Results 281-300 of 9,065 for speaker:James Browne
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: Where are you going to take the money from?
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: You are not going to shut me down, so please let me say-----
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: I did not interrupt you, so let me-----
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: Look----
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: Thank you very much. We might look at the tenant in situ scheme. I am trying to square what Deputy Bacik said yesterday during Leaders' Questions, because the criteria in the circular I introduced earlier in the year put the focus on local authorities to prioritise families. The Deputy criticised that at the time. She said that single people were being singled out and left behind. Labour...
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: -----because that circular prioritises families, which she criticised me for doing. In relation to the Labour Party's motion, we have a demand-led tenant in situ scheme, which is what the Deputy wants. We have nearly 60,000 HAP and RAS tenancies. The Labour Party is well north of €20 billion, yet it has not quantified its position or said where that money will come from. Once...
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: Those who warned the Labour Party about the mistakes it was making-----
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: Those who warned the Labour Party when it was in government of the crisis it was creating-----
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: -----in the context of turning too many houses into too few, what did it do? It criticised the likes of Peter McVerry instead of listening to those warnings. It did not realise what was happening. That is what it did-----
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: It is absolutely is extraordinary-----
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: Can I ask the Deputies to just read the circular that went out to the local authorities and realise what it does? It prioritises families. I know the Labour Party's motion does not talk about prioritising children because whichever of its researchers wrote probably did read it. I ask the Deputies to read it as well. As I said, there has been €375 million for second-hand...
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: That is what the Government and I are doing. We are also delivering more and more funding. Again, however, I ask the Deputies to put forward some numbers in the context of what they are proposing to do here. A few facts might actually help the situation. This is a quick one for Sinn Féin. Its housing policy says to slash the tenant in situ scheme. The policy is available online....
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: Tenant in situ was always meant to be a temporary measure, which is even recognised in Sinn Féin's housing policy.
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: It is extraordinary that as I try to speak for a few minutes-----
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: -----everybody has tried to shout me down.
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: -----because they do not want to hear facts. It does not suit the social media narrative pop-up to get the 30 seconds. They do not want to engage with the facts-----
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: -----or the figures.
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: That is the problem.
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: Look at your own housing policy-----
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
James Browne: Look at your own housing policy.