Results 761-780 of 9,814 for speaker:Steven Matthews
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: Mr. Kenny, what needs to be done to make the emergency shelters safer for people to go into?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: I invite Ms Leahy to respond to Deputy Higgins's question on simplifying the bureaucracy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy Higgins for sticking to the allotted time. Is Senator Boyhan or Deputy O'Donoghue next?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: Go ahead.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: We seem to be picking up sound from someone's microphone. Will everyone except Senator Boyhan mute his or her microphone, please?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: I thank Dr. Burns. I allowed that section to run over time because the issue of homelessness among children is extremely important, given that it concerns them at the formative stage of their lives.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: That is a very significant drop and I thank Professor O'Sullivan for pointing it out. It merits further investigation and perhaps we will return to it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: Sorry, I have to interrupt you because I need to move on to the next set of questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: If we have time, but we are running over time at the moment as every speaker is using about seven or eight minutes. These are interesting topics and people are getting a lot of information out of this, so I am trying to manage the time as best I can. I call Senator Rebecca Moynihan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: I think the first question was to Mr. Kenny or possibly it was to Dr. Burns of Novas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: No, I think it was in regard to the comparison between the rest of the country and Dublin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: I thank Professor O'Sullivan. Does Ms Leahy want to answer the question on the vaccine roll-out for staff in services?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: Do we have information on the number of inspections and how many spaces there are in private provision? We probably do not have time for an answer now, but could Mr. Kenny indicate if the figures and information are included in the quarterly or monthly reports? Could we request that the committee be furnished with those reports as well?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: That is fine. I also ask that the report that goes to councillors be forwarded to the committee. If it is permitted, we would appreciate having the information in it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: Following on from the Deputy's questions, if a resident in emergency accommodation or other private or public accommodation wishes to make a complaint about standards or treatment, can he or she make such a complaint anonymously?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Kenny. I call Deputy McAuliffe.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: I am afraid we are out of time. We have six more speakers and only 30 minutes left. I will try to bring Deputy McAuliffe in again at the end if I can.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: The witnesses have only 45 seconds in which to answer. They might provide a written response to Senator Cummins's question on whether targets should be set for local authorities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: I thank Dr. Burns.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)
Steven Matthews: Noted. I thank Senator Cummins. The next speaker is Deputy O'Donoghue.