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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the plans and procedures in place to secure safe return home for Irish citizens currently trapped in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48455/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 354. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a complete list of all buildings owned by the State or any of the State agencies across Dún Laoghaire, Rathdown; and the occupancy rates and status of each. [47698/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress has been made on a report she received proposing the introduction of a teacher relocation scheme; what her plans are going forward in addressing this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48720/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider including those who wish to down-size to free up a family size home in the 'fresh start' principle for local authority affordable purchase housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47437/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1062. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made on the report he plans to publish summarising submissions regarding discrimination on the basis of disadvantaged socioeconomic status under the Employment Equality Act 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48366/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1126. To ask the Minister for Health whether the standard of care in private care homes, as well as the standard of training and vetting of staff, are the same as the standards employed in HSE-run care homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47428/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meaning of 'irreconcilably estranged' in the context of proof of independence from parents for a SUSI grant application; and what proof will be accepted in the absence of involvement of Tusla, a social worker or the courts; whether an affidavit from a solicitor will be accepted as proof; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 Nov 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to accept that those over the age of 23 years are not living at home as independent of their parents, regardless of the type of accommodation or the length of time living way from home. [47521/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2024 (26 Oct 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering a revision to budget 2024, given the context of the wide range of inflation projections for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46960/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2024 (26 Oct 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he expects to revise funding for any public services in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46958/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Oct 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he expects to revise his allocation of capital spending across any Departments in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46959/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (26 Oct 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 42. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the basis on which he decided to increase capital expenditure by only €250 million in 2024, given the large surpluses in the public finances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47028/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (26 Oct 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to ban log imports following the confirmation of the spruce bark beetle (ips typographus) in Scotland; if so, the date he will bring in the ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47172/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Oct 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been any reduction in the VAT rate applied to sports and fitness classes in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46309/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how a person (details supplied) can take a matter further as advised by the Board of Education when their daughter who is legally blind was refused a place on the basis that she could not complete the visual part of the entry assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46324/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (19 Oct 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress she has made in convening the film industry stakeholder forum as recommended in the recent report by the budget oversight and scrutiny committee on section 481 film tax credit and the Irish film industry. [45790/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (19 Oct 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether she supports the calls of representatives of actors, writers and directors for an end to use of buy-out contracts by film producers as a condition for those producers continuing to receive public funding for film productions in Ireland. [45792/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (19 Oct 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what further actions, if any, has she taken to address the concerns repeatedly raised by representatives of actors, writers, directors and film crews in relation to their remuneration, conditions and contracts of employment and the failure of film producers in receipt of public funding to meet the requirement of quality...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (19 Oct 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what action, if any, she intends to take to ensure recognition of service of film crew in the Irish film industry and to address the vulnerability of film crew to black-balling given the ongoing use of successive fixed-term contracts for the employment of crew by film producers who are in receipt of public funding for film...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (19 Oct 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address precarious work in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45702/23]