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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have a brief supplementary. From the point of view of just doing this, whatever its political merits, would it not be easier and, as a result, probably quicker from a purely practical point of view, if one did not have to look at everything?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Generally, how much does the cost of finance vary and how much does it impact on the final rent in cost rental or, for that matter, the purchase price? What are the different sources of finance and what sort of variability is there in the cost at different times and overall in these projects? Elaborating on an earlier question, everything that the agency is doing seems to be based on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Who would want that involvement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They come to the agency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The agency is not tied in directly to the implementation of the overall Rebuilding Ireland plan, but is brought in.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the UK Labour Party leader, Mr. Jeremy Corbyn. [25211/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also welcome the fact that the Taoiseach met Jeremy Corbyn. Whatever else one might say about the mess in Britain, we would be in a far better position if Jeremy Corbyn was the Prime Minister. He is far more sympathetic to the situation in Ireland, far more knowledgeable about what the reinstatement of a border might mean and he is not somebody who wants to be in a conflictual...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Strategy Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach said that one of the key priorities for his Department was to make work pay. I put it to him that he is failing dramatically in that regard. For large numbers of people, getting a pay increase means they lose their medical card and are pushed off the council housing waiting list and into an income bracket where they have no chance of being able to afford to put a roof over...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To follow on from the previous point, we are now reaching crisis point in terms of the lack of trades people in this country to help us resolve the housing crisis and to develop the ambitious retrofit programme we need to meet climate change targets. We have a desperate shortage of trained craftspeople, a very significant portion of whom are in Australia. Did the Taoiseach ask the...

Pre-European Council: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Paul Murphy. Following on from the points I made earlier, if we are to prevent the alarming rise of the far right across Europe and a return to the dark days of the 1930s and 1940s, we have to look at the underlying problems, and not only in Europe, of poverty, deprivation, inequality and gross disparities between the very wealthy and the majority in society....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a State regulated insurance company in view of the recent report of profits in the insurance industry increasing by 1,300%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25588/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Policy (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement new regulations of vulture and cuckoo funds to ensure that those in search of affordable homes are not losing out to international speculators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25589/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the two prefabs, one of which is occupied by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25731/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 184. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 40 and 72 of 15 May 2019, the reason the new national children's hospital is obliged to provide private facilities for consultants who hold public and private contracts; his views on whether it is preferable in view of the Sláintecare report and a commitment to moving to a single tier health service, to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25774/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Dr. Healy is ahead of the game there.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Dr. McDonnell said it should be a precondition that the lowest households do not suffer from the carbon tax and that they see some benefit. Should retrofitting people's homes not also be a precondition? Before there is any question of additional fuel costs, the mechanism should be made available and the resources provided to achieve it, to ensure they do not suffer as a consequence. The...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We support a wealth tax. What is the Deputy talking about?