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Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: Like Senator Moynihan, I speak in support of the Labour Party amendment, along with the other amendments in this group. Our amendment goes to the heart of the Bill. We are all clear on the importance of the issues we are debating today and it is very disappointing to see cheap political point-scoring being engaged in by Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I remind Senator Fitzpatrick that I did not interject during her contribution. As Senator Moynihan said, people in Fianna Fáil need to take a good, hard look at themselves. The real issue here is what was not done over the four years from 2016 to 2020, when the country was economically prospering and the then Government, in which Fine Gael was propped up by Fianna Fáil, failed to...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, back to the House after what felt like a very short break. I express my support and that of the Labour Party group for Senator Warfield's amendment No. 10. Language is very important in the Bill. I listened with great interest to the debate and to the comments of Senators from the Government parties such as Senator Pauline O'Reilly and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I was happy to give way to Senator Martin too. I thank the Deputy Leader for the change in the schedule so that we will be debating Committee Stage of the Affordable Housing Bill today and on Friday. I look forward to that continued debate. Those of us who were involved in the debate on Friday will be well aware of the substantial number of amendments tabled in respect of this important...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Act 2021: Motion (31 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House. I welcome the opportunity to debate this motion, which would provide for a relatively short extension of the powers to operate mandatory hotel quarantine until 31 July. The Labour Party will not be opposing that short extension. In fact, Labour argued for the introduction of mandatory hotel quarantine. As my colleague, Deputy Nash, said last week in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Facilities (1 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This is a matter I have raised on a number of occasions. It relates to the lack of playing field and sports facilities generally across the Dublin Bay South area, although I have asked a specific question today. There is a serious lack of publicly accessible playing fields and sports pitches in Dublin Bay South, in particular Dublin 6 and 6W....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Facilities (1 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for that very full response. I welcome the announcement she made that the planning application is to be lodged this week. As I said, I and the school have welcomed the positive updates from the Minister of State and the Minister on the planning application for permanent accommodation. That is clearly very welcome, not just for the school community but for the...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 45: In page 13, to delete lines 39 and 40, and in page 14, to delete lines 1 to 6 and substitute the following: “(2) The purchase of an affordable dwelling shall be facilitated by means of a contribution (in this Part referred to as the “affordable dwelling contribution”) which shall be the difference between the market value of the affordable...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 47: In page 14, to delete lines 13 to 16 and substitute the following: “(4) The affordable dwelling contribution shall not be greater than 20 per cent of market value.”. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am happy to stand in for Senator Moynihan on this. I know we have had a full debate on these issues. Senator Moynihan has indicated...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 49: In page 14, to delete lines 17 to 28 and substitute the following: “(5) In consideration of the provision of the affordable dwelling contribution, the housing authority shall be entitled to a beneficial interest in the affordable dwelling (in this Part referred to as the “affordable dwelling equity”) which shall be equal to the amount of the...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 50: In page 14, to delete lines 37 and 38 and substitute the following: “(c) record the affordable dwelling equity, expressed as a sum equal to the affordable dwelling contribution,”.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 53: In page 16, to delete lines 32 to 35. I will speak briefly to the amendment because we have not debated it yet. However, I am conscious that we have had quite extensive debate on section 12 and the concept of affordability, section 12 being about affordable dwelling purchase arrangements. In particular, Senator Moynihan and I, on behalf of the Labour Party, have...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 54: In page 20, to delete lines 3 to 16. I am interested to hear the response of the Minister of State on these amendments. As I stated, I am anxious that we have time to consider the cost rental provisions in Part 3 of the Bill, but Senator Moynihan and I wish to reserve our position on these three amendments to sections 16, 17 and 19 and to again make the case...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: We had anticipated as much. I will withdraw the amendment and we may bring it and the others in this grouping back, possibly in a reworded form, on Report Stage.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 55: In page 21, to delete lines 12 to 29.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 56: In page 26, to delete lines 14 to 28.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 57: In page 27, to delete line 24.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 58: In page 32, line 6, to delete “30 years” and substitute “40 years”. Clearly, we are now on Part 3 of the Bill that deals with cost rental dwelling and for us this is a crucial. With the national emergency that we are seeing it is not just that we do not have enough homes being built. That is clearly a huge issue. What is also a huge...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I would like to come back in on it, if I may, and to hear the Minister of State's response. I simply wish to contrast Nos. 58 and 59.