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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last Thursday, I was the first Deputy to bring up and condemn the proposed Bartra so-called co-living development in Dún Laoghaire, which has now sparked a national controversy. Indeed, we have been campaigning in the local area against this shameful, greed-driven development for the last number of weeks and have submitted an objection under the strategic housing development, SHD,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Minister reconsider this? This is just greed and profiteering by some of the Celtic tiger developers who helped crash this economy. Now, they are at it again on a site-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will conclude on this. Now, they are at it again on a site that local people have been campaigning to get public and affordable housing on for years, and these greedy people want to grab it for tenements. It is absolutely shameful.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A choice to live in a box. It is worse than a hub.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not what we need in Dún Laoghaire.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Ask the people in Dún Laoghaire.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not allowed under this SHD process. They cannot even have an input.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That was when all of the vultures were invited in.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Citizens Assembly (21 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for implementing the outstanding recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly. [14251/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (21 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to support the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018 to cease issuing licences for fossil fuel extraction in view of the declaration by Dáil Éireann of a climate emergency and that an end to fossil fuel extraction is a central demand of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Controls (21 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the confiscation of the passport of a person (details supplied) by the German authorities while under the care of their legal guardian; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21436/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Postal Services (21 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will accept the address point service offered by An Post which is given to homeless persons for use in the context of claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21937/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Parliament Elections (21 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the restrictions on content applied to the freepost election literature to which each European candidate is entitled. [21659/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There will be a protest by the Raise the Roof campaign at 1 p.m. this Saturday starting on Parnell Square. The campaign includes People Before Profit, many of the other Opposition parties, almost all of the trade unions and almost all of the housing non-government organisations, NGOs. We hope we will all come together along with tens of thousands of people to appeal to this Government to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We now have the lowest number of available rental properties ever. The vast majority of those that are available are completely unaffordable. I was talking to a taxi driver this morning who has been approved for a mortgage by his bank. It is for €250,000 in west Dublin. He said he can forget it, however, as he will never get a house because the average house price in Dublin is now...

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Deputy Clare Daly and Independents 4 Change for bringing forward this motion. I commend Deputy Clare Daly in particular on being very persistent in championing the matters addressed in this motion and those who have been affected, including survivors, relatives and others impacted by the very dark history of this country's treatment of many women and their children over many decades....

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (15 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 40. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the plans for a private clinic as part of the national children’s hospital; if the funding of this clinic is included in the latest budget for the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20881/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (15 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 77. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the co-location of a private clinic at the national children’s hospital in view of the fact that space at this site is at a premium; the cost of this part of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20882/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (15 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 44. To ask the Minister for Health if each CHO has enough funding to provide the home and respite care packages necessary for all those in need nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20884/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (15 May 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 61. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the process for allocating home care packages and respite care is fit for purpose and provides the care needed to the most vulnerable persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20883/19]