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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sometimes the Devil can tell the truth.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: At 2 p.m. on Saturday protesters will gather in Dublin city centre in the latest of a series of demonstrations organised by the National Housing and Homelessness Coalition to protest at the Government's failure to address the housing emergency. The protesters will gather at three different locations in the city centre and then converge on a building, which we will not disclose at the moment...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My question is very simple. Is that not the real explanation for our housing crisis? While the Government has talked about providing affordable and public housing, it has not done it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It has actually facilitated obscene profiteering by vulture funds and developers - the very people who nearly brought the economy to its knees.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The boys are back in town and the Government brought them back to town. Ordinary people looking for an affordable roof over their heads are paying the price.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I presume the Tánaiste would not accuse the authorities in Berlin, for example, of being ideological. It is holding a referendum essentially to root out vulture funds and property speculators from Berlin because they are contributing to the housing crisis. That sentiment is expressed across the board in Berlin. There is nothing comforting in what the Tánaiste has said. He has not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----through the housing assistance payment, HAP, leasing arrangements and transfers of property assets to these people who are profiteering.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It does not surprise me that the legislation has moved through the House as quickly as it has. The main purpose of the Bill is not controversial; it is to maintain as fully as possible the status quoin the common travel area to avoid disruption. No sane or sensible person in this Chamber would want to cause unnecessary disturbance or massively disrupt the status quo, particularly in the...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is very dangerous growth of that type of politics all across Europe, including within the European Union, and we cannot lay the blame for it on Britain. It is a failing of politics generally in the western world. We have also seen it in the United States. While we have to deal with a very immediate problem and the consequences of Brexit, we should not imagine, whether it resolves...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the plans for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10929/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Breaks Standardisation (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue specific guidelines for time to be set aside for eating and hygiene in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10928/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a disability accommodation appeal will be allowed in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11040/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 151. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to protect high street retail in view of the increasing impact of online shopping; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11008/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Minister, Ms Hurley and the team for their attendance. I would like to make many points but, given the time available, I will condense them into one central point. The net effect of the failure of policies to deal with social and affordable housing and spiralling rents and property prices is social cleansing, particularly in Dublin. The Government's policies, which are reliant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Nothing has been built.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When I see the first brick laid, I will be impressed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In response to my point on areas in Dublin with high rents and high property prices, the Minister acknowledged there are specific problems but he did not respond to the specifics when I cited examples showing why many of his policies cannot work. Does he acknowledge, for example, that the Rebuilding Ireland home loan cannot work on any scale in Dún Laoghaire when house costs are in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Where?