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Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will explain to the Minister now.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wonder whether there is a Standing Order about getting too close to the bone. What Standing Order is that?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Here we go.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In order to be helpful, could we suspend the sitting for ten minutes to have somebody from the Ceann Comhairle's office explain this to us?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Seriously, we are making a genuine point that we do not understand the interpretation of Standing Orders. We accept that some amendments have been ruled out on the basis that they would impose a charge on the State and that this is in compliance with Standing Orders. We do not understand how some of the others have been ruled out of order. We do not understand that interpretation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 62. To ask the Minister for Health the reason when a person is in need of home help hours and is awarded the hours these hours cannot be accessed due to a lack of availability with private care companies that are recommended by the Health Service Executive; the alternatives in place to ensure that the much needed hours are made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20704/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 549. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding whether women's rights are being vindicated, given the findings of the UN Human Rights Committee in regard to Ireland’s abortion laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17149/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 68. To ask the Minister for Health if there is evidence available that the rescheduling of b​enzodiazepines or ​Z​ drugs could​ prevent the misuse of dangerous or harmful drugs; the specific requests the Garda made to him regarding the rescheduling of these drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20705/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 577. To ask the Minister for Health if St. Vincent's hospital in Dublin 4 applied for additional funding for a dedicated sarcoma specialist doctor over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21142/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to raise the threshold of inheritance tax of €280,000 and if so when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20863/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 14 June 2016, the reason his response and the decision of the board fails to take into consideration the health and safety issues raised by the chairperson of the board in relation to the very small size of the classroom (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20744/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered if the equal rights of young persons are being infringed by there being three different rates of jobseeker's allowance dependent on age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14826/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Eligibility (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 410. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) has had a mortgage interest supplement ceased as of March 2016 when the payment is not being discontinued until 1 January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21336/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the Minister responsible for community affairs, in the interests of the health and welfare of children and young persons, to achieve the re-instatement of the Oasis youth outreach project, for vulnerable teenagers in the disadvantaged Monkstown Farm area of Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, which recently had its funding cut; and if...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I listened to the Minister's speech earlier. He implied that those of us looking to completely abolish FEMPI legislation essentially have no plan to finance such a move. He implied that we were reckless and that the calls amounted to the politics of permanent protest and so on. First of all, let me state what we are talking about. We are talking about money that was stolen, mostly from...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government did not provide a quorum. Anyway, Joanne was in the House recently and was due back today. As a result of the pay apartheid and the two-tier pay structure for new entrants, over the course of 40 years she will lose €240,000 that she would have earned otherwise. That is the price of a house. Alison, who started in 2011, was hit by the earlier FEMPI legislation and...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Labour Party Deputies are not here.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is still no one here from the Labour Party.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it not 15 minutes?

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not hear Deputy Donnelly's speech yesterday but I received an e-mail from somebody who did, who had e-mailed me last February about her mortgage and engagement with the financial institution that used to be Irish Nationwide and became IBRC. It is telling about what is at stake in all of this. I will read out a little of what the person says:I am an IBRC mortgage holder with a...