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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Argument aside, I do not believe that anybody could doubt that there is a very significant gap between the housing assistance payment, HAP, threshold limits and the actual rent being charged out there. The highest homeless HAP rate in my area is €1,950. The normal highest rate is €1,755. The average rent in my area is now €2,586.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We should not have to rely on HAP. It is €1 billion a year into the pockets of landlords but until we have the level of public and affordable housing necessary, sadly, we are going to end up relying on it. It is not the case that reliance on it, in my area, is going to decline when we consider the housing targets. The delivery plan for my area is 2,318 houses by 2026. There are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State told us about a lot of stuff that we already know. It is a new suggestion that we develop a grant scheme, particularly for those who do not have the resources to do it, to build attic conversions and extensions that would create additional bedroom space and so on, in the face of a very severe housing crisis, one aspect of which is very severe overcrowding. It is not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A new idea has been suggested, so I ask the Minister of State not to just repeat what the Government is already doing. I know there are SEAI grants for insulation. One of the problems with them is that they are only useful to people who are already fairly well off. The proposal that has come to me, which is a good one, is that we have a grant scheme particularly directed at lower- and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered grants for mid-to-low-income households that wish to expand their bedroom space through extensions or attic conversions to help address the current housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23569/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Whatever about the debates, no one doubts the continuing severity of the housing and accommodation crisis. In this question, I am relaying a suggestion that came to me and that I believe is worth considering. It is not by any means the panacea to the housing crisis, but might we consider making grants available, particularly to low-and-middle-income families, to do attic conversions and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she intends to take to boost support and funding to improve the provision of facilities for community sports, particularly in disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23581/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has read the recently published report on the section 481 film tax credit produced by the Budgetary Oversight Committee, particularly its recommendations that vindication of the employment rights of film crew under fixed term workers legislation, and the I.P rights of performers under the copyright directive, be fully...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will agree to an all inclusive film industry stakeholders forum, as recommended by the recently published budgetary oversight committee report on the section 481 film tax credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23580/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is going to request a further increase in the proportion of GDP that is spent on arts and culture in the forthcoming budget to progress towards the EU average of 0.6%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23583/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to report on the progress of the universal basic income for artists pilot scheme; if she intends to expand it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23582/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what he intends to do to ensure emergency accommodation is available for those who need it in their local particularly appropriate door accommodation for families and pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23568/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will introduce legislation or regulations to ensure that the tenant-in-situ and cost rental tenant-in-situ-schemes will include first refusal for the tenant, the council or approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23565/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what actions he intends to take to reduce rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23567/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost of making all public transport free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23797/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average unit cost of new electric buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23798/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Schemes (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the rural transport programme, including the cost of the programme and the annual capital investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23799/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Schemes (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual costs of PSO funding for all transport services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23800/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost in 2022 of providing funding across the country for safe routes to school. [23801/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 May 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of funding that was applied for the safe routes to schools programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23802/23]