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- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: The number is going up. That is my point.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Mr. O'Brien is saying that it is going down.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I am saying that the amount of private rented accommodation has increased.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Yes. That is what they are.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I sought clarification on the figures, which are extremely important. According to the Private Residential Tenancies Board, both the number of tenancies and the number of landlords have increased. I will provide Mr. O'Brien with the figures because he indicated the number of landlords had not increased. Between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016, the number of...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: What I see is that higher rents are bringing landlords back into the marketplace.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: They are highly relevant.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I am in tears.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: A lot of questions have not been answered. Can the witnesses send us the information if there is not the time to answer them now? The question on increased costs has not been answered nor has the question on how many properties currently being held would be released if owners got the tax break they are seeking.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: We need to work that out because we have to calculate whether it would be better not to have such a tax break and make the investment in social housing instead.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: For whom?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Mr. O'Brien said that earlier. I am talking about additional properties that are being held back now that would be released by the association's members and others if we gave them a tax break.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: It is a pity we are discussing this now rather than at the forthcoming session with the Department of Finance because it would be more appropriate to that. However, I also want to ask about the EU rules, which are a critical issue for the housing situation in this country. To clarify, is it the case that the EU rules are preventing the Housing Finance Agency from lending to local...
- Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion (25 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I will be sharing time with Deputy Bríd Smith. I welcome the relatives of the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings to the Gallery today. I wish to express the support of the Socialist Party and the Anti-Austerity Alliance for the relatives in their ongoing attempts to get answers and justice for their loved ones, who were killed so many years ago, as well as for victims of all...
- Other Questions: Labour Activation Measures (25 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: 31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection for further information on how the fit for work programme will relate to other labour activation measures such as JobBridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11837/16]
- Other Questions: Labour Activation Measures (25 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Can the Ceann Comhairle clarify how much time I have?
- Other Questions: Labour Activation Measures (25 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I thought I had 30 seconds to ask a question first. The reason we tabled the question is a mysterious line appeared in the programme for Government committing to the introduction of a fit for work programme co-ordinated by the Departments of Health and Social Protection. It immediately rang alarm bells among the Anti-Austerity Alliance because a similar scheme is operating in Britain at...
- Other Questions: Labour Activation Measures (25 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: A range of questions have been set by the disability sector. It would be good if I could put one or two of them.
- Other Questions: Labour Activation Measures (25 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: What happened to the 30 second introduction?
- Other Questions: Labour Activation Measures (25 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Will the Minister of State get a grip on reality? This is a labour activation scheme. It is not an early intervention scheme with people who are unable to work. It is an adult scheme. My question, which comes from the Disability Federation of Ireland which held a press conference this morning, relates to who will carry out the assessments regarding whether or not someone is fit to work....