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Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not agreed.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, it is on a different point.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am indeed. Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. In relation to the speaking arrangements for the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill, it is completely unacceptable that a report on Deputy Gino Kenny's Bill will commence with 15 minutes from the committee Chair, who is recommending that the Bill, which passed Second Stage, goes no further, and then 15 minutes from the Government,...

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not about proportional representation. It is about balance in argument concerning a Bill we put forward-----

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----on a very important issue that affects tens of thousands of people with serious medical conditions.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not agreed.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not. We have had a break for a week and the issue of the Paradise Papers has arisen. They had already been referred to and might more accurately be called the "Parasite Papers". They reveal a really shocking nexus of bankers, wealthy individuals and corporations dodging taxes. According to some reports-----

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It would be unconscionable for the House not to debate these shocking revelations this week. I did not raise this issue for discussion today because I knew I would have been doing so at short notice-----

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, but I am signalling to the Taoiseach that I hope the Government will facilitate a serious discussion on the matter, in respect of which billions of euro in tax revenue are at stake, and the shocking revelations about-----

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on her Department's response to a review (details supplied) of the amendments to the one-parent family payment and, in particular, its impact on child poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43793/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 655. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for persons engaging in mental health services that have complaints about service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45802/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 661. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) can be referred for treatment to a specialist of neurology in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45826/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Data (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the drop in funding from the Health Service Executive national lottery grant scheme to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45848/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1093. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 516 of 17 October 2017 and 183 of 27 September 2017, when a formal response will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45772/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the case of a person of 62 years of age who has recently lost their job and has been invited to participate in JobPath but is not allowed to take up part-time work in their chosen field and instead is expected to find work for 30 hours or more a week in another field; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the invalidity pension of a person (details supplied) has been stopped in view of the fact that their condition has remained the same and is likely to continue to remain the same into the future and evidence has been provided of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45828/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the practice in the film industry of certain companies hiring unpaid runners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45831/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the arrangement between her Department, JobPath, a company (details supplied) and Turas Nua; the mandate that these companies have regarding jobseekers; the details of the contracts with these companies; if there is a pay by result remuneration for each jobseeker that gains employment through the scheme, if so, their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a scheme to facilitate persons on the housing list in Dublin to move outside of Dublin and take vacant properties in rural areas if they wish to do so; if not, his plans to set up such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45799/17]

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If HAP works in certain areas, happy days. I am delighted with anything that keeps people out of homeless accommodation. However, in south Dublin, accommodation is not available under HAP and I would like the Minister to address this. I would like Government Members to get this into their heads. There is quite a lot of expensive accommodation. Ten times more rental accommodation is...