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- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: How long has Mr. Murray been chair?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Was Mr. Murray on the committee prior to that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Are there documents available that show that the committee of which Mr. Murray is a member fed back to the local authority to say, "For God's sake, look at what is going to happen. If no housing is built, it is going to create a huge crisis". Are there documents or minutes of meetings where I can see that - "Yes" or "No"?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: But Mr. Murray is chair of the housing committee now.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: No. I was very specific. Did the association feed back the facts on the ground to the effect that there was no construction of local housing and that a crisis was on the horizon? Was that fed back to the Government?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: "No" is the answer so I will move back now-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Did Mr. Murray feed back?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: No. He did not feed back to Department as a result of his committee. A rising crisis from 2010 onwards with no construction-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: I accept that. I hear what Mr. Murray is telling me.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: That is okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: That is fine. That is what I wanted to clarify. I wish to ask the Secretary General about the task force in Galway. Does he accept that Galway City Council and Galway County Council have utterly failed to deal with the crisis and that is why the Department set up a task force?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Okay. Had the Department a role in contributing to the difficulties of the local authority by not providing funding for direct build from 2010 onwards? Does the Secretary General accept the Department did not provide funding?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: In Galway City Council, construction was suspended in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 because of no money. Does the Secretary General accept the Government had a role in creating the crisis?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: "Yes" or "No".
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Did the Department provide funding over that period to avoid a crisis? Why was there no direct build house construction in Galway until last year? That is a simple question.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: 2011, 2012-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: I use Galway because I am familiar with it, but it has universal application. A housing crisis did not arise overnight; it was created. I saw those reports confirming that there was no funding and housing was suspended. I see no feedback to the Department outlining that there was a major crisis looming. We are now seeing HAP and all the others rising in the market. The biggest cause of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: It used to be known as under-the-counter payments; now it is over the counter. In Galway, someone who gets a certificate might get €1,000 or €1,200 and the tenant has to magically come up with a couple of hundred euro to get accommodation. Is that correct -"Yes" or "No"?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: I am asking about a tenant who gets a HAP allocation. It is a "Yes" or "No" question. Does that person have to come up with more cash themselves out of their own pocket in addition to what they are getting under HAP?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: In my experience in Galway the vast majority of people receiving HAP have to come up with extra money out of their pockets.