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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My series of amendments covers a number of areas, but my major concern is the get-out clause, that is, that instead of the 10% to the local authority, there is a leasing option, if I understand this correctly, so that the developer, instead of the local authority or, for that matter, a voluntary housing body, ending up with the 10%, the developers can just agree to lease this property on a...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is saying that, in general, where the capital is available local authorities will be encouraged to acquire rather than lease, but that creates a major slippery slope. I suspect this provision will mean that the bulk of the 10% will end up being leased, and the Minister has not convinced me so far that this will not be the case. On the profit issue, we know there has been a...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This section adds to my anxiety, and that of other Deputies, about the consequences of the reduction in the requirement for social housing provision from 20% to 10%. I presume that, in order to accommodate that, the number of units will have to be reduced from nine to four. My fear is that it is a logical follow-on from the earlier state of affairs and it could become easier for...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I strongly agree with Deputy Murphy on this one. I believe Deputies sometimes put forward these review clauses just for the sake of tabling an amendment, so that they can say they said something about a Bill, but in this case there is a real argument for it because the housing market is completely fluid, volatile and subject to constant change. We have debated and disputed the arguments...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Atheist Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9978/15]

Other Questions: English Language Training Organisations (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 17 June 2015, if it is appropriate that students from recently closed colleges such as MEC who had already paid fees are being offered a solution that involves them paying even more money to schools they had not been able to afford; if she is satisfied that Ireland's reputation as a destination for...

Other Questions: English Language Training Organisations (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The closure of the Modern Educational Centre English language school in May was the latest in a long litany of private English language schools closing down and leaving international students high and dry after paying for courses, not to mention teachers being left equally high and dry. What does the Government intend to do about this not only in terms of the unfairness visited on students...

Other Questions: English Language Training Organisations (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We bailed out the banks to the tune of billions, as well as foreign bondholders who, frankly, did nothing for the country and were here just to exploit us and profiteer from us. We bailed them out, although we should not have. However, we do have an obligation to bail out foreign students who come here and who in good faith pay money for courses and then, because of our failure to properly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any possibility of fast-tracking the transfer of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin to its permanent location, as the school has been waiting 20 years and is completely unable to cope in its current temporary location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25822/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department's guidelines in respect of entitlement to the back to work allowance (details supplied). [26317/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) and the €5 deduction out of that person's claim, which was in place due to that person's spouse's claim but is still in place even though the person no longer lives with the spouse. [26425/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he agrees, in view of European Directive 93/104/EC which was transposed into Irish law under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, that it is an offence under section 34 of the Act for an employer to pay an employee in lieu of that employee's entitlement to annual leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26251/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the arrangement with a private body, the Royal Dublin Society, whereby the Forest Service funds the society's annual forestry awards; in relation to these awards, the way Coillte qualifies as a community for the purposes of the recent Royal Dublin Society community forestry award; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Plant Diseases (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Department are aware of the extent of native alder disease; if it is being monitored; the nature of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26240/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 489. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 19 May 2015, if he will investigate and report on the circumstances whereby, according to the person's family, the authorities in Tallaght hospital in Dublin 24 are pressuring the person to sign release forms for the person to be discharged from Tallaght into a private nursing home, although this option is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours and Piers Development (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 668. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that two local authorities, Dublin City Council and Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, are members of the Dún Laoghaire Cruise Stakeholders Group, which is proposing a cruise line berth for Dún Laoghaire Harbour costing €18 million; if he gave his consent for this; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Expenditure (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 678. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the response of his predecessor to previous parliamentary questions which stated that the salary of the chief executive officer of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company (details supplied) was very high for a relatively small company, if he, as the major shareholder in the company, agrees with that statement; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Expenditure (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 697. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the reply to this Deputy's previous parliamentary question and that the previous chairperson of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company (details supplied) authorised a payment of €19,877 in lieu of unused annual leave allegedly not taken by the chief executive officer (details supplied) if this issue was discussed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Expenditure (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 698. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the reply to Question No. 902 of 16 June 2015 that the current co-chairpersons of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company (details supplied) were appointed as directors in 1997 and 2004 respectively, and were also on the audit committee at that time, and in addition to the current controversies over his concerns regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Expenditure (30 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 699. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given that a payment of €19,877, in lieu of unused annual leave allegedly not taken, was paid to the chief executive officer of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company (details supplied), the way this figure was arrived at; the number of unused annual days the chief executive officer claimed; and if he will make a statement on the...