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Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Acting Chairman. That is very generous of him. I made my points on Second Stage but I will briefly summarise them because the Minister was absent at the time. I am unsure whether he is aware of the points I made.

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I heard those comments and I will deal with them in a minute. Actually, I will deal with them now. The Minister should not attribute quotes to me that I never made. I never, ever used the phrase "tsunami of evictions". A very well known housing activist who is not a Member of this House used that phrase. In my opinion, his concerns were just concerns, given the heroic role he plays in...

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have a few legitimate points to make.

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Two people contributed a very important concept to our understanding of modern society: Hegel and Karl Marx. They spoke of the concept of alienation, which was brilliantly captured by Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream. While there are advantages to meetings on Zoom and Teams, the substitution for real human social interaction of endless Zoom and Teams meetings for all time to come...

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a number of occasions in recent weeks and again with the Taoiseach today I have raised the issue of access to the vaccine on a global basis being critical to the effectiveness of the vaccine anywhere. If access is not provided to the vaccine for poorer countries, this potentially will create a massive hole in vaccine cover which will allow for mutations and potentially undermine the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Shared Island Unit (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The most pressing and urgent issue that we face on a shared island basis at this moment is the threat of Covid-19. The scenes in the North last night of ambulances lining up outside hospitals and massive overcrowding in the emergency departments because of Covid-19, frankly, had fairly alarming echoes of what happened in Italy early this year. That is a warning. Already, there are signs...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask the Taoiseach to give a brief answer regarding the student nurses.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are understaffed.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not get an answer to my previous question about vulture funds being allowed to evict people. I would appreciate an answer on that because it is happening in the teeth of Christmas. On public sector reform, the Government has thrown a considerable amount of mud into people's eyes in response to the demands of the student nurses and midwives to be paid for their work on placement, to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Over the past three years, I have repeatedly raised the plight of tenants in the St. Helen's Court apartment complex in Dún Laoghaire. They have faced four attempts by two different vulture funds that bought the complex to evict them using loopholes in the Residential Tenancies Acts. They tried to increase the rent by 60% at one point, they then used substantial refurbishments as...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [43543/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with housing will next meet. [43542/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The €3 million offer for retraining is an insult to Debenhams workers. The failure by the Government to ensure justice for these workers is appalling. I remind the Taoiseach that he said he could not put money on the table because it would set a precedent. A sum of €18 million is owed to the State by Debenhams. The Taoiseach did not mind setting a precedent when it came to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am just sick of it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was for the banks-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They were.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government has had 250 days.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Economic and Social Council (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he has read the recent NESC publication entitled The Position of the Self-Employed. [42006/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Economic and Social Council (16 Dec 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he has read the recent NESC publication entitled Housing Policy: Actions to Deliver Change. [42007/20]