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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We were promised a review before the end of this-----

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (22 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a household that does have an electricity account but has a sub-meter from the landlord's account should be entitled to the full grant towards their electricity bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32843/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (22 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase investment in boxing and give further support to both grass roots boxing clubs and high performance boxers to further advance the potential of Irish boxing given the exceptional success of Irish boxing, both female and male; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33254/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm the new HAP rates, the new uplifts and the new homeless HAP rates given his recent announcement to raise the rates by 35%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32942/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the cap of €30,000 on the Housing Adaptation Grants given of the increased costs in building and supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32939/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will reinstate the eviction ban, given the month on month increase in homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32940/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are able to buy homes with HAP tenants in situ in cases in which the tenant is threatened with eviction on grounds of sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32941/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (23 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any discussions with his Department and his counterpart in Colombia with regards to the operations of a company (details supplied) and the way that Ireland and Colombia work together to ensure the indigenous Misak people receive justice in their campaign to get their land back; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (23 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline any discussions that are taking place at the United Nations Security Council regarding the ongoing situation in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32946/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (23 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the marine protection areas to 30% by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28487/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will sanction all the vacant posts across local authorities and provide the necessary resources for these posts to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31317/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (23 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 402. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their pension given that they retired November 2022 and have been waiting for their pension papers to be processed since than; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33324/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not agreed. At the Business Committee meeting, People Before Profit requested as a matter of urgency that we have an emergency debate before the Dáil goes into summer recess on the housing and homelessness crisis, in particular, family and child homelessness, which has now reached utterly disastrous proportions. I am not exaggerating in saying, if the Taoiseach does not know this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us have some emergency legislation to keep children out of homelessness.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are supposed to have quarterly reviews of Housing for All but we have not had them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [30724/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The biggest obstacle to the well-being of hundreds of thousands of our citizens is the lack of secure and affordable accommodation or, for 10,325 people, including more than 3,000 children, the lack of any accommodation whatsoever. These people are now, in record numbers never seen before, in emergency accommodation or worse, as I pointed out to the Taoiseach earlier, where the local...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: And housing.