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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The tenant in situpurchase scheme could be in serious trouble if recent examples are anything to go by. We have had Tathony House where, despite repeated requests from Dublin City Council to buy the property to prevent evictions, the owner has simply ignored the council. I highlighted an eviction last Friday that actually took place because a receiver refused requests from Dún...

Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is. I am sharing time with Deputy Gino Kenny. I thank Sinn Féin for introducing this Bill, which we are happy to support. Israel is not only guilty of ethnic cleansing, apartheid and settler colonialism on the historical land of Palestine, but it is now guilty of that at Dublin Airport as well. I received an email on 8 May from a young Palestinian woman who was studying in UCD...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (11 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is planning any new measures in Budget 2024 to address the recruitment and retention difficulties across key areas of the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22156/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (11 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details on the reason a respite service (details supplied) is closed for three months; the replacement service that will be available for parents and carers in the meantime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22219/23]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yesterday, the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, found in favour of Ms Jane Crowe, former Debenhams worker and shop steward in Henry Street and, by extension, hundreds of other Debenhams workers who were cruelly treated and let down by their employer, Debenhams, and KPMG, the liquidators. The ruling found that the liquidators did not consult the workers properly and did not give them the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (17 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full-year cost of providing a €100 electricity credit to each principal private residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23529/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (17 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for St. Bricin’s military hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23393/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of reversing the 2023 carbon tax increase and postponing the 2024 increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23527/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (17 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of abolishing USC for all earners and replacing it with a higher income social charge of 10% on all earnings over €100,000 per year; and the estimated revenue that would be generated by the introduction of this new higher charge. [23528/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of increasing tax bands by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23530/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tax Code (17 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of funding local authorities in place of revenue for the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23523/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (17 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the resources available to the survivors of mother-and-baby homes once they receive their information; if the social worker quoted in his Department's letter will make themselves available to all who need help deciphering and understanding the information they have been sent; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she intends to take to boost support and funding to improve the provision of facilities for community sports, particularly in disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23581/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered grants for mid-to-low-income households that wish to expand their bedroom space through extensions or attic conversions to help address the current housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23569/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Whatever about the debates, no one doubts the continuing severity of the housing and accommodation crisis. In this question, I am relaying a suggestion that came to me and that I believe is worth considering. It is not by any means the panacea to the housing crisis, but might we consider making grants available, particularly to low-and-middle-income families, to do attic conversions and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State told us about a lot of stuff that we already know. It is a new suggestion that we develop a grant scheme, particularly for those who do not have the resources to do it, to build attic conversions and extensions that would create additional bedroom space and so on, in the face of a very severe housing crisis, one aspect of which is very severe overcrowding. It is not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A new idea has been suggested, so I ask the Minister of State not to just repeat what the Government is already doing. I know there are SEAI grants for insulation. One of the problems with them is that they are only useful to people who are already fairly well off. The proposal that has come to me, which is a good one, is that we have a grant scheme particularly directed at lower- and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are a couple of issues I wish to raise with the Minister which, again I believe, are practical suggestions. We need a portal where people can get the information about cost-rental and affordable housing. Many people just do not know what is out there, where they go for it, how they apply for it, and all that kind of stuff. A one-stop shop where all of the cost-rental and affordable...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what actions he intends to take to close the gap between HAP thresholds and market rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23566/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Argument aside, I do not believe that anybody could doubt that there is a very significant gap between the housing assistance payment, HAP, threshold limits and the actual rent being charged out there. The highest homeless HAP rate in my area is €1,950. The normal highest rate is €1,755. The average rent in my area is now €2,586.