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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): International Summits (24 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the tenth Asia-Europe summit meeting in Milan, Italy, in October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7792/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My question was also focused on a particular issue.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach's response to my question does not give me confidence about the urgency with which the sub-committee is dealing with what is probably the most important issue of social policy facing the country, the provision of social housing. We have an unprecedented crisis in social housing and have now exposed a widespread crisis in the quality of existing social housing which is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am amazed at the infrequency of meetings of the social policy committee. I would have thought it would be meeting at least on a weekly basis and, frankly, in emergency session when it comes to what, by any standard, is a central matter of special policy, namely, the chronic and daily deteriorating situation in social housing provision. Today representatives from council estates in Dublin,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social policy last met. [5533/15]

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What schemes are those?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 605. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11445/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 606. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding full-time residential care in respect of a person (details supplied); if extra funding will be made available to Carmona Services or other centres for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11447/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (24 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 880. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding to allow for the extension of a property (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [11446/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (24 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 988. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 4 February 2015, and the reply received from the National Transport Authority, his views that it is acceptable that the Agency has refused to publish the submissions it received as part of the public consultation and submission process it engaged in, given that this issue affects the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (24 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 989. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the considerable disquiet among many taxi drivers over the requirement to fit new meters and the recent increases and changes in fares, his views that it is acceptable that the Taxi Advisory Committee has not met to date in 2015 and that efforts by taxi representative organisations to engage with the National Transport...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The more one discusses this the more complicated it gets. I agree with Deputy Mathews that one cannot put a stop-clock on human relationships. If I come up with any brilliant ideas before this Bill goes to the Seanad, I will mention them to the Minister, and any necessary amendments can be introduced there. All we can do is air our concerns, provide for a review and consultation and...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is a good amendment because we need to re-examine this section. The Minister should take it on board. If we can get this right for the Seanad, the Minister should be open-minded about it. There are two conflicting perspectives which need to be reconciled. First, Deputy Coppinger raises the legitimate concern as to why, in a situation where the parents do not live together and...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What is the percentage?

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does the Minister have more time to reply?

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Everybody wants to hear the Minister's views.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree there are complications in giving automatic guardianship to any category of father, and there should be conditions in this regard. There is no reason to believe a father who is the parent and happens to be married is any more suitable for automatic guardianship than an unmarried father. The opposite could just as easily be true. In other words, the unmarried father might in some...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The relevant clause indicates:6B. (1) A man who—(a) is, under section 5(1)(b) of the Act of 2015, the parent of the child,and(b) has married the mother of the child,shall be a guardian of the child.The 12-month cohabitation is dealt with later. Just because somebody happens to be the father and happens to be married to the mother - or was married to the mother - does not make him any...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about the interests of the child?

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also raised this issue on Second Stage. Obviously, my comments come in the context of general support for this Bill, which is a very welcome Bill that acknowledges the reality of diverse family relations in our society today. However, the issue of unmarried fathers having to pass a criterion of having lived with the mother for 12 consecutive months, including for three months after the...