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Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One of the many reasons people will be out on the streets for the cost-of-living demonstration next Saturday is the housing crisis. I ask the Taoiseach in advance of the budget to listen to what people are calling for. As Deputy Barry said, we have had a massive spike in evictions on the ground of sale. The Government should reintroduce the eviction ban. If the Taoiseach will not do so...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have heard that for a year.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Buy the houses.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are many groups that have good reason to come out onto the streets in a cost-of-living demonstration this Saturday but one group that has better reason than most comprises the thousands - probably tens of thousands - of residents in multi-unit apartment complexes who are locked into contracts for district heating systems. This week in my area, hundreds of tenants in areas such as...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach take urgent action to control the cost of energy for people on district heating systems?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can clarify the policy in relation to building a liquefied natural gas terminal in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45744/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (20 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will examine the current liberalised energy system and its impact on energy prices; if his Department will look at the policies of other states who have moved to some forms of renationalisation of energy generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45745/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (20 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions that a taxi driver (details supplied) whose taxi licence expired during the pandemic and was not in a financial position to renew it until now can take to have it renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45915/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Energy Prices (20 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty that would be foregone if energy prices were capped as follows: Petrol at €1.75 per litre; Diesel at €1.75 per litre; Electricity at 25c per kilowatt hour; Natural Gas at 8c per kilowatt hour; Oil (kerosene) at €1 per litre. [45818/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (20 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing the disability allowance for all recipients to €350 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45838/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (20 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing all headline social protection payments to €300 per week, excluding the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45839/22]

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Paul Murphy. How do the Irish rich get rich? The answer is property. To a substantial extent, it is through property and property development. What has been one of the major sources of corruption and corruption scandals in this country in recent years? The answer again is property and property development. This is what is at stake when we are talking about...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The cost-of-living crisis has dominated discussions in the Dáil, and rightly so, because so many people are fearful of what they face in the winter. It is the reason so many people will come out on the streets for the cost of living coalition's demonstration on Saturday, 24 September. The other connected crisis that will also prompt people to join the demonstration is an ever-worsening...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have not, actually.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (15 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on raising the minimum wage to €15 an hour, in light of the rising cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45143/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Cost of Living Issues (15 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered using the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act of 2007 to limit price rises on basic food products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38605/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 128. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on her plans to increase community arts space across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32460/22]

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "not made during the period of the crisis": "— examine the measures needed to develop a wholly publicly owned and not-for-profit energy system, including the nationalisation of all existing energy generation in the State in order to fully address both the current energy crisis and the climate crisis" I thank Sinn Féin...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Thirty seconds for my question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I asked the Departments responsible for health and disability. They refused.