Results 61-80 of 408 for long speaker:Damien English

Housing Solutions: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Damien English: We would like to have more long-term solutions but while we are building the new houses - we are now at the stage of over 10,000 a year - people need houses today. They cannot wait for the social housing delivery next year. That is why we use the HAP scheme. If Deputies do not like it, they might show me a better scheme in the short term.

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (30 Mar 2010)

Damien English: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 299 of 3 November 2009, the ranges of options being considered for the long-term use of the vacant building at the Kells Road, Navan, County Meath; if allowing the building to be used by voluntary and community groups locally is one such consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13731/10]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tenant Purchase Scheme (11 Dec 2019)

Damien English: ...determining reckonable income. The list of income disregards includes child benefit, carer’s allowance, and the family working payment, formerly the family income supplement, as these are deemed not to be long-term in nature. The income sources have to be long-term in nature. We have had this conversation and we are trying to find ways to accommodate cases such as the one Deputy...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Respite Care Services (27 Nov 2014)

Damien English: ...care. The provision of respite care is vital in meeting the needs of individual service users. It also helps reduce the pressures elsewhere on the wider health service, such as acute hospitals and long-term residential care. Respite care is provided in a number of different ways and settings to provide support for carers of persons with care needs in the home. No new proposals to charge...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Damien English: .... We made reference in this plan to the importance of investing in the outer ring-road in Galway. I acknowledge the complications around that from a planning point of view. It has taken a long time merely to plan but we need to push on and achieve that as well. Also, we talk about improving access and the sustainable transport links. There is a very good plan on paper for Galway and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Data (14 Nov 2018)

Damien English: ...people together and sort it out because the funding is there. I cannot make it any clearer than that. We want the money spent and we want people in these properties. There is no excuse any more for long-term voids. There will always be cases where voids will be empty for some months as refurbishment takes place. However, there is no excuse for long-term voids in circumstances where...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Estates (5 Nov 2019)

Damien English: ...is positive. There has been much change to housing developments in the last number of years, but there are potentially approximately 500 estates to be addressed. This allocation of funding will go a long way towards dealing with some of them and, hopefully, will bring badly needed resolution for residents who were let down by previous decisions. It is not so much that developer provided...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (27 Mar 2007)

Damien English: ...ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 27 February 2007, if a person (details supplied) can now qualify for long term residency as evidence from the Office of the Revenue Commissioners shows that this person has been in continuous legal employment in this State since 1 July 2000; and if he will make a...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (15 Jul 2016)

Damien English: Let me reassure the House that Irish Water will remain in public ownership as long as this Government is in office. Given the strong views of most parties and the Independents on this issue, I would be very surprised if any future Administration adopted an alternative policy. However, people think it could be privatised tomorrow. It actually cannot and will not be. I can assure Members of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Aid (5 May 2022)

Damien English: That is a very different situation. I want to ensure what is said in the House is correct. To be clear, and in defence of my departmental officials, they have worked extremely hard on this for a long number of years. They went to great length and in detail to try to protect and get back as much area as we possibly could. If somebody says they have different evidence, I would like to see...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Damien English: It reflects the relationship that was there. We are trying to protect the person in authority. We recognise there is potential for consent because there could be a long-term relationship there, although it is with someone in authority. We have to allow for that. If there was a lack of capacity for consent, it could also be prosecuted under section 21. There is a logic behind it. It has...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Damien English: The Older and Bolder campaign. The assembly should not delay any decision. It might enhance the work. My understanding is that a very long-term view will be taken. Great work was done by the Older and Bolder campaign and its discussion but, and the Senator can correct me if I am wrong, that was generally an assembly of people of an older age. The assembly will comprise all ages. It is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (29 Jun 2016)

Damien English: ...stock. I also agree with the Deputy that we need to see whether we can expand the range of applicants who can qualify for the scheme. We must find a way to make it possible for a person with a long-term disability or who is on long-term disability benefits or allowances to aspire to owning his or her own home. We must find a solution to this because for a long time such people have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Discussion (11 Feb 2014)

Damien English: ...support it, there would not be a massive increase forecast this year if the Government came on board because Mr. O'Mahony's predictions are the same with or without the Government. As regards the long-term guarantee it is important for the Government to get involved, is it not?

Other Questions: Housing Policy (29 Jun 2016)

Damien English: ...though local authorities have sites available, but there are delays in the system, issues in accessing finance, off-balance sheet concerns, etc. Affordable land is an issue for everyone in the long term. To deliver affordable housing, we need affordable land. There is some evidence that councils are purchasing land and trying to do the right thing at the right time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Report on Access to Finance for SMEs: InterTradeIreland (25 Mar 2014)

Damien English: It was said that much work was put in at an early stage on Framework Programme 7 funds in the South. Our success goes back to those seven or eight years and it took a long time to get this far. Likewise, if the model can be copied the draw-down will grow in Northern Ireland. The InterTradeIreland representatives are right: there must be a realistic plan. We are looking forward to working...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: ...related amendments extend this power to those sections also. The requirement to have "unlimited" in name is a new administrative requirement under the Bill. As there are many companies which are long established as unlimited companies, it was felt that it would be safer to have an exempting power should unforeseen circumstances arise after the Bill is enacted.

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2020)

Damien English: ...the past two days. I am conscious that the logistics were a little awkward between the two Houses. I recognise the efforts of Members to make their contributions and we value all of them. It has been a long debate over the past two days but I hope we all agree that it has been useful and will lead to necessary additional supports being put in place as a matter of urgency for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (10 Feb 2022)

Damien English: When we undertake the labour market analysis, we try to look at short-term solutions in addition to long-term trends. The permits operation should not be seen as a long-term solution. It is an absolutely temporary one, which we have used to respond to many sectors over the past year. The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Butler, is leading this and trying to put a...

Financial Resolution No. 10: Stamp Duties (7 Apr 2009)

Damien English: ...the issues and problems of the next six months. We could be facing a serious situation come October or November. The crisis is happening this year, not next year. I am concerned it will take too long to establish the proposed National Asset Management Agency. I hope the Tánaiste heeds my concern. There is a perception among the public that officials in the Department of Enterprise,...