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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on the National Emergency Co-ordination Group: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have a supplementary question. If it is the case, as has been alleged to me, that the Dublin Fire Brigade fleet is very significantly substandard relative to the fleets across the rest of Europe, it is very alarming. The firefighters gave me very specific details on the age of fire appliances. They were literally naming the fire appliances and stating how old they were. They said such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on the National Emergency Co-ordination Group: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not off topic. It is the preparedness-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on the National Emergency Co-ordination Group: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is very relevant to emergencies.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Facilities Provision (2 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the water sports clubs in Dún Laoghaire harbour with regard to a municipal water sports centre in the harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15051/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme (2 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the mediation process ongoing between Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and a club (details supplied) with regard to a swimming pool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15050/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Fleet (2 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with the NTA and other stakeholders with regard to increasing the Dublin Bus fleet in view of the increasing urgency of action on climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15052/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme (2 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his role in the mediation process between Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and a club (details supplied) with regard to a swimming pool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15049/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (2 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address matters (details supplied) regarding fire appliances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15303/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (2 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address matters regarding an aerial appliance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15304/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is with approved housing bodies. I said council houses.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A total of 4,200 is not 10,000, is it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: By the private sector.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not working.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Government not ashamed of itself? Some 10,200 people are in emergency accommodation, 3,784 of whom are children whose lives will be irredeemably scarred and marked by the experience of living in emergency accommodation for one or two years. For many of them, those years were preceded by the insecurity of facing eviction or unaffordable rents in private rented accommodation before...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We gave the Government solutions in a motion that was passed in this House by the majority in October 2018, on foot of the Raise the Roof demonstration. I inform the Tánaiste and anyone watching the debate that last Tuesday, Raise the Roof agreed to hold another national demonstration on 18 May, for which we make an appeal to everyone in emergency accommodation, on a housing list or who...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (28 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay to the affordable childcare scheme announced in October 2016; her plans to ensure the availability of childcare in all local communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14498/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (28 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some parents that are availing of the ECCE scheme are being charged for a fourth hour even if they are not using the facility for a fourth hour in view of the fact the facility is open for four hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14497/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Applications (28 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process for two Cambodian citizens to apply for a holiday visa to visit their daughter and grandchildren, who are Irish citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14667/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Well done to Deputy Wallace. I completely support the Bill and its objectives. I also agree with him wholeheartedly that speculation and land hoarding is a major, if not the main, contributory factor to the current housing crisis and the excessive cost of housing. The point made by Deputy Ó Broin is also very important. It is a point that is not highlighted enough, although we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have one more question on something that occurs to me. Given land prices and values in the private sector, if some people were to build, would they not almost have to build unaffordable units that are useless to the vast majority of people affected by the housing crisis? Given the economics the witnesses have described, the only viable units the private sector could build, if it decided...