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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Affordable Housing: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: It is nearly a year after the numbers were provided.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Affordable Housing: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: Is Mr. Taaffe confident? We had witnesses from Uisce Éireann and ESB in here before and they said that the targets we have from a Government point of view cannot be matched by the infrastructure. Is Mr. Taaffe confident that the housing targets we have can be met with the infrastructure we have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Affordable Housing: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: Therefore, without the infrastructure, it is pie in the sky unless we get the infrastructure in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Affordable Housing: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: I thank Mr. Taaffe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: I thank our guests for being here today. I could not agree more with them on what they have been saying, even about housing, the minimum wage and the cost of living. I am involved in a an LDA project in Bluebell, in a cost-rental housing scenario. We got people in and discovered cost rental is set up such that the people it is meant for cannot afford the rent, based on the wages they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: On the VAT rate and what Dr. McDonnell has said about it being counterproductive, has research been done on that to show it is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: Dr. McDonnell is going to get me sacked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (30 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: I rise to express concern at the Government’s recent decision to increase the voluntary return allowance for asylum seekers. While I realise the pressures that are on the Government in this regard, the financial allowance for asylum seekers to be processed is approximately €122,000 per applicant. That seems a staggering figure. You have to tread very carefully when...

Seanad: National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: When I talk about social enterprise, policy and Trading for Impact, they are something I know very well to the core. When I started an organisation called Tiglin 20 years ago, I did not have a grand plan. I literally bought a bus, converted it into a restaurant and got a bus licence, and I went out onto the streets after work. I used to park the bus under the Clerys clock on O'Connell...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: I wish to voice my agreement with Senator Ruane's proposal. I wish Senator Andrews safety. I hope that he returns and that everything goes well. I wish to speak about the budget and how it has a real impact on our people and businesses. This week, there were several witnesses before the enterprise committee, of which I am a member. Many said that businesses are six months away from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: I thank the witnesses for being here today. I was devastated when the news broke about the Peter McVerry Trust and all the debacle that happened. I have known Peter for many years and I know the work the trust has done on the ground. He has been very disheartened for many years, both personally and with the organisation, so to see it being dragged into disrepute is a horrendous sight. Has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: That is from now on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: In the past, was housing first priced on the basis of fundraising?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: I noticed that the 2023 accounts still have not been finalised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: We have been dealing with this for nearly a year so it is surprising that the skates were not put on that. I also noticed that housing first tenancies have fallen from 822 to 699. The emergency homelessness numbers and so forth have gone up, so the crisis is getting worse, yet the number of housing first tenancies has decreased. I am little worried about that because of the wraparound...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: It was a rabbit warren with a lot of stuff that could not be got to. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Aubrey McCarthy: Okay, I am just a bit conscious of the time.