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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Honestly, he did not.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He did not respond to the question I asked about two things being set against each other where the same people are-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Unless you have a time machine.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The same spokespersons cannot be in two places at one time.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is directly clashing.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not agreed. The Planning and Development (Amendment)(Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 will finish Second Stage at 4 p.m. tomorrow and will begin Committee Stage at 6 p.m. Meanwhile, Report on Final Stages of the Maritime Area Planning Bill, involving exactly the same spokespersons, will be on in the Dáil Chamber between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. That is completely unacceptable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the challenges facing students of psychology who need to study for up to eight years before they are fully qualified for many disciplines within psychology; if he will consider a particular subvention for these students considering the urgent need for psychologists in both the health and education systems; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase access to further education; if he is considering increasing places to have an open access model that would eliminate the need for CAO and leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58586/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will abolish all fees for apprenticeship courses in view of the skills shortage in many trades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58588/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise in advance to our witnesses if I repeat questions asked earlier. I was in the Dáil. We are behind the curve on designating marine protected areas compared to many other European countries and are playing catch up. How does Mr. Cronin envisage us dealing with the legacy projects in terms of large offshore wind turbine proposals? How do we address the problem of a site that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank our guests for their responses. I am sure Mr. Cronin has already answered this question, but where is the Department at in terms of the development of the legislation? Are there drafts available of the work thus far? What type of criteria will form the basis for assessing areas to be designated? How far along the road is the Department in terms of a draft framework? What can we...

Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sorry. I did not say that. Supermarkets. I did not mention their name. Sorry, it was a slip of the tongue.

Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. The workers are on very low pay. Considering that the food we eat is one of the most basic things we need to sustain our society, it says something that pretty much everyone along the food chain, whether they are Irish, small farmers, migrant workers or the people who work in the shops, is pretty poorly paid. This Bill is part of trying to address that. If we are serious about some...

Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I should have said in my initial comments that on the occasion of a Bill like this coming through it is worth considering the horrific events that took place in the English Channel this week with desperate migrants losing their lives in a boat that capsized. The seas around Europe have become a graveyard for thousands and thousands of desperate people - men, women and children - who are...

Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill is about trying to learn one of the lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic and protecting a particularly vulnerable group of workers whose plight was highlighted in the midst of the pandemic. It was revealed as one of the central stories and scandals of the pandemic. That was the plight of migrant workers working in meat processing,...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I said I would support that.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Absolutely. I knew the LDA would not deliver and now it is not delivering.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister said they would be on site by the end of this year. They will not be on site.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will tell the Minister what my answer is. The private developers that successive Governments have insisted must in some way be involved in this process could not bear it if there was a large amount of housing in my area built at affordable prices of, for example, €200,000 because it would be very hard for them to sell stuff up the road for €400,000 if that were happening on...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----statements showing that they will comply with specific local objectives, SLOs, in development plans. Is the Minister saying that is in the Bill?