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Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 10 to amendment No. 68:To delete section 24B and substitute the following:"24B.With effect from the relevant date (within the meaning of section 19(7)) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 24A, orders under subsection (5) of that section shall be deemed to have been made in respect of the administrative areas of each of the following housing...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 84:84. In page 38, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “34. (1) Section 34(b) of the Act of 2004 is repealed. (2) The Act of 2004 is amended by inserting the following sections after section 34:“Restriction on termination of tenancies of buy-to-let dwellings34A. (1) A Part 4 tenancy may not be terminated by the landlord on the ground...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 104:In page 40, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:“(2) Subsection (1) applies to all tenancies, including a tenancy created before the coming into operation of this section. (3) A landlord may not terminate a tenancy at the end of each four year period of a Part 4 tenancy other than by mutual agreement with the tenant or under the grounds listed in...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 105:In page 40, to delete lines 31 to 33.

Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Paul Murphy - seven and a half minutes each.

Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As a Thirty-two county party, People Before Profit welcomes the fact that there will be an election in Northern Ireland. We do not regret the fall of this Executive and we think this election offers an historic opportunity for the people of Northern Ireland to punish the political establishment there and the institutions of Stormont for what our comrades in Northern Ireland are describing as...

Other Questions: Motor Insurance (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the Government's new motor insurance policies will result in affordable premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1652/17]

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Apollo House occupation over Christmas which was a fantastic action to propel the indescribable housing and homelessness crisis to the top of the political agenda and which received huge support across the board, as noted by Deputy Ruth Coppinger, was a fantastic intervention in this deplorable crisis. It piled further pressure on the Government to address this chronic problem. Again,...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, but they need indefinite security of tenure. We need real rights for tenants in order that they do not have to worry every year about whether they will have a roof over their heads. The Bill proposes to extend the notice period for rent increases from 90 days to 180 days and the notice period for eviction after five years of tenancy to at least one full year. It categorises banks and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether significant mistakes have been made by the Government in relation to vulture funds in terms of the scale of acquisitions of property and property-related assets and in terms of the taxes forgone as a result of tax loopholes benefitting these funds; if he proposes any further policy or legislative action in relation to these funds; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make the records, reports and minutes of the meeting of 12 December 2008 which discussed the first final report of a person (details supplied) with regards to the Stardust tragedy available to the families of the victims of the tragedy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41516/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary question number 88 of 6 December 2016, if she will investigate further a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41635/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 281. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason VAT is charged on the PSO levy on utility bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1390/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 288. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fall in corporate tax revenue in December 2016 as a result of a particularly large rebate reported at €150 million to a single company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1609/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will establish unused properties registers across all local authorities (details supplied). [1393/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is any mechanism by which notification can issue if a foreshore licence is applied for by a company (details supplied) in respect of oil and gas exploration at Kish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1578/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Dietary Allowance Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 574. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a dietary supplement allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41626/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1038. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment with a consultant at Crumlin Hospital or received confirmation that they are on the list for spinal surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41744/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1040. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow hemp oil to be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41746/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Meals-on-Wheels Services (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1256. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the meals on wheels service, which is indispensable to many elderly persons, is to be discontinued in the Dún Laoghaire area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1443/17]