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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The public works contract for building workers specifically states that the main contractor is responsible for ensuring the rights of all employees. I would appreciate if a representative of the Department could go to speak to the workers and tell the contractors that they cannot throw 11 building workers out on the street without pay. The workers are owed money.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have finished. It is very important to vindicate the rights of workers.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach said it is under review. It has been under review for a year.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: When will the Government raise the thresholds instead of, as is currently the case, culling people from the housing lists and abandoning tens of thousands of others and failing to give them housing support?

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Second, will the Taoiseach commit to end the practice of people on HAP tenancies being forced to pay top-ups, because if they pay those top-ups, by definition, they are their children are driven into poverty?

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: That seriously is splitting hairs.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: When I need the Taoiseach's help in formulating questions I will ask him for it. I will cite the recent Social Justice Ireland report on these so-called incorrect facts. It states that approximately 230,000 children in Ireland are living in poverty today. That is one in five children under the age of 18. The group the Taoiseach refers to is the 110,000 people who are living in consistent...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Following the publication of the Social Justice Ireland report yesterday, do the Taoiseach and Government feel ashamed that 760,000 of our citizens are living in poverty and approximately 250,000 of them are children? This is in one of the richest countries in the world and, as the Taoiseach keeps reminding us, a country that has nearly full employment. A huge cohort of those living with...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (16 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he plans to take on the widespread and systematic abuse of the rights of Palestinian children who are subject to military law, arrest and interrogation and not accorded the same rights as Israeli children or the rights that would be expected to be given to children under international law; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (16 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures Ireland or the EU will take in response to the decision of the United States of America to recognise the Israeli annexation of the Golan Heights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17630/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (16 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the outcome of the Israeli Knesset elections with his counterparts in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17628/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his discussions with his counterparts across Europe on the abuse of women prisoners in Saudi Arabia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17631/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (16 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with his European counterparts with regard to complaints by Western Sahara about abuse by Morocco of its fishing waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17632/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (16 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure the speedy issuing of a passport for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17692/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Training (16 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which a qualified able seaman would update their qualifications and acquire a discharge book in order to return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17238/19]

Building the Housing of the Future: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 4:To delete all words after “calls on the Government to:” and substitute with: “— merge the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), the Housing Agency, Housing Finance Agency and the Land Development Agency and all their land, resources and assets to establish a State-owned housing construction company, which will work with local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process and timeline for the review of the strategic housing developments fast track planning; the way in which persons can make submissions on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16998/19]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have never heard that before.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not say anything in the last discussion because I wanted to get my head around it. As it happens, I commend the Minister. I think it is quite a radical measure. It is welcome. I am not sure how many properties it will free up but it will certainly help, so fair play to the Minister. My comment is on the Bill itself. The Bill contains plans to impose administrative sanctions, carry...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise. A vulture fund and property speculator got hold of it. It first made attempts to ratchet up the rents by approximately 60%. That was resisted by the tenants with our support. It moved on after that to try to evict everybody on the basis of substantial refurbishment. The residents resisted it. That was successful. It is good that they are still there but many of the...