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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Why is Go-Ahead Ireland having such trouble recruiting and retaining them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am just trying to get an answer to a very simple question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (7 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when three levels will be in place for the leaving certificate, as is the case with the junior certificate (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61147/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (6 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of new smart meters that have had to be replaced due to being faulty since the beginning of the programme; the number of customers that have been charged €400 for requesting a meter check; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60563/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (6 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 612. To ask the Minister for Health when a care plan will be implemented for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60552/22]

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Deputy Bacik for bringing forward this important Bill on Dublin Bay. For my part, as a Dún Laoghaire Deputy in one of the areas that adjoin the Dublin Bay area, and as someone for whom Dublin Bay is a precious resource and amenity, I and my colleagues are happy to support the Bill, what it seeks to achieve in putting a joined-up, coherent focus on protecting the bay as an...

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The point is that the general principle is right. We need some body that is genuinely representative of all stakeholders, all those who have a real interest in protecting and enhancing the bay, protecting its biodiversity as an amenity, representing the various stakeholders in the bay area and ensuring that the water quality is the best it can possibly be. That body should have real power...

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, it was not, but from small things important ones often grow. We built up the campaign against that horrific proposal. Subsequently, there was another proposal for a ten-storey apartment block. In Dún Laoghaire, just east of the east pier, the entire area from Teddys ice cream to the east pier would now be blocked out from the main road if that proposal had gone forward. At the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On Thursday, Jacqueline, a mother of two teenage children and wife to Richard, a man who has worked all his life - both of them are in their late 50s - rang me in tears to tell me they are going to be in court in the first week of February to face eviction from the home where they have lived all their lives. This is despite claims by the Government that it has brought in an eviction ban.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They have both written to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What is the Government going to do to protect people who have done absolutely nothing wrong from being evicted from their homes? Will it finally bring in an eviction ban that actually prevents people who have done nothing wrong from being thrown out of their homes like this family?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Nobody else did.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was just saying that nobody else stuck to the time.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: She also wrote to him.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on transport will next meet. [59252/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us see how we get on.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I suggest we see how we get on because the two other groupings are shorter.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: However, we should give extra time to this grouping.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On 9 April 2020, more than 1,000 Debenhams workers received an email telling them that they had lost their jobs. The researchers who are making a film about the Debenhams dispute have just uncovered evidence which suggests very strongly that the three vulture funds, and a consortium including Bank of Ireland, had orchestrated this liquidation precisely one year before, in order to get around...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I sent the Taoiseach today the evidence that has been dug up by the researchers into the film that is being made about Debenhams which, by the way, will be shown in the Dublin Theatre Festival in February or March, but they would like some answers in advance of that in respect of who knew what and the role of KPMG, the Bank of Ireland and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in...