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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 506. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent meetings he has had with European counterparts on the worsening refugee crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45464/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 507. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on meetings held and topics discussed during his recent visit to United Arab Emirates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45465/15]

Coroners Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I commend Deputy Clare Daly on bringing forward this amendment Bill. I also pay tribute to the families who have lost loved ones, who have come here today and have campaigned for this change to make the Coroners Act 1962 what it should be, in order to deal with the situations and circumstances of today. An overhaul of the Bill is long overdue. We must ensure that people who lose loved ones...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We on this side of the House are too often obliged to voice our dissatisfaction with the guillotining of legislation and this Government's underhand parliamentary tactics in pushing through Bills in order to avoid debate or for some other political reason. What is being done in the case of this particular Bill is especially shameful because it is one of the most important legislative...

International Protection Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government should be utterly ashamed of itself for the Bill and for bringing it to the Dáil on international human rights day. The Labour Party should be especially ashamed of itself, as its members parade around as champions of equality, but they will support a Bill which is regressive, cruel and draconian with regard to some of the most vulnerable people in the world. It is...

Other Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to lift the restriction in the rental accommodation scheme which requires applicants to be in receipt of rent allowance to allow those in low-paid work to access the scheme, while the housing assistance payment has not been rolled out across all local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44132/15]

Other Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We had news again today that rents continue to spiral out of control, which will result in more evictions and make it more difficult for people to secure private rented accommodation. My question relates to a measure the Government could take to prevent evictions. I refer to circumstances where a tenant is working and his or her landlord wishes to raise the rent but is willing to enter into...

Other Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State said he would do everything he could to prevent homelessness. I have cited a specific scenario, examples of which will increase as rents continue to spiral. I have encountered a number of these cases. People who are working and living in private rented accommodation for which the landlord is seeking to increase the rent are being unnecessarily evicted because local...

Other Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The scheme is not available in many areas.

Other Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not dismissing the HAP scheme. While I am not terribly happy with it, my point is that it is ridiculous to operate it in some local authorities and not in others. As a result of the failure of the Government to instruct local authorities to make a deal with landlords who are willing to enter an arrangement with them, tenants are being put out on the street. All I am asking is that an...

Other Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Funding is not the issue.

Other Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State does not understand the question.

Other Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will explain the matter to the Minister of State afterwards.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of the current housing and homelessness emergency and in order to accelerate the delivery of permanent social housing, if he will consider the purchase of hundreds of permanent homes currently advertised for sale as an alternative to modular housing, the direct transfer of National Asset Management Agency...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As we face into Christmas, the housing and homelessness crisis continues to spiral out of control. My question requests that the Minister of State consider three measures to deliver immediate and permanent social housing on a greater scale and more quickly, including, rather than the construction of modular homes, the purchase online via Myhome.ieof 739 houses currently for sale for less...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is paying €190,000 per unit for 500 modular houses, many of which will not be delivered until the end of next near. There are 739 houses listed for sale today on the Myhome.iewebsite, each of which cost less than €200,000. Why would the Government choose to buy temporary modular homes, many of which will not be delivered until next year, when it could purchase...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Rather than allow the sale of that land, the Government should be putting that land and NAMA properties into the hands of the local authorities to assist them in housing provision. To short-circuit the excess delays in the delivery of social housing, I propose that the Government provide housing in-house through the local authorities rather than outsource responsibility in that regard...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As we approach Christmas, 1,000 children are either living on our streets or in emergency accommodation. What is the priority? There are 739 apartments or houses available for sale in Dublin for less than €200,000 each, which could become permanent homes. Why would the Government choose to spend €190,000 per unit on modular houses, which are temporary homes in which it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Climate Change Negotiations (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When one looks at the flooding engulfing huge parts of the country, one realises - given that this is happening so frequently - how serious this problem is and how much it is costing us. It is not a problem that will arise in the distant future; it is happening now. Our afforestation targets are pathetic. They are less than half of what they should be at 6,000 hectares per year when to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Climate Change Negotiations (10 Dec 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his role in the recent climate change conference in Paris in France; his views on the comments by the Taoiseach at the conference that the European Commission's climate targets for 2020 for Ireland were unrealistic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44255/15]