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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Especially if those consultants are saying they do not know enough about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have a one-line question. Mr. Lennon stated that this was ultimately a policy decision. Can he-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Stating that was important.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commissions of Investigation (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 527. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes to hospitals in which infant deaths occurred and in which the circumstances of the child's death, post mortem and burial were not clarified with the parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11494/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 586. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given in cases of persons with mental health conditions who are taking up employment for rehabilitative purposes to letters from a relevant medical practitioner confirming the rehabilitative nature of the employment and letters from the employer or employment agency will be sufficient evidence for medical card entitlement or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 613. To ask the Minister for Health if will ensure access to cysteamine bitartrate, otherwise known as procysbi, to all patients here; the stage at which the process is at and the efforts he and HSE is making to be proactive in order to expedite the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11911/17]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 653. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has carried or will consider carrying out a review of mental health services and supports for children and young persons in view of the fact that Ireland has the fourth highest rate of child and adolescent suicide in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7036/17]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 655. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the deadline regarding action 1.15 of Rebuilding Ireland, which commits to providing mental health services to those in homeless services by Q4 2016, has been attained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8950/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In 2012, to a barrage of heckling and laughter from the Government's side, I warned during Leaders' Questions that tenement conditions were on the way back to Dublin city. Those conditions have now manifested. Today, the Simon Communities-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Programme for Government commitments and legislation on dealing with the housing issue. Today, the Simon Communities have confirmed that none of this situation is necessary because Ireland has the housing stock to deal with the tenement conditions and obscene homelessness. The Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, is looking into all of these matters, given his comments on compulsory purchases...

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are 55,000 in the cities.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Civil Legal Aid (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a person with limited resources is able to defend themselves in civil matters against a publicly funded institution with its own publicly funded legal supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10979/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Civil Legal Aid (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider putting a fund in place for persons and publicly funded institutions to apply for resources in civil legal cases where the same limits of funding would apply to both; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10980/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the independence of the legal services regulator is assured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10981/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the new legal services regulator has a remit to examine cases retrospectively; if any statute of limitations applies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10982/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the travel visa requirements that apply to a person (details supplied). [10990/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the checks and balances in place to ensure third level institutions are not using public funds to access legal services to defend themselves against persons who have no access to similar legal services thus placing them at a disadvantage to the publicly funded institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10978/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for a social welfare programme for artists. [10805/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 167. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase funding to achieve the aims of Creative Ireland. [10804/17]

Insurance Industry: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will probably not take all my time because I have to rush off to a Right2Water meeting at 6 o'clock.