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Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move:That Dáil Éireann: notes that:— access to secure and genuinely affordable housing is increasingly out of reach for many people; — from the locked-out generation of students and young workers or unemployed people, to older workers facing into retirement, high-cost insecure accommodation is a reality for too many people; — the failure of the Government...

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Gender Equality (3 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for reconvening a Citizens' Assembly. [39829/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (3 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with political leaders in Northern Ireland. [39830/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We do not need unaffordable houses.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Only 16 social houses were provided in Dublin in the first half of this year.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (3 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the rationale for the purchase of a new multi-role naval vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40060/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (3 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the planned purchase of a multi-role naval vessel; the cost of the vessel; the tendering procedures; if this will be part of budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40059/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (3 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 89. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if houses, apartments or family accommodation in the ownership of his Department will be provided to a trust that would refurbish the properties and provide homes for military personnel (details supplied). [40170/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (2 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: May I move on to the next question?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (2 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have three minutes, do we not?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (2 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Therefore we cannot move on to the next question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (2 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Right.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (2 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To refer to commercial considerations when we are discussing this piece of our national heritage is not good enough. Some things are too important to simply allow the highest bidder to come along and take them. As has been mentioned, "private property" signs are appearing on the road with views over Luggala. That is a very ominous sign of what could come down the line if the State does not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (2 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would appreciate it if we could keep it tight because I have another question after this one.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (2 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 823 of 18 September 2018, if her Department has considered buying the 4,500 acres of the estate that do not include the house in view of the good value price her Department paid for a similar piece of land at Glenasmole in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39845/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (2 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is well aware that there is a huge campaign and great public concern about the Luggala estate in the Wicklow mountains, a unique piece of our cultural heritage which is up for sale. Under its previous owners, the de Brún family, public access to Lough Dan and the surrounding area was guaranteed. With its sale, there are real fears that any new owner could cut off access to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks (2 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need more of an assurance than that. There are big petitions ongoing and the matter has been raised a number of times in the House. It would be completely unacceptable if the area was to be fenced off as private property and become inaccessible. There would be uproar. Any restriction of access to the vista at Lough Dan would be totally unacceptable. We need an assurance that the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (2 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Except for film workers.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Film Industry (2 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When is the film industry forum as recommended going to happen to bring all stakeholders into a room to sort out the problems? We need to consider matters such as Mel Gibson suing a company that has produced a film, stating that the producers benefiting from section 481 tax relief are defrauding that tax relief by artificially inflating costs and expenses and milking the taxpayer. That is a...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Film Industry (2 Oct 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a very serious issue.