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- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: That is not-----
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: That is no help to the people of Gaza.
- Public Transport Experience: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: I welcome the eight proposals in the motion put forward by Deputy O'Gorman. They are very welcome and timely. The very important ones are to further reduce fares and to further accelerate the Connecting Ireland rural bus programme. The all-island rail strategy was mentioned. It is important, as we move towards the reunification of the national territory, that this is stepped up as a...
- Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: This a very important, timely motion. As a group of TDs on the left, we were party to it. The situation is a housing emergency; everybody accepts that now, with 15,500 plus in homeless accommodation and huge waiting lists for social housing. County Laois, which has a fairly good record for social housing, still has a housing waiting list of 1,600 households. Low Government targets and...
- Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: I will comment in due course on the Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025. The Bill is obviously being brought forward to raise more money. I wish to raise a couple of points to provide context. The abolition of rates by Fianna Fáil in 1977 completely removed a sustainable source of funding for local government. While the election that year was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for the papers supplied. I want to try to keep the questions short and the answers short. How does the LDA's engagement with local authorities work? I ask Mr. Coleman to keep his reply to maybe two sentences.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: The local authorities are identifying the sites.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: How many homes have been completed to date on LDA land?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: When the agency was set up in 2018 it was forecast that 150,000 homes would be delivered by 2030. The LDA opening statement outlined that it had 40 sites with 21,000 homes at various stages. It stated that the LDA hoped to have a pipeline of 5,000 homes per year up to 2030, which is 30,000 on top of what have been developed already. Did he say that was 2,000 or 4,000 developed already?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: Based on what has been delivered to date and what is set out with the LDA target of 5,000 per year, that would bring it to 32,000. Is that correct? Those are the figures I have here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: The Government said the LDA would deliver 150,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: I accept that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: I know everything is easy until you go to do it. Mr. Coleman has outlined very well some of the barriers, as has the Housing Agency. On financing, there is the €3.25 billion to be made up to get to where the LDA is going with this. I have three areas of curiosity there. I am sure these are being explored but I would like to understand what the problems are with them. The ECB is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: I am asking if the LDA has done so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: The LDA only has enough cash for this year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: It is 12 months' capital.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: It is a rolling pipeline. I understand that. I wish to ask Mr. Whelan of the Housing Agency about financing which is one of the big barriers to housing availability. This relates to the ECB, the pillar banks and what is on deposit. The credit unions have a lot of money on deposit. Is the Housing Agency aware of any discussions with those bodies? Mr. Coleman has clarified there have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: What about the money on deposit and State saving schemes?