Results 281-300 of 25,546 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 28. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent Munich Security Conference. [15145/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There will be another national demonstration this Saturday in support of the people of Gaza and Palestine. The very simple demand will be for sanctions on Israel now. The simple inescapable fact is that the genocide that Israel is inflicting on Gaza and the horrors that have been inflicted on its people could not happen if Israel did not get EU favoured trade status, weapons from Germany,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The National Youth Council of Ireland, NYCI ,report suggests that half of young people are very unhappy with their housing situation and more than half feel their mental health is seriously being affected by this issue. They have good reason to feel that way. I will give two examples. This week, I met a family who are being evicted. They are a working family who got a notice to quit on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was not aware until a bus driver who works for Dublin Bus contacted me that a major transport conference is taking place in Dublin this week. It is the Transport Research Arena conference, which I believe the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, are at to discuss sustainable transport. The driver asked me why there are no bus drivers at the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will next meet. [15144/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [10625/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that schools that are looking to open special classes and that have a waiting list for these classes are not inhibited from doing so because of lack of physical space; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16471/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the method of calculating the allocation of special needs resources to schools that has seen a third of primary schools lose resources for 2024/2025 will be changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16470/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (16 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 763. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the pilot project to provide free period products is extended to a permanent scheme and is put in place for all further and higher education institutions as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16542/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Chair for accommodating me. Amendment No. 779 seeks to amend the Government's proposals in the legislation around the duration of planning permissions. Currently, in the Bill in front of us, the duration of a planning permission "shall be five years from the date of grant". I understand there is also scope for an additional five years. We are suggesting that this be reduced to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I appreciate the Minister acknowledges there is an issue to be addressed, or at least I hope he does. However, we are in a housing emergency. The situation is absolutely dire and a part of that is rooted in the abuse of planning permissions for speculative purposes. I might cite in that regard, the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service, IGEES, report from a few years ago, which...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, if it has commenced, but the other thing that can be done, as per the example I cited, is that another planning application can be lodged. In the example I gave, the property was flipped. It has had at least three different owners in a period of approximately 20 years and when a bit of heat was put on, including a discussion by the council about using a compulsory purchase order to buy...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay, it has been ruled out of order. It may be out of order but the point is important.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Chairman for his indulgence. This will be my last intervention because I must depart. The Minister can quibble about two, three or even four years but if the thing commences then there is not a problem. We want to see commencements. The Minister has made the valid point that our amendment does not put a limit on the renewals. If I were to table this amendment on Report...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Five years plus.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In our case we are saying two years. I think that sort of standard, with the possibility of an extension, gives the option for the period ending up being ten years. This matter does not just concern residential development. Perhaps the Minister can answer my query about Cherrywood town centre. He should be aware of it and I have only just become aware of it. I have heard word from...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay. I will tone that down.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will say that using the situation to leverage concessions would be equally unacceptable. This aspect must be addressed. In our view, it has not been adequately addressed and we need more robust measures, given the seriousness of the situation.