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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Social Media (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 203. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to raise the rights of content moderators with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30273/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to protect workers’ health and safety in view of the reopening of the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30274/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 205. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional resources that will be provided to the Health and Safety Authority in relation to the reopening of the hospitality sector; if Covid-19 will be designated as an occupational illness in that context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30275/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 275. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on sanctions against Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30266/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appeal will be supported to retain an additional teacher at a school (details supplied); if she will take steps to rectify the situation prior to the next appeal date on 15 June 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30289/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 59: In page 11, line 25, to delete “the Agency” and substitute “local authorities”. I will not waste much time on this group of amendments. They are just making the point about the Land Development Agency, LDA, stripping local authorities of their functions. It is part of our wider and interconnected critique of this entire Bill in that...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In a similar vein, our amendment proposes that the LDA be a public agency rather than a commercial entity, as envisaged in the Government's Bill. It is noteworthy that the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, appears to have moved over to the socialist position on housing policy, on which I commend it. It may give the Government pause for thought on its misguided approach to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like the Minister of State to respond directly to the point I made and, more to the point, to what the ESRI has said today. It is directly challenging the logic behind the Government’s approach, as embodied in the Land Development Agency Bill. The Government’s obsession with public private partnerships and involving private investment, as well as the knock-on...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sure, and I apologise for coming in. I just thought it would be important to respond to Deputy McAuliffe's point. The point is that we should legislate in line with Government policy. If the new policy of the Government is the direct provision of public housing, as Deputy McAuliffe says, and for 100% public and affordable housing on public land, let us first acknowledge that that is a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 72: In page 13, line 5, to delete “a DAC limited by shares conforming to the conditions laid down in this Act” and substitute “a public agency to be known as the Land Development Agency”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 73: In page 13, to delete lines 7 to 12.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 76: In page 13, line 22, to delete “land” where it firstly occurs and substitute “and private land, and to acquire private land where necessary”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 78: In page 13, line 25, after “public” to insert “and private”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 79: In page 13, line 27, after “of” to insert “public and affordable”.

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will share time with Deputies Murphy and Barry. Both the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance got quite annoyed with People Before Profit this morning saying that we never recognise the good things the Government does, and that we are just looking for reasons to give out. I refute that absolutely. Of course, we acknowledge the income and wage supports, grants to SMEs and so on to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last week, the Government unfortunately voted against my amendment seeking to impose sanctions on Israel of the same sort we imposed on apartheid South Africa. I think that is a mistake and I think history will ultimately vindicate the view that this is an apartheid state and that it should be treated in the same way as apartheid South Africa. Beyond that general proposition, I want to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (2 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (2 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: And the psychologists as well.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the EU and international division of his Department. [26505/21]