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Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us have action. I want to see the community welfare officer being phoned and told to raise the cap to realistic levels. In regard to buildings, Peter McVerry and Crosscare will say that if we give them the buildings, they will house the people on the streets.

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The tragic death of Mr. Jonathan Corrie is an unspeakable event for his family, friends and loved ones. It is also a source of immense shame for the State, the political system and the Government. We cannot allow tragedies such as Mr. Corrie's death to continue. Emergency measures are needed to deal with what has become a national emergency. Talk of long-term solutions and spending...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on European affairs last met. [44908/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken with Federica Mogherini since her appointment as EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; if so, the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44907/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (2 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 108. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role he sees landlords, including local authorities, playing in regard to the collection of water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45860/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (2 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a break down of the proposed €2.2 billion investment in social housing provision, including the sources of this funding, a break down of the allocation and the number of new builds, by council by year to 2017; the number of shovel-ready projects there are in each council area; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships Expenditure (2 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that the current approach of Government in terms of the use of off-balance sheet financing for capital and infrastructure projects across Departments is in fact the best way to finance such projects particularly in terms of value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46367/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps his Department made in relation to transposing the outstanding EIA directive based on a case (details supplied); if he will confirm if all infrastructure projects built using the flawed environmental impact assessment methodology are in fact illegal developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of all cases where substitute consent has been activated and implemented; if he will include details and records regarding the public consultation requirement of same substitute consent for those cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45818/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Staff (2 Dec 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a local authority basis, the number of staff transferred from each local authority to Irish Water; the job titles of those transferred; and the possible impact of these transfers on the ability of local authorities to maintain service levels following the loss of these staff; and if...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the face of it, this Bill is not one that one would oppose, and it seems like a reasonable attempt to deal with a problem. The problem, as the Minister knows, is that there is a crisis in the health insurance sector — I hate to use the word "market". I will state later why I hate to see the words "market" and "health" together in the one sentence. However, given that health...

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not using it.

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What is the housing assistance payment but the private market?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (27 Nov 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role her Department is playing in addressing the problems in the regulation of English language schools; the communications she has had with the Department of Justice and Equality on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45118/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Disputes (27 Nov 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has agreed to the meeting requested by building workers and Unite members involved in the dispute at a building project (details supplied); and if so, if she will report on that requested meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45117/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (27 Nov 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to a centre (details supplied) in view of the number of referrals the centre gets from probation officers and that the centre's other sources of funding will run out at the end of 2014, following the disbanding of the charitable lotteries fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43824/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is the point I am trying to get to. What we are discussing is at the heart of the bubble and our housing crisis, and is a fundamental and systemic problem around the world. It is at the root of the crash of the global economy, which is still very vulnerable to further crashes. The conundrum is that people's incomes are not sufficient to meet the inflated price of accommodation, be it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: But that does not solve the problem of putting a roof over people's heads.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I put it to Professor Honohan that to resolve this conundrum we must make housing affordable or give people the level of income that will allow them put a roof over their heads. This could be done by controlling prices, increasing incomes or a combination of both. If one of these things is not done the circle cannot be squared, which leads to this conundrum. People feel excluded by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sorry to interrupt but I would like to make the obvious point, as time is running out. I do not buy the narrative Professor Honohan has laid out because when 300,000 people worked in construction in Ireland and the housing market saw unprecedented supply levels, prices continued to go through the roof.