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- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----dealt, by and large, with the vast majority of people sleeping rough who wanted a bed for the night. Speaking to some of them myself, they said they would not go into hostels because they might be attacked, beaten up or whatever. These are not simple cases. The Deputy mentioned families and I empathise completely with her in this regard. Housing men, women and their children, some in...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: I ask the Deputy to imagine if a local authority official said to someone, "I am going to provide you with a social house at address X and number Y. The money has been given to the contractors and building is about to start. It will take 18 months to two years to do all of that."
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: "In the meantime, I am prepared to give you one of the proposed 500 modular houses for you and your family, where it is your own space."
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: "They are comfortable, warm, insulated and have a life span of 50 years, and I will give it to you until such time as your social house is built." Would the Deputy not advise a family in those circumstance that, compared to being in a bed and breakfast or hotel room, they would be much better off to have their own space for that period until their social house is built?
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: All of these things I have mentioned, modular homes, the social housing targets, the money that is in place, the €37 million given to Dublin City Council - €23 million of which was spent up to August - to deal with these very issues-----
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----thee Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and his Minister of State are very conscious of them. As I said, there was a meeting this morning with the chief executives of all the local authorities to see that they are following through on meeting the targets that were set down.
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 46, Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015 - Report Stage (resumed); No. 6, Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 7, Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that in the event a division is in...
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: I can confirm to Deputy Martin that there is a great deal of information shared among the authorities in the Republic and Northern Ireland in regard to criminal activities, money trails and so on. I do not know all the details, obviously, because it is a very specialised business dealing with fuel laundering and other criminal activities. There have been quite a number of seizures of...
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----to the Committee of Public Accounts here. I mentioned to Deputy Wallace yesterday that he will have an opportunity tomorrow to have the information given to him and evidence to back it up, if necessary. This can be raised at the committee that is accountable to the House in respect of NAMA. With regard to the women's refuge in Tallaght that the Deputy mentioned, I do not have the...
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: Does the Deputy know the figure?
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: I misunderstood the Deputy. I believed he said the organisation had a grant of €350,000. He says it raised the money itself. I will have the details of this figured out-----
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: I will have the matter followed through to determine the position. Obviously, there is-----
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: I happened to be in the UN buildings on Thursday and Friday last week and had the privilege of speaking there. I was aware of the Palestinian flag flying, reflecting Palestine's observer status, outside the UN buildings for the first time. I will consider the point the Deputy mentioned. The Minister for Finance has been before the House and has answered questions on numerous occasions...
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: We have made the point that NAMA itself has been before the Committee of Public Accounts discussing these matters in some considerable detail. Its representatives will be appearing again tomorrow. With regard to Longboat Quay, the Minister has moved to address this. Clearly, it is a matter for the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, the receiver to the developer, the residents...
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: I pointed out to the Deputy earlier that the law applies in terms of the planning permission issued-----
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: Is that not the very reason, given the mess that was left in the property, building and construction sector-----
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: I know the Deputy is not interested in him. I am only telling her that is why the housing regulations were changed. That is why the delays have occurred and why costs have increased. We do not want the circumstances that applied before to continue.
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: The planning permission is issued in certain conditions.
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: The situation was that there may be others in the system, and the Minister has already set up a structure to deal with where this may apply in other Longboat Quay situations, such as Priory Hall and other developments around the country.
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: I can inform Deputy Bannon that both those Bills are due for publication in this session.