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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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (18 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be moved out of temporary accommodation as was agreed under the divestment programme in view of the fact that it was told that it would only be there for one year and it is now facing into its fourth year at a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23634/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (18 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the costs regarding the increased quotation from €600,000 to the latest quote for the building of the new children's hospital; the reason for the increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23722/17]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not accept the Government's argument that establishing a genuinely independent regulator is somehow taking away the democratic imperative for people elected and accountable, as public representatives are, around policy and legislation. It is not what is being proposed. The point is to have some sort of genuinely independent checks and balances on that. The Minister and the Government...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am very disappointed the Minister of State is not accepting amendment No. 1, in the name of Deputy Ó Broin. It is because the Government essentially wants the flexibility to ram through big infrastructural projects without having them properly screened. I would like clarity from the officials because they said there are not 15 cases. A document by environmental consultants in...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Privatised.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I strongly support Deputy Eoin Ó Broin's amendment on the need for us to have a report within at least six months on the Government's compliance with the European Union's environmental impact assessment directives and the Aarhus Convention. This issue has been drawn to my attention in recent weeks by environmental groups, specifically the Woodland League. I know that others are also...

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Fianna Fáil for tabling the motion on an extremely important subject. Huge numbers of citizens are being ripped off by insurance companies. I primarily want to address the cost of motor insurance, but I will comment on the cost of health insurance initially. It is the biggest scam ever. I would never take out private health insurance on principle because in the area of health...

Topical Issue Debate: Surveillance Operations (17 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Following on from that, the emergency clause in the 2009 Act, which allows a superior officer rather than a judge to carry out these recording or tracking of people doubled between 2009 and 2010. Will the Minister explain what the hell was going on in that period? I have a direct question for the Minister. During her tenure or the tenure of Ministers for Justice and Equality in this...

Topical Issue Debate: Surveillance Operations (17 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It does not surprise me but it is completely scandalous that we have revelations from yet another Garda whistleblower alleging that innocent people's phones are being tapped. In one case, according to the allegation, a sitting Deputy had his or her phone tapped by An Garda Síochána, possibly as a result of pressure from a Minister. Certainly, the whistleblower believes it was a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (17 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach should respond to my specific question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To put it mildly.