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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electoral Register (4 Dec 2019)

Damien English: I have no doubt that the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, will be happy to avail of the document, and I have no doubt that the gentlemen may have submitted it as part of the consultation process, which I hope they did because it would have then fed naturally into the consultation process. We, in our Department are very open - as we always are in all matters, be it in the franchise, housing...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Home Loan Scheme (4 Dec 2019)

Damien English: I thank Senator Mulherin for raising this issue of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme and the issue in general of people who have gone through difficult times in this country but wish to get back on their feet again. Senator Mulherin mentioned the mortgage-to-rent scheme, which I will come back to in a moment. It is another important scheme. I am glad we were able to reform it to make...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Home Loan Scheme (4 Dec 2019)

Damien English: I will absolutely engage to get some more answers for Senator Mulherin. We will address some of the questions to the Department of Finance. I cannot comment for that Department but we will certainly engage with the Department of Finance. Senator Mulherin is right to say a poor credit rating is not a life sentence. It can be cleaned up and corrected over time. Time is a great healer in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (4 Dec 2019)

Damien English: The Building Regulations set out the legal requirements in Ireland for the construction of new buildings (including houses), extensions to existing buildings as well as for material alterations and certain material changes of use to existing buildings. The related Technical Guidance Documents (Parts A - M respectively) provide technical guidance on how to comply with the regulations in...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: If you do not mind.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: That plan is fully factual and not spin. Deputies can track it. I have a chart for each county for each scheme.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: I would like to see every other party come in here with a full plan that goes site by site throughout the country.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: With respect, Sinn Féin talks about the ambitious plan it has. If the figures in that so-called ambitious plan are added up-----

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: -----they do not match the amount of money the Government has ring fenced.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: I was interrupted.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: I am happy to finish.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: If I can finish.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: I did not get my minute.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: I did not get my minute.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: I ask the Leas-Cheann Comhairle to protect my minute.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: I have one call to make.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: If everybody else here commits to our plan, ring-fences the same amount of money and makes sure to deliver over the coming years-----

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: I was interrupted for one minute.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: I was interrupted.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Damien English: I will make a few quick points.