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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If I can intervene on that point, Mr. Smyth appears to be saying that the people have a type of legalistic, narrow, UN-related notion of neutrality. Does he honestly believe that is the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Mr. Smyth is describing realpolitik, and that is fine as a description. However, is that type of pragmatic, political, somewhat à la carteview of neutrality which the political elites in this country have, particularly when it came to the Iraq war, in line with the sentiment of the people on these matters? I do not believe it is. The people are much more consistent and, frankly, more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise, but I must leave early.

Harbours Bill 2015: Second Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not believe Deputy Pringle will be attending the debate. I am not yet sure if Deputy Coppinger will be attending but I will fill up the half an hour if necessary. I am very happy that we are speaking about harbours. Many issues need to be looked at. My particular knowledge in this area relates to Dún Laoghaire Harbour, but I suspect that the issues that arise for Dún...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (16 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will explain the recent announcement of funding of €37 million for homeless services in Dublin, when the promised figure last November was €55 million; the impact this will have on bringing empty units across the city back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28991/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (16 Jul 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the funding for the Traveller accommodation programme since the beginning of the programme in 1999; the amounts allocated for each programme; the amounts allocated from the Central Fund to each local authority; the amounts drawn down by each local authority; the rationale for the changes in funding;...

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government did a very good job on the housing situation.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (22 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1086. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an overall figure for Health Service Executive expenditure in relation to personal assistants for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31872/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (22 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1154. To ask the Minister for Health the amount on an annual basis over the past four years and including projections for next year that the Health Service Executive is paying out to private health insurance companies, private hospitals and private consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32334/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours and Piers Development (22 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1648. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company sought his advice and-or consent with regards to placing a 0.47 ha site up for sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31960/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities (22 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a progress report on the due diligence into the finances of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company that is being carried out by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31961/15]

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regards to the 0.47 ha site that has been put up for sale by Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, if he, as the main shareholder in the company, was made aware of this in advance of the site being put on a property website (details supplied); if his consent is required by the company to sell assets; if he considers it appropriate for...

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have asked approximately 100 questions about Dún Laoghaire Harbour over the past four years and the fear that I and many people in Dún Laoghaire have about the creeping privatisation of Dún Laoghaire Harbour. This question relates to the decision of the harbour company to put up for sale 0.47 ha in an area called "the Gut", just off the west pier in recent weeks. Is this...

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: First, in terms of the legislation, the ultimate decision on what will happen in Dún Laoghaire Harbour is the Minister's. I had that confirmed in a rather bad-tempered letter I received from the chairwoman of the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company-----

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----squealing, frankly, about some of the stuff I had been saying about the harbour company. I do not have time to deal with all of that now but the contentious issue is the question of privatisation of the harbour and the extent to which privatisation of the harbour is linked and contingent to this cruise berth plan. Similarly, in the harbour master plan, other land at St. Michael's Wharf...

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: First, the sale of public land is privatisation. That is what it is. Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company has now put up for sale part of Dún Laoghaire harbour. This is linked to a master plan which the Minister has acknowledged also proposes private residential development in the form of hundreds of private apartments on the site at St. Michael's Wharf and in the old harbour. That is...

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Building apartments is a big change.

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Building apartments is not a core activity.

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Halligan has now arrived.

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Obviously, we all welcome anything that will facilitate the further expansion, improvement or development of the public transport infrastructure, or anything that will facilitate greater investment in that infrastructure. There are a few different aspects to this Bill, the first of which is the bus rapid transit, BRT, system. For anybody who is watching this, we should not use jargon too...