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Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is there any chance we could get the clock back so that I would know where I am?

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In fact, we have not got anywhere near even meeting those inadequate targets that we have set. Indeed, I was talking to some people from one the biggest nurseries in the country today and they say that the afforestation programme could grind to a halt by the end of this year because we do not have enough ecologists and archaeologists in the forest service to process the afforestation...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a bit disconcerting not knowing where I am in the time.

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is, actually. I want to conclude by saying that we need to change the mandate of Coillte completely. It needs to move away from a commercial for-profit approach to one that is about sustainable afforestation, using its land and resources to encourage community woodlands, co-ops and so on. Some of the unused Coillte land that the McCarthy report identified - hundreds of thousands of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools are required to submit accounts on-line via an accountant to FSSU; the reason an individual school cannot file the figures directly to the unit by extracting the numbers from the profit and loss and balance sheet on an annual basis,which in some cases would save the school the added expense of hiring an accountant; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Applications Administration (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a person (details supplied) can regularise themselves when they cannot acquire either a Macedonian or Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39646/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 310. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a hospital appointment; the number of persons ahead of them on the list; his plans to invest in the service to improve the waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39286/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Records (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 460. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, prior to the privatisation of a company (details supplied), two financial reports or audits were produced which showed significantly different financial positions; and if copies of both will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39420/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investigations undertaken by MetroLink, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the National Transport Authority and organisations or individuals employed by these bodies into the feasibility of rerouting sewer lines in the area of the proposed Tara Street station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39852/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investigation Dublin City Council, MetroLink, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the National Transport Authority and organisations or individuals employed by these bodies have undertaken in relation to the possible uses and disposal of a proposed vacant site (details supplied) which would be created if the current preferred plan...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is no longer receiving a living alone allowance; if it will be reinstated in order that they can apply for the household benefits package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39300/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services Provision (2 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is planning to take to ensure equal access to public transport for disabled persons and those with mobility issues in view of the fact that the UNCRPD has been in effect since April 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39942/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services Provision (2 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Eleven years after the Government promised to sign the UNCRPD it was finally signed in April 2018. However, signing a convention and ensuring equal participation in society for people with disabilities are two different matters. In the area of transport, we are a long way short of the mark. There are massive problems with the regular and frequent breakdown of lifts at the DART stations,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services Provision (2 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government has had 11 years to progressively realise equality and it is still a long way short. I will give the Minister a glimpse of the reality on the DART. On 22 August, lifts were out of order in nine stations; on 6 September, they were out of order in eight; on 9 September, online information stated lifts were out of order in two stations when in fact the number was six; and on 23...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services Provision (2 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Bernard.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services Provision (2 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is just not good enough and in order to highlight this, Bernard Mulvany, who the Minister mentioned, and Sean O’Kelly and others, have had to organise multiple protests about this. It is not acceptable and we need it sorted urgently. The four hours' notice to access trains in Dublin and the 24 hours needed in the country is not equality. Some private bus companies which do not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I too want to raise what I believe to be the scandal of the strategic housing development scheme. I raised it with the Taoiseach yesterday. We put in a submission to the review weeks ago calling for the scheme to be scrapped. Before the summer, a People Before Profit motion calling for the scheme to be scrapped was passed by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. This motion was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have proposed a solution. We have called for the scheme to be scrapped. We have pointed out that nothing in the scheme guarantees that there will be any - any - affordable or public housing, as we witnessed with the Bartra proposal at Eblana Avenue with no social and affordable housing but box rooms. The strategic housing development application at Cross Avenue in Blackrock involved...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not delivering housing at all in many cases. There is evidence that sites are being sold on after planning permission has been obtained. Rather than delivering affordable housing, this scheme is facilitating flipping, speculating and hoarding. We are calling on the Taoiseach to scrap it because it is being used and abused by property speculators. The Government must start do what we...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the US Vice President, Mr. Mike Pence. [37384/19]