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Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are the leaders of the Israeli Government and they should be arrested for war crimes, which Amnesty and Human Rights Watch have rightly said are crimes of apartheid and illegal occupation, and for the crime of passing new laws yesterday to re-legalise illegal settlements, as well as the fact that the Israeli Government has committed to more illegal settlements of Palestinian territory,...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. The barbarism and criminality of Vladimir Putin is plain to see and he should be investigated and prosecuted for his undoubted war crimes and crimes against humanity. Of course, an incredible irony is at work when Joe Biden also suggests that is a good idea, given he represents a country that refuses to accept the jurisdiction of the ICC, possibly...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [12863/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I found the Taoiseach's answer to my previous question rather evasive. I will frame the question again. It is not just about the individual case; it is about how that case epitomises the failure of the Government to understand what is going on or its wilful denial of what is going on. What is not particularly specific to this case is that there is somebody trapped in homeless...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am finished.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: At the International Women's Day protest, one of the biggest issues of concern to people was the housing crisis. We have had extensive debate about the Government's decision to lift the eviction ban. One of the features of those who are going into homelessness is how many of them are women and children and the impact that has on children. I will give the Taoiseach an example. What are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Taoiseach have any answer to my question?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The programme for Government commits to ensuring we develop an education system that serves everybody, whatever religion they are or if they have no religion whatsoever, and that commits to advancing the divestment programme. As we know, currently 90% of schools are in the hands of the Catholic Church. The schools run with their ethos, which is hardly appropriate for a country that is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with church leaders. [12857/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the ESRI, and I was listening to the earlier part. I might follow on from some of the questions around housing, because the ESRI and economists are generally very cautious in their use of words. In cautious words, the witnesses are painting a rather grim scenario, would they agree? That is probably accurate, unfortunately, with regard to the housing situation that we are facing....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Dr. McQuinn said he could envisage a situation where if interest rates go up, that might impact on demand, if I heard him correctly, and if supply continues to ramp up, he could envisage a situation where, potentially, prices and rents begin to fall. Is he sure about that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will elaborate on the question slightly. Objectively, demand will not go down in the sense that people will need housing. Regardless of what interest rates are, the same number of people who are projected to need housing will still need it. They may not have that demand backed by the willingness of banks to lend them the money, but they will still need to be housed. If interest rates...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Dr. McQuinn indicated that we need a high proportion of social and affordable housing, given all the things we are talking about. Is the proportion the Government is envisaging high enough? I would advocate that we do not need any more unaffordable housing at all because there is a trade-off in the context of every site that is available. With a particular site which is zoned for housing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (22 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has made contact with a company (details supplied) following its recent announcement in relation to a 5% cut to its global workforce; what this may mean specifically for the company’s employees here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14262/23]

Eviction Ban: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Hear, hear.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. It is already clear that the Government has no respect whatsoever for any decision that this House might make to maintain an eviction ban as we in the Opposition wish to do because it has already ignored a Bill that was passed four weeks ago by People Before Profit, calling for the maintenance of the eviction ban for as long as the housing...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He is running late.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework. [11606/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If well-being and quality of life are to mean anything, they must surely mean that people have some security about the place where they live. I do not see how someone can possibly have either of those things if they do not have security about where they live. The Government's decision to lift the eviction ban means approximately 750,000 people in rented accommodation in this country have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Friends of the Earth report, which is still left out in the cold, is just the latest report we have, either from environmental or anti-poverty groups, that points out the grant system for retrofit is massively skewed in favour of the well-off and is of little, if any, use to low-income households, particularly those in the private rented sector, although similar things could be said about...