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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No. She was heckling me, which is out of order.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Oh, but Deputy Carroll MacNeill was not out of order?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Ah.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For a considerable time People Before Profit has argued we need a State construction company in order to address the absolutely dire housing and homelessness crisis and to deliver the housing we need, and especially the social and affordable housing we need. The evidence for that is manifold. The Government has not met its own social housing targets, nor its affordable housing targets....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: You have some brass neck, but I will come back to that.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how a person (details supplied) was appointed as a State solicitor and then as a judge when there were serious complaints to two separate school boards of management; the vetting system for State solicitors and judges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8180/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (20 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 24. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his meeting with the UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak. [7880/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [6661/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if in the instance of a first passport application there is a necessity of the identity verification form section 7 to be witnessed by a member of An Garda Síochána or whether any witness from the list provided on the gov.ie website is suitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7626/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on what schools in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown area provide properly serviced reading classes for dyslexic children, and if there are any upcoming plans to provide properly serviced reading classrooms for dyslexic children in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7525/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the implications for a RAS tenant, considering RAS is designated like social housing as social housing support, whose income goes over the income limit, who pays rent in line with the increased income but then receives a notice to quit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7675/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the timeline for the full installation of the hot school meals programme; if there is a commitment by her Department to cover all schools by the next Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7614/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (20 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in light of the recent conviction of a Circuit Court judge for sexual offences, to explain how it was possible for somebody with so many serious complaints against them to be appointed as a Circuit Court judge; to confirm that neither the Gardaí nor the school previously employing the judge undertook any activity which...

Sustainable Fisheries Sector and Coastal Communities: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was asked by east coast fishers to relay concerns to the Minister about the threat they see to their industry. It is currently a sustainable shellfish industry which they estimate directly and indirectly results in the employment of approximately 800 people affecting towns and coastal communities and fishers all the way up and down the east coast. The threat they see is from plans to...

Sustainable Fisheries Sector and Coastal Communities: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will add that the fishers would very much appreciate, given the complaints they are making about the failure of these companies to engage properly with their representatives, particularly in terms of the Codling Bank, that the Minister might look into that and try to ensure that engagement actually takes place and that we do not end up cutting off our nose to spite our face. There is no...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Television Licence Fee (15 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The need for radical reform in RTÉ is obvious from the €450,000 paid to the former financial officer. It is shocking on top of all the revelations about obscene salaries. We need to get to the root of why this stuff happened. Part of the reason was that RTÉ moved away from a public service remit and became too embroiled in advertising and commercial considerations. Then...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (15 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht following the recent film industry section 481 stakeholder forum, her views on the widespread and legitimate concern of actors, writers, directors and film crew in relation to sustainable and secure employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7003/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (15 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to address the significant shortfall of sports pitches and other sports facilities, that is growing particularly acute in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, considering the huge growth in people participating in sport, in particular women and girls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7001/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (15 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her assessment of the recent film industry section 481 stakeholder forum; her plans are to address the concerns, issues and proposals raised at the forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7002/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (15 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to give an update on the Government’s latest thinking on the central funding of RTÉ and public service broadcasting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7004/24]