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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector (Resumed): Ulster Bank (9 May 2019)

...the invitation to appear before it. As this is my first appearance before the committee, I feel it is respectful to members to take a few moments to introduce myself. Last September, I moved to Ireland from Manchester and I am privileged to have taken up the role as CEO of Ulster Bank. I have worked in financial services for almost 39 years in a variety of roles, including in retail,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Banking (18 Apr 2019)

Willie Penrose: ...this evening. I want to record that the Deputy Eamon Ryan, leader of the Green Party, supports my contribution, on behalf of the Labour Party, on this issue. One of the myths used to explain why Ireland failed to develop economically between independence and the 1960s is that there was a lack of capital for investment. There was, in fact, an abundance of savings in the Irish banks...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ...help-to-buy scheme helps people to get a deposit by getting some of their taxes back. Some 10,000 people have availed of that scheme, which has helped them to get a deposit to buy a new home. The Rebuilding Ireland home loan has helped thousands of people to get mortgages. In addition, there are all of the actions being taken by the Government to increase housing supply. Of the 18,000...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (16 Apr 2019)

John Paul Phelan: ...Boyhan has raised. One of the Government’s key priorities is to address issues of housing affordability. To this end, a multi-stranded approach is being taken to support those low to middle-income households in achieving home ownership. In terms of affordable purchase, last year, my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, commenced the relevant provisions of Part 5 of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Shane Ross: ...would have overtaken any script provided earlier. I regret that there has been a cloud over Irish sport, especially Irish soccer, since 17 March, St. Patrick's Day, when news broke about the loan of €100,000 to the FAI by its then chief executive, John Delaney. On 19 March, we wrote to Sport Ireland, directing it to engage with the FAI to clarify matters of concern. Since then,...

Building the Housing of the Future: Motion [Private Members] (10 Apr 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Eoin Ó Broin: ...reviews and criticisms of the Government's failing housing policy. In fact, the Irish Independentwithin one week alone wrote two separate editorials demanding a right to housing and saying Rebuilding Ireland was failing and needed to be replaced. Yet the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, waltzes into this Chamber and, with all of the confidence of his privileged upbringing, tells us that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (9 Apr 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Eoghan Murphy: ...% off the market price and that will vary across the country. Now that we have done the regulations it will be open to each local authority to open its scheme depending on when it sees the houses coming to market through its own local authority lands and what it has programmed. In response to Deputy Burton, I did not say I do not have responsibility for individual people. I said that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...the allocation of affordable housing in due course. The new scheme will be set in the context of moderating growth in house prices and rental levels in the market and will complement other key Government affordability initiatives.  These include the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan, which has seen 720 loans to a total value of some €127.5m drawn down,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...people and working with people. I commend Dr. Aoife Ryan in UCC on her report. There is a need, as I think we would all agree, for continuing investment in dietetic services. To that end, I would be happy for the Minister to come to the House to discuss the matter because it is an important part of cancer care and treatment. It is also important that we recognise that it is about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

...and the proposed individual accountability framework for the banking sector. I will address both in my opening statement but, first, I will provide a brief overview of some developments in Bank of Ireland since our last meeting in July 2018. Bank of Ireland is focused on the delivery of the multi-year strategy we announced last year. This strategy sets out the plan we are following...

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...removed from the monthly homeless reports last year were, at the time of their removal, homeless, accessing homeless services and had priority. I have a long list of things I would replace in Rebuilding Ireland, as the Minister knows in quite some detail because he has had to listen to me talk about the issue at great length. He mentioned the help-to-buy scheme. The difficulty is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

...difficult for people. It is beyond the reach of many young and not so young people. The housing market is not working in many ways. Supply and demand are the two critical issues. Supply is not coming on-stream fast enough. There is remarkable volatility in the market, as members will see in the table on page 1 of my submission. In 1975, 18,000 homes were built by the private sector....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Loan Scheme (27 Mar 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I will try to give the Deputy as much information as possible but I will have to revert to her with some specific details at a later date. Following a review of the two existing home loan schemes, namely the house purchase loan and the home choice loan, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, introduced a new loan offering, known as the Rebuilding...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (26 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...cost of housing accommodation across the country. It is important to note that the limits introduced at that time also reflected a blanket increase of €5,000 introduced prior to the new system coming into operation, in order to broaden the base from which social housing tenants are drawn, both promoting sustainable communities and also providing a degree of future-proofing. As part...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Home Loan Scheme (12 Mar 2019)

Michael McGrath: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of consultation the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government has with him about extra funding for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; if a formal request for extra funding has been made; the extra amount being sought; the areas that funds will come from if it is granted; and if he will make a statement on the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2019) See 2 other results from this debate

Victor Boyhan: ...of work he has done and he will have my full support with this work. He has stuck at this for a long time and I am happy to second his proposal to amend today's Order of Business. I discussed the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme with the Leader yesterday and tried to impress on him the importance of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government coming to this House as soon...

Seanad: Traveller Accommodation: Statements (6 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State to the debate and thank him for being here. We area facilitating the requests of Senators Warfield and Kelleher in having this debate and it is an important one. I speak as a former member of Cork City Council and a former chairperson of the Traveller accommodation committee. I opted to chair that committee because I believe in the integrity and value of all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019) See 9 other results from this debate

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister. There were eight pages in his statement and I will take the points raised in order. I thank the Minister and his staff for their attendance. I particularly welcome Mr. Paul Lemass. He will be a fantastic addition to the Minister's team. The Minister stated he has commenced the relevant provisions of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, the effect of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...today. I was clear with the Dáil and I can direct attention to parliamentary questions on 5 and 26 February but also to previous conversations we have had at committee about the operation of this loan. The Rebuilding Ireland home loan is incredibly worthwhile and supportive of people trying to buy their first home. Time and again Deputies were come into the House to say that it...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019) See 2 other results from this debate

Catherine Ardagh: The Fianna Fáil group and I would like to express our sympathy to the family of the former Senator, Noel Mulcahy. I wish to refer to the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme, for which there is a fund of €200 million.More than 1,600 people have been approved for the home loan scheme so far and 575 home loans with a total value of €107 million have been drawn down. This...