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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Medical Treatment Complaints (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the redress available for survivors of a home (details supplied) in County Dublin who were subjected to vaccine trials; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29329/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of student visas issued in the Irish Embassy in Beijing in China for students on co-operative programmes with Irish higher education institutions and institutes of technology for the years 2008 to 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29383/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of visa applications received, approved, and refused in the Irish Embassy in Beijing in China for universities and institutes of technology, other third levels, further education colleges and secondary schools for the years 2009 to 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29384/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of visa applications received, approved and refused in the Irish Embassy in Beijing in China for accreditation and co-ordination of English language services approved language schools, and for other English language schools for the years 2009 to 2014; and if she will make a statement on the...

Topical Issue Debate: Dublin Bus Services (14 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am involved in organising a public meeting in Sallynoggin tonight where I expect large numbers of local residents to come and express their absolute fury and disbelief at a decision of two public bodies, Dublin Bus and the National Transport Authority, NTA. These bodies, which are the Government’s responsibility, have made proposals to slash bus services in the greater Dún...

Topical Issue Debate: Dublin Bus Services (14 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Dublin Bus is making €11 million in profits, carrying 4 million extra passengers and these numbers continue to rise. That means we need more, not fewer, buses. This is about profit, nothing more. For the Government, as the Minister of State has just done, to pass this off, claiming it has to do with the NTA and Dublin Bus, is nonsense. The NTA was set up by Fianna Fáil and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to First Minister, Mr. Peter Robinson, and Deputy First Minister, Mr. Martin McGuinness, since the crisis in the Northern Ireland Assembly over welfare reform legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24596/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 24. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, since the recent British general election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24597/15]

Other Questions: Eurozone Crisis (14 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Minister not actually mean that the Minister, Deputy Noonan, has assisted in what is effectively a coup d'état in Greece? There is a deliberate attempt by Chancellor Angela Merkel and the troika to split the Greek Government in order to ram more unconscionable austerity down the throats of people who are on their knees. Does the fact that there is going to be a general strike...

Other Questions: Eurozone Crisis (14 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Nikos Kotzias, since the results of the Greek referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28399/15]

Other Questions: Eurozone Crisis (14 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Tomorrow workers in Greece will commence a 24-hour general strike and there will be mass protests all over Greece against the shameful bullying by the troika and EU governments in attempting to shove another austerity package down the throats of the Greek people who will be protesting against the tragic capitulation of Alex Tsipras’ Government to the austerity agenda. How does the...

Other Questions: Eurozone Crisis (14 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The so-called bailout is conditional on the acceptance of further pension cuts, savage spending cuts, VAT increases, €50 billion worth of further privatisations, more repossessions of homes and foreclosures on small businesses. This is in a country in which the level of poverty has increased by 98%, the child mortality rate has increased by 42%, pensions have been slashed by 45% and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Citizens Imprisoned Abroad (14 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his Department's most recent interventions on behalf of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is imprisoned in Egypt; the interventions, representations or meetings he has had with members of the Egyptian Government or the Egyptian ambassador; if the Government is considering any public statements...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (14 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); the reason this person's claim for a jobseeker's allowance has ceased since March 2015; if her Department will review this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28447/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (14 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a social welfare appeal lodged by a person (details supplied) in mid-June 2015 for a carer's allowance as a matter of urgency, given the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28448/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (14 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 480. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing an application for asylum by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29111/15]

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like to add my support to these amendments. The expression about lies, damned lies and statistics is certainly a relevant idea when we are talking about low pay. We can bandy around statistics, as the Minister of State did earlier when he said that pay levels are increasing. We can debate whether the JobBridge and Gateway schemes are licences for exploitation or, as I suspect the...

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: IBEC.

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would trust the Central Statistics Office first.

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was interesting that the Minister of State suggested David Cameron was playing a bit of a game, by committing to a living wage but taking it away with the other hand through tax credits. He stated wages are rising here and that we are trying to deal with low pay. Is the Government not doing exactly the same thing? Is that not the whole point of these amendments? I am very glad to say a...