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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (15 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 512. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Dublin Array's foreshore application for a wind farm in Dublin Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31486/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (15 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 533. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason his Department is planning to spend €4 million on upgrading the Irish Army air defence missile system in view of the fact that the army has stated it is unlikely the missile system will be used to take out enemy aircraft at a time where funds are so urgently needed in areas such as health, education, social welfare and so on; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Seaweed Harvesting (15 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his estimate is of the potential value of the seaweed industry here in view of the fact that it is currently estimated to be worth €18 million per annum; his views on the potential number of employees that the industry could support, in view of the fact that the industry currently employs 1,853 persons; if both the revenue...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (15 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 575. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate the urgent need to reform the small claims court along the lines of its counterparts in Northern Ireland, the UK, Canada and Australia where restrictions do not apply to hire-purchase agreements, breach of leasing agreements and debts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31008/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (15 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 604. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons over 70 are means tested for a medical card on gross income while a person under 70 applying for a medical card is means tested on net income; if this constitutes discrimination under equality legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31006/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours and Piers Development (15 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 792. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of meetings and discussions that have either happened or are scheduled with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council regarding any and all plans for the future of Dún Laoghaire Harbour, including agendas and minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31484/14]

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What about our proposal about social housing?

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I never heard that phrase on the doorsteps and I bet the Taoiseach did not either.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: While the Taoiseach was announcing the new ministerial positions, I was attending a protest with about 20 families who are on the housing list. They are either homeless or about to be made homeless, or they have been on the waiting list for ten or 15 years. All of them are in dire straits. They are just a small example of the hundreds of thousands of families who are suffering cruelly....

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are probably on the same page in terms of trying to move the situation forward.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not dispute that matters are progressing and that, hopefully, we have moved substantially from the era when decisions were made at the top and people were seen as a problem and an obstacle. There is improvement, but there is still a way to go in that regard. Some of the suspicions and concerns still exist, so we must move it forward and it would be useful to have a clear commitment in...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is about consultation. For example, was there consultation before the decision, justified as it may have been? Was there a consultation process?

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is an example of the need for wide-----

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 16:In page 8, after line 35, to insert the following:“(2) The Minister has a duty to ensure that all the people who live in Ireland and environmental NGOs are entitled to participate in forest planning and management at local and national level, ranging from public enquiries to environmental assessment and monitoring.”.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 17:In page 9, line 13, after “guidelines” to insert “that incorporate binding requirements as in section 28 of the Planning Act”.I look forward to the Minister's response.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I tabled amendment No. 19.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it that the Minister should not be allowed to do it?

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Why not? What is the problem with the Minister having that power?

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State welcomes my positive attitude and I welcome his. While there are different forest management approaches and so on, overwhelmingly, the forestry sector has been focused on one system, namely, the big industrial single species clear felling system with sitka spruce. We need to move away from this system. The situation in Gougane Barra is possibly an indication of why we...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 15:In page 8, after line 35, to insert the following:"(2) The Minister has a duty to provide information to ensure the public and other authorities are regularly informed on the role and condition of forests as well as on all forestry activities.".This amendment relates to the entitlement of stakeholders, communities, environmental NGOs and so on to information on the...