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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the body to which a member of the public can go with a complaint against An Garda Síochána when the complaint has been rejected by GSOC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3257/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 387. To ask the Minister for Health if treatment for haemochromatosis will be considered for inclusion in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3042/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Foreshore Licence Applications (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 483. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to the extension to the licence that has recently been granted to a company (details supplied) to drill at the Kish bank, if the company would also need a foreshore licence to establish an exploratory rig in this area if it was to activate the licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3297/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Drug and Alcohol Testing (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regime for roadside testing of drivers in respect of cannabis; the way in which the legal limit or driving under the influence is defined in view of the fact that cannabis can stay in the bloodstream for long periods of time even though the driver may not be impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2862/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (23 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there have been applications for a foreshore licence from a company (details supplied) to allow for an exploratory rig on the Kish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3298/18]

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to share time with Deputy Barry.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I always feel distinctly uncomfortable when we are discussing these issues in the House because they should not be discussed here. They should never have been discussed in here because our considerations, our agonising, our viewpoints, our debates and our considerations are being had not over our own lives but over other people's lives, other women's lives. I do not think we have now, or...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, it was agreed at the Business Committee that the committee member speaking slots, following the leaders' slots yesterday, would be solely and exclusively for the members of the committee. Following that, then other Members could speak. Deputy Micheál Martin just spoke in a committee slot. When other parties, such as Sinn Féin and ourselves, asked the...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not the case.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Bernard, I want to register a protest.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree but it is also too serious a subject for people to play fast and loose with the discussion.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Typical.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not true. It is not the Acting Chairman's fault or the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan's.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Employment Rights (18 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it will be ensured that a company that is in receipt of public contracts is vindicating fully the rights of workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2390/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (18 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the efforts being made to ensure that the companies to which public contracts are awarded are protecting the rights of workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2389/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (18 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) has still not been decided upon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2707/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (17 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: With all due respect, I will acquaint the Minister of State with reality. There are 96,000 families who are waiting up to 15 years on housing lists because they cannot afford the prices in the market, either for rental or purchase. There are 8,000 people, including 3,000 children, in emergency accommodation. There are 70,000 people in mortgage arrears, many of whom face the possible...

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (17 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I see the reality.

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (17 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is about how people can afford to buy or rent them.

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (17 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Since I was first elected to the House in 2011, I have been warning the Government that the failure to build council housing and the policy of selling off land and assets by NAMA, which could have been used for public and affordable housing, would generate a disastrous housing crisis. For the first few years, the Government completely dismissed that warning. Now that we have a housing...