Results 5,101-5,120 of 27,073 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett
- Rent Reduction Bill 2022: First Stage (30 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to reduce rents to affordable levels by limiting them to a maximum of a quarter of monthly household incomes and to establish a National Rent Authority for this purpose. The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to reduce rents to affordable levels...
- Rent Reduction Bill 2022: First Stage (30 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."
- Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The difference between the "Tá" and "Níl" votes is greater than ten.
- Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Fine Gael Deputies are rowdy.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Which amendment is that?
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, this is not Committee Stage.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Acting Chairman. As we have already pointed out, we are discussing the nursing home support scheme and the Residential Tenancies Act. We discovered from the most recent response of the Minister of State that we are also talking about the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 and changes being made thereto. We will not even get to discuss the amendments...
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No, I was not.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sure there were objections to this carry-on.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sure.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sure I am sure.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am deadly serious.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Sometimes one cannot attend the Business Committee. I had a substitute there, by the way.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have not finished. I want the Minister of State to explain the changes to the Affordable Housing Act.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There you go. The Dáil has never discussed the amendments to the Affordable Housing Act.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like to hear the Minister of State first.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I just find this extraordinary. The Minister of State is telling us he cannot answer the questions about these amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act that we have never debated in the Dáil and that are contained in building control legislation. The Minister of State who is taking the session does not know the answers. That is a joke of legislation. It absolutely makes a sham of...
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is sharp practice.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not blaming the Acting Chairman.