Results 2,721-2,740 of 3,200 for speaker:Pádraic McCormack
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: Question 628: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority dwellings that lack central heating facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30356/05]
- Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: The Minister is talking rubbish.
- Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: The Minister is simply talking rubbish.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date of the provision of social housing envisaged under Part V of Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30676/05]
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: Does the Minister of State acknowledge the Department's record on this issue is appalling? While the private sector has responded to demands with record house completions, the number of house completions for which the Minister of State is responsible remains inadequate. What happened to housing needs assessment? Is the Minister of State satisfied developers are circumventing the Part V...
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: The Minister has identified an interesting point. I am aware that the social and affordable housing must be provided within the same local authority but in County Galway that may be 50, 60 or 70 miles from the source. The development may take place near the city and the social and affordable housing could be transferred to Clifden or Glenamaddy. That is ridiculous. What is the logic behind...
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: It is an arrangement between the developer and the local authority.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: Houses are needed everywhere.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: Why was this changed in 2002? What was the arrangement with the builders? The Government caved in.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: I am not referring to a particular case, I am referring to the principle.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: That is happening.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: Will they give their agreement?
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: One must have it substantially finished in that time.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: Is the Minister of State aware that some developers are avoiding their responsibility to provide houses under Part V because of its interpretation by some local authorities? In cases where no development plan has been adopted for a town or village, local authorities have interpreted it to mean that a builder does not need to comply. Whether it is by a material contravention or by getting...
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: How do they get permission?
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: There you are.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: I will see the Minister of State in the tent in Galway and explain it to him then.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: Shortly.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: Next September?
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Pádraic McCormack: Now we know.