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Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 10: In page 29, to delete lines 20 to 28 and substitute the following: "(2) Not later than 1 month following enactment (of this legislation), the Minister shall commence and carry out a review of the existing NMPF to— (a) review its compliance with the MSP Directive, (b) provide for interim protections for the marine environment, and (c) in respect of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: At the risk of blowing our own trumpet on this issue, we have always said that whether it was inflation, rent freezes or anything else proposed by Government or Opposition parties, it would not work because rents were already too high. We need to set rents. The obvious gap relates to any new property. The Government said we will solve the problem by increasing supply, but any cap or freeze...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is very slow.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is the Minister of State, Deputy English.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 22. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [58591/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There has been a lot of talk from the Government about recognising the work of essential workers during the pandemic, that things will be different and that, for those workers who carried us through the pandemic, there will be payback. One group of workers that have not been talked about enough, but who were absolutely essential and worked throughout the pandemic, are private security...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It certainly does.

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will get there.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the public conversation on the well-being framework for Ireland. [57557/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress made on the economic recovery plan published by his Department in May 2021. [57558/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council.. [57556/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach mentioned that under the framework for well-being, particular groups were being looked at, and that NESC produced a report on building a new relationship between voluntary organisations and the State, including disability groups in that sector. I will repeat a point that I have made previously to the Taoiseach. In the area of disability, we are failing at many levels. Covid...

Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am glad the Government is not opposing our Bill on ventilation and the need for clean air in workplaces, but we need more than that. We need critical urgency in taking on this issue and legislating for a proper level of ventilation, air filtration and clean air standards. There are two ways to respond to a pandemic. It is understandable when we are facing a new situation that there are...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 11: In page 6, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(ea) details of the manner in which obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability, with due regard to the principle of universal design and regulations under Statutory Instrument Number 513 of 2010, have been reflected in the proposed...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I expect a clamour of support from others on the committee for these amendments. I dispute that this is not a special planning process. There is access for the planners to meetings in advance of large-scale developments. We will be discussing later how they consume significant resources, about which local authorities are concerned. Staffing resources and so on that the local authorities...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 13: In page 6, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: "(ea) details of the manner in which the local development plan or county development plan of the local authority in which the site is located is reflected in the proposed development;". This would require that any application for a large-scale residential development include specific local objectives,...