Results 11,481-11,500 of 26,843 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The reason I ask is a concern prompted partly by the experience of Cherrywood and partly by recent comments by Mel Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds fears that the developers on many big private sites are in no hurry to build or may not have any interest in building. Therefore, we should take the Part V component as land upfront and build on it ourselves, which I would have thought would bring in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In fairness, I am asking the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We should take the 10% closest to the site entrance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are all on the same hymn sheet. I agree strongly with Dr. Hearne's narrative about the inefficiency, cost and viability of PPPs, or privatised forms of social housing delivery, being crazy from the point of view of trying to resolve the housing crisis. Instead, we need to move urgently towards the direct provision of public housing on public land. I am curious to know the delegates'...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have to leave, unfortunately.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (14 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider ordering a stay on all sales of public land by local authorities or State agencies that could provide public and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47177/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the affordable housing scheme outlined in budget 2019 will be rolled out; the number of affordable homes that will be provided in 2019 as a result of this scheme; if it is within the power of an individual local authority to fund and provide its own scheme; if so, if there are regulations that the local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Referendum Campaigns (14 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the referendums he is planning after the blasphemy referendum of 26 October 2018. [43912/18]

Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will begin where Deputy Barry ended in appealing to people to take to the streets on 1 December in what is the follow-on demonstration from the 3 October mobilisation outside the Dáil. It is the anniversary of the death of Jonathan Corry, who died yards from the entrance to the Dáil two years ago. Shamefully, the crisis that contributed to his death has continued to escalate. I...

Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is true.

Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Then the Minister of State should explain how they were refused.

Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The mother wrote to the Minister's office and asked him to explain this. He said it was nothing to do with him and he could not interfere. That is why we need to get out on the streets.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will re-examine the issue of the reduced rates of jobseeker's allowance for those under 26 years of age with an aim to restoring them to the standard rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46888/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The failure of the Government to deliver social and council housing for people on housing lists or in homelessness hubs is well known. What discussions has the Taoiseach had, which sub-committee deals with it and to what extent does the Taoiseach have a handle on the issue of affordability for those whose incomes are above the eligibility threshold but too low to get a bank loan? Yesterday,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a shocker. What is the Government doing? What sort of scheme is that to help those who cannot get on the housing list and yet have absolutely no chance of being able to afford a home on the open market?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is extraordinary. Does the Taoiseach have a handle on this? Does he understand it? What does he have to say to that distraught mother and her son?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not but I know what the source of the problem is.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: During his discussions with European colleagues, has the Taoiseach raised the issue of Palestine? This year, the EU has the chair of the Kimberley process, which is the certification process for the diamond industry and its exports. Ireland will hold the chair between 12 and 16 November. A key aspect of the Kimberley process is to prohibit the export of blood or conflict diamonds....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings in Brussels on 4 October 2018. [43456/18]