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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is still no answer to the question on housing, despite it being asked twice. There were three minutes spent on one issue. Could it be spread out a little?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Chancellor Merkel on 20 March 2018. [13943/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Germany is the most powerful state in the European Union and probably the biggest supporter in Europe of the state of Israel. Does the Taoiseach ever raise questions with it about its policy of providing pretty much uncritical support for Israel, particularly given what has happened? Before the Easter break, I warned the Taoiseach in this House that innocent, unarmed protestors would be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach did not answer my final question about the unaffordability of rent and accommodation and, therefore, I will try again. DCU students were protesting outside Leinster House earlier. They are being asked to swallow a 30% rent increase, bringing their rent up to almost €9,000 annually. This is because student accommodation was not covered by the Government's inadequate...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B - social policy and public services - will next meet. [16371/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It seems to me that the most elementary function of a government in order to have a functioning economy is that its citizens can exist in that economy at the most basic level. Students from Dublin City University, DCU, gathered outside Leinster House today because they have been asked to suffer an increase in rent from €4,500 per year to €8,700. For many that means they will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A - economy will next meet. [16370/18]

Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not if they cannot afford it.

Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The wonders of the market.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if correspondence in relation to persons (details supplied) will be responded to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16368/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for naturalisation; the reason for the delay in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16369/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 929. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry to ensure that new medicines are available to persons with MS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16163/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 926. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time the women's refuge in Rathgar has been closed; his plans to re-open same; his further plans to open other women's refuges in the Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16155/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 955. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a redress scheme for persons who were forcibly committed by the State prior to the enactment of the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16362/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1326. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time the women's refuge in Rathmines has been closed; when it is planned to reopen; her plans to open additional refuges in the Dublin region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16389/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consequences for a jobseeker who does not want to sign a contract with a private company for a JobPath scheme or similar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16356/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (17 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether it is a conflict of interest that a person (details supplied) is also a board member of an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15022/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Ardmore Studios (29 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is absolutely disgraceful that we have sold off the State's holding in Ardmore. We have fully privatised it to the benefit of a company which appeared like a mushroom. That is a feature of the film industry where the companies that receive all the State money appear like mushrooms and then disappear just as quickly. The culture committee has heard testimony from representatives of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Ardmore Studios (29 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is an absolute disgrace that we discover on RTÉ and in newspapers over the weekend that a key part of Ireland's cultural and cinematic heritage has been sold. We hear that the State has sold its share in a deal in which none of the details have been scrutinised and we have no idea about guarantees to protect the future of Ardmore as a film studio. Incredibly, €7 million has...

Affordable Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Or misrepresent people, as the Deputy did earlier.