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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Dietary Allowance Administration (31 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the limits in place in regard to personal savings for an applicant subject to a review of their dietary supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4339/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Chester Beatty Library (31 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 426. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider opening up the membership list for the Chester Beatty Library which currently only has room for contributing members at a cost of €500, making this very exclusive and prohibitive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4457/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (31 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) and outline the provisions and services available to that person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4150/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 573. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Letterkenny Hospital mental health unit has on at least two occasions turned away a suicidal person, one of them resulting in the person taking their own life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4298/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding is available for a person (details supplied) to have a full residential placement when they turn 18 years of age in June 2017 as recommended by their social workers and psychiatrists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4604/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (31 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate emergency funding of €1.2 billion to urgently address the deficits in hospital beds, medical staffing and primary care services in the health service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4661/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that persons suffering from mental health problems are given full access to emergency services on a 24-7 basis in all areas and that children under 18 years of age with mental health problems are not discriminated against in receiving age-appropriate emergency department and inpatient services; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that in any forthcoming review by his Department, a school (details supplied) will not see any reduction in the vital services available to the children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2002/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Planning Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 683. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the advice he would give to a person who is subjected to constant smoke in their garden and through their windows from a neighbouring chimney on a single storey extension, in view of the fact that a planning inspector has confirmed that it is not contravening any planning laws yet is causing great nuisance; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety (31 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 740. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the advice she would provide to a person who has had an accident in work due to lax health and safety practices and is dissatisfied with the outcome of the Health and Safety Authority's inspection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4471/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Film Industry (26 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not asking for Enterprise Ireland.

Topical Issue Debate: Film Industry (26 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: At many levels, I welcome what the Minister says, but there are a few details I would like to hear to be more assured. First, there should be absolutely no consideration of the Government selling its stake in Ardmore. Critical to maintaining it is for the Government to retain that stake. The zoning itself is not sufficient protection because the facility could be bought, somebody could...

Topical Issue Debate: Film Industry (26 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The workers have the expertise.

Topical Issue Debate: Film Industry (26 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As the Minister, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, is aware, Ardmore Studios is synonymous with the Irish film industry. It is, in effect, the birthplace of the Irish film industry as an industry. Since it opened in 1958, it has propelled Irish film making into the top flight of film making in the world. 4 o’clock It has played host to some of the greatest actors in the world - Richard...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (26 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is that literally or figuratively?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (26 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us be clear. I want to see pay restoration and a hell of a lot more of it. I was talking to some of the service officers in here and they are nearly crying as a result of some of the pay levels they have to put up with. They need this pay. What I do not like, which was implicit in what the Minister said, is that it is essentially one or the other - it is services that are cash starved...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (26 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the source of the money to bring forward pay restoration for public sector workers earning below €65,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3416/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (26 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The point is that we do not accept the Minister must rob Peter to pay Paul. Workers are entitled to pay restoration, even in excess of the proposed €1,000, but we do not accept that money should be taken from services to fund that. We are seeking a commitment that services which are starved of funding will not be hit as a result of this measure. The Minister likes to ask where else...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in his deliberations on bringing forward pay restoration to April 2017, he considered dealing with the outstanding issue of pay levels for new entrants to the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3417/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am returning to the issue of equal pay for equal work. As the Minister knows, members of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland are balloting this month. Quite rightly, the association's central executive is recommending the rejection of the Government's proposals. The Government is continuing to refuse to commit to the simple principle of equal pay for equal work for which...