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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (24 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason she is limiting the basic income pilot scheme to 2,000 applicants; if she will reconsider this number given that it represents a very small cohort of those working in the arts and culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10514/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (24 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of establishing the eligibility criteria for the basic income pilot scheme for workers in the arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10512/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (24 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider developing a register for artists, performers, crew and technicians and all those working in arts and culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10515/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (24 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the projected amounts that will be raised from the carbon tax that are ring-fenced for retrofitting programmes in each of the years 2022 to 2030, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10486/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (24 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the ESB ecar cards require a minimum credit of €5 at all times; the rationale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10544/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite approval for the submission of detailed cost analysis plan by a school project (details supplied) for building proposal submitted on 31 January 2022 in order to avoid any delay that may result in an inflation in cost in the interim as has happened in the past; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10523/22]

Security Situation in Europe: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Vladimir Putin is a thug, an autocrat, a despot and a warmonger. His military aggression in Ukraine is completely unacceptable and he should get his troops out. There is no doubt about that and he should be roundly condemned. This is not new for Putin or the Russian state. It has a long history of treating its neighbouring countries as a prison house. In fact, famously, tsarist Russia...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (23 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 23. To ask the Taoiseach when the shared island unit will hold its next dialogue. [9701/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On Leaders' Questions earlier, I asked the Taoiseach to consider imposing rent controls as is being done in France. The problem of rising and unaffordable rents is worse in Ireland than pretty much anywhere else in Europe, but it is happening everywhere. The Taoiseach gave me what was, no doubt, his scriptwriter's pat answer to fob this off, that it did not really work in Berlin.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Berlin imposed a totally pathetic form of rent control, which only controlled rents for apartments or houses built before 2014. Anything built after 2014 they can charge what they like. So what happened? Rents for apartments and houses built before 2014 were stabilised and everything else went through the roof. I asked the Taoiseach to look at what they have done in France, which is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (23 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to add my voice to the appeal on behalf of the Stardust families for the Taoiseach to ensure that legal changes are made so we have transparent jury selection and that it is independent of the gardaí who are a party to the case. The jurors should be remunerated for the period during the inquest because it could go on for months. For the Taoiseach not to do so at this stage would...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe will next meet. [9700/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I just do not think the State should be facilitating its profiteering.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Zero council houses-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Since the cost of living crisis erupted and ordinary people face being crucified by energy and heating price hikes and rising accommodation and rental costs, we have sought to point out that this is not some natural phenomenon but that some people are benefiting from the misery and hardship that others are suffering. Last week we pointed out the enormous jump in profits for energy companies,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Seriously, the Taoiseach's arguments are utterly threadbare. He mentioned HAP. I just told him rents in Dublin are over €2,000. The highest HAP payment anyone can get is €1,950. Someone looking for a HAP tenancy in a housing crisis might as well just walk up to the nearest homeless hostel. That is the reality of what is going on. The biggest fantasy the Taoiseach is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Walk around the city. Check how many are public housing.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (23 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant sites identified in each local authority area across the country; the amounts levied in each area under the vacant sites levy; the amounts collected under the levy; the number of sites and the amounts outstanding in unpaid levies in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (23 Feb 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of derelict sites identified in each local authority area across the country; the amounts levied in each area under the derelict sites levy; and the amounts collected under the levy; the number of sites and amounts outstanding in unpaid levies in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make...