviously, the marriage equality referendum was an enormous step forward for the LGBTQ community. Equality was the watchword. We need to fight for equality because there has been so much inequality. A host of groups in Irish society have been denied real equality as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (14 Dec 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 327. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to remove lidocaine patches from the approved GMS list for chronic pain sufferers; if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53556/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (14 Dec 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 647. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her long-term plans with regard to the ECCE scheme; if a decision on the over age exemption from the early childhood care and education scheme will be reversed and not just paused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53625/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (14 Dec 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 691. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason self-employed persons who became disabled and as a result were unable to work in the past number of years are not entitled to invalidity pensions, even if they worked for many years prior to becoming disabled and for a few years were not in a position to make PRSI contributions, are now being penalised for this;...

European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, see you, Taoiseach. The moral indifference and double standards of European leaders is really stunning to behold. For the last number of weeks we have rightly heard the Government and other parties in this House speak about the need for no Border, North or South, and yet the border that Europe imposes, which has resulted in 35,000 people drowning in the Mediterranean over the last five...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Dec 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I asked my question earlier, but the Taoiseach ran out of time. In light of Amnesty International's damning report which explicitly states that European governments are colluding with slavery, torture, systematic abuse and physical and sexual violence against 20,000 Libyan immigrants, will the Taoiseach look into this matter? Does he think he might visit Libya and see the horrific detention...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Dec 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Absolutely.