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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if prisoners in Mountjoy Prison are disallowed from writing and receiving letters due to Covid-19 restrictions; if they are on 23-hour lock up as a result of same; if family members are allowed to bring personal items for prisoners; if counselling and rehabilitation services are suspended; when normal services will resume;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way a prisoner can apply for enhanced remission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29346/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when counselling services will be reinstated for prisoners; the way rehabilitation services are accessed prior to release; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29347/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to groups providing advocacy services to prisoners currently serving sentences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29348/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My thanks to the Minister for acknowledging the point about undue segregation. There should be no segregation whatsoever. My point is not simply about the wording, although I acknowledge the Minister is willing to look at that. The issue is also that we have de factosegregation by virtue of the fact that the income thresholds for social housing have not increased for more than ten years....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thought everybody was not back from voting yet.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Everybody is not back yet.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Amendment No. 9 was being voted on and people are not back.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In fairness, the only Deputy apart from me who is here is Deputy O'Callaghan. The rest of them are not back.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay. I will be pursuing it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 14: In page 8, line 19, after “public” to insert “and relevant private”. All of these amendments are related in their logic. They propose that references to the Land Development Agency having powers in respect of public lands be extended to include private lands. I made many points earlier on about what a land development agency should...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have made the point, so I will not labour it. It just shows a fundamental difference in approach. There is a lot of unutilised public land but, in my opinion and that of many members of the committee, that land is underutilised because central government has refused to give local authorities the money, resources and so on to develop public land. Rather than seeing the problem being...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 15: In page 8, line 19, after “of” where it secondly occurs to insert “public and affordable”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 17: In page 8, line 21, after “to” where it thirdly occurs to insert “public and affordable”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 20: In page 8, line 23, to delete “the housing market” and substitute “public and affordable housing”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 22: In page 8, line 24, after “for” to insert “public and affordable”.