Results 15,441-15,460 of 26,902 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (14 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 51. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on any and all discussions with the Department of Social Protection as to the way in which to reduce child poverty in line the better outcomes brighter futures framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40175/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (14 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons receiving illness benefit will not receive a Christmas bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40228/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed): European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has reconfirmed Ireland's neutrality to his European counterparts in view of the European Commission's recent proposal for a €5 billion defence fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39836/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed): European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for a discussion in Dáil Éireann on the European defence action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39835/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed): European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his discussions with his counterparts in Europe with regard to the European defence action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39833/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed): European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has entered into new agreements with foreign powers on air defences in view of the European defence action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39837/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulatory Authority Remit (13 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure the PRSA is in a position to fully meet its statutory requirements in view of the fact that by its own admission it was unable to do so over the past years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40144/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (13 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will take the high rents in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown and their impact on families into consideration and instruct the local authority to employ flexibility with income limits in the assessment of eligibility for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39391/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (13 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is within its rights to assess carer's allowance for rent purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40167/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (13 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39397/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Dietary Allowance Administration (13 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the documentation that a recipient of dietary supplement is required to provide when a review is being carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39601/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Dietary Allowance Administration (13 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the dietary supplement was closed for new applicants; his plans to reinstate this supplementary allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39603/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Dietary Allowance Applications (13 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the documentation that is outstanding from the review of a dietary supplement which has been suspended in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39602/16]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (8 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Priority Questions are not due to start until 3.30 p.m.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (8 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I think we should let the Minister respond.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (8 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It should not rely on enterprise, however.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (8 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We get a lot of rhetorical commitment from the Government to dealing with climate change but facts published recently by the EPA on what is actually happening on emissions suggest the rhetoric is not in any way matched by real action and that we are moving in the opposite direction to the one in which we need go if we are to address runaway climate change and prevent all the disastrous...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (8 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In light of the absolutely despicable treatment of workers in Independent newspapers by two of the richest people in the country, Denis O'Brien and Dermot Desmond, and the decision of a profitable company to further boost its financial position by slaughtering the pension entitlements of its workforce and pulling out of a defined-benefit pension scheme, does the Government propose any...

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (7 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the due diligence that is being carried out in a company, details supplied, in anticipation of the transfer of ownership of the harbour and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38851/16]

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (7 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The latest twist in the lamentable saga of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company involves the company sending a notice to the Genealogical Society of Ireland on 14 November telling it that it was to be evicted from its premises on Carlisle Pier. I will go into that in more detail. It is extraordinary that this rogue company acts as a law unto itself when due diligence was supposed to start in...