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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Catherine Byrne: Yes, do the witnesses know how many family units are involved in that, including single people?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Construction Industry Federation (3 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I want to make observations rather than ask questions. I thank the witnesses for the presentation this morning. We are all here to put some kind of formula together so that people can have a home, whether social or private housing. Eugene Cummins of Roscommon County Council and Dick Brady of Dublin City Council were here last week. Mr. Brady said there are more than 22,000 sites available...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (3 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I totally agree with the concern about the HAP because I do not believe that people really understand it enough and there is a responsibility to promote it more, especially on the part of the local authorities which do not seem to promote it very well. I was reared in a local authority council house, like most people around me, and at that time...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Finance (5 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I have only two questions but a number of observations. My first question is about NAMA and the fact that, despite its having 6,600 units, only 2,000 have been delivered into social housing. What is happening to the other 4,600? The witnesses may not be able to answer but we might get an answer from NAMA.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Finance (5 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I want to raise two issues with the Minister. As he knows well, I was reared in the inner city surrounded by Dublin City Council housing developments and flat complexes in Ballyfermot, Inchicore, Crumlin and Drimnagh. It always astonished me that the city council was unable to continue the building system it operated in terms of local authority housing. If we are serious about supplying...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Finance (5 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I was agreeing with the Minister's analysis.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: It is my honour and privilege to second the nomination of Deputy Enda Kenny as Taoiseach in the Thirty-second Dáil. In the words of John F. Kennedy, "we must think and act not only for the moment but for our time". Deputy Enda Kenny, over the past number of weeks, has shown himself as a leader who acts and thinks not only for himself but for the good of the country and our citizens....

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Minister for allowing me two minutes of his time, as I could not let the evening go by without saying a few brief words. First, I congratulate the Taoiseach and those who have been appointed as Ministers, including the women who now will be in the Cabinet. I welcome the nomination to their positions of Deputies Frances Fitzgerald, Katherine Zappone, Mary Mitchell O'Connor and...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I am sorry they are not present this evening. If I may, I also will mention what lies ahead of Members in the coming months in trying to hold the Government together. As I believe Deputy Katherine Zappone has already stated, the programme for Government is not perfect and no Member can fool him- or herself by stating otherwise. However, I believe that if we work together - as Fine Gael...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: It comes from the founder of the Oblate Fathers, who have a parish in Inchicore, which Deputy Joan Collins knows well. The order was founded by Saint Eugène de Mazenod, who said, "What we dream alone will remain always just a dream, but what we dream with others can become reality." The reality is that Members have an opportunity not to dream any more but to make real what they do in...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Master of the High Court (10 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I am interested in what Mr. Honohan has said but much of it is out of my reach because it relates to the law. However, I will make my contribution on what I know as a public representative on the ground. I agree with Mr. Honohan about building Ballymun and St. Michael's estate and so on, but the fault in building them did not lie only with the residents. It was the way they were managed...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Law Society of Ireland (10 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the delegates for their presentations. I, too, wish to refer to medical applications, particularly when they come across the delegates' desks. Many of the applicants I come across are ineligible. One cannot even read some of the applications, to be honest. With the greatest of respect to general practitioners, I do not believe letters from general practitioners have any input into...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I thank Mr. Daly, Mr. McDonagh and Mr. Whelan for their informative and excellent presentation. Two questions I wanted to ask were asked earlier, including one by Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan. I have two further questions. I agree with the NAMA representatives that there is no easy answer to the housing crisis. We must build, but it is a complex issue and the sooner we come to terms with...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: That is fine.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: Most of us would know our own area and we would know what lands are involved.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: That is grand.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I was only asking, so that has been clarified a bit more. I will be able to look at that.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: The cost of building a house is an issue that has arisen all the time. I thank Mr. McDonagh for his outline. Is the cost of building apartments different? If so, is there any chance of getting that information? Yesterday, we went to see modular housing in Ballymun and I have to say that I was impressed. Cherry Orchard, which is in my constituency, is one of a number of sites designated...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: The Chairman makes general comments.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: NAMA told us this morning that in Cork city, of 500 units, 309 were confirmed for demand but only 285 were delivered. In Limerick, NAMA identified 145 and 55 were confirmed but only 16 were delivered. There seems to be something wrong with the local authorities as regards placing people in certain areas. It came up this morning that some of them were not suitable for different areas. Maybe...