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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach welcomed the agreement in the first instance and has been joined in support of it by Sinn Féin. How can he and anyone who has signed up to this agreement, including Sinn Féin, seriously call this a fresh start when it is clear this is the stale, regressive old austerity? It is the Northern Ireland version of the troika assault that was imposed on people here over the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 32. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met the leader of the British Labour Party, Mr. Jeremy Corbyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41202/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 33. To ask the Taoiseach when he last spoke with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41203/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 34. To ask the Taoiseach if he has discussed the crisis in Stormont with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41204/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I wish to follow up on the housing issue and clarify what might be called the war of the figures with regard to the social housing crisis. It is not the Chairman's fault, and I am not sure where the responsibility lies, but we do not have enough time to do what we should be doing here. There must be a forensic analysis of these figures. If the OECD has condemned the Oireachtas, quite...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I certainly will. This question has been raised repeatedly in recent months. For 2016, the council has €8 million allocated, in respect of which it is "awaiting further information" from the Minister about how the moneys can be spent. With the Chairman's indulgence, I have a final question. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is claiming the reason it cannot advance a more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The point I am making-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I asked one question about applicants.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not always. It depends on the question. We want to know how many applicants there were in 2015, for example.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does that include new applicants?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That will be very helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do those figures include the Dún Laoghaire area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is hardly any social housing in south Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On foot of my earlier question about money from the local property tax fund which was allocated for social housing, the figure in the case of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council being €10 million for 2015 and €8 million for 2016, will the Minister confirm that there is nothing to stop the council from using the money as it sees fit to provide new social housing? I would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are not getting a straight answer from someone; who I do not know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have one last question. We are all wondering why we received so little from NAMA. Do we have figures for how much stock NAMA has in each area? I am not just talking about what it identifies for use as social housing. Do we have the figures for how much stock it actually has, broken down on a county by county basis? I know that a lot of it has been sold, but what remains on a county by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Planning and Development (Urgent Social Housing Supply) Policy Directive 2015: Motion (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Has Deputy Murphy received a response yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Planning and Development (Urgent Social Housing Supply) Policy Directive 2015: Motion (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Could we hear the responses and then I can come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Planning and Development (Urgent Social Housing Supply) Policy Directive 2015: Motion (24 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As I mentioned to the Minister of State and the Minister, Deputy Kelly, when leaving the earlier session, I would like an instruction to be given to all local authorities to the effect that the eligibility criteria for any of the schemes designed to keep people in homes or get them into homes if they are on the housing list or homeless should be relaxed and there should be flexibility. Too...