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Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Under the new scheme, he will have to sign up to a more long-term arrangement. This will mean even more landlords will run away from rent support schemes with the councils. Therefore, by introducing the proposed measure, the Government will exacerbate an already dire set of circumstances in which landlords are not interested in rent allowance or rent support.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They will have to sign something.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Then there will be only one-year leases.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The amendments deal with an issue that is at the centre of the controversy surrounding the Bill and what it means for people on the housing waiting list. As I indicated in conversation with Deputy Dessie Ellis just before this debate started, while the thrust of what he is trying to do with the amendment is right, in that it deals with an issue that is central to the Bill and addresses a...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Others did. Mr. Simon Brooke of Clúid stated it on radio the other day. He made the point - there has been a suggestion by the Minister of State to this effect - that we had not kicked up about this issue when the RAS was first introduced. The implication is that we are making a mountain out of a molehill and that, despite what we claim, there are no problems with the Bill. However,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What if they are still living in poverty?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What if they have jobs but still cannot pay the bills?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was talking about social indicators.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Brilliant. The bond markets love it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not impacting.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Of course I do not.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If only works if they can pay for it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are left for even longer.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Why does the Government not put them to work building social housing?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are not doing it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are all in favour of jobs but the Cabinet sub-committee on social policy does not have responsibility for jobs. There is another sub-committee with responsibility in that regard. Perhaps the Taoiseach will clarify the position but I was of the view that the work of the sub-committee on social policy relates to addressing poverty and social inequality and ensuring that all citizens will...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the sub-committee not failing in its duty? The indicators of squalor and poverty in the 19th and early 20th centuries were lack of access to secure, decent and appropriate housing and clean water, resulting in disease, high infant mortality rates and so forth. That is the direction in which we are currently heading as a result of the fact that the Government is removing the basic and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It certainly was not.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet sub-Committee on Social Policy has met since January 2014. [26752/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received any report on any recent Garda investigations into the case of a person (details supplied) and the Dalkey baby case; and if not, if there is any timeline on these investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26750/14]