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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In fairness, all of the previous contributions did a fair tour as well.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There will be events around the world on Thursday to highlight the ongoing plight of Chelsea Manning. This Government has championed the idea that it will support whistleblowers who do the public a service. It seems obvious that Chelsea Manning has done the world a great service and that we should speak out on the international stage on her birthday this Thursday in favour of her being...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not Messi.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: el-Sisi.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does that include Cynthia Owen?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to raise three justice issues that the justice sub-committee should seriously address, if it is not already considering them. First, there is the case of Ibrahim Halawa. The Taoiseach knows that today his trial has for the umpteenth time been postponed. It will now take place at the end of the month. From a justice perspective, we need to publicly say that the process of so-called...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform last met. [43507/15]

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider a complete ban on hydraulic fracturing given renewed efforts to mitigate climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44822/15]

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are many health and environmental reasons to ban fracking completely and I will introduce a Bill to that effect in the House on Thursday. In the aftermath of the Paris summit and all the aspirations and promises to deal with and prevent further and dangerous runaway climate change, is it not simply a requirement that we ban fracking in order that Ireland does not contribute to...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In response to questions I put to them at a joint committee meeting last week, EPA officials made the extraordinary admission that following the survey that is being carried out, they will still be unable to tell us whether fracking is a danger to human health. That begs the question: what the hell is the report investigating? It is also extraordinary that on all the key environmental...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Amec Foster Wheeler is a member of a pro-fracking coalition. It has a hopeless conflict of interest, as has CDM Smith given it is a former member of that coalition and its primary business is with large oil and gas companies. How can the Minister of State seriously suggest they can give independent assistance in looking into this issue? Is it not beyond question that fracking, which will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he can provide assurances that there are no potential adverse health impacts from hydraulic fracturing, if it were to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44823/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Youth Services Funding (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 398. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 7 October 2015, why the Health Service Executive has decided to wind down the oasis project at Mounttown Community Facility, why this long-standing community project was not deemed appropriate to deal with drug and alcohol addiction for local young persons, how extensive was the consultation in making this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Youth Services Funding (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 399. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 7 October 2015, if community facility board members were involved in making the decision to wind down the oasis project at Mounttown Community Facility, the specific differences between the new project and the oasis project, the model of service provision the new project is based upon; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Youth Services Funding (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 400. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 7 October 2015, who the new provider agency is for the new project replacing the oasis project, if during the tendering process to find a provider agency, there was advertising in local, national and European journals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44856/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 415. To ask the Minister for Health why the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Drug and Alcohol Task Force removed its funding from the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Outreach Project service and allocated its funding to the Community Addiction Team, why one service was seen as more appropriate than the other for the tender, the process regarding how this decision was made, the persons who were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 416. To ask the Minister for Health the obligations the successful tender applicants must meet in respect of funding from the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Drug and Alcohol Task Force for the provision of drug and alcohol addiction services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44943/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 468. To ask the Minister for Health the annual amount he and the Health Service Executive spend on the drug Ritalin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45315/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cystic Fibrosis Treatment (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 469. To ask the Minister for Health given the reports of the cost of the new Cystic Fibrosis drug, if he will provide comparatives of costs for other drugs used across his Department and the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45316/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 498. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussions with the President of France, Mr François Hollande, in relation to French military action in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44826/15]