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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]

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The programme for Government has a chapter of extensive commitments from the Government to people with disabilities, particularly to provide them with access to the maximum supports necessary for them to participate fully in society. Against that background, members of the visually impaired and blind community in the south-east Dublin region, basically from east Wicklow up through Dún...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she is planning to take in order to deal with bogus self-employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46889/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and location of all completed and unfinished residential units in NAMA's original portfolio including the residential units securing loans acquired by NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46744/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and location of all residential units sold by NAMA debtors receivers since inception; the number of those units sold at NAMA loan sales by year since its inception; the breakdown of the residential sales into lot sizes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46745/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of residential and zoned land in hectares sold by NAMA debtors and receivers and through loans sales since inception; if he will provide a list of the zoned residential sites by year, location and local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46746/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social and Affordable Housing Data (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of social housing units offered to local authorities and approved housing bodies by the name of the development and residential location and the local authority area from inception to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46747/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance the criterion used by NAMA to select residential units to be offered for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46748/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons given to NAMA for rejection and acceptance, respectively, by the local authorities and approved housing bodies of the social housing units offered to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46749/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Construction (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the new developments in which residential units were funded by NAMA from inception to date in 2018, by the development location and local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46750/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (13 Nov 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a cap on the percentage an insurance company is entitled to increase a life insurance premium by in order to maintain cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47016/18]