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Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 23:In page 51, line 7, to delete "qualified household" and substitute "authority concerned".

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 24:In page 51, line 8, after "dwelling" to insert "for the qualified household concerned".

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 25:In page 51, line 21, to delete "qualified household" and substitute "authority concerned".

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 26:In page 51, line 22, after "dwelling" to insert "for the qualified household concerned".

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 27:In page 52, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:"(c) proof that any other dwellings under the ownership of said landlord which are occupied by a private tenant or other household within Housing Assistance Scheme have their tenancy registered with the Residential Tenancies Board.".The amendment requires that landlords taking part, or hoping to take part, in...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I am conscious that while one property owned by a landlord may be considered for HAP that landlord may have other properties which are not registered. It is important to have consistency with regard to whatever landlord is there and that he or she is not operating differently elsewhere. That is the purpose of this amendment, which seeks to include the provision that "proof that any other...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 21:In page 50, line 23, to delete “household notifies the authority of” and substitute “authority identifies”.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 22:In page 50, line 27, after “period” to insert “not less than 2 months”.Should a local authority be unable to inspect a housing assistance payment property before agreeing a tenancy, it will be required do so not less than two months after the agreement. Rental accommodation standards have dropped significantly over time. Dublin City...

Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The Taoiseach may be aware that rent supplement was prohibited by ministerial order during the regeneration of Ballymun. This has caused great hardship to families that needed to be near schools, family and friends as well as local supports. As the regeneration has run its course will this ministerial order be lifted or even addressed under the next housing Bill?

Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Will it be included in the next housing Bill, the second part of the housing Bill?

Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: It is under consideration at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Mr. Layde is aware that landlords have been saying online that they will not accept rent supplement and that there is no provision in place to deal with it. They could do the same regarding the HAP. What is Mr. Layde's opinion? It should be outlawed. Some time ago the Minister mentioned that there were more than 4,500 NAMA properties, 500 of which were being used and approximately 2,000...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: That means they will be taken off the housing list, however, and will have to reapply on a transfer basis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Does Mr. Layde see that this will lead to a significant number of people being taken off the housing list and put into inadequate housing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I too thank the witnesses for their presentations. This meeting comes in the context of the housing Bill which is going through the House. Many issues are arising about which we are worried, one of which is that there are 76,000 people in receipt of rent supplement. There is a proposal under the HAP project which is being piloted in Limerick to bring it under the control of local...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister of State mentioned the Attorney General who gave bad advice previously on upward-only rent reviews. It is the same Attorney General. I disagree with the principle of mandatorily taking money by the Department of Social Protection from those on social welfare payments. We should not do that. The same approach has been used in other areas. People are struggling at the moment....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 83. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress of the pyrite resolution works taking place and completed at this stage and the work to monitor other sites with pyritic contamination on an ongoing basis. [25443/14]

Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an mBille seo. Sinn Féin welcomes the Bill and, as such, has no objections to it. The proposal to develop the castle and gardens at Johnstown Castle as a visitor destination for the south east region is also welcome. As we are all too aware, the region is an unemployment black spot which is in urgent need of assistance...

Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I thought I only had five minutes.

Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I did not know that.