Results 401-420 of 4,700 for speaker:Noel Ahern
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: It takes a while for a developer to complete building on a site. It is not true to say no sod has been turned. The Taoiseach was in Finglas a month or six weeks ago to turn the sod on a site that will contain 166 affordable units, based on the terms of Sustaining Progress.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: I was down in the Senator's county a while ago.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: Does the Senator not remember me? He was very nice to me the day he brought me down.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: Work on the site in Finglas with the 166 affordable units, based on the terms of Sustaining Progress, has started and I look forward to seeing that progress. Shortly we will seek expressions of interest for the development of the sites at the Jamestown and Infirmary Roads in Dublin. It takes time to plan and deliver housing. I assure the House that we are fully committed to delivering on the...
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: The problem is worse in Dublin. Some 1,000 additional emergency beds have been provided in recent years. The problem is no longer with emergency beds, as beds exist for anyone who wants one. The bus run by the city council goes around every night and homeless people are offered such beds. Depending on the weather many people will take the bus one night and not another. The challenge now is to...
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: I find it sad that when I try to give information, people do not hear. Some 68,819 houses were built last year, which is an enormous amount.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: We are spending â¬1.88 billion, an enormous amount, and I want to keep that going. The needs of approximately 13,000 people on the housing list will be met this year. If we can maintain that for a few years, we will break the back of the problem.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: It is a question of interest rates. The key is affordability.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: A bus comes around for them.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: The figure increases every year.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: The supply of accommodation units increases every year. The Senator should look at the graph.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: I would not know. I have never met any of them.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: That is right.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: Are the plans in yet?
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: The councils are not doing it.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: I was referring to a particular local authority.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: I could show the Senator the figures.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: The Government encourages the planning system and the servicing of land for housing.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: In his budget speech of 3 December 2003, the Minister for Finance announced the Government's decision to relocate more than 10,000 civil and public service jobs to 53 centres. Included in that announcement was the decentralisation of 50 posts in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners to Newcastle West. The inclusion of Newcastle West along with Kilrush and Listowel will complement the...
- Seanad: Swimming Pool Projects. (26 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: I acknowledge the Senator's comments but I have been furnished with a long response, which is technical, and I do not know whether it contains good news. I also acknowledge his statement regarding the previous commitment and I will convey that to the Minister. The aim of the programme is to assist local authorities in the provision of new public swimming pools or in the refurbishment of...