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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (29 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to make a point on the back of that. It is directly related to that. I do not know if it is within the Minister's remit but some very good suggestions prompted me on this. I received a few calls recently from people who had Airbnb-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (29 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have heard of tourists who thought they had booked a place for a short-term letting here arriving at the houses of people who were not letting the property at all. It involved fraudsters identifying particular houses. One person had about three in about two months. It was in my area, although I cannot remember which part. People, including families with children, were arriving in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I said earlier I would give credit where it is due so I am more than capable of doing so. When it comes to dealing with the wider housing and homelessness emergency, however, I am truly in despair at the failure of the Minister's policies in my area. The failure of those policies presents an appalling vista. Next year, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council will, at best, deliver six...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will refer in that case to a well-known private developer, one of the people who helped with the Celtic tiger crash, who is now gaining control of a significant portion of the Cherrywood development in exchange for an office building that will generate revenue for the council when what we need is housing. It is unbelievable that the Minister would allow this to happen. This is a Fine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Our councillors were there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have no choice but to protest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am delighted to see those houses but they are about ten years too late.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can I ask a couple of supplementary questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have to go to the loo as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Before it broke and became a big story in recent weeks, we had been campaigning on the basis that the site was perfect for public and affordable housing and that providing same would revitalise Dún Laoghaire, which desperately needs families and so on living in its centre. Instead, the site is going to a property developer who is just looking to maximise the profit that can be squeezed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Corporate subsidiaries are not-----

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does that mean the Minister will not respond initially?

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a good point.

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. We can contribute again.

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It said he was a troublemaker and could not do his job.

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need people to talk to each other in this industry. I agree with Deputy Smyth that aggression is not the answer. The problem is aggression is rampant at this point in the film industry. If we do not address it, it will get more and more bitter and it will do immense damage to the industry. I had also heard the story that Deputy Joan Collins reported. The Minister should think about...

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ------and I will not do so. Let me put it this way. A prominent international actor who is also a producer sought to employ somebody here to work in transport on a movie and was informed by the Irish producer company that it could not have and was not willing to employ that person. This is clear evidence of a blacklist. Think about the consequence of that for this prominent international...