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Personal Insolvency Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They have always been interested in protecting their profits. There is no change in that regard. This legislation will give the banks a veto. The pressure will always be on them to get as much as they can, even if it does not leave the borrower with a reasonable standard of living, or with his or her home. Any proposal that is made by the borrower or the personal insolvency practitioner...

Personal Insolvency Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They did it in Norway.

Arts Funding (18 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Understandably, on foot of the recent violence in the Phoenix Park, people expressed their despair about the situation with many young people. The incidence of suicide among young people and child poverty is on the increase. In that context, we all agree that it is vitally important the Government take a hands-on approach to support any initiative or organisation which provides a real...

Arts Funding (18 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: While I do not have the time to go into the details of the case, I would appreciate it if the Minister met the group. The service it provides covers many Departments and the problem is that it seems to be falling between different stools. I am not proposing that the Minister interfere with the Arts Council's provenance in arts policy, rather I am calling for the Minister to support a good...

Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of persons (details supplied) who have been living in the same house for 14 years and now face homelessness as they cannot find a new home within the rent allowance caps and their landlord cannot reduce their rent any more than he already has. [35019/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 400: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Dalkey Island an important asset to the heritage of Dublin, remains closed to the public; if he will ensure that the necessary funding is available to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to allow visitors to this Island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35450/12]

Written Answers — Treatment Abroad Scheme: Treatment Abroad Scheme (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 796: To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal for an application for the treatment abroad scheme E112 of a person (details supplied) currently in St. James Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35002/12]

Written Answers — Commuter Coach Parking: Commuter Coach Parking (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 900: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the February 2012 report on Dublin commuter coach parking facilities carried out by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35001/12]

Economic Management Council (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There was widespread disappointment at the Personal Insolvency Bill. It failed to do what should have been done, which is to provide for the writing down of unsustainable mortgage debt left on the backs of people through no fault of their own. It happened because of the pumping up of the property bubble by the banks, the developers and their friends, Fianna Fáil, in government at the time....

Economic Management Council (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----where the banks have a veto and the last say. Is this the meeting where the Taoiseach decided to give the banks the last say? They seem to have the last say on everything. Is this the meeting at which it was all agreed, whereby the bank said that any debt settlement arrangements and insolvency arrangements would be subject to the banks having the last say and the Taoiseach just...

Economic Management Council (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Did the Taoiseach talk to ordinary people affected by this problem or did he listen only to the banks?

Economic Management Council (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will talk about this issue in more detail later in the week. I got my brief on the Bill from someone who is in mortgage distress.

Economic Management Council (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I went to someone in the situation of unsustainable mortgage arrears-----

Economic Management Council (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and I asked the person to read the Bill and provide me with a critique of it. The person said the Bill was rubbish because it left the power in the hands of the banks.

Economic Management Council (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Was it at this meeting that the Taoiseach gave the banks the veto? Why did he not tell them that the Government was going to tell the banks what to do and that it was going to impose fair debt settlement arrangements because the Government is now the boss of the banks and, having recapitalised them, they should serve the people rather than their own interests? Why did the Taoiseach not do...

Economic Management Council (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I spoke to someone affected by the problem.

Economic Management Council (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Why did the Taoiseach not get such people to write the Bill, not the banks?

Economic Management Council (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: By us, the people.

Homeless Persons (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a matter regarding jobseeker's allowance for young persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34957/12]

Homeless Persons (17 Jul 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are many obscenities to the austerity agenda one of the worst of which is homelessness and of that, the worst of all is youth homelessness. There are approximately 1,000 homeless in the Dublin city area. The number has increased dramatically and the homelessness organisations estimate that 100 young people sleep alone on the streets at night in Dublin. The Fianna Fáil Government, in...