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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The situation which reveals itself in the case of Sophia is shameful. I met her father a couple of weeks ago in Dún Laoghaire and he told me of her case. He has since told me that, in 2015, he wrote to then Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, who told him that no child would be waiting for scoliosis surgery for longer than 15 months. At that time, Sophia had to wait 16 months...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: With no disrespect to the Minister of State, it is disappointing that the Minister is not present. It is even more disappointing for Sophia's father that despite repeated requests the Minister will not meet him. Consequently, we get answers which do not respond to the questions asked. Yesterday, I asked the Taoiseach when the backlog of urgent and complex will cases be addressed. The...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What about the treatment abroad?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: We asked about the treatment abroad scheme.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Minister and his officials. One narrative I often identify with the Minister and his Fine Gael predecessors is that he is prudent and pragmatic whereas some of us on the left are reckless and profligate. I put it to the Minister that the opposite is true. I would like him to answer questions in two particular areas where I think he is being reckless, profligate, and wasting and...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: When we ask how much tax is forgone on that relief, which has fuelled the vulture funds' grab of Irish property, we cannot get an answer. Does the Minister not consider that the public and the committee at least deserve an answer on how much tax is being forgone on section 110? While the Minister does not agree with a financial transactions tax, can he provide an answer as to how much...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----because he alleges expenses for the film were inflated in order to defraud that tax relief.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Thanks.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What about the RAS and HAP figures?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister did not answer on section 110.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I know. I want to know when we will get one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Future of Council Housing: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: When we resume, it will be with those who went to vote. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Future of Council Housing: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the witnesses for the report. There is a lot of interesting stuff in it, including tables, statistics and facts. Obviously, I welcome some of the recommendations the authors have made, particularly the fact they argue for the merits of social housing and the point that the AHBs do not have the capacity to deliver and that there is an excessive reliance on them. However, I have to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Future of Council Housing: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I should also have mentioned that I disagree with Professor Norris on successive tenancies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Future of Council Housing: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is there not a strong case for successive tenancies in the interests of maintaining the coherence of communities, rather than having communities turning over all the time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Future of Council Housing: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Would Professor Norris like to comment on successive tenancies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Future of Council Housing: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: What if it leads to the eviction of family members?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I will follow on from what Deputy Ó Broin said with a point I made to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, today about Rebuilding Ireland. It is borne out in the DCC table, which was helpful with targets and completions under the various headings for social housing both for the past three years and the years projected ahead. The vast bulk of what we hope to deliver in social...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Does Mr. Kenny think it will be easy for the big tranche of transfers from rent allowance to the HAP to happen? In other words, does he think there will be resistance from landlords to the transfer?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask Mr. Kenny to, please, say that again.