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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investigations undertaken by MetroLink, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the National Transport Authority and organisations or individuals employed by these bodies into the feasibility of rerouting sewer lines in the area of the proposed Tara Street station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39852/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investigation Dublin City Council, MetroLink, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the National Transport Authority and organisations or individuals employed by these bodies have undertaken in relation to the possible uses and disposal of a proposed vacant site (details supplied) which would be created if the current preferred plan...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (1 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is no longer receiving a living alone allowance; if it will be reinstated in order that they can apply for the household benefits package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39300/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (26 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the condition for receiving section 481 tax relief, which requires the recipients to provide quality employment and training, can be met by the producer companies that apply for and receive the relief when those same producer companies are denying responsibility for employment and training on film productions but rather claiming that a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (26 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 23. To ask the Minister for Finance if the local property tax will be abolished and replaced with a landlord's tax that increases in rate depending on the number of properties the landlord has; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38986/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Cases (26 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date and the projected costs for the entire case for the Irish legal team taking an appeal against an EU ruling (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38984/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (26 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the equivalent interest rates in banks in which he is a majority shareholder; the reason they differ; if so, the different amounts of interest a mortgage holder would pay over a 20 year lifetime on a €100,000, €200,000 and €300,000 loan, respectively, in the banks in which he is a majority shareholder in comparison to the amount they...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Book Sales (26 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he continues to allow banks that are majority owned by the State to sell and transfer mortgages to so-called vulture funds which in turn causes huge anxiety and worry to the mortgage holders; his plans to stop this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39110/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airlines Regulations (26 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fifth freedom applications he has received from an airline (details supplied); the routes for these applications; the applications he has approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39111/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise for arriving late. I am not a member of this committee and am trying to bilocate and trilocate today. I will look at the witnesses' submissions. I wanted to take the opportunity to ask one particular question of the witnesses from the NCBI. They may have seen some of the parliamentary questions I have been submitting about the situation in Dún Laoghaire and I hope Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is fair enough.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (25 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a commitment will be made to restoring the single rate of jobseeker's allowance in order that persons no longer get a reduced rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38848/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (25 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The decision of the then Fine Gael-Labour Party Government to slash the rates of jobseeker's allowance for young people under the age of 26 was one of the most obnoxious and discriminatory austerity cuts of the many obnoxious and discriminatory cuts in that period. There is no justification for continuing to have a discriminatory reduced rate of jobseeker's allowance for young people now....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (25 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is a rotten logic to that. The reason many young people were unemployed in 2009 and the years afterwards was due to the calamitous economic collapse precipitated by the Fianna Fáil Party when in government and perpetuated by the austerity cuts Fine Gael and the Labour Party Government continued. The evidence for that is that prior to the economic collapse, we had near full...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (25 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is blatant discrimination against young people. By definition, the payment is a poverty income for young people. That is what the Minister is imposing on young people. If other arguments do not sway her, she should consider the fact that we need to get our young people back to the country. Having a discriminatory reduced rate is not exactly an incentive or encouragement for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (25 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 22. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered that not increasing social welfare payments is in effect reducing the payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38847/19]

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have mixed feelings about the Bill and the role the Government seems to see for the AHB sector in the delivery of social housing. On the one hand, I do not doubt the contribution many AHBs make in the provision of social housing. Having met representatives of the AHBs at various committee meetings, I do not doubt the goodwill and bona fides of many, if not most, of those involved in the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Industrial Relations (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will request amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1990 to ensure representative rights for Army personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38547/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (24 Sep 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider allowing a premises in a location (details supplied) in the ownership of his Department to be used by UN veterans for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38546/19]