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Other Questions: Property Tax (30 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To paraphrase Marx, a spectre is haunting Fine Gael - the spectre of the unfair property tax.

Other Questions: Property Tax (30 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Karl. The spectre I refer to is the unfair property tax and the dramatic hikes because of property prices increasing by 71%. 5 o’clock The Minister has acknowledged the folly of this unfair property tax by deferring the initial revaluation and is now talking about a cross-departmental review. Does he not think it is time to acknowledge that there is no way of tweaking the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (30 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We also get all our money back with social housing.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Hungary and his meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. [1680/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (30 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Of the many pressing infrastructure needs the country has, the most pressing is being able to put an affordable roof over the heads of our citizens. This is vital from a social and economic point of view. Given that in the budget the Taoiseach committed, between the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, and Home Building Finance Ireland, approximately €1 billion in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (30 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, will next meet. [1832/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Obviously, it was positive to visit our troops. There is no doubt about their bravery and the importance of the work they do, but we really have to up the ante in our political criticism and questioning of what Israel is doing. As mentioned, there are many child prisoners, including Ahed Tamimi, while illegal settlement continues. Also to be considered is the strangulation of Gaza and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the Irish troops in Lebanon. [1833/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Issues (30 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria he plans to establish regarding affordability in HBFI funded developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52267/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (30 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of overtopping the Office of Public Works has carried out along the coastline; the amount of overtopping that has been carried out on the east coast; his plans for overtopping in the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown area; his further plans for Bullock harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3965/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Job Assist Scheme (30 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the way in which a person is dealt with by her Department in circumstances in which a service user engaged in a JobBridge scheme leaves the scheme early due to non-compliance with employment law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4352/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Job Assist Scheme (30 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person selected for a JobBridge scheme has the same rights under employment law as other employees; if that person is entitled to a P45 if their employment is not continued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4381/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Job Assist Scheme (30 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a company engaged in employing a person through the JobBridge scheme is vetted to ensure it complies with employment law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4382/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Customer Charters (30 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedure in her Department for investigating complaints by service users; the timeframe within which it must respond to a person that makes a complaint; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4353/18]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we not get some answers?

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Could we have a little flexibility?

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was incorporeal.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We agree.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need to hear these words of wisdom.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have been asking for this debate since it was originally scheduled that the regulations be disposed of by the House without debate. I will not oppose these measures. Indeed, I do not know if we have the power to do so.