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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Five minutes-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Perhaps I can comment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Single people who are homeless in Dún Laoghaire are not allowed to self-accommodate. I do not see why single people should not be allowed to self-accommodate if the alternative is to go into a hostel where there are active drug users. The person might be a recovering drug user. If there is no suitable and appropriate accommodation for a homeless person, whether single or whether he or...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Why not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That does not answer my question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Ms Gleeson is not answering my question. She is merely stating the existing policy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am asking Ms Gleeson to change the policy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: How is it better for a homeless person from Dún Laoghaire to be sent to James's Street?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like to briefly respond. It is cruel and inhumane to defend the policy Ms Gleeson has just defended, namely, to tell a person who is single and homeless in Dún Laoghaire that it is better for them to go into the Brú Hostel in James's Street rather than get bed and breakfast accommodation or a hotel room in Dún Laoghaire when they can get one. It is self-evidently...
- An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The programme for Government has a chapter of extensive commitments from the Government to people with disabilities, particularly to provide them with access to the maximum supports necessary for them to participate fully in society. Against that background, members of the visually impaired and blind community in the south-east Dublin region, basically from east Wicklow up through Dún...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings in Brussels on 4 October 2018. [43456/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: During his discussions with European colleagues, has the Taoiseach raised the issue of Palestine? This year, the EU has the chair of the Kimberley process, which is the certification process for the diamond industry and its exports. Ireland will hold the chair between 12 and 16 November. A key aspect of the Kimberley process is to prohibit the export of blood or conflict diamonds....
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not but I know what the source of the problem is.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The failure of the Government to deliver social and council housing for people on housing lists or in homelessness hubs is well known. What discussions has the Taoiseach had, which sub-committee deals with it and to what extent does the Taoiseach have a handle on the issue of affordability for those whose incomes are above the eligibility threshold but too low to get a bank loan? Yesterday,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a shocker. What is the Government doing? What sort of scheme is that to help those who cannot get on the housing list and yet have absolutely no chance of being able to afford a home on the open market?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is extraordinary. Does the Taoiseach have a handle on this? Does he understand it? What does he have to say to that distraught mother and her son?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (13 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will re-examine the issue of the reduced rates of jobseeker's allowance for those under 26 years of age with an aim to restoring them to the standard rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46888/18]
- Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I will begin where Deputy Barry ended in appealing to people to take to the streets on 1 December in what is the follow-on demonstration from the 3 October mobilisation outside the Dáil. It is the anniversary of the death of Jonathan Corry, who died yards from the entrance to the Dáil two years ago. Shamefully, the crisis that contributed to his death has continued to escalate. I...
- Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is true.
- Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Then the Minister of State should explain how they were refused.