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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 818. To ask the Minister for Health the details of general practitioners in the Ballybrack and Shankill area that have a GMS list and are still accepting new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13257/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 893. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, including representatives of individual companies, in the past year; if the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 was discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13492/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1002. To ask the Minister for Health if he, or officials of his Department, have met with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry or other interested parties to discuss the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016; if so, if there are minutes of these meetings; if so, the outcomes of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14093/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 894. To ask the Minister for Health the consultations he has had on the development of MRH Portlaoise emergency department; the consultations he has had regarding 24-7 mental health cover, including CAMHS, to MRH Portlaoise emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13493/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 988. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to find a residential placement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14051/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Data (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 990. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees across his Department and each agency or organisation under the aegis of his Department who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation; and if he will provide, in the case of there being one employee or more in this situation, details with regards to the suspensions, in tabular form (details...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 991. To ask the Minister for Health the way the HPRA is funded; the proportion of that funding which is from pharmaceutical companies; the measures taken by his Department to prevent undue influence by the pharmaceutical industry on HPRA decisions on drug policy and appointments to the HPRA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14076/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 992. To ask the Minister for Health if the HPRA has met representatives of the pharmaceutical industry or other interested parties to discuss the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016; if there are minutes of these meetings; if so, the outcomes of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14077/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 993. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for HSE and other voluntary agencies which is provided for residential care for persons with disabilities; the way the level of service is agreed with these agencies; the way these agencies are accountable for keeping to service level agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14078/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 994. To ask the Minister for Health the indirect State funding, through tax deductible medical expenses, including health insurance or other tax breaks, on building or developing health facilities which was made available to private sector health care providers, including a group (details supplied); the information which is collected by his Department on these private sector health care...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1095. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 393 of 23 February 2017, if he will provide details with regard to the one member of staff currently suspended in his Department, in tabular form, (details supplied). [14060/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Data (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1312. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 23 February 2017, if she will provide details with regard to the seven members of staff currently suspended in Tusla, in tabular form (details supplied). [14061/17]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Have we dealt with any of the amendments yet?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not agree to the section.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am substituting for Deputy Bríd Smith.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not agree to the section. May I comment on it?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will make just one comment for now and it will cover all the sections. The reason I am opposing these sections and would have opposed the first three, had I been fast enough, is that I oppose the Bill in total.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Section 6 allows for a certificate to be given to a group of inventions. Can the Minister explain this? My concern is that minor upgrades or improvements in a particular innovation could be made just for the purposes of getting the tax break and the certificate. They would not necessarily have to be new innovations. There might be one new thing to which minor changes are made, which then...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to flag my concerns about this. I am opposing the entire Bill because we have had clear evidence that corporations are using every means available to avoid tax and push the boundaries of the available tax breaks to minimise their tax bill. The criteria under which one can get the 12.5% tax rate reduced to 6.5% appear to be wide open to abuse and I do not see the safeguards against...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am making a more general point, although I also have a specific point on this amendment. We will move through this and some of the other amendments that cover some of the same ground. There is no doubt that we need to encourage innovation. We should support innovators. I am not convinced that giving tax breaks to companies is the best way to support innovation, which is why I opposed...