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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (15 Jan 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce affordable housing schemes in 2019; when and the locations in which they will be available; the persons who will qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1625/19]

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That was a payoff, not a penalty.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Having listened to the Minister, I am hopeful that things are moving. By the way, I thought the advertisement was good. It just needed something else with it to say there were legal protections. We have made progress and I take the Minister at her word, but I do not buy the technical argument because there is politics behind it. I am not saying the Minister is being duplicitous, but there...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I spoke to workers.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is the one amendment I am not excited about. I salute Dave Gibney and all the Mandate crew, along with Joe Carolan from the New Zealand trade union Unite, who are in the Visitors Gallery. Joe Carolan was with me ten years ago on quite a few pickets with building workers at building sites protesting against bogus self-employment. I and many others stood with many building workers...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am ecstatic.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: But ensuring proper legislative scrutiny, of course.

Post-European Council: Statements (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Following on from earlier comments, will the Minister of State tell me whether there was or is recognition at the European Council of the major significance of developments such as the yellow vest protests in France where Paris and other cities were burning and the protests in Hungary? How are the latter protests connected to the very dangerous direction in which Mr. Victor Orbán is...

Post-European Council: Statements (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Murphy will go first. We are sharing time.

Post-European Council: Statements (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Socialists share.

Post-European Council: Statements (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Good politics, particularly in these very tumultuous times in Europe, is about seeing the connections between things. Bad politics is about isolating issues and imagining they can be resolved in isolation. Bad politics is not understanding the connection between what is happening in Hungary, France and the debacle in Tory Britain, the issues that affect this island in terms of Brexit and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the December 2018 EU Council meeting. [52194/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I suspect the British Government wanted to water down the backstop.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There should be no question of us giving an inch on the question of the Border and the assurances given. We often focus on the very immediate and important question of the debacle in Britain and what the implications might be in terms of a crash-out Brexit in the event that there is a deal or no deal. However, over the Christmas period it would be worthwhile reflecting on the wider...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are not our debts. They are Anglo Irish Bank's debts.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The programme for Government states the Government would be tested by the way in which it dealt with the housing crisis. As we face into Christmas, the Government's failure to deliver on its promise to address the housing crisis rings particularly poignantly in our ears. All of us were very moved by the case of Amanda and everybody was delighted to see Amanda and her family get keys to her...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Commencement of Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. Can we hold the Minister to that? I do not know who made the promise but I believe it was made in the context of the amendments in June, so it probably was not the Minister. It was said nonetheless and that is a frustration for people. I hope we can be sure on this.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Commencement of Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered in the absence of commencing Part 9 of the Children and Families Relationship Act 2015, publishing a stand-alone Bill to correct the technical errors in Part 9. [53414/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Commencement of Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the amendments needed will be progressed to commence Part 9 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53207/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Commencement of Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Children and Family Relationships Act was enacted in 2015. It is now 2018 but Parts 2, 3 and 9, which is the one involving the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, have not been commenced. This has very serious implications for couples who are having children through donor-assisted human reproduction, in particular same-sex couples, as there is no proper facility for...