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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (29 Sep 2016)

Paudie Coffey: I acknowledge the recommendation to enhance services at the existing cath lab. The recommendation should be implemented without delay. I take issue with the fact that Dr. Herity has claimed he engaged with important stakeholders in the south east. He did not visit Wexford General Hospital, St. Luke's General Hospital in Kilkenny or South Tipperary General Hospital even though they are all...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Paudie Coffey: The budget negotiations are under way and there is engagement with the various parties and stakeholders. As policymakers and politicians, we must recognise that over recent years there have been considerable reductions in the pay, salaries and conditions of many. Having said all that, today we see many of the public sector unions lining up and coming forward with their pay claims and pay...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Paudie Coffey: All things for everything.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Paudie Coffey: They made swingeing cuts in the North.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin is implementing swingeing cuts and austerity in the North of Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Paudie Coffey: They have no responsibility.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Paudie Coffey: All the money and no responsibility.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2016)

Paudie Coffey: I want to follow on from a statement made by my colleague, Senator Colm Burke. He correctly stated that thousands of people in the health service do essential and excellent work. We need to acknowledge that, and support them in doing, that work. One always hears the negative stories in the media but there are thousands of positive cases that must be acknowledged. I am concerned about the...

Seanad: Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Oct 2016)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following:"Seanad Éireann, while recognising the pressures that tenants are under following rent increases and the need for a comprehensive response to these pressures, does not accept the Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016 for the following reasons:(a) Passage of the Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016 would be...

Seanad: Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Oct 2016)

Paudie Coffey: There is homelessness in Belfast.

Seanad: Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Oct 2016)

Paudie Coffey: The Minister wants to increase social housing as well.

Seanad: Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Oct 2016)

Paudie Coffey: It would be interesting to know what Sinn Féin would put in it, but we would like to know how it would fund it as well.

Seanad: Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Oct 2016)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin wants to tax jobs and tax employment. It is a high tax party.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the officials from the Department and the institute. This is an important engagement this morning. We all acknowledge there is a housing crisis. From the outset, we need to ensure we keep intact the integrity of the planning process. I do not doubt but that the new legislation achieves that. The officials might clarify where the integrity is defined in terms of the new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Paudie Coffey: I wish to clarify my point so the Deputy will be clear. I do not agree with building on flood plains; I am talking about repairing riverbanks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Paudie Coffey: May I clarify? I want to make it very clear that I am not talking about building on flood plains.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Paudie Coffey: I never agreed with building on flood plains.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Paudie Coffey: I am talking about repairing riverbanks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Paudie Coffey: The question I had was similar to Deputy Ó Broin's about the reference to 20% in subhead 5 of head 25. How was that figure arrived at? Will Dr. Hayden clarify the reasoning behind that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Paudie Coffey: Dr. Hayden made an important point on the sales of properties with tenants in situ. It is important we point it out and get a response on this. What is the barrier to allowing a local authority or an approved housing body buy such properties? Is it the perceived notion that a tenant is seen to having his or her housing needs met ahead of others? Can a mechanism be developed to allow that...