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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 want the answer to that so I may understand why-----

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: Anybody who has just signalled that they intend to enter into consultations is one cohort, if I understand correctly. Then there are others who have got-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If we were not discussing the utterly tragic and terrible death of Ashling Murphy this week and the implications it has for how our society treats women, we would be discussing another tragic death of a 17-year-old man who took his own life after leaving the care of a hospital and who was on the radar of Tusla. That speaks to the terrible and consistent failure to provide adequate mental...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On two occasions I have raised the plight of the accessible community transport service in south Dublin with the Taoiseach. It provided door-to-door transport for people in wheelchairs and with severe mobility issues. He did respond to me in a letter but to be honest the letter did not offer any comfort in terms of the need for the service to replace its buses. It does not have the buses...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. [60209/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last year, People Before Profit brought a Bill to the Dáil that proposed a constitutional referendum to enshrine the right to housing. There was a commitment in the programme for Government to have a referendum on housing but nothing is happening on these things. There are consequences for real human beings as a result of the Government's failure to do something on this. On dozens...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the specific case, I ask if anything can be done, please.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last night, I was privileged to speak at a meeting marking the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. It was attended by hundreds and hundreds of people from this country, including many young people wanting to learn about the history of Bloody Sunday. The meeting was addressed by Kate Nash of the Bloody Sunday families, people from the Black Lives Matter movement and people from the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For many years, People Before Profit has called for a wealth tax to try to redistribute wealth in what is one of the richest countries in the world where wealth has increased exponentially year after year, including during the pandemic. We now have the ironic situation that today, 100 of the richest people in the world have sent a begging letter to the political leaders of the world asking...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not a wealth tax. It is seriously not a wealth tax.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not a wealth tax. Give me a break.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a few hundred quid that billionaires are paying.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They should be taxed for property.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The billionaires are claiming-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is planning to review public sector pay in view of the current inflation rate of 5.3%; if he has had discussions with the Minister for Finance as to the way that private sector workers could also be compensated for the effect that this rate of inflation is having on the cost of living for workers nationally; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The €1,000 bonus for front-line healthcare workers is richly deserved, while the additional bank holiday is something that will be welcomed widely. These gains will be somewhat hollow, however, if the cost of living and the rate of inflation continue at the current level. In effect, that will mean that workers, pensioners and social welfare recipients are in fact seeing real income...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Given the day that is in it, I will refer to the pandemic bonus. As well as the richly-deserved €1,000 for front-line healthcare workers, carers and those working with disability should benefit. I shout out particularly for retail workers in supermarkets. They put themselves at very serious risk and literally kept us alive during the pandemic. The Minister should consider them. ...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will just say that the Dunnes Stores workers have shown the way. They are traditionally low-paid workers who kept us going at the front line. They put in a pay claim and got 10%. That is what they deserve. Especially after Covid, retail workers and lower paid workers should be getting pay increases in that order. The Government should actively try to facilitate that. Last night the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am taking this question on behalf of Deputy Bríd Smith, who has been delayed in hospital. The question concerns the Iveagh Market in the Liberties. It is an absolute scandal that the building has been sat on by a developer. It is derelict and could collapse. It is an historical heritage site and the local community wants it to be re-established as a market, which could really...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (20 Jan 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I understand the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is centrally responsible for this area, but this is a heritage site. It is an absolute scandal that this beautiful building is now on the brink of collapse, instead of having been refurbished, revitalised or redeveloped as a market for the people. That was originally what this building was intended to be when it was given...