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- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I do not agree with that.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I would like to make a proposal as well.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: We should have both. We should have representatives and people experiencing homelessness. With regard to private session, the way members are speaking about homeless is in danger of being incredibly patronising. Homeless people are not a species apart who are sensitive and vulnerable. Anyone invited before the committee to speak will know they are speaking to members. They are...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: If members know homeless people or families who want to speak before the committee, we can suggest them.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: The first issue is the legalities relating to rent control.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Yes. Can I go through three areas and then suggest speakers?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: The first two are: security of tenure and sale of properties; and grounds for eviction. The third issue is compulsory purchase orders of privately owned property or land. It is an issue that has come up with regard to vulture fund, distressed vacant properties. One speaker I was thinking of was Edmund Honahan, Master of the High Court, who has spoken recently on the CPOs, or somebody like...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: This is an important session in that, while the people who get into mortgage arrears do not automatically become homeless, it is closely linked to the whole issue. We should consider inviting some of the receivers who are carrying out the repossessions of homes, which are then leading to homelessness. I agree with other speakers on the issue of the REITs and the vulture funds that have now...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: There is a big assumption that everyone knows what is going on.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: It is a public body.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I detest the term "social inclusion". I would have thought that the purpose of this session relates to groups with special housing needs because this is the housing committee. Traveller specific accommodation, for example, is an area of special housing need. Pavee Point, or one of the other Traveller groups, should come in. I agree the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, for example, or some...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Agreed.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Important issues are the elderly, what happens later in life, downsizing and special accommodation for the elderly.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I agree with many of those suggestions. The issue is whether we are in a position to fund a social housing programme under current European Union fiscal rules. There is no clarity about that. Somebody from the Department of Finance-----
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: We definitely need somebody who specialises in that. There are also academics who could be suggested, although there should not be too many. Dr. Michael Byrne and Sinead Kelly are from Maynooth university. I agree that the Departments of the Environment, Community and Local Government and Finance will be critical in this regard as well.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Yes, that is true.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: There may be a need to change the order.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I have many questions but I will distil them into the time we have. The first question is why it is taking so long to produce housing. Mr. Dick Brady stated it would normally take two and a half years for a development to come about. Why does it take that long if the council owns the land? Mr. Brady referred to a period of 22 weeks for modular houses to be brought about. I dispute that...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: There are key issues with the placement service in Dublin. It is difficult to raise it in this time slot.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: They have a lifespan of 30 years, though.