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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is good. I welcome it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: To qualify for HAP, applicants must be on the housing list but they cannot qualify if their income exceeds a certain amount. In addition, the qualifying limits are lower in Louth than in Meath. That is the problem. In other words, it is discrimination on income grounds against those who are homeless or have insecurity of tenure. They cannot benefit from the scheme and secure a property...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: How quickly can that change?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: There is a barrier to that, however, because a person in County Louth earning €31,000 or more will not be eligible for HAP in County Meath, whereas a person in County Meath who earns €35,000 would be eligible for the payment. I appreciate the Department is dealing with the issue and I understand Ms Hurley appreciates the ambiguities involved. I had a constituent with me the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: No. I welcome the increase in the level of housebuilding, particularly in my constituency and east County Meath. It is good to see a considerable number of new homes being built. I welcome the attention that is being paid to housing but more radical measures are required in some instances, such as in the cases I highlighted. The death of a homeless person this week was a tragedy for the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The other point is that it is every single person as opposed to just families.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Can I ask a question, Chair?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Of course, that is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I want to refer to a point the lady here made. I apologise; I cannot see her name from where I am sitting. I welcome the facts she gave us. As she rightly said, any death is upsetting for everybody, particularly the family. I acknowledge that it affects the carers and the voluntary organisations, and how difficult it is for them to accept it happens, notwithstanding their best efforts....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am talking about the death of a homeless man.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am showing total respect to him. I am talking about where he died. I am not talking about why he died. I am talking about the physical environment in which he passed away. I reiterate that it was on a pavement and there was a low wall behind him. It was beside and part of an open space. Ms Gleeson said we need better or more step-down facilities. I hope the Chairman will agree that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I accept that totally.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: What basically are those? I welcome and support Ms Gleeson's analysis, and the totality of her concern.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: What does that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Is that absent at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I fully support Ms Gleeson in that. Would it be possible to do an analysis that could be shared with us in the future to identify what additional structures or supports Ms Gleeson believes may be needed so that we can provide them if they are not there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Who provides?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I support what Ms Gleeson is saying. I am just trying to get the roadmap outlining the steps we need. I acknowledge what she is saying.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I accept that.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (13 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: 194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans, following his recent visit to the area, for the urgent coastal works needed at Laytown and Bettystown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46514/18]