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- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: I ask the Minister and the Deputy, please-----
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: The Deputy had the floor and the Minister then had the floor to answer the question. If the Deputy is not happy-----
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: We are going to waste time and Deputy Ó Broin is going to eat into his colleague's time.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Does the Minister want to answer the question?
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: The Deputy has asked the question.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Deputy Ó Broin has asked the question and I ask that he let the Minister answer it.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: I ask the Minister to give his answer.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Deputy Gould is waiting to get in.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Unfortunately, Deputy Gould has left the Minister no time to respond and I must move on to the next speaker.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Minister-----
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Minister, you have less than one minute to reply.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Before we go any further, there are public health guidelines and directives. I am addressing everyone now. Comments about Deputies leaving the Chamber or not being in the Chamber are not appropriate. Deputies come in, make their contribution and leave. They are in their offices and they are watching. It is important for listeners to know that. We will move now to the Government side....
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for his speech and for his efforts on homelessness and for taking a personal hands-on approach. I will ask one very specific question and I would like a "Yes" or "No". Is the Minister aware of, the recent report from Simon called Locked Out of the Market X, from December 2020 or has it been brought to his attention? It was published in January 2021. A "Yes" or "No" will do.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: It is good that the Minister is aware of it. Maybe he might tell me if he has read it.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: So will the Minister read that report?
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: That is great. It is an absolutely damning indictment of every Government's housing policy. Simon does not say that, of course; they simply give us a snapshot. This is the eighteenth snapshot. Let us consider Galway city and the suburbs, which are divided into two categories. There is not one property available under the HAP limits in Galway city. There are three in the suburbs. Simon...
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: No. My question is whether the Minister has ever received a written-----
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: No, it is from the housing task force. It was set up-----