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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Gas Networks Ireland (18 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the full remit of Bord Gáis in terms of gas safety, including any responsibility with regard to gas leaks, meter replacement and gas supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2038/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Planning Issues (18 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any set rules or guidelines with regard to the N11 to preclude a developer putting access to a new housing development from the N11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2056/17]

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Apollo House occupation over Christmas which was a fantastic action to propel the indescribable housing and homelessness crisis to the top of the political agenda and which received huge support across the board, as noted by Deputy Ruth Coppinger, was a fantastic intervention in this deplorable crisis. It piled further pressure on the Government to address this chronic problem. Again,...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, but they need indefinite security of tenure. We need real rights for tenants in order that they do not have to worry every year about whether they will have a roof over their heads. The Bill proposes to extend the notice period for rent increases from 90 days to 180 days and the notice period for eviction after five years of tenancy to at least one full year. It categorises banks and...

Other Questions: Motor Insurance (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the Government's new motor insurance policies will result in affordable premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1652/17]

Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Paul Murphy - seven and a half minutes each.

Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As a Thirty-two county party, People Before Profit welcomes the fact that there will be an election in Northern Ireland. We do not regret the fall of this Executive and we think this election offers an historic opportunity for the people of Northern Ireland to punish the political establishment there and the institutions of Stormont for what our comrades in Northern Ireland are describing as...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Revised): Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome any acceleration of pay restoration for workers, either in the public or private sector. It is positive and is a fantastic vindication of the decision of gardaí and teachers to resist. They deserve the credit for this change in policy by the Government. Now people inside the Lansdowne Road agreement have been the beneficiaries of the justified militancy of gardaí and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Revised): Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Just for clarification, my point was that those inside the Lansdowne Road agreement have now benefited from the militancy, people power, determination to campaign or whatever one wants to call it, of the teachers and the gardaí. To my mind, it is a vindication of the decision of those workers to fight for proper pay restoration. There is a belated acknowledgment on the Minister's part,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Revised): Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will agree to disagree.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether significant mistakes have been made by the Government in relation to vulture funds in terms of the scale of acquisitions of property and property-related assets and in terms of the taxes forgone as a result of tax loopholes benefitting these funds; if he proposes any further policy or legislative action in relation to these funds; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make the records, reports and minutes of the meeting of 12 December 2008 which discussed the first final report of a person (details supplied) with regards to the Stardust tragedy available to the families of the victims of the tragedy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41516/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary question number 88 of 6 December 2016, if she will investigate further a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41635/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 281. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason VAT is charged on the PSO levy on utility bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1390/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 288. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fall in corporate tax revenue in December 2016 as a result of a particularly large rebate reported at €150 million to a single company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1609/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will establish unused properties registers across all local authorities (details supplied). [1393/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is any mechanism by which notification can issue if a foreshore licence is applied for by a company (details supplied) in respect of oil and gas exploration at Kish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1578/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Dietary Allowance Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 574. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a dietary supplement allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41626/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1038. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment with a consultant at Crumlin Hospital or received confirmation that they are on the list for spinal surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41744/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1040. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow hemp oil to be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41746/16]