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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1815. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the weekly average number of Coillte felling licences issued in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63971/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (18 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1816. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the terms of the agreement between Coillte and an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63972/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (18 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1817. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the attention of the Secretary General of his Department was drawn to the discussions between Coillte and an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63973/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1813. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times he and-or officials from his Department met with Coillte regarding forestry licences in 2022; the dates of those meetings; the participants; the agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63969/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Projects (18 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1906. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the stage 3 approval for the Stillorgan Library development will be given in view of the fact that the timeline for the development is dependent on the date of stage 3 approval to proceed to tender stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63897/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Chairman. I am not a member of this committee so I appreciate being allowed to participate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Thank you. I am an honorary member. I thank the representatives of NOAC for their contribution and for all of their fantastic gathering of information. It is really a brilliant resource, I have to say. I will preface my questions by saying that I am aware that the commission does a lot of hard work in gathering data and I also know that a lot of ordinary workers in our local authorities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay, so is the actual figure for all four local authorities 56%? I am trying to work that out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Exactly. How is that broken down? Maybe we do not have the breakdown.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That in itself is a very interesting and depressing figure, that more than half of the people in emergency accommodation are long-term homeless. Is that further broken down in terms of the length of time? Does NOAC have further information on the length of time that people are spending in homeless accommodation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not know whether it is appropriate for us to suggest other stuff because NOAC is compiling so much information. However, the length of time people are in in terms of years – over years one, two, three, four and five - would be interesting, yet probably depressing, information. In addition, we should consider children. One of the worst aspects of all of this is children in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, the income thresholds. To date, NOAC probably has not been gathering those figures. That would be an interesting thing to look at. It is now becoming apparent that people, even if they are over those social housing income thresholds, still have serious difficulties. That is why we have cost rental and affordable housing. Many of those people are now not eligible for things such as...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (17 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not wish to be ungracious, but this is not a time for standing ovations or self-congratulation. We are living in one of the richest countries in the world and yet, one in five of our population is living at risk of poverty. As we head into Christmas, there are 3,400 children who are going to go through Christmas in emergency accommodation. There are a total of 11,000 people who are...

Income Eligibility for Social Housing Supports: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish everybody in the House a good Christmas, particularly the service officers, ushers, all the staff in the Oireachtas, the Bills Office, the people who work in the canteens and restaurants, the cleaners and everybody else who helps us operate this place. I thank you all and hope you have a good Christmas. A young mother with a teenaged son is watching this debate. She is four years in...

Income Eligibility for Social Housing Supports: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There have been 886 to date this year.

Income Eligibility for Social Housing Supports: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Buy some as well.

Defects in Apartments - Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing Report: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Up to 100,000 families and individuals are living in dangerously defective homes that are fire hazards, have water ingress, chronic damp, structural defects and cracks everywhere, all because of the disgusting greed of property developers who were facilitated every step of the way by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in the feeding frenzy that was the Celtic tiger. These people have been left...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can provide any estimates of the added C02 emissions from current and planned data centres with similar or planned gas-fired generators, in relation to the impact on the State's emissions targets from data centres using gas-fired generators as back-up generators; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We recognise the board has to function. However, the idea that the Minister will appoint the chair and board for a year and then have the option to do so for another year is a difficulty for us.

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We accept there needs to be an interim process, but the period involved does not need to be a year. We want the whole thing scrutinised and discussed in detail in here in terms of how all of this will work and to ensure it is genuinely open, transparent and diverse and not subject to untoward influences from particular industry stakeholders, interests or political influence. Therefore,...