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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (23 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9713/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Staff Data (23 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 404. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9716/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Data (23 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 422. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9724/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (23 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 435. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of employees in her Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9721/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Data (23 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 463. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of employees in her Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9715/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (23 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 469. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9717/17]

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have no doubt about that. It certainly would be my suspicion and belief that, as Gary Lee has set it out, had we ratified when we should have ratified ten years ago when we signed the convention, we would not have been able to carry out all the nasty, vicious austerity cuts that were inflicted in recent years that disproportionately impacted on people with disabilities because we would...

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was going to say that, actually.

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To be continued tomorrow.

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I will get the positive stuff out of the way at the beginning.

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Any legislation that does anything positive to enhance the rights of those with disabilities or to move them a little closer to some level of equality, which our society fails to give people with disabilities on many levels, has to be welcomed. The specific provisions of the part of this Bill that is actually written that are to be welcomed have been mentioned. As has been mentioned, people...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Ms King and Dr. McDonnell for coming in. Before getting into some of the specifics, do they agree that with the threat, challenge or whatever one wants to call it of Brexit and the concerns involved, there are the immediate and challenging issues that are related and that we confront but which have served to highlight much bigger problems, both economic and political, that predate...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am deadly serious about the forestry sector because it has significant potential, which has not been taken seriously. Despite the significant employment potential it offers, development in forestry is being hampered by European Union state aid rules. Renewable energy is another area with significant potential. I ask Ms King to comment. I fully agree with Ms King on the need for heavy...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Did Ms King express the view that state aid is the key to making this transition and addressing the immediate problem she identified?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Everyone else got a supplementary question. Will the Chairman allow me one?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have two questions on wage inequality. There was a report today on the gender pay gap widening. It reduced during the recession but that it has widened since is an alarming and disappointing sign. Do the witnesses have comments on that? Due to the cuts imposed during the austerity period, pay equality is at the heart of the teachers’ dispute. Nurses and various other people,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (22 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had or is planning any discussions with the Taoiseach on issues that he should raise when he visits the White House in March 2017; if these issues include changes to US foreign policy with regards to Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8769/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (22 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any contact with the US President, Mr. Trump, and-or the Trump Administration with regard to his support for the proposed move of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8768/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (22 Feb 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment, HAP, tenancies that have been secured in 2014, 2015 and 2016; the length of time each of these tenancies is for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8954/17]