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Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (15 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 11. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his hosting of the competitiveness summit on 1 September 2024. [40038/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (15 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I think it would be fair to describe the Cherrywood development as a flagship development for Ireland presenting itself as a place where there is quality of life, there is the housing we need and where you have all the amenities, facilities, infrastructure and so on necessary for a place where people can live and work. It is the biggest residential development in the country. I do not like...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (15 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: And shops.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sharon is 66 and has just retired. Her husband John is 66 and will retire in December. They have worked all their lives and paid their taxes and they are both homeless. They were evicted because the Government lifted the eviction ban and were made homeless in August. They are relying on a day-to-day basis on the emergency telephone number and on couchsurfing with different relatives...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a freefone number.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not available to people whose income is above the threshold.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, I am not against the HAP. I am against it as a substitute for social housing.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Give them the HAP.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am against it as a substitute for housing.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: You just did.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are using the freefone number.

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a remarkable achievement by the Government that it has a budget surplus of, I think, €25 billion. The Minister of State can correct me if I am wrong. I think it is €25 billion or in that region. It has a windfall of €13 billion plus in Apple tax money that it did not want because it would have preferred that Apple, a staggeringly wealthy and profitable company,...

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: You cannot win.

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are a few of them.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to contact co-operative housing and DLR with regard to the new social housing development called St. Germaine, in Ballybrack village, to investigate the complaints by residents of major and multiple defects in this new development including serious damp, potentially dangerous electrics and serious, reported fire hazards and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (15 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being taking to ensure that the development of offshore energy is not located in sensitive areas that have not yet been assessed for marine protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41419/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (15 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being taken to ensure that the development of offshore energy is not located in areas that will force the displacement of existing livelihoods, particularly fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41418/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will examine an issue regarding the issuing of an Irish passport under a name legally changed by deed poll and where proof of usage for two years is not available, as specifically prescribed by Section 10(5) of the Passports Act 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41274/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (15 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 673. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 463, 469, 474, 486, 488, 499 and 508 of 1 October 2024, if he will commit that the recommendations of the review will be implemented (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41475/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Another day, another Israeli massacre in Gaza. Since dawn, another 45 innocents have been slaughtered by this terrorist regime. Almost certainly, the weapons that killed those people came from the United States and possibly travelled through Irish airspace. The US military, which supports all this, is also using our airports. Will the Government give us the debate we asked for about the...