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Finance Bill 2021: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I know, and I want to be fair to others. I just want to get this point across because this is my last chance to do so. Then I will stop. The arbitrary date of 7 December is ridiculous because much of the work for musicians collapsed in the weeks before that date. This arbitrary cut-off means that people impacted on or after that date are okay but anything that happened before then does...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Prices (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he plans to take to curb inflation and the impact it is having on the cost of living for those on low and middle incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62402/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Prices (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to deal with the increasing cost of living and the impact this is having on low and middle-income households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62405/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the single-parent tax credit given the increases in the cost of living and the disproportionate effect this can have on single-parent families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62403/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering other measures within his remit notwithstanding the €100 grant being paid to every household towards energy costs in 2022 to offset the increases in energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62404/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The public health measures that have been introduced out of concerns about Omicron, social gathering at Christmas and so on have once again impacted on particular groups of workers and sectors in our society in their ability to work at all or their ability to earn a sustainable living. While the Government has been quite laissez-faire, as has rightly just been referred to in many ways, in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I notice the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media coming into the Chamber. As she is present, jobbing musicians, entertainers and performers on the ground have been appealing for a meeting with her to explain the particular difficulties they are facing, including the anomalies, inconsistencies and refusals.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay. I talked to them this morning and they still felt there was no movement. Many of them are being denied. Whatever the Department is telling the Tánaiste, I tell him they are being refused on spurious grounds around PRSI contributions that they could not possibly show. If their gigs have collapsed for December, they are being asked in for an interview and being told they must...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are telling me there has been no movement.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are none on the EWSS.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: At the end of the year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise in advance to our witnesses if I repeat questions asked earlier. I was in the Dáil. We are behind the curve on designating marine protected areas compared to many other European countries and are playing catch up. How does Mr. Cronin envisage us dealing with the legacy projects in terms of large offshore wind turbine proposals? How do we address the problem of a site that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank our guests for their responses. I am sure Mr. Cronin has already answered this question, but where is the Department at in terms of the development of the legislation? Are there drafts available of the work thus far? What type of criteria will form the basis for assessing areas to be designated? How far along the road is the Department in terms of a draft framework? What can we...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 11: In page 6, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(ea) details of the manner in which obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability, with due regard to the principle of universal design and regulations under Statutory Instrument Number 513 of 2010, have been reflected in the proposed...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I expect a clamour of support from others on the committee for these amendments. I dispute that this is not a special planning process. There is access for the planners to meetings in advance of large-scale developments. We will be discussing later how they consume significant resources, about which local authorities are concerned. Staffing resources and so on that the local authorities...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 13: In page 6, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: "(ea) details of the manner in which the local development plan or county development plan of the local authority in which the site is located is reflected in the proposed development;". This would require that any application for a large-scale residential development include specific local objectives,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As we are speaking to the group, amendment No. 14 refers specifically to the specific local objectives. These are not mentioned in the amendment to the Bill to which the Minister referred.