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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A 50:50 ratio would do.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It could be 50:50 social and affordable.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Cherrywood development could solve the housing crisis in the area.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The people who are demanding housing cannot afford half a million euro.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Nobody wants less.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate action last met; and when it will meet again. [24333/17]

Manchester Arena Bombing: Expressions of Sympathy (23 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On behalf of Solidarity-People Before Profit, I wish to extend our great sympathies and condolences to the families, parents, sisters, brothers, relatives and friends of the 22 people who have been murdered in this callous, horrific and brutal way. I wish the very best to the other 59 people who were injured and I hope they make a full recovery. I understand that two of the young victims...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada. [23044/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (23 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if refugees who come here as a convention applicant will be provided with the same supports that are afforded to programme refugees, specifically in terms of key worker, financial and housing supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24344/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (23 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa application for a person (details supplied) can be processed, in view of the fact it is required by the person to start a course in Dublin in June 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24509/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (23 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the person or organisation that is legally responsible in the event of an apartment complex having been issued with a fire certificate by the local authority and subsequently found to be non compliant with fire regulations upon inspection by the fire officer and requiring remedial works; if the person responsible...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (23 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the self regulatory system should be reformed and an approved inspector model adopted in view of the number of developments built in recent years that are in breach of fire safety regulations and require remedial works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24295/17]

Residential Tenancies (Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It happened with a major economic crash. I have to go back to these individuals who are homeless or who face eviction and give them an answer but there is no answer coming from the Minister of State today. There is nothing but vague assertions about supply in the market. This Bill at least attempts to deal in a concrete way with the dilemma these people face today.

Residential Tenancies (Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Excellent.

Residential Tenancies (Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank everybody who contributed to the debate, in particular Deputies Broughan and Jan O'Sullivan and Sinn Féin for supporting the Bill. I am not sure whether Fianna Fáil said it would support it. I want to appeal, even at this late stage, to the Minister of State to get on his mobile phone and ask Fine Gael to reconsider not letting the Bill go to the next stage, which, as...

Residential Tenancies (Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do.

Residential Tenancies (Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." On the day that is in it, I cannot help but vent my frustration over the fact that the Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, is not here to-----

Residential Tenancies (Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will be glad when he is. I have become increasingly frustrated in recent months because the critical issues facing huge numbers of citizens will be drowned out. They are already being drowned out in the hubbub of the personality contest that is occurring within Fine Gael. Certainly, my frustration has escalated in the past few days. The media is awash and I fear will be for weeks with...

Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 3:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “believes that, in order to tackle infrastructural bottlenecks and make up for historical underinvestment, much greater investment in public services is required, including more capital investment than the €2.65 billion envisaged in the Capital Plan; notes that...