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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The first point I want to make was made to me by Mel Reynolds. I always give credit where it is due. This is a pretty serious matter. There is a very significant discrepancy in the local authority output figures in 2017 between what the Minister is claiming and what is in the National Oversight and Audit Commission, NOAC, report published in September 2018. This exposes a spin that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I can tell the Minister that I was not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not name him. I just referred to "the guy from Hines".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sure. I did not name anybody. He said the cost of the units Hines intends to deliver later than expected - 26 months for the first phase is a long time - was approximately €400,000 per unit. These are mostly apartments. If they are costing him €400,000, what will they cost people in the area? Whatever it is will be in excess of €400,000, which is totally unaffordable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will finish and come back later on another point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not interested in making political or other charges for the sake of it. Rather, I am interested in getting to the facts. I am aware there are many different streams, but that does not answer the question I asked. What is the real addition to the local authority housing stock? The Minister has an obligation to tell us that. I acknowledge that that is only one stream. The NOAC report...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not talking about those houses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I accept there are disagreements but will the Minister answer my question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not a member of this committee so I did not receive it. Perhaps the Minister will undertake to have it sent to me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Minister send that on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was not-----

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is advisable that public transport fares are increased in view of Ireland's obligations under climate change agreements and the need to see an increase in the number of persons using public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51953/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the recent changes to the fare structures in Dublin Bus which means that the shortest trip of 1-3 stages has increased to €3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51952/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the State has secondary security over moneys loaned by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland to a company (details supplied) while the minority lender has a stronger fixed and floating charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52387/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason €675 million of Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland funding has as of December 2016 gone to the pillar banks (details supplied) and only 11% of its drawn down lending has gone to working capital for SMEs in view of the fact that it was established to lend to SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52388/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether a series of financial matters concerning a person (details supplied) is appropriate or a potential abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52389/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance further to a freedom of information request, the reason onlenders of SBCI moneys are not required to obtain a copy of current tax clearance certificates from their respective customers leaving the State exposed to tax losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52390/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (12 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who lives in a direct provision centre is entitled to a weekly payment for transport if attending a full-time or part-time course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52330/18]

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will be extremely brief. On the SPV structure, the problem is that it appears and it disappears. That is a problem in terms of people's employment rights. We need to re-examine that. I just want to make that clear. I am not going to elaborate the point as the officials understand it. It is a particular structure. There are reasons at one level that we should have it but it causes a...

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to-----