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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling licences his Department must issue to the private sector each week from 1 March 2022 to 31 December 2022 in order to achieve his targets as set out in the recent licensing plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15197/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Coillte felling licences included in his Departments dashboard for the week ending 4 March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15198/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank our contributors from the Central Bank. On the last point about the nature of the energy price increases, Europe has substantially increased its renewable energy production. I think I am correct in saying that 2020 was the first year in which the majority of electricity in Europe was produced renewably. We have actually increased the renewable energy supply in Europe and in this...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Dr. Cassidy. I think there are important implications of this. In a globalised economy, the owners of the energy supplies are really the shareholders, who are not limited. The companies will be based in a particular country, whether that is BP or Shell in Britain or Aramco in Saudi Arabia, but people with additional wealth in this country buy shares in these companies. I often...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was not saying it was just that, I was just giving that as an example. This predates Covid. The Central Bank's reports show a consistent increase in net household wealth for the past ten years or so, with fairly dramatic increases pre-Covid. It is interesting that is happening. Most people, particularly with the increasing rate of inflation and so on but even more generally, will not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the housing aspect, we all agree that it is an absolute priority to address the housing crisis. What is the Central Bank's view about our ability to do that? Even pre-Ukraine, we were reaching the point where rents are completely unaffordable for most people, house prices are completely unaffordable, and the cost of construction has reached a point where the market at least is not really...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is one other thing. Dr. Cassidy quoted some statistics there on the distributional impacts of inflation on different deciles of the population or whatever. Was that a document? I was trying to find it on the bank's website.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay, but the officials will send it to us as well.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Chairman.

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputies Bríd Smith, Paul Murphy and Barry. We are happy to support the Sinn Féin motion on energy price increases and the proposed measures, but we also will move an amendment to the motion that the Government needs to use the powers it has under the Consumer Protection Act to put caps on prices to declare an emergency in respect of the supply of energy and...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. The world is disgusted and revolted at what Vladimir Putin is doing, his bloody invasion and the imperialist logic behind it. Rightly, people's hearts go out to the people of Ukraine and they want to show all the solidarity they can. The best hope is that the resistance of the Ukrainian people, alongside the opposition of the Russian people to this...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Healthcare workers put themselves on the front line for all of us during the two years, and more, of the pandemic. They are now overrun again. There are record numbers on hospital trolleys and further surges in Covid. On 19 January the Tánaiste proposed that €1,000 would be given to each healthcare worker. This week, I had several representations from healthcare workers to say...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The world is rightly expressing its utter outrage and revulsion at the despotism and warmongering of Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. I have asked at the Business Committee for the Government to facilitate a debate as a matter of urgency on a crisis every bit as horrific, involving Saudi Arabia and Yemen, where the UN recently reported there are now 13 million people on the brink of starvation....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she will take in relation to the recent review of pension age that recommended not moving the pension age to the 67th year; and if she will further consider returning the pension age to 65 years in line with many countries across Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14564/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will rectify the situation in which those on pandemic unemployment payments over the course of the pandemic do not now have the necessary PRSI contributions to cover regular dental and optician visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14563/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Civil Service travel rates will be reviewed given rising inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14552/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a plan has been made for the sale or repurpose of the Dalkey and Kill o' the Grange Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14608/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans and the timeline for the review of the HAP limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14592/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the discussions he has had on, and the timeline he has put in place for, the promised review of the social housing income limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14593/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (22 Mar 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the programmes or funding in place for local authorities to acquire homes in order to prevent homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14594/22]