Results 2,341-2,360 of 10,459 for speaker:Bertie Ahern
- Leaders' Questions. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: The only reason I outlined to the Deputy the transparency in the system is that he said he wanted to ask me two specific questions, and that was one of them. In that respect, I am sorry if I answered his question. On the issue of social and affordable housing, we are acutely aware of the need for such housing. That is why we are putting approximately â¬2 billion a year into building the...
- Leaders' Questions. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: We are doing that in Cherry Orchard, Ballymun, Oliver Bond flats and estates throughout the inner city. We are providing new homes and housing under major programmes.
- Leaders' Questions. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: The Deputy mentioned the inner city. Part V of the legislation enables local authorities to provide houses in areas where they would not have been able to provide them previously, and that arrangement is working. In most of the new schemes being built the local authorities have successfully negotiated that a portion of the units will be allocated to tenants on the list. This is very helpful...
- Leaders' Questions. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: The NESC report is very helpful and is being usedââ
- Leaders' Questions. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: ââin terms of provisions on foot of decisions we have made. The announcement last week of the establishment of the Affordable Homes Partnership under the 1971 Act is designed to pull together the four local authorities in Dublinââ
- Leaders' Questions. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: ââto try to co-ordinate activity to increase the number of affordable houses.
- Leaders' Questions. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: This is proving to be highly successful and we will continue in this direction in the months and years ahead.
- Social Partnership Agreement. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, together. The National Implementation Body, which includes employer and trade union representatives, operates under the chairmanship of my Department. Its purpose is to oversee delivery of the industrial peace and stability provisions of the Sustaining Progress agreement. The body has met on a number of occasions recently to assist in the...
- Social Partnership Agreement. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: I do not have information on the number of meetings of this body.
- Social Partnership Agreement. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: Since the beginning of 2004 it has met 15 or 16 times.
- Social Partnership Agreement. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: In regard to the health care assistants' programme, the body met the management side and the INO representatives. Following those discussions, the body noted that the INO had no principal objection to the implementation of the modules of the health care assistants' programme and it recommended immediate and full co-operation with all the preparation and training arrangements. It recommended...
- Social Partnership Agreement. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: Before I go to those questions, I should make it clear that there are no gifts involved in this initiative. It is a commercial deal, a swap, with costs being put on the sale. The details have been worked out and I will go through some of them. There is nothing for nothing for anyone. Dublin City Council managed the project and professional assessments were made of what the site could be used...
- Social Partnership Agreement. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: The value for money analysis of the Harcourt Street site was carried out as part of an open and transparent procurement process conducted by Dublin City Council, as the project manager for the site. The site was put out to tender and 16 bids were received and evaluated against predetermined criteria. A shortlist of three bids was examined and Durkan Homes was identified as the preferred...
- Social Partnership Agreement. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: I have been assured that 140 of the units will be occupied before Christmas and the other 52 will be occupied within a period of nine months. That is the benefit.
- Social Partnership Agreement. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: I wish to make one further point in case I cause confusion. The partnership will look after any of the 10,000 sites located within the Dublin metropolitan area. Any sites outside the area will be looked after elsewhere. The partnership wants to keep the system small by having a small board and staff, using local authority structures and seconding staff rather than getting into the interview...
- Social Partnership Agreement. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: As always, the Deputy has tried to turn the issue around by saying the partnership offers good value to the developer when everybody else believes it offers good value to the individuals concerned, as I have outlined. The argument as to whether tax reliefs should be continued is fair. The Minister for Finance is reviewing these. The analysis the Deputy has come to is that approximately...
- Social Partnership Agreement. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: I do not know why people want seven or eight homes if they make money on them. If I had a house down in Mayo, I would make no apologies for it.
- Social Partnership Agreement. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: This argument emerges at this time of the year. However, many of the villages on the western seaboard are very happy to see people coming from the greater Dublin area for the summer season.
- Social Partnership Agreement. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: They are happy.
- Social Partnership Agreement. (29 Jun 2005)
Bertie Ahern: The only lift they get in the entire year is the nine to ten weeks when people visit during the summer.