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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 439. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the details of new PPPs that he proposes will play a role in the new social housing strategy. [47189/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 440. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the social housing leasing initiative that he proposes will play a larger role in the delivery of social housing, if he will provide full details of this initiative; the length of these leases; the number of landlords he expects to take part in this scheme; and the details of all negotiations with landlords in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (9 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 442. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of families and persons on the housing waiting list broken down by local authority and showing the same figures for 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013; and the month-on-month increase in different local authorities over the past year. [47207/14]

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Minister for Social Protection as an emergency measure, in the interests of preventing more persons moving into homeless services and to allow those currently in these services to secure private rented accommodation, whether she will issue instructions to community welfare officers to allow for rents in excess of the caps when an applicant secures a home within the average rents...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As we are all aware, rents are absolutely skyrocketing throughout the country, particularly in Dublin and the big urban centres. The rent caps are woefully inadequate to meet rising rent costs. We all know the consequences. This is leading people into homelessness and dire circumstances. There are many associated issues, including the provision of social housing, the possibility of rent...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the positive indications that the Minister and Minister of State are giving and the fact that the Minister met the regional managers and CWOs. That is a positive development and I hope it pans out. I genuinely welcome the intervention of the Minister of State around the particular case I raised. I am seeking as strong an assurance as I can get on this issue. The rent cap for...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There were figures in The Irish Timesa few days ago on how bad the situation is in Dublin. Dublin is a disaster but the situation in Dún Laoghaire is much worse. Dún Laoghaire had over 4,000 people on the list but 1,000 have joined it in a year so the list will now number 5,200. There has been a 20% increase in the number of people on the list in one year. This is due to rising...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The whole point of this Bill was to respond to the expressions of outrage over and opposition to water charges, Irish Water itself and people's fear that the establishment of the company is a prelude to privatisation. It was supposed to be the Minister's response, proof he is listening and his reassurance that people's worst fears will not, in fact, be realised. Yesterday, we got a clear...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Where were they standing? Did they have eyes in the back of their head, did they have eyes that could see around corners, or were they, in fact, shivering in the cold near the back gate of the Dáil asking us how many people there were, looking at our estimates, looking at the Garda's estimates and deciding it was somewhere in between? According to those who were stewarding the...

Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: How many filled out the forms?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not think there is any prohibition on using that word in Standing Orders.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Chair mean threats like that are not an issue?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If somebody made such a threat, they are a thug.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Absolutely. The arguments have been rehearsed fairly extensively in the past year or two and there is probably not much point in dragging this torture out in terms of the Bill and what the Minister plans to do. The decision of the people on water charges has been made. They reject them but sadly the Government is not listening. If the Government is not brought down by this issue before...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If this were not so serious, it would be comical. I do not know whether the Minister is a fan of Charlie Chaplin — I am a big fan. This is like something out of a Charlie Chaplin movie in that there are to be 400 people employed in the super-quango that is Irish Water who will all be busy sending out bills at significant expense to the taxpayer. They will be sending out 1 million...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Two million bills costing us an absolute fortune. Somewhere else, in another State agency, again paid for by the taxpayer, there will be hundreds of people sending out cheques in order for people to pay those bills. It is absolutely laughable but extremely serious. The only comment one can make is that anybody who ever says protests do not get people something should realise they...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Give them something to do.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That was not an answer to the question.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On water conservation, I am merely making the point that I am baffled by the Minister's answer on the condition in the agreement. Is he stating it is because it is good practice to demand a written-----

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not what the agreement states. It states that if one has water running off one's roof, one must get written agreement from Irish Water for that water to go back into the system. The Minister has not given me any explanation as to why they do it which leads me to believe it is what I fear. It is providing the legal basis for them to charge for someone harvesting rainwater off one's...