Results 181-200 of 1,352 for speaker:Mary Fitzpatrick
- Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: The cynicism and dishonesty of Sinn Féin on this subject is corrosive. It undermines our social fabric and the progress that is being made. If Sinn Féin really believed there was a housing crisis then it would act like there was a crisis. You would stop objecting to the building of homes. You would support our local authorities, the Land Development Agency and the State to...
- Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That Seanad Éireann:" and substitute the following: “notes that: - Housing for All is providing record levels of funding to support the delivery of social and affordable homes by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies and the Land Development Agency; - over €5 billion in capital investment is available in 2024...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the witnesses for attending today. The number of 13, 531 people in emergency accommodation is one that haunts us all and I thank the witnesses, their staff and everybody who works in their organisations for the work they do every day to try to prevent homelessness and to help people exit homelessness. At the outset, I acknowledge the significant progress they have been able to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: This is even with the increased homeless HAP rate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Is that particularly a Dublin phenomenon?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Would the Department not have a role though-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: You can Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Senator Moynihan, I am going to be lenient with you, timewise.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I asked about the increased number of presentations and Ms Hayes said there had been a slowdown in exits. The Dublin Region Homeless Executive opening statement suggests there was a 6% increase in the number of households who exited.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: In real terms, then, there has been an increase in presentations because we are preventing more and we are exiting more, yet the number continues to grow.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I am sorry but that does not make sense to me. The exits are increasing-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Ms Hayes mentioned the presentations and those who are presenting, such as that family reunification example. What proportion of the total number of 13,000 are such cases? I ask because if it is a family of ten and it is a reunification situation, I assume those people do not have a live social housing application. Do they?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: There would always be a portion of those in emergency accommodation who, I presume, do not have an application or do not yet have an application. The application could be pending.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Is that not even families, maybe individuals?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Myriad.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: -----or homeless housing assistance payment. In fact, they have no route out of the emergency accommodation at that point in time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I will give Senator Cummins a moment to take his place. I ask Mr. Kelly to return to the issue of the over-concentration in Dublin Central for a moment. I appreciate that local authorities are independent bodies, having been a member myself and fully respecting of their authority. It is really important that the Government at a national level does not interfere with the operation of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: If they do not have a housing application, they do not qualify for housing assistance payment-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Mary Fitzpatrick: The sum of 504 and 573 is 1,077.