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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]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 506. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent meetings he has had with European counterparts on the worsening refugee crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45464/15]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 507. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on meetings held and topics discussed during his recent visit to United Arab Emirates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45465/15]

Coroners Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I commend Deputy Clare Daly on bringing forward this amendment Bill. I also pay tribute to the families who have lost loved ones, who have come here today and have campaigned for this change to make the Coroners Act 1962 what it should be, in order to deal with the situations and circumstances of today. An overhaul of the Bill is long overdue. We must ensure that people who lose loved ones...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We on this side of the House are too often obliged to voice our dissatisfaction with the guillotining of legislation and this Government's underhand parliamentary tactics in pushing through Bills in order to avoid debate or for some other political reason. What is being done in the case of this particular Bill is especially shameful because it is one of the most important legislative...

International Protection Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government should be utterly ashamed of itself for the Bill and for bringing it to the Dáil on international human rights day. The Labour Party should be especially ashamed of itself, as its members parade around as champions of equality, but they will support a Bill which is regressive, cruel and draconian with regard to some of the most vulnerable people in the world. It is...

Other Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to lift the restriction in the rental accommodation scheme which requires applicants to be in receipt of rent allowance to allow those in low-paid work to access the scheme, while the housing assistance payment has not been rolled out across all local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44132/15]

Other Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We had news again today that rents continue to spiral out of control, which will result in more evictions and make it more difficult for people to secure private rented accommodation. My question relates to a measure the Government could take to prevent evictions. I refer to circumstances where a tenant is working and his or her landlord wishes to raise the rent but is willing to enter into...

Other Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State said he would do everything he could to prevent homelessness. I have cited a specific scenario, examples of which will increase as rents continue to spiral. I have encountered a number of these cases. People who are working and living in private rented accommodation for which the landlord is seeking to increase the rent are being unnecessarily evicted because local...

Other Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The scheme is not available in many areas.