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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Chairman, can I make a point? The Minister supplied an incorrect figure. He said that 30% was being spent in Dublin, but 60% of the housing need is in Dublin, according to Mr. Cummins who was before this committee on Monday last.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes, but 60% of the housing need is in Dublin.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister gave a wrong impression.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: It is not.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: It is a third of the figure for 2008 so how could it be the largest? The Minister keeps saying this.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Agency (28 Apr 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Deputy Quinlivan raised a particular point. This seems to have become a theme in recent days. If we continue to look at small-scale social housing projects we are never going to deal with the housing crisis. That must be grasped and accepted by everyone. The idea that we can build ten houses here, 20 houses there and 30 elsewhere makes no sense. We are not going to house 100,000 families...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Agency (28 Apr 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The committee needs answers about the cost of houses. The Housing Agency seems to be doing a lot of research. Perhaps it could send us some details. What percentage of the cost of a social home - which averages €180,000 depending on where it is located - does Mr. Skehan believe is made up of elements of finance or profit, labour and materials, land, risk and development...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Agency (28 Apr 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Is there any proof that every location where there is social housing is a ghetto? That is what Deputy Durkan is suggesting.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Agency (28 Apr 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Deputy Durkan said 40-----

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Agency (28 Apr 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: No, I said-----

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Agency (28 Apr 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Deputy Durkan is not the only one who-----

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Agency (28 Apr 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Deputy Durkan does not have to shout. I can hear him.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Agency (28 Apr 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I spoke after the Deputy.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Council for Social Housing (28 Apr 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: If there is to be an increase in the amount of public housing that is to be built, which I hope there will be, the question is who is best placed to do it. I completely understand why the question of housing agencies working in niche areas - to use that expression - such as those relating to elderly people and disabled people cropped up. These were people who understood the needs of the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Construction Industry Federation (3 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: What is the CIF's view on the report at the weekend inThe Sunday Business Post that NAMA has allowed 80 major property developers to walk away from €1.5 billion of toxic debt? The write-off is equivalent to €19 million per developer. How does the CIF feel about this? Is that just? Has Mr. Parlon any views on it, given that ordinary mortgage holders are still being screwed to...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Construction Industry Federation (3 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Will others have a chance to come back in on the replies? I would have loved to.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (3 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The society is currently undertaking a house construction cost study, which is something that has obviously dogged everyone here. In the Irish Independenttoday, there is a report that the €300,000 starter house that everyone is talking about would actually cost €130,000. Mr. Parlon said in the previous session that it would be €150,000. It is just that. The committee...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (3 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Surely not.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (3 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: There is a running theme in the contributions from some of the organisations today. The witnesses have echoed the calls for VAT to be cut, for the mortgage income multiple to be increased to 4.5, for more cuts to development levies and for rural renewal tax break schemes. A couple of aspects are unique to the representatives of the IPAV. One is that they want the Government to lend...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Student Accommodation (4 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 312. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will assist the Students Union in the University College Dublin with its promotion of the rent-a-room scheme following his meeting on 2 September 2015 with the president of the union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9067/16]