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- Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (11 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Another shameful statistic has emerged in the utterly shameful record of this Government on the issue of housing and homelessness. We now top the league table in Europe for the proportion of women who are homeless. The number of women as a proportion of those who are homeless is 48%, which is approximately 10% higher than the next highest in Europe. This is shameful. I have looked at the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (11 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the legislation his Department is planning to introduce. [32517/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Allowance Payments (11 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 356. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which rent is calculated for a person living in State care at a location (details supplied) and on disability allowance of €188; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32580/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 438. To ask the Minister for Health if it is mandatory for a member of staff of a State institution (details supplied) to accompany a resident to a medical appointment; if it is permissible for the resident's next-of-kin to accompany the person alone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32581/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the advocacy services that are available to a person resident in a State institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32618/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (11 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 695. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of contracts agreed with a company (details supplied) and contracts that have been entered into regarding the construction of the Dublin Airport metro in view of the fact that contracts have already been signed. [32930/17]
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Rubbish.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government's dishonesty will not-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: They have been gouging people for years.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is rubbish. Most bin services were privatised long before then.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Bin charges were in place for eight years by then.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I did yesterday.
- Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Absolutely.
- Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, that has to change.
- Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Well said. I agree with the Deputy, except for the jibe about Trotsky.
- Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The reason we are having this debate is that I pressed for six weeks at the Business Committee to schedule a discussion on the progress or lack of it on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. That follows six years of Fine Gael Government since 2011, during which time I and others, week in, week out, told five different Ministers that the Government's policies were...
- Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us not forget the extreme centre.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Land Acquisition (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a response from the Christian Brothers regarding the playing pitches at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31797/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Land Acquisition (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a formal offer to the Christian Brothers to hand over the playing pitches at a school (details supplied) in lieu of some of the moneys owed to the redress board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31798/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (6 Jul 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will bring forward the legislation to allow for equal access for all children to schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31578/17]