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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Well, it is not agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is an interesting perspective, a Leas-Chathaoirligh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Likewise, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, I am very fond of him but I do not agree with him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is an interesting perspective.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: May I ask another question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: May I just ask one more question about the housing PPPs? I did not know we had some of them in our area until someone brought it to my attention lately. What is the deal with them? Do they manage them once they build them? Do the private companies which are involved in the partnership build them and then hand them back after 25 years, or whatever, or do they-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They maintain them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank an Leas-Chathaoirleach.

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion on the hospitality and tourism sector. We are all aware of the employment contribution this sector generates and its importance to our wider economy and to many local areas. In Dún Laoghaire, we have many small businesses such as coffee shops, restaurants, independent food retail outlets and so on, many of which...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (19 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is the case that currently, to receive the full State pension (contributory), a person requires 980 A1 stamps, equivalent to 20 years full-time work, but that as of 2034 (that is, those born after 1 January 1968), the requirement will increase to 2,100 A1 stamps, equivalent to 45 years full-time work; the rationale for...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People Before Profit will be opposing the Government motion on the migration and asylum impact and the pact itself, not for the reasons that some in this House may put forward but because we believe the European Union and, sadly, our own Government are beginning to make concessions to anti-immigrant hysteria and to the scapegoating of immigrants by the far right in a dangerous way that is not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The programme for Government was written when we were coming out of the Covid pandemic. Much of it dealt with economic recovery and the impact of Covid on particular groups of workers. One group that I campaigned and advocated for very strongly was taxi drivers. They last two years of work at the time. Following pleas from the taxi drivers, the Government conceded that those with cars...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: She is blocking sanctions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: And those complicit.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the published third meeting of the cross-government network on child poverty and well-being. [23997/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is all very well setting up a committee to deal with child poverty and welfare but it has to do something. The Taoiseach said he wants to give children the best start in life - absolutely. One of things that guarantees they do not have a good start in life is if they are homeless or they are facing the prospect of being homeless. A total of 4,170 children are in emergency accommodation,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [23995/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I note that at the summit there was a lot of talk about adherence to international law, which is right. There is no doubt the atrocities that Putin has carried out are horrendous and that it was a bloody and indefensible invasion, occupation and war. However, it is difficult to credit the claims of adherence to international law or the desire for peace when, at the same time that all of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 65. To ask the Taoiseach to clarify whether the Barron inquiry was in receipt of all relevant files relating to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and any files that related to suspected perpetrators of those bombings. [25818/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (13 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she intends to honour her commitment to the survivors and the families of victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings to release all files relating to the bombings, including the reports furnished by the officers of the special detective unit which was tasked with monitoring those campaigners for justice and truth in...