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Other Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is very important, if the Minister gives me two parliamentary responses to the effect that there is a place finder service operating in Dún Laoghaire, but when I ring the county council the staff have to ask what it is before the homeless section tells me there is no place finder service. People in trouble need a place finder service which we want. Will the Minister set up a...

Other Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am saying there is no place finder service in Dún Laoghaire.

Other Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are told to ring Dún Laoghaire County Council.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he will take to ensure the maximum delivery of both social and affordable housing in Cherrywood and the Shanganagh Castle site in Shankill as part of his review of Rebuilding Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33186/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2018 (13 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will prioritise increasing the budget to the Department of Social Protection in budget 2018, in view of the fact that many payments are still behind the rate they were in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31474/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government Implementation (13 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 474. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of the commitments in the programme for Government relating to improving the lives of persons with disabilities. [29820/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (13 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 936. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide copies of a history of all valuations for Harold’s Cross greyhound stadium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33682/17]

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I feel that following that last intervention, that in talking about mental health, maybe members of Fine Gael are moving to the left, because that sounds uncannily like an injury to one is an injury to all. I welcome the sentiment.

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Indeed.

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise because I will have to leave after my contribution. I have a meeting at 12 noon. I very much welcome the discussion. I also commend the Ceann Comhairle on his proposal that we would have the symposium in September. I commend Deputy James Browne on legislation that essentially takes us further towards removing the stigma regarding mental health and recognising the legitimacy of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What was the figure?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, the underspent amount.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Minister and his team. It has become a bit of a staple of the new Government, including the Minister, to have a go at the left, with various adjectives attached to it, including "extreme", "far" and "hard". I note the Minister recently talked about people resisting change and saying we do not want change. It is an interesting development in the political narrative of the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not think so.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will check it.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If I might come back in the time that is available-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To begin, I doubt very much that I referred to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, as a dictator, or mentioned North Korea for that matter. I want to set that record straight.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I might have said that the Minister was neoliberal.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will set that aside. I also play the policy and not the man. What the Minister is not acknowledging in his answer, which made reference to the Gini coefficient and so on, is that there have been a succession of reports showing that there has been a very significant jump in the wealth of those at the very top. The Wealth-X report during the week said that the number of high net worth...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister will be glad to know that I will not quibble about the fact that the water charges are being abolished and the cost will be met by the Central Fund. I just believe that the Central Fund should be larger by tapping into other sources of revenue. Will the Minister confirm that the cost of abolishing water charges will not impact on the water infrastructure capital investment...