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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thought I would hear from the Minister and respond briefly.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will press for urgency on this. The workers are seriously considering taking industrial action in the near future because they are so fed up with this. Having trainees is fine, but it must be a real progression. One cannot be a trainee for 12 years. One might be a trainee for a couple of years, at which point one is certified and then a qualified worker in the film industry and should...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On 15 December, the second day of the European Council, a young woman, 16-year-old Palestinian Ahed Tamimi - a child - saw her 14-year-old cousin, Mohammed, shot in the face at close range with a steel-coated rubber bullet, very badly injuring him. When Ahed, her mother and other members of her family confronted members of the Israeli Defence Forces, they were arrested and put in front of a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the December 2017 EU Council meeting. [3090/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have the context of the Oxfam wealth report and the upcoming Davos meeting and, yet again, we find a report indicating the gap between a tiny group of the richest people in the world and the vast majority has widened to shocking and obscene levels, with 1% of the population owning 82% of all wealth. Oxfam cites in particular the erosion of worker rights and government policy and decision...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A on the economy will next meet. [1682/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings planned or past with church leaders. [3089/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach elaborate on the discussions he had with Archbishop Martin about the eighth amendment? Many people have said, rightly, that the debate on the likely referendum on the eighth amendment should be conducted in a reasonable and respectful manner. However, the fact is that in the past it has often been people associated with the church, often in senior positions in the church,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the progress of Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3095/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fire Safety (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received legal advice in relation to significant breaches of fire regulations in schools; his plans to take legal action against the builders of these schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3035/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the length of residency affects the cost of applying for citizenship; if there are fee waiver schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3103/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the body to which a member of the public can go with a complaint against An Garda Síochána when the complaint has been rejected by GSOC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3257/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 387. To ask the Minister for Health if treatment for haemochromatosis will be considered for inclusion in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3042/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Foreshore Licence Applications (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 483. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to the extension to the licence that has recently been granted to a company (details supplied) to drill at the Kish bank, if the company would also need a foreshore licence to establish an exploratory rig in this area if it was to activate the licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3297/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Drug and Alcohol Testing (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regime for roadside testing of drivers in respect of cannabis; the way in which the legal limit or driving under the influence is defined in view of the fact that cannabis can stay in the bloodstream for long periods of time even though the driver may not be impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2862/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there have been applications for a foreshore licence from a company (details supplied) to allow for an exploratory rig on the Kish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3298/18]

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to share time with Deputy Barry.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I always feel distinctly uncomfortable when we are discussing these issues in the House because they should not be discussed here. They should never have been discussed in here because our considerations, our agonising, our viewpoints, our debates and our considerations are being had not over our own lives but over other people's lives, other women's lives. I do not think we have now, or...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, it was agreed at the Business Committee that the committee member speaking slots, following the leaders' slots yesterday, would be solely and exclusively for the members of the committee. Following that, then other Members could speak. Deputy Micheál Martin just spoke in a committee slot. When other parties, such as Sinn Féin and ourselves, asked the...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not the case.