Results 841-860 of 16,492 for speaker:Ciarán Lynch
- Election Management System. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: Is the Minister going on record to state he commissioned a report in the past five months?
- Housing Market. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I wish to pick up on two or three specific areas, with the key point being the purchase of new or old builds. An important point is that the ceiling of â¬285,000 is the determining factor, so it does not matter if the mortgage is taken on a new or old build. That is the ceiling. In welcoming this proposal, we should realise that it is an...
- Housing Market. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: I will clarify a few matters with the Minister of State. The minimum earnings to qualify for the home choice scheme are â¬40,000 and there is no maximum.
- Housing Market. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: Is there a shelf life for the operation of the scheme? Will it be for the next 12 months or will it go into the foreseeable future with an indefinite end point? As there is no maximum earnings threshold and the maximum purchase price is â¬285,000, why is the purchase of old builds not being facilitated? It does not make sense. If somebody can purchase a house at that value in a declining...
- Housing Market. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: Is there a shelf life to the scheme?
- Housing Market. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: As the market is declining and should be correcting itself, we are pouring cash into it.
- Housing Market. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: It is fact.
- Housing Market. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: It is an opportunity. That is right.
- Local Authority Housing. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 7: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends that, under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008, local authorities should form management companies or employ management companies in order to charge rents or make other charges in regard to dwellings that it owns. [36392/08]
- Local Authority Housing. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: I am uncertain as to what the Minister of State has just stated, because the legislation, which I have to hand, states that local authorities will be getting into the business of establishing management companies. To push out the question further, will such management companies engage with matters such as the rental accommodation scheme? I can envisage a scenario in which local authorities...
- Local Authority Housing. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: I shall frame three questions. Will this create an additional charge for tenants under the rental accommodation scheme? How will the legislative framework for this measure be pitched? Will it be included in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill although regulation is still awaited in respect of the private management sector? Third, although councils will be obliged to get into...
- Local Authority Housing. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: I wish to ask a brief supplementary question.
- Local Authority Housing. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: It simply is to clarify that point.
- Local Authority Housing. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: Section 30 of the Bill states the Minister will empower local authorities to make charges for dwellings they do not own but which may be subject to a contract of a lease. I understand this pertains to the rental accommodation scheme. A management company or housing authority may pass on management and service charges to tenants. This looks as though it will constitute an additional charge...
- Local Authority Housing. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: The Government will now be creating massiveââ
- Local Authority Housing. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: Will this end up as an additional charge on tenants under the rental accommodation scheme? Will the legislation have to be incorporated into the private sector provisions outlined by Deputy Terence Flanagan? How will it lend itself to a social housing integration process if we end up in a situation whereby local authorities take charge of entire private estates?
- Local Authority Housing. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: I am not assuming; it is in the legislation.
- Local Government Reform. (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: I welcome any response to those questions. The scheme cannot be implemented. As someone who has served on a local authority, in opposition and in power, I refer to connectivity between national and local government. Does the Minister see merit in the idea that strategic policy committees of local authorities, which should have a strategic role in the development of regions, would be better...
- Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 37: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 7 October 2008 and in view of the economic downturn, the way he will assist the elderly and people with mobility impairments especially those in the 18 local authority areas which have applied for but have not been granted additional funding. [36390/08]
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Subventions: Nursing Homes Subventions (23 Oct 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the Fair Deal Nursing Home Support Scheme Bill; the schedule of implementation intended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36735/08]