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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It essentially implies a review of the policy statement.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Maybe my question was answered on Second Stage - I cannot remember - but why are we so far behind everyone else in terms of marine protected areas? How does the rest of Europe have so many more marine protected areas? Is there a reason for that?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That did not quite answer my question. I am genuinely asking for an explanation. This is not a critique of the Minister of State, as his is a new Government, but I am curious. Perhaps the officials know the answer. How are we so far behind in terms of marine protected areas?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Please do.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Could I get a brief explanation on what subsection (2) means?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is all I wanted to know.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is planning permission. It does not in any way relate to the surveying activities.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This applies to licences.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, but there have been failures to transpose and failures to comply with directives. We have suffered big fines and there have been big oversights with respect to real things that have happened in the real world. There were subsequent acknowledgements we messed up and failed to comply. Some of these issues are outstanding. This is not a small matter. I understand the marine spatial...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is just under a year since People Before Profit brought the first motion to this Dáil calling for student nurses and student midwives to be paid while they are working on placement. Today, they are still out there protesting and demanding they be paid and respected for the work they do during placement. I understand the Tánaiste said earlier there will be a slight increase for...

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are 18 months into the pandemic and it is just under a year since People Before Profit brought the first motion to the Dáil calling for payments to student nurses and midwives because of the incredible work they have done on placement during Covid-19 especially but which they do all the time. The Government must get this. This is not just about what student nurses and midwives do...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Deputy Harkin for bringing forward this Bill, which we are very happy to support. When the for-profit banking system drove this economy over a cliff, along with its developer friends, the Government moved heaven and earth to prop it up. Emergency legislation was flowing like confetti. It involved late-night sittings, huge urgency and €60 billion to keep them going. As for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with marine and fishing will next meet. [53177/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I presume we will get the same amount of time as the two previous speakers.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It should be shared out fairly. I was going to raise the issue of the Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021, which the Taoiseach mentioned, but for the week that is in it, I will raise an issue regarding forestry, which I assume this Cabinet committee also deals with because the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: May we have two minutes extra for this grouping to allow the Taoiseach to answer our questions? We kept within time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We kept within our time. Could we even have a minute and a half?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Two minutes, yes. We need it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I need an answer as well.