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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (28 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure by which English language schools which have no external accreditation are permitted on the interim list of education programmes even though external accreditation is one of the main requirements of being listed on the register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3752/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (28 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 295. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ask the Israeli authorities why approximately 350 acres of crops, all less than the regulation 40 cm in height and newly planted by Palestinian farmers in Gaza, have been destroyed by Israeli crop sprayers operating in the access restricted areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3746/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (28 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 296. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he regards the Israeli confiscation of land and forced transfer of Palestinian Bedouins from the E1 area of the West Bank as contrary to international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3747/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (28 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 297. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has requested Israel to unequivocally clarify that it will not forcibly transfer Palestinian Bedouin from the El area of the West Bank or seize any land in this area for settlement expansion; if he discussed this during his December 2015 visit to Tel Aviv, Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3748/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (28 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 298. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has an assessment of Israel’s treatment of minority groups, given the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to allow the demolition of the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran inside Israel and the removal of its inhabitants against their will; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3749/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (28 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to specify why English language schools with no external quality assurance system were allowed to be part of the interim list of education programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3750/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (28 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how allowing English language schools have an unspecified quality assurance system or external validation furthers the stated Government policy of Ireland becoming a quality destination of choice for international students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3751/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2016: Motion (27 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The proof of the pudding will be in the eating. I think the pudding might not taste good but we will see. We all want clean water so that is a red herring of an argument; it is just that we differ on how to deliver it. In terms of the priority to deliver new council housing and social housing, one obstacle to that is the servicing of land and the provision of the necessary water...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2016: Motion (27 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not mine. Irish Water’s capital budget and capital plan might be limited and Irish Water might not work in a co-ordinated way with the plans of local authorities to deliver social housing. That adds a further complication in terms of providing the infrastructure we need to deliver the social housing that is an urgent priority.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2016: Motion (27 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: How will we ensure there is co-ordination and that Irish Water liaises with local authorities so that its capital plan is complementary?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2016: Motion (27 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will have to see how that pudding tastes as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2016: Motion (27 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State states this is a practical measure intended simply to transfer exemptions enjoyed by local authorities to Irish Water. I put it to him that it points to the folly and impracticality of separating responsibility for water services provision from the local authorities. Notwithstanding his promises that Irish Water will not be privatised, as it stands, it is reported that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2016: Motion (27 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: How is it practical to move from having a single port of call - the local authority - for people who may be affected by works being carried out on water infrastructure to having no clear lines of accountability or contact? People will not know if they should contact the local authority, Irish Water or one of its private contractors. They are not removed from proper lines of accountability...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The teachers are to a very large extent the institutes. They are the staff who deliver the education. They are deeply concerned and I am utterly convinced by their concerns that this is being rushed for political reasons without proper consultation with them. Next week the TUI is out on strike again because the institutes have been savaged. Although I do not have the figures in front...

Other Questions: Refugee Numbers (27 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not think comments such as those of the French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, regarding the threat of destabilisation across Europe because of the refugees, in which he also said that Europe was incapable of taking this number of people, were very helpful. We have had other far-right-influenced comments and statements by certain leaders across Europe. Much of what was agreed at the...

Other Questions: Refugee Numbers (27 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not know whether the Minister is familiar with the singer Manu Chao, but he has a song called "No Human Being is Illegal". That is the narrative we need to put out there. I do not even think terms like "flood" and "huge" are helpful. A very serious crisis has occurred in Syria, but the truth is that, because of the demographics of Europe and our ageing population, we need people to...

Other Questions: Refugee Numbers (27 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 11. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the European Union-wide settlement programme for 160,000 refugees only delivering for 0.17%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3040/16]

Other Questions: Refugee Numbers (27 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is reported that of the 160,000 refugees the European Union has agreed to resettle, a pathetic 0.17% of them is all that have been taken, despite the quite vile hysteria whipped up by certain governments, most recently the French Government, about these desperate people fleeing the most desperate circumstances. In fact, Europe has done very little to implement even what it said it would...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (27 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is acceptable that in the panel of a barrister's review of the case of a person (details supplied), the person was not interviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3039/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Migrant Integration (27 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees Ireland has accepted to date as part of our commitment to take 4,000 refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3413/16]