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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For some time I have been trying to get to the bottom of actual council houses and the delivery of same under Rebuilding Ireland. I would like to be wrong and I hope I am wrong but I suspect that under the heading "social housing" or "new build" we are actually getting hardly any local authority housing. Will the Minister provide the factual situation on local authority housing?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The expression, "The devil is in the detail", takes on a whole new meaning when it comes to trying to get to the bottom of figures for social housing in the Minister's Rebuilding Ireland plan. I will study the Minister's answer in detail, because there was a lot of detail. Certainly, on first hearing, one could be forgiven for saying I am not really getting a straight answer as to how many...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is the detail I am trying to get at. I will be asking about Cherrywood later. We are going to have 8,000 houses. How many of them will be council houses? My fear is it will be very few. I know that, next year, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown will get 103 local authority houses, although, in fact, we do not even know if they are all local authority houses. It is probably fewer than 100...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was. I am not a councillor.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The reason I was protesting is that, for six years, since I was elected to this House, I have been pleading with the Government to return to the provision of local authority housing. For five of those years, I got blanked completely, and the list in Dún Laoghaire went from about 3,000 to about 6,000, with people now waiting 18 years on the list. I have people coming in to me every week...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commission on Domestic Public Water Services (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the question grouped?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commission on Domestic Public Water Services (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We were told they were grouped.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commission on Domestic Public Water Services (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No. 33.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commission on Domestic Public Water Services (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Clarity.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Data (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for rapid-build housing; the planned per-unit cost of these homes; the speed at which they can be delivered; the comparison in both cost and delivery time with traditional-build council houses; if he will provide a breakdown of plans for these kind of houses, by local authority; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Data (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We all agree that we need urgent delivery of social housing. As the Minister is aware, council housing is our preference. There is also no doubt that if there is a direct choice between rapid build and bricks and mortar houses, the majority of people would prefer bricks and mortar.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Data (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The only case therefore for rapid build is if the houses can be delivered much quicker and if it is cheaper. The evidence in Dún Laoghaire is as follows, and I will listen if the Minister can tell me different. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is building ten council houses in Sallynoggin and we are told the project will take 12 months. It is also building 12 rapid-build...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the plans for 8,000 homes in the Cherrywood SDZ will deliver sufficient social housing and affordable homes for low and middle income earners to rent and buy for this planned new town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35479/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether rent controls are urgently needed considering the further dramatic increases in rent in Dublin and other urban centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35477/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will reconsider the plan for opening libraries without the necessary skilled staff in view of the nationwide ballot of librarians on the issue of staffless libraries and the widespread public opposition to this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35478/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (17 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress of the housing assistance payment scheme, HAP, across each local authority; his views on whether it is on target to reach the numbers planned in Rebuilding Ireland; his further views on whether this scheme faces more challenges in areas of the country where rents are particularly high; and if he will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: US Presidential Election (22 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his conversation with the US President-elect, Mr. Donald Trump. [35196/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement (22 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will protect the family income supplement payment from all means testing across all Departments including for local authority rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36047/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (22 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will instruct Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to grant a person (details supplied) early entry into the HAP scheme to prevent them from becoming homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35759/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (22 Nov 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for affordable lettings in the context of rebuilding Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35915/16]