Results 2,661-2,680 of 11,114 for speaker:Damien English
- Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)
Damien English: I have listened to what everybody said-----
- Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)
Damien English: I will return to that shortly.
- Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)
Damien English: Will the Deputy let me speak?
- Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)
Damien English: I will go through all of that if the Deputy will let me speak.
- Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)
Damien English: It is all on the record.
- Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)
Damien English: I will go through every Member's query. I have no problem with that. Deputy Curran raised rapid build housing and I will return to that shortly. However, he also gave the impression that nothing has happened since the housing committee met here three years ago.
- Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)
Damien English: I sat here and listened to what the Deputy said. Deputy Paul Murphy wants to hold a big march in a few weeks. That is fine. He should hold the march, but be honest with people. The last time there was a big march I listened to the message from the campaign, which was to deliver 10,000 social houses. That is what we are doing. Deputy Joan Collins nodded her head. She wants that, and it...
- Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)
Damien English: Just for the record-----
- Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)
Damien English: Yes, but the Minister agreed with the committee to count the figures that way. As a point of information, 1,760 voids were put back into use during the last year. I will go into more detail later.
- Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)
Damien English: Opposition parties did not want us to count them. There was a desire on their part not to count them.
- Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)
Damien English: It is hard to win with this.
- Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)
Damien English: Money allocated to them has not been spent.
- Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)
Damien English: Exactly.
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Services Data (14 Feb 2019)
Damien English: The information requested by the Deputy is not a matter for my Department. The management of fire service call outs and ambulance call outs is a matter for the relevant local authority and the HSE.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (12 Feb 2019)
Damien English: I will try to deal with the question that was asked, as well as the ten other questions that were added in during the Senator's contribution.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (12 Feb 2019)
Damien English: My role regarding Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 is to provide the policy and legislative framework, while the day-to-day administration and operation of Part V are a matter for the local authorities. Senator Humphreys will, no doubt, be aware that following an independent review of Part V, completed in 2014, which included a detailed and lengthy consultation process and...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (12 Feb 2019)
Damien English: On the Dublin docklands and Part V, the cost of purchasing units in the docklands area can often far exceed the cost ceilings we try to maintain. In some cases, land and development costs are extremely high, the units have a high specification or there are high management fees for services such a a concierge, gyms and so on beyond what the Department generally funds through the local...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (12 Feb 2019)
Damien English: There is another development under consideration by the city council, namely, the Landings as part of Project Wave, which will deliver 30 units on-site. The cost of these units will also be high, at more than €400,000 per unit, but the council considers them to be good value for money compared to the estimated cost of sourcing and possibly upgrading on-site units. While the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (12 Feb 2019)
Damien English: My Department has, in recent days, written to the person referenced setting out in detail the current legal and application position in relation to the harvesting of wild seaweed. My Department outlined that in order to consider an application to harvest wild seaweed, it is now necessary to incorporate into the process a mechanism whereby applicants will need to undertake a search of the...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Feb 2019)
Damien English: It is great to be here.