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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Vehicles (2 Jul 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA has carried out a review of the new service being piloted by a company (details supplied); if so, the outcome of the review; the number of taxi drivers participating and not participating in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27823/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was listening to the committee's proceedings earlier on the monitor. I was not being rude in not being present. I am trying to double job. I appreciate the enormous contribution AHBs make to providing social and affordable housing. I do not doubt their motives and the good work they have done. However, I am worried about their campaign. I understand they are in a dilemma that is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Respond is in a dilemma because the best it could come up with is a price of €1,200 a month for cost-rental when what is affordable for average incomes is between €700 and €900. That is the pressure they are put under. Said pressure is going to be exacerbated. The more housing bodies have to do to get this off their balance sheets, the more they potentially come under...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is very positive. It does not surprise me that Mr. Dunne would say that and it echoes the points I put to him. It is important that that statement comes out. What the witnesses have said here is very stark and very worrying. We must say in the loudest possible way that the Government must go to Europe and make it a priority that public and affordable housing would be treated...

European Union Battle Group: Motion (27 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To pay them the arbitration award you owe them.

European Union Battle Group: Motion (27 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do you have the capacity to pay them?

European Union Battle Group: Motion (27 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They should be paid properly.

European Union Battle Group: Motion (27 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They have to be paid.

European Union Battle Group: Motion (27 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Battle groups are about creating a common military culture as a step towards the creation of a European army. Various governments, including ours, seem to be willing to send troops into deadly and dangerous missions because they have just sent troops to Mali. Some of those supporting this battle group opposed that deployment to Mali - not Fianna Fáil, of course - but we are clearly...

European Union Battle Group: Motion (27 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a bit embarrassing.

European Union Battle Group: Motion (27 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are times when debate in this House is surreal, and this is one of them. Apparently, we are just dreaming up the idea that there are moves in the EU to create a European army. This is a German-led EU battle group so what did Chancellor Angela Merkel say, as the German head of state? She said, in front of the European Parliament at the beginning of this year: "We have to look at the...

European Union Battle Group: Motion (27 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Deputy should tell that to Chancellor Merkel.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (27 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown of costs to his Department of the visit of the President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump; the cost of dispatching the LÉ Niamh to Doughmore Bay and the LÉ Aoife to the Shannon Estuary; the transportation and other associated costs involved in sending members of the Defence Forces to County Clare; and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of costs for his Department associated with the visit of the President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump; the number of personnel dispatched; the number of overtime hours worked by staff; the transportation and other associated costs involved in sending Departmental staff to County Clare; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of costs to his Department for the visit of the President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump; the number of gardaí dispatched; the number of overtime hours worked; the transportation and other associated costs involved in sending gardaí to County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (27 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that single-use plastics are not used as containers for the hot school meals scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27218/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (26 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We should have same-day testing, but even if we do not, there is surely a way, when discharges occur, that it can be announced immediately. There is a problem if we do not know when there is a discharge and it cannot be announced publicly. At the very least, the public can be made aware of the incident. Representatives of Irish Water gave testimony before the joint committee recently....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (26 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Chairman waiting for Deputy Ryan or are we pressing ahead?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (26 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have four minutes between us.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (26 Jun 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay. If Deputy Ryan does not arrive, do I get all four?