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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Middle East (26 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 34. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 May 2024, if he or his predecessors have ever exercised the powers contained in article 42 of the Criminal Activity (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005; if Ireland has previously imposed restrictive measures on those carrying out terrorist, terrorist-linked, or terrorist-financing activity in a domestic context by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (26 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason An Garda Síochána has failed to fully cooperate with operation Newham in terms of failing to provide a single document in relation to the Dublin-Monaghan bombings; the reason An Garda Síochána has failed to provide intelligence information in relation to this case to operation Newham; and if she...

Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is currently departing the Chamber-----

Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and I am sorry that I did not get a chance to challenge his countermotion directly with him. I must first thank Sinn Féin for tabling this important motion on energy costs. We are happy to support the measures in it, such as beefing up the CRU to try to address the high cost of energy in this country. However, we would go further, and we think we need caps. We tabled a Bill at...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 20. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent engagement with the Palestinian state's representative to Ireland. [26277/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is and was a welcome step, belatedly, to recognise the Palestinian state. If it is not going to be more than hollow symbolism something has to follow that assists the Palestinian people in liberating themselves from a regime that is capable of committing what the International Court of Justice believes is a plausible genocide and which most reasonable people think is a genocide. Any...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The rest are kids and the parents are dependent on social welfare. They are all homeless now. After 15 years on the list they are over the threshold for social housing. Nothing is available for them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One of their daughters is working in our hospitals looking after our sick. They are all homeless and not eligible for social housing or HAP. It is crazy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet again. [25447/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Along the same lines, we still have a devastating housing crisis with multiple facets to it. One of these is the cliff edge of thresholds when it comes to social housing income thresholds, where people find themselves threatened with the possibility of homelessness through no fault of their own but then discover they have now gone over the threshold in this regard, even though they may have...

Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Referral to Select Committee (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to make a point of order.

Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Referral to Select Committee (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This motion relates to the European Defence Agency and the involvement of Irish troops with PESCO. Some of us believe this represents a very serious threat to Ireland's neutrality. It is being referred to the committee, which would be normal but do we have a commitment that when the committee has considered this, it will be sent back to the Dáil and there will be a debate on it? If...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [26276/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The marine protected areas legislation has been on the priority legislation list for 20 months and it still has not even been published. The Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan, was asked about this in January of this year and he said it would be published in the first quarter. It still has not been published. Ireland has the lowest proportion of its marine environment protected of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport ,further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 14 May 2024, the way it can be justified that 2014 cabs can remain on the road while 2015 cabs must be retired due to NTA age limits given that all taxi drivers operating during the Covid-19 crisis suffered a similar loss of income; if he will consider extending the age limits of other cabs...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 May 2024, what legal advice he has received concluding that he cannot exercise the prerogatives outlined in Section 42 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27190/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 May 2024, the conditions under which he can exercise the prerogatives outlined in Section 42 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27191/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 May 2024, if he will outline, noting that the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 covers activity other than direct physical violence; and noting that the Act covers financing of terrorist and terrorist-linked activity, the engagements he has had with his EU counterparts regarding the imposition of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline, with regard to the local authority shared ownership scheme, and given the obligation on local authorities to keep legal costs to a minimum, what recourse an individual (details supplied) has if they feel that their local authority is imposing onerous conditions on the sale of their shared ownership scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 345. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has any initiatives planned to address the staffing crisis in the childcare sector resulting in widespread temporary and permanent closure of facilities, including any plans to streamline credential verification processes for Irish applicants or incentives to non-EU applicants; and if he will make a...