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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Mick Barry: Last night, I attended a protest against evictions at Dillon's Cross in Cork city. The residents of six flats were given notices to quit by July. These people had paid their rents and had not broken their leases. The previous landlord died late last year and the property had been inherited by a nephew. This nephew no doubt noted that the rents were relatively low. He handed out the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Mick Barry: It deserves to be given its notice to quit. If Fine Gael is not prepared to protect people being evicted from their homes, is it not right and proper for the people to evict Fine Gael and the Fianna Fáil Party that supports it from the council chambers of this country this Friday?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach talked about extending the notices to quit and no one will oppose that. However, why does the Government not ban notices to quit for economic evictions, for evictions into homelessness and for people like the people who have this threat hanging over their head in Dillon's Cross in Cork city at the moment? The crisis is not the fault of one man; it is the fault of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Mick Barry: Is the Taoiseach not in the remotest bit tempted to give this man-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Mick Barry: Listening to the Fine Gael benches makes me think the Dáil is like a swimming pool - all the noise is coming from the shallow end. I repeat my question. Is the Taoiseach not in the remotest bit tempted to give this man the sack?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach can bet his life it is.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Mick Barry: Deal with the question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (28 May 2019)

Mick Barry: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in receipt of an adjacent SUSI grant for students living at least 45 km away from the location where they study in the 2018-19 academic year; and the number of students in higher education in the same academic year. [22582/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (28 May 2019)

Mick Barry: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in receipt of an adjacent SUSI grant for students living at least 24 km away from the location where they studied in the 2010-11 academic year; and the number of students in higher education in the same academic year. [22583/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (28 May 2019)

Mick Barry: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reversing the budget 2011 decision to increase the SUSI grant non-adjacency qualifying distance from 24 km to 45 km. [22584/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: Pull the other one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: I welcome the fact that the short-term letting market is to be regulated. The lack of regulation has exacerbated the housing crisis and is in contrast to the norm in other countries. This is a step forward. However, I have issues with the proposals. On balance, it would be best if the proposals were to apply across the board nationally and not just in the rent pressure zones. Having said...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: Is it to be six months from 1 July or six months into next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: The Minister may have just answered the question I was going to ask. Will financial allocations to the local authorities involved be clarified this week or next week publicly and for the joint committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: Some €276 million was paid to landlords last year under the housing assistance payment scheme. A total of €695 million was paid to landlords under a variety of schemes, including RAS, and commentators on housing now say it is only a matter of time before the subsidy reaches €1 billion. Will the Minister give his best estimate as to when the subsidy will reach €1...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: The Minister is not ruling out that the subsidy will reach €1 billion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: It is not speculation on my part but on the part of some of the most serious housing commentators in the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: I note the Minister is not ruling it out and I will move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: Another fact, which is set out in a Threshold report, is that nearly 50% of HAP tenants are paying top-ups to landlords varying from €20 per month to €575 per month. The report states that the average top-up is €177 per month and closer to €300 per month in urban areas and areas close to them. Threshold notes that 45% of those surveyed say that these top-ups...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: There are 10,378 people officially homeless. The numbers are up again. Normally, there is an increase in homeless numbers at the start of the year and after Christmas. Numbers tend to go up in January and February. Traditionally, in the past, the numbers tended to go down again in March, April, May and coming through the spring into the summer, but that is not happening here. They are...