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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: Yesterday in the Dáil when debating the issue of social housing the Taoiseach said that the socialists want to divide our society into people who live in different areas, with some people paying for everything but qualifying for nothing, following which he checked himself, paused and did not finish the sentence. Perhaps the full sentence was, "some people paying for everything but...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach did not have to finish the sentence. A dog whistle is a dog whistle, half sentence or full. When Fintan O'Toole wrote last week in The Irish Timesaccusing the Government of supporting an ideology, which contains "a profound class prejudice against social housing", he hit the mark. The Taoiseach made that attack when criticising comments I had made suggesting that public land...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Availability (27 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: 6. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of publicly-owned land which is zoned for residential use; the amount which could potentially be zoned for residential use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39094/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Availability (27 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: What is the amount of publicly-owned land which is already zoned for residential development use and the amount which could potentially be zoned for same, and will the Minister make a statement on that?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Availability (27 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: It is clear from the reply that there are vast tranches of public land already zoned for residential development. I understand that between the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, and the local authorities, there is sufficient such land to build 114,000 new homes. Why is the Government proposing a privatisation model regarding large tranches of that land? If there is 60% private...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Availability (27 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: I will zone in on the issue of affordable housing. For genuinely affordable housing, one would not want to be paying over €200,000. If we take the Central Bank's guidance that a mortgage should be no more than three and a half times the household income, for a household with an income of €60,000, the top rate it could pay for a house is €210,000 if we are talking in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (27 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: 36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding paid to landlords through the housing assistance payment in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39095/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: The programme for Government talks of rebuilding Ireland. The plan is evidently not working. The Minister last night in the debate said he would like to hear alternatives. Our alternative is based on the idea of public housing to be built on public land. I have four examples here of how that might be done. The first is Damastown village in Dublin West for 1,200 social and affordable...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Wage Introduction (26 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: 102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the recent recommendation by a group (details supplied) that a living wage of €11.90 per hour is required for workers to meet their basic average outgoings; if legislation will be introduced to allow for an increase in the minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30632/18]

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: Whatever this House decides tonight, many people in this country have already passed judgment on the Minister and his policies. He need only look at the level of public support for the Take Back the City initiative to understand the level of public alienation from the Minister, the Government and its policies on this issue. The Taoiseach is no doubt aware, as he contemplates rolling the...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: Yes.

Brexit Negotiations: Statements (25 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: One week ago Mrs. Theresa May, the British Prime Minister, arrived in Salzburg with a hardline message for her European Union counterparts. She was sent home with an equally hardline message from the other 27 leaders. Agreement on the terms of a Brexit now seem as far away as ever. Understandably, many in Ireland are fearful of the consequences of Brexit, the possibility of a hard border...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: In July, the Review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 was published. The report made very important recommendations that, if delivered, would mean people under the age of 16 would be able to have recognition of their gender identity and recognition for those people who are non-binary and intersex. These are important proposals. I note the fact there is no mention of a gender recognition...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: While anybody looking in on this debate would find it very technical, detailed and difficult to follow, some key issues need to emerge from it. I was surprised and interested to learn when I was researching this matter that Ireland has been Ghana's largest source of foreign direct investment since 2012. Tax revenue accounts for 16% of GDP in Ghana, which is a very low figure. The European...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: I will leave it at that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: I have a couple of questions for the Minister of State, the responses to which I hope will provide the committee with more factual data. Before doing so, I would like to respond to the Minister of State's point that the facts are the facts. It is not correct to equate a house which is a family home with a second or third house or a portfolio of properties. The portfolio of properties...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: I find myself in disagreement with my colleague, Deputy Boyd Barrett and-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: ----- the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: It is possible to gauge whether people do or do not want to pay the property tax. Just because 95% of the people pay property tax without deduction does not mean one can conclude that 95% are satisfied to pay their taxes. If the Government was to revert to the household tax and make it a voluntary payment rather than one forcibly deductible by Revenue if not paid, it would then be possible...

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (19 Sep 2018)

Mick Barry: Yes.