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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The mother and children are the best-placed people to tell us that rather than us telling them what to do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are travelling 10 km or 12 km.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I asked the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I brought to public attention the Robin Hill apartments, which to my mind demonstrate everything that is going wrong with policy. NAMA sat on 15 empty units in this development for a number of years. The council tried to obtain those units from NAMA but it was refused them. NAMA sold the development to Cerberus, people are now being evicted and the 15 units remain vacant. Also, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not true. It was given by the Department of Justice and Equality for social housing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need to stop contracting companies in to build for the councils. That is what we always did in the past.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like that, but in the absence of that what previously happened is that councils built council estates, bringing in McInerney or Collins or whoever it was to build these estates. We did not have to give away two thirds of our land to get houses built on it.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [28863/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 50. To ask the Taoiseach if he will consider establishing a Cabinet committee on education. [28862/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: International Agreements (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had communications with his counterparts across the world in view of recent statements by President Trump to pull out of the Paris Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29811/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Guidelines (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a recent report commissioned by his Department and carried out by the SEAI which found that wind turbines should be sited ten times the tip height from dwelling houses; his plans to ensure that these recommendations are implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29810/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage discount a company (details supplied) received relating to the par value and the market value at the time of purchasing from NAMA apartments in Balally, in particular, and other property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29530/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if communication has been received from the Christian Brothers relating to a college (details supplied) on the question of the nature of the contract for the sale and development of lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29543/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has requested of the Christian Brothers with regard to the playing pitches at a college (details supplied) that they transfer the lands into his Department's ownership in lieu of some of their debt to the redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29545/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to consider the use of compulsory purchase orders for lands at colleges (details supplied) in order to secure their playing pitches and recreational facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29546/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Christian Brothers have raised with him a requirement to pass the proposed sale of a school's (details supplied) playing pitches to the Charities Regulatory Authority for examination and approval in view of the fact that the Christian Brothers have indicated to the school board that this was the case; if this is a requirement of an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to question the Christian Brothers in respect of a college (details supplied) regarding the requirement and justification for a sale of lands reported to be to the value of €18 million in view of the fact that the Christian Brothers' debt to the redress scheme is just below €9 million; if he has inquired as to the way...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Strategies (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that prison authorities are taking seriously the problem of racism in prisons, whether directed at prisoners or prison officers, in view of the fact that there have been complaints by prison officers in this regard and at least one case is pending in the Equality Tribunal relating to this issue; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 340. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the regulations that exist to govern private eye laser surgery centres and particularly to protect persons and ensure they have proper follow-up treatment and recourse in the event of post-operative problems arising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29549/17]