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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us see how we get on.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I suggest we see how we get on because the two other groupings are shorter.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: However, we should give extra time to this grouping.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On Thursday, Jacqueline, a mother of two teenage children and wife to Richard, a man who has worked all his life - both of them are in their late 50s - rang me in tears to tell me they are going to be in court in the first week of February to face eviction from the home where they have lived all their lives. This is despite claims by the Government that it has brought in an eviction ban.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They have both written to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What is the Government going to do to protect people who have done absolutely nothing wrong from being evicted from their homes? Will it finally bring in an eviction ban that actually prevents people who have done nothing wrong from being thrown out of their homes like this family?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Nobody else did.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was just saying that nobody else stuck to the time.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Liquidations (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department's attention was drawn to a £200 million floating charge to a company (details supplied) that was signed off between two other companies on 9 April 2019, and that exactly 12months to the day when the charge became valid, the workers in the Irish branch of the company were sent a generic email to inform them...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance if changes in the VAT directive that was agreed in April 2022, which allowed for a reduced rate to apply to the supply of sport or physical exercise classes, have been implemented; and if so, the current VAT rate for the supply of sport or physical exercise classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61978/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 538. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the reimbursement of pyridoxine/doxylamine, whose brand name is Cariban in Ireland, for women with hyperemesis gravidarum to require a prescription from a consultant obstetrician, rather than a GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61689/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (13 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 576. To ask the Minister for Health when the long-promised community neurorehabilitation team for CHO 6 will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61858/22]

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Deputy Bacik for bringing forward this important Bill on Dublin Bay. For my part, as a Dún Laoghaire Deputy in one of the areas that adjoin the Dublin Bay area, and as someone for whom Dublin Bay is a precious resource and amenity, I and my colleagues are happy to support the Bill, what it seeks to achieve in putting a joined-up, coherent focus on protecting the bay as an...

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The point is that the general principle is right. We need some body that is genuinely representative of all stakeholders, all those who have a real interest in protecting and enhancing the bay, protecting its biodiversity as an amenity, representing the various stakeholders in the bay area and ensuring that the water quality is the best it can possibly be. That body should have real power...

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, it was not, but from small things important ones often grow. We built up the campaign against that horrific proposal. Subsequently, there was another proposal for a ten-storey apartment block. In Dún Laoghaire, just east of the east pier, the entire area from Teddys ice cream to the east pier would now be blocked out from the main road if that proposal had gone forward. At the...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Are war crimes different if they take place in different countries? Is illegal occupation different if it takes place in different countries? Are systematic abuses of human rights different if they take place in different countries? Are crimes against humanity different if they take place in different countries? I would say most people would answer "No" to those questions. Abuses of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is no balance to be struck if people are going to be homeless.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They would want to get a move on.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As we face into Christmas, the chronic shortage of taxis will become even more of an issue and will deter people from going into central Dublin and other city centres. The National Transport Authority, NTA, has acknowledged there are now 3,000 taxi licences that are inactive. Taxi groups have been saying for some time - I reiterate their call - that drivers should be allowed to transfer...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask the Taoiseach to respond to the question I asked, if he could.