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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is the whole point. That is what we are looking for. Amendment No. 117 relates to section 31 under which, if I read it correctly, an SEA will be required for any of the things that are set out in amendment No. 117.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That relates to our amendments.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have one final question on amendment No. 41 and our request that public consultation on the policy statement would be for a period no less than 42 days. Has the Minister of State commented on that?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sorry, Chairman, but we did not get a response on query on lobbying.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The request here is that-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: While people can of course go chasing stuff through the lobbying register, freedom of information requests and all sorts of avenues, the ask here is that details relating to all of those who make representations in respect of a particular policy or policy statement would be made fully visible as a matter of course in order that the public can see what sort of lobbying and representation has...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not accept the Minister of State's answer because there is a difference between two things. One is that the information is available if people go looking for it. They can go looking on the lobbying register, which most people probably do not know how to do, or they can go looking via freedom of information, which is hassle for people. They can find it and it is possible, but it is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 138. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for restricting the funding of mental health to below 6% of the health budget when the ask of mental health campaigners is to increase it up to 12% of the total health budget in line with the average across the OECD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50799/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 152. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to clear the outpatient waiting lists; the timeline for so doing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50800/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 384. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Departments that have sanction to run internal competitions for promotions; the number of internal competitions that were held by these Departments during the Covid-19 pandemic; the number of promotions that were appointed during the Covid-19 pandemic by Departments with their own sanction; if these competitions were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 433. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social welfare payments that are calculated for the purpose of the assessment for social housing; if he will provide details of the payments that are exempt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51041/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 475. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that income is assessed for the purposes of social housing support, including details of income limits, allowances per child, payments that are included in calculation and if the working family payment is included for the purposes of the calculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51039/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 476. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the income limit for a family of two parents and six children registered on the housing lists in Dublin to be eligible for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51040/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 20% discretionary HAP uplift can be applied to an ongoing tenancy in which a tenant has received a rent increase and cannot afford to pay any further top up to the landlord; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50372/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (19 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 695. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the assistance that can be provided in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50729/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Tánaiste mentioned empathy earlier. Will his Government extend a bit of empathy to families that are in homeless accommodation for years on end? I raise this matter because I am currently dealing with two cases where there is a distinct lack of empathy being shown. As I understand it, this is at least significantly to do with Government policy. In one case, a family of eight,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What empathy will the Government show those families?

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will repeat a point that Deputy Barry made and I also made earlier. It is amazing there is not more scrutiny of the simple fact the Minister told us yesterday that inflation is running at 3.7% and yet, as I highlighted earlier, somebody who is on the average industrial wage of €40,000 a year is getting, as a result of the tax changes the Government has brought in, less than 0.5% in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are but it must be genuinely affordable.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We opposed the selling of public lands.