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Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Data (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the drop in funding from the Health Service Executive national lottery grant scheme to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45848/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1093. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 516 of 17 October 2017 and 183 of 27 September 2017, when a formal response will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45772/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the case of a person of 62 years of age who has recently lost their job and has been invited to participate in JobPath but is not allowed to take up part-time work in their chosen field and instead is expected to find work for 30 hours or more a week in another field; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the invalidity pension of a person (details supplied) has been stopped in view of the fact that their condition has remained the same and is likely to continue to remain the same into the future and evidence has been provided of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45828/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the practice in the film industry of certain companies hiring unpaid runners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45831/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the arrangement between her Department, JobPath, a company (details supplied) and Turas Nua; the mandate that these companies have regarding jobseekers; the details of the contracts with these companies; if there is a pay by result remuneration for each jobseeker that gains employment through the scheme, if so, their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a scheme to facilitate persons on the housing list in Dublin to move outside of Dublin and take vacant properties in rural areas if they wish to do so; if not, his plans to set up such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45799/17]

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If HAP works in certain areas, happy days. I am delighted with anything that keeps people out of homeless accommodation. However, in south Dublin, accommodation is not available under HAP and I would like the Minister to address this. I would like Government Members to get this into their heads. There is quite a lot of expensive accommodation. Ten times more rental accommodation is...

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Minister kidding me? People are fighting each other.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he envisages reaching the housing assistance payment, HAP, targets in Rebuilding Ireland in view of current rent prices and supply problems in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45301/17]

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is envisaged that there will be 17,000 HAP tenancies next year. How on earth is the Government going to achieve that given the extent of rents, in particular in parts of Dublin? They are far in excess of HAP limits. I do not see how the Government can possibly deliver in the areas where they are needed most the HAP tenancies the Minister imagines will be delivered next year.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is all very well setting out the theory and the plan. We know we have not met almost any target set by this Government over recent years.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are not being met in my area.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want the Minister to answer me, not just give me the script. While I am sure other Members will say the same about other parts of Dublin, in south Dublin in particular there is no chance of securing significant numbers of HAP tenancies. There are 14 properties available to rent in total for everybody in the Dún Laoghaire area, the cheapest of which, a one-bed, is €1,400. The...

Other Questions: Regeneration Projects Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not in the community.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What does the Deputy mean "like Dublin"?

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay, Deputy Ó Cuív wants to play Dublin off against the country. As an urban Deputy I want to see rural Ireland protected and I make the point that in order to do that we do not privatise or bring to bear commercial priorities to services such as public transport. If we do that - we are doing it - bus services and transport infrastructure will be cut to those areas. Post offices...

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am a great fan of science fiction. I have to say that when I hear about visions for 2040 and for national planning frameworks, and the beautiful visions that are set out in such documents, I immediately think of science fiction. The vision is beautiful but the reality often turns out to bear no relation whatsoever to the vision that has been set out. It is a bit like in science fiction...

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Oct 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is an order.

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Oct 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The pathetic, meaningless and mealy-mouthed apologies from bankers over the tracker mortgage scandal are prompting nothing but fury and frustration among the victims of that scandal and the wider public. The Tánaiste has said that pending reports, the Minister for Finance will look into the possibility of legislation in this area if it is needed. What people out there want to know is...