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Priority Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I certainly am not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the meeting of the European Union Heads of State or Government in Malta on 3 February 2017. [7033/17]

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On Saturday, 11 March, United Against Racism, along with a host of other organisations, including trade unions, Palestinian solidarity groups, anti-war groups, women's rights groups, abortion rights groups, LGBT groups, environmental groups and pretty much anybody who has a progressive bone in their body, will be marching here in Dublin appealing to the Taoiseach not to go to Washington....

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The disabled. One can go through the list. President Trump has put whole nations in his firing line. People understand the mortal threat he represents and they are mobilising across the world on an unprecedented scale. The protests we are seeing in the United States are of a scale that has not been seen since the late 1960s. People understand that this guy represents an absolutely mortal...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Tax Exemptions (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will drop VRT on vehicles specially adapted for disability to assist ongoing access to public transport for those with disabilities and to financially assist taxi drivers looking to purchase such vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7690/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the proposed divestment process and establish an independent working group with representatives of all the patron bodies to formulate a transparent process that puts parents' wishes at the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7669/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision to give the Catholic Church the final say over which patron to divest schools to, in view of the existing disproportionate influence the church has over primary education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7670/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Mental Health Strategies (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 18 January 2017 and his commitment to review the proposal to have an advertisement for Pieta House services in school journals, if he will provide an update. [7574/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 196. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of Culture 2025; the way in which it may or may not relate to Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7706/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 195. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the planned allocation of the €5 million for Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7705/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 197. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the planned delivery mechanism to achieve the outcomes for the individual art forms under pillar 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7707/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 199. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the funding to each local authority, both amounts and rules and guidelines for the spending of these funds under pillar 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7709/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 191. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the plans for setting up Creative Ireland; the person or body that will be making decisions in this regard; the details of the relationship between her Department and Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7701/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 194. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide the terms of reference, the structures and the make up for the planned Creative Ireland advisory committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7704/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 192. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Creative Ireland will see an increase in the existing funding for the arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7702/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Welfare Schemes (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 193. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide any reports, research documents or plans regarding the issue of social protection payments for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7703/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 198. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for Music Generation; if the success of this will mean similar initiatives for other art forms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7708/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Ireland (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 200. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, under pillar 5, she will consider reinstating the board of Culture Ireland and recruiting a new external director when the current director leaves; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7710/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason, despite the closure of many motor tax offices, 20,000 SPSV motor tax licence holders cannot tax their vehicles online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7689/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance (15 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific proposals he has to deal with the particular and extreme difficulties facing taxi drivers who face rises in their car insurance that threaten their livelihood if they make any claim whatsoever against their motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7691/17]