Results 15,161-15,180 of 21,489 for speaker:Alan Kelly
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: I am in a new-found space for the next week.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: I can take them in a group. I do not mind either way.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: Yes.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: Yes, probably, but we need to condition that statement. As it would depend on what was changed in the Constitution, one cannot give a definitive answer but I would say “Yes”. On certain topics, I believe we need to amend the Constitution. I would also be a bit careful because sometimes one can make matters worse. It would depend on how one does it but we need an open...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: If there had been a favourable generic amendment to the Constitution on the area in question, I believe it would have it made easier. On Deputy Coppinger’s question on the target of 35,000 new housing units, 22,300 units will be built or acquired, 50:50 through capital funding through local authorities and through the European Investment Bank, EIB. On top of that, 11,000 units will...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: Yes, because from a legal perspective it took some time to write up those regulations.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: That is a positive thing. I am not defensive all the time.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: What I said was 30% of the target.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: Yes, but I did not give a wrong figure.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: I have.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: That is why it is being done this year.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: Add in the other stages. Look at the document.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: I agree with the Deputy.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: Of course.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: In response to Deputy Funchion's last question on property rights, that touches on Article 43. I have a degree of sympathy with her question but we also need real data and there are specific questions in the census, which will come through in a few months and will help with this. Working with local authorities we will be able to zone in on empty, derelict properties. We might be able to...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: As for the number of houses, there are 435 in Carlow and 686 in Kilkenny. There is a lot of information in that document which I am putting out there to inform people. Local authorities can acquire private property and have done so under a range of other measures. I want to ensure that I get to a number of the questions. I am going to hop between questions because there is overlap. Deputy...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: Wait a second. It is.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: I will answer the question if I am allowed to do so. We are working in a spirit of co-operation. It is the largest amount announced in respect of a multi-annual plan for social housing. When the country was bursting at the seams with money, of course there were larger individual amounts every year. However, the spending at that time was not multi-annual in nature or planned over a...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: Primarily not, but let me just say this. It is very important.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)
Alan Kelly: Yes, but here is the issue. Does the Deputy know what he needs to do there?