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Nice Attacks: Expressions of Sympathy (19 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On behalf of People Before Profit and the Anti-Austerity Alliance I extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to the families, friends and loved ones of the people who were massacred in Nice and those who were injured, some of whom are still in a critical state. The actions that claimed their lives were utterly despicable, unconscionable and unjustifiable in any terms. While we do not...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not know this was questions to People Before Profit - I thought it was questions to the Taoiseach. It could not be more telling that, in answer to the most basic and elementary question, the Taoiseach cannot tell the House how many council houses the Government intends to deliver. That confirms that we are just getting a rehashed, slightly upscaled version of the Kelly plan. There...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will give the Taoiseach the answer. The number is 53 while 600 joined the housing list.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach cannot give me the numbers.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need council houses.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Most of the recommendations were rejected.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For the more than 100,000 families and households rotting on housing lists for 15 years and longer and the thousands of families suffering the cruelty and hardship of homelessness, I regret to give my opinion that this document is an incredible disappointment. At best, it is yet another mirage and false dawn for those who desperately need solutions to the housing crisis. At worst, I believe...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I know the Taoiseach cannot.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is pretty elementary.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (19 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe he envisages for the transfer of Dún Laoghaire Harbour in line with the Harbours Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22476/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Appeals (19 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 400. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports available to a person who cannot work due to illness in order to pay their mortgage in the absence of the mortgage interest supplement which is being phased out (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21966/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (19 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider placing signs in places of recreation where ticks are prevalent in the Dublin area and other counties to raise awareness of Lyme disease as per the Health Protection Surveillance Centre campaign in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22277/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Traffic Control Services (19 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 845. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the proposed night flights that are to be redirected over south Dublin on runway 16/34 from September 2016 for a year are acceptable and necessary (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22571/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Retention (19 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 906. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to encourage workers to stay here, in view of emigration figures still running at 23,000 persons, per annum. [20699/16]

Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I could have gone on much longer.

Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. May I?

Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If there is nobody else here, I would like to speak for a longer time because there is no subject that frustrates and taxes me as much as this one, and it has done since I came into the Dáil in 2011. There has been much debate about this issue for a number of years. I will not start with the general picture, although I will come to that later but much of that ground has been...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (14 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who has been awarded a disability allowance on appeal, can have the award backdated to March 2015 rather than January 2016 as has been decided by the appeals office. [21746/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 155. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given priority for special footware; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21744/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (13 Jul 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Get Jeremy Corbyn in.