Mon, 15 Jun – 21 Jun 2020 · 4 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 35 questions · 2 new lobbying filings
Barry Ward — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Cormac Devlin — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
14 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked14 total
Finance3 questions
2020-06-16Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing by €250,000 the threshold at which businesses must use the invoice system as opposed to cash receipts system for VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10515/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield from standard rating all discretionary tax reliefs and expenditures that cost in excess of €5 million per year in revenue; the breakdown of each tax relief and expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10516/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider including the yoga sector in plans to reduce the rate of VAT from 13.5% in the hospitality, hairdressing and gym sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11643/20]
Education3 questions
2020-06-16Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of the new campus for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11634/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of new buildings for schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11635/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11636/20]
Health2 questions
2020-06-16Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on weddings of between 100 and 250 persons taking place from September 2020, subject to the targets being met in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; if not, when a decision will be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11639/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider amending the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business to allow hairdressers and barbers open on 29 June 2020, subject to the targets being met in the roadmap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11640/20]
Communications2 questions
2020-06-16Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he plans to take to support the independent radio and audio producers sector; the reason for excluding the sector from round 36 funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11637/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he has taken to ensure the providers of home telephone, mobile and broadband services are providing adequate customer service to vulnerable members of society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11638/20]
Transport2 questions
2020-06-16Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to reduce backlogs that have built up for the driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11641/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the renewals for taxi licences falling due from 16 June 2020 until the end of phase 4 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business for an additional period in view of the backlogs at NCT centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11642/20]
Children1 question
2020-06-16Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early years service providers that are due to re-register by the end of December 2020; if Tusla has adequate resources to ensure the process is completed in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10514/20]
Employment1 question
2020-06-16Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff employed in the State pension, contributory, section; the average processing time for a State pension, contributory, application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10513/20]
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity
0 votes ·
19 questions ·
1 new lobbying return
Questions asked19 total
Children5 questions
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if certainty will be provided for parents and crèche owners by reactivating the CCS in view of the fact that crèches cannot plan adequately (details supplied) and are due to open on 29 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11554/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the future of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence units nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11557/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a progress report will be provided on employing the promised domestic abuse worker in Tusla in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11558/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress of the domestic violence accommodation review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11559/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and name of women's refuges nationwide; the funding models for running the refuges; the up-front costs for sourcing the buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11560/20]
Housing4 questions
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will work with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, approved housing bodies and Tusla to ensure that there is a women's refuge in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11552/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to extend the moratorium on evictions and revise the manner in which landlords can evict for rent arrears in view of the extreme loss of income experienced by many during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11566/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a moratorium on upward rent review will be implemented in view of the extreme loss of income experienced by many during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11567/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a greater level of support will be ensured for tenants accruing arrears due to a loss of income experienced by many during the Covid-19 pandemic; if further support will be ensured for HAP and rent allowance tenants who are paying top-ups to their landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11568/20]
Education2 questions
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which it is planned to vindicate the right to education of children here in view of the public health guidelines in place; if additional teachers are being recruited; if additional buildings are being sourced to ensure a reduced pupil teacher ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11562/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a commitment will be given in the interest of victims, the public and history, to ensure that there is no seal of 75 or other number of years in a future retention of records bill with regard to the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, the Residential Institutions Redress Board and the Residential Institutions Redress Review Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11563/20]
Justice2 questions
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the direct provision centres here; the location, address and number of residents in each location by age and gender; the number of residents in each location who are victims of torture and trauma; the annual cost of each location by payments to the companies running the location and the different companies providing services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11556/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the key commitments in the Istanbul Convention ratified in July 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11561/20]
Health2 questions
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number allowed at small weddings during each phase of the reopening under the revised Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11089/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the length of time between all persons with suspected cases of Covid-19 who requested a test and the completion of the contact tracing for these cases in the weeks commencing 18 and 25 May and 1 June 2020, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11553/20]
Defence1 question
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) has not had a response to the application submitted 12 weeks ago to rejoin the Army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11088/20]
Finance1 question
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider asking financial lending institutes to extend the AIP, approval in principle, beyond six months for persons with mortgage approval as they will not allow drawdown of the loan while the lendee is in the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11137/20]
Transport1 question
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if taxi owners will be off the road after 26 July 2020 if their NCT and suitability expires, in view of the fact they are unable to get an appointment for the NCT and suitability test for their taxi prior to 26 July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10560/20]
Employment1 question
2020-06-16Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a series of matters (details supplied) relating to planned changes to the pandemic unemployment payment; the new payment in respect of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11555/20]
New lobbying1 return
National Bus and Rail UnionTransport
Staggering starting times of schools, colleges and other workplaces to lessen the peak time demand on Public Transport. Incentives for people who work from home, like a tax credit. Introduction of park and ride facilities to eliminate congestion. Introduction of Bus Rapid Transit and the establishment of a transport forum.