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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (9 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...needs, plus a comparative analysis of the local rental cost of housing accommodation across the country. The limits also reflect a blanket increase of €5,000 introduced prior to the new system coming into operation, in order to broaden the base from which social housing tenants are drawn and thereby promote sustainable communities. Given the cost to the State of providing social...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2017)

Damien English: .... As Deputy MacSharry said earlier, it also affects investment and job creation and we understand that. Companies that I used to deal with many years ago in my previous ministerial role are coming forward to say that it is difficult to invest and plan ahead for more employees when they are concerned that there might not be houses to house them in years to come. It has certainly become a...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: ...is that this Government does not believe in equality and that it does not govern in the interests of struggling families, the poor or those who rely on State-led services to get by. In the part of Ireland shaped by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, when one falls behind, one is left behind. If one is struggling, homeless, sick, poor, has a disability or is unemployed or badly paid then one...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...and homelessness and the chaos in our public health system. This budget will do absolutely nothing to deal with the gaping, growing, obscene inequalities in the distribution of wealth and income in our society. One of the Minister, Deputy Donohoe's favourite phrases in recent days has been "prudence". He regularly tells us that is very important to be prudent. I feel like quoting the...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: ...and sustained improvement in people's lives and make sensible and long-term investments to benefit us now and in the future. The budget is framed in the context of a number of existing and forthcoming challenges but also looks to create opportunities. The budget is also framed to comply with the confidence and supply agreement between the Government and the main Opposition party, Fianna...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...time to address the Minister today. I know how hard he works and it is important that we all work together to ensure homelessness can be sorted. It is a year since the Government launched its Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. Recent trends include the lack of progress on new social housing construction, continued rent inflation, reduced rental supply and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Report: Dr. Mary Murphy and Dr. Rory Hearne, NUI Maynooth (20 Sep 2017)

Mick Barry: ...that over a period of 30 years in Dublin, €274,128 more would be spent on securing a social house through HAP than would be spent on a direct State build through the local authorities. Using Rebuilding Ireland's figure of 87,000 private rental units, they calculate that it would cost €23.8 billion more than direct State builds by local authorities over 30 years. If those...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...or rent, as quickly as possible, particularly in the major urban areas where demand is greatest. This is one of the issues I will be considering in the context of the recently announced review of Rebuilding Ireland, one year on from its publication, with an emphasis on building on the progress made, strengthening the measures already in place and identifying new initiatives that add value...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...for not attending many of its meetings but it is difficult to do so as I am a member of a number of other committees. Another reason for my frequent absences is that I am weary of all the talk about rebuilding Ireland and providing houses. The debate is going around in circles and getting nowhere. I declare an interest to the extent that I am involved in the construction industry...

Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Collins: I welcome this debate on the quarterly report on housing and Rebuilding Ireland. Unfortunately, all we have seen recently is targets with nothing happening on the ground. The housing crisis is a social emergency and poses a major risk to the economy. However, the Government policy response has not been adequate and, as far as I can see, has worsened the crisis. The core failing is the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (5 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: .... As the Deputy is aware, supporting SMEs, including those in the agricultural and business community, in terms of access to finance has been a cornerstone policy for Government in our efforts to rebuild the economy and bring back jobs. Government policy is focused on ensuring that all viable SMEs have access to an appropriate supply of credit from a diverse range of bank and non-bank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Irish League of Credit Unions (4 Jul 2017) See 2 other results from this debate

...for their invitation. I am joined by Mr. David Malone, financial controller at the Irish League of Credit Unions. The league is the largest credit union representative body on the island of Ireland, with a total of 289 credit unions out of 302 in the Republic of Ireland affiliated to it. We exist to provide leadership, co-operation, support and development for credit unions in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...or rent, as quickly as possible, particularly in the major urban areas where demand is greatest. This is one of the issues I will be considering in the context of the recently announced review of Rebuilding Ireland, one year on from its publication, with an emphasis on building on the progress made, strengthening the measures already in place and identifying new initiatives that add value...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Mortgage Market: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (20 Jun 2017)

...director with responsibility for financial education and consumer information, and Mr. Harry O'Rahilly, a case officer and economist who did much of the work on the report. The report itself is the outcome of much consultation and research we did. We talked to many different stakeholder groups, including consumer representative groups and industry players, both here and internationally....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (18 May 2017)

Michael Noonan: As the Deputy is aware, supporting SMEs in terms of access to finance has been a cornerstone policy for Government in our efforts to rebuild the economy and bring back jobs. Government policy is focused on ensuring that all viable SMEs have access to an appropriate supply of credit from a diverse range of bank and non-bank sources. In this regard the Government has developed a number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...to which I have just referred. I will ask it to consider a series of reasonable amendments to what it is proposing. I would much prefer it to use 100% upfront Exchequer funding or Housing Finance Agency loans, but I am not optimistic that the Minister would agree to that. In its absence there is a set of other matters that it needs to consider. We do not want to sit here in a couple of...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Housing (21 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: ...assistance payment. Meanwhile, there are 54 acres of council-zoned landbanks throughout the county. In the case of Louth County Council, it must pay €3 million a year in interest only for the loans on the landbanks. The €3 million comes out of the local authority's own budget so citizens are deprived of vital services and amenities because the council must pay such an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...of the purchase price, a tenant may fund the purchase from one, or a combination of, his or her own resources or a mortgage provided by a financial institution or a local authority house purchase loan. Under Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 the tenant, or in the case of joint tenants, one of the tenants must have been in receipt of social housing support for a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (28 Feb 2017)

Michael Noonan: As the Deputy is aware, supporting SMEs, including those in the farming community, in terms of access to finance has been a cornerstone policy for Government in our efforts to rebuild the economy and bring back jobs. In terms of monitoring the working capital requirements for SMEs, my Department commissions biannual surveys to ascertain the demand for credit by SMEs. This survey series, most...

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Issues (15 Feb 2017)

Damien English: ...pressures in the rental market; we all know that. Those pressures are driven by a number of factors - rising demand, lack of supply and the high costs indebted landlords face in servicing their loans. Those stresses are again confirmed in the latest data from the Daft.ierental report but as I have said publicly, that is not a surprise. We know this is happening and it is what we are...