Results 2,641-2,660 of 6,905 for speaker:Cian O'Callaghan
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: Absolutely, but the Minister is effectively repeating this year the Supplementary Estimates of last year. Why is he not doing this in the budgetary process proper?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: I will give two other examples. Under the subhead on accommodation for homelessness, A13, there is an allocation of €102 million. The original budget this year was for €215 million. That will be a total spend this year of €317 million on homelessness, yet the budget for next year does not reflect the €317 million figure; it is just €242 million. We will...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: I will go to three subheads to point this out. Last year's Supplementary Estimate for the land acquisition fund was for €125 million. This year, there is another Supplementary Estimate for €114 million-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: I am trying to get a handle on the €220 million that is not going to be spent on local authority housing. We know that €80 million of that is going into CAS so where is the rest of that €220 million, the €140 million, going? That is my first question. Rather than doing a back and forth, I will ask a second question now and give the Minister the space to respond....
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: It is the tenant in situ------
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, but a lot of it is tenantin situ-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: A lot of that is 100%, the €80 million.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, but the €220 million for local authority-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: On the €220 million-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: Is that 100%? If that was being spent, is that 100% capital funding or what is the-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: Is it 100%?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: Can we get to the nub of my question? I appreciate that delivery this year is going to be better than the very poor performance last year.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate that but all of €220 million would be capital funding if it was spent. Is that correct?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: If that was spent under A3 local authority housing, would that be 100% capital grants?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, I get that but none of it is matched by HFA funding in terms of delivery of homes.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: Where is the other €140 million out of the €220 million going?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: So instead of building homes, it is buying land.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: The nub of my question on that-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: Why not budget for that properly rather than taking the money that has not been spent on building social or affordable homes towards the end of the year and transferring that into the land acquisition fund?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Cian O'Callaghan: That is the point I am making.