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Other Questions: Housing Policy (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: No. I just asked how many-----

Other Questions: Housing Policy (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I was not given a second chance to revert.

Other Questions: Housing Policy (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I am not trampling on her rights; I am just asking about mine.

Other Questions: Housing Policy (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 8. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has completed any independent research into the component costs of building a new house and renting residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18472/16]

Other Questions: Housing Policy (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The cost of a house emerged as a key issue in the Committee on Housing and Homelessness. If we want to be able to supply 140,000 families with housing, plus those who are not on the social housing list, are paying massive rents and need affordable housing, the issue must be tackled. Will the Minister get independent research on this issue as he takes over in his Department and not just that...

Other Questions: Housing Policy (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: That was a great rehearsed reply but it did not answer my question. The Construction Industry Federation representatives came crying into their soup before the Committee on Housing and Homelessness and argued that 36% of the cost of a house was going on taxes. Thus, they argued that the Government should reduce VAT and taxes on builders. However, 36% is not the correct figure. It is 16%...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: What is wrong with council housing?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister has not mentioned-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: On 13 June, the Taoiseach wrote to Jean-Claude Juncker about the impact of the EU rules on public investment. He said there was a significant threat to the ability to fund major projects in housing, transport and water. Despite this, the Government is not seeking any derogation from those rules. Why not? Why is the new Minister with responsibility for housing going to the European...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister has just answered my question and explained why we produced a minority report and digressed from the Committee on Housing and Homelessness. Off-balance sheet funding is a mirage and nobody has been able to explain how it will work. Although it is the only alternative that has been suggested, nobody could come before the committee and explain it. The Minister has admitted it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister is not interested in building social housing.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 4. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he can resolve the housing crisis while adhering to the European Union's fiscal rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18709/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The housing committee, the Minister for Finance and the Taoiseach himself have all expressed real concerns about the EU fiscal rules impinging on our ability to resolve our housing crisis. The structural rules, the structural balance rule, the expenditure benchmark and the debt rule have now become clear barriers to our investing in public, social and affordable housing, and I want to know...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Action Plan on Housing (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Action Plan on Housing will be published. [18473/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce rent controls; if so, the form they would take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18471/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on expanding the income limits for social housing to allow more low and middle-income workers to benefit from differential rents in tandem with a large-scale programme of direct building and acquisitions of vacant properties by the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18474/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 46. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to acquire distressed properties from vulture funds for social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18470/16]

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The reason I hesitated in beginning my contribution on the Bill is that, according to the new leader of the Labour Party, Deputy Brendan Howlin, during Leaders' Questions this morning, there is a doubt as to whether we can even be discussing this Bill. According to Deputy Howlin, it is potentially unconstitutional because the EU Commission has declared, in its opinion, that Ireland does not...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to ask the Tánaiste about the citizens' assembly and how the Government plans to proceed in that regard. She mentioned that the Government was going to bring forward a proposal to the Dáil for us to analyse. I particularly want to ask whether the very badly named citizens' assembly will include any non-citizen. If it is to work strictly off the electoral register, as the...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: A lot of people are excluded from the register, some 12%.