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Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: The consultation started in 2017.

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: I am conscious that not everyone was here when I spoke earlier. I will not go back over the whole speech. I thank the Members who have introduced the Bill. I accept that they are interested in the area. There is always the suggestion, as Deputy Pringle said, that the Government does not want this and we will put it on the long finger. Opposition Deputies always assume that we do not want...

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: The Deputy might have heard it before, but not from this Department, which has proven its worth in this respect. Let us recognise that piece of work because I know the amount of work that went into introducing the changes and consolidation in the other Act. We all agree on the benefits of co-operatives. As we have outlined, in the credit union movement, in agriculture and even in...

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: I thank the Members for introducing this Bill and affording me the opportunity, in the absence of the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Humphreys, to speak to it. The Minister is sorry that she is unable to attend the debate and I will outline her views for the Deputies. However, she will be happy to engage with Members at a later stage as we bring forward changes in...

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: To be fair-----

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: If the Deputy is going to name somebody-----

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: What he said was that, on its own, we had to-----

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: The Deputy named a person. It is not fair to people.

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: That is not the context in which it was said and the Deputy knows that. Come on.

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: That is what we are doing.

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: It is unfair to those providing services, including NGOs, local authorities and AHBs, for Members to give the impression that nothing is improving. It is not true. It has been repeatedly alleged that the Government only wishes to use private housing but that is not true either. A building programme is in place to increase the stock of social housing by 50,000 over the next three or four...

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: Exactly.

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: Has the Opposition provided solutions to deliver houses as quickly as possible?

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: It probably has done so in the past but very few Members have done so this evening.

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: I have listened to the entire debate. The motion contains no suggestions on how to improve the delivery of houses.

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: I agree.

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the motion and to outline the facts of the situation. They are not lies. I listened to many speakers saying we come to the House every month to debate this. I mean no offence to Members, but I have not seen any new solutions emerging from the different motions that have been discussed. In fairness, Deputy Fitzmaurice gets down to the details...

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: I did not interrupt anybody, and I did not come here for a row. I am referring to what Members have said about inaction, just talking and no delivery. That is just not true. The facts do not support Deputy Clare Daly. We accept that there is not a house for everybody. We accept the supply issues. We are not saying that the issue is solved in any shape or form. However, it is also...

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: That is what everybody is saying.

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Damien English: A Cheann Comhairle, I did not interrupt the Deputy.