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Defence Forces: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Barry: In the opening paragraph of his opening statement, the Minister of State stated "Let me be very clear that I have no difficulty in acknowledging that we face some HR challenges." If there is an award at the end of the year for the understatement of the year in the Dáil, that would be a contender. There is a crisis of pay, of conditions and of morale in the Defence Forces. Some 84%...

Defence Forces: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Barry: Some HR challenges.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Family and Child Homelessness: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Barry: I thank all the organisations that are represented here and all their representatives who have come in to give their evidence this morning. We have the fastest growing economy in Europe, we are told, and the scandal of growing child homelessness in our midst. It is the responsibility of the committee and of the Government to listen to the recommendations that are being made. There are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Family and Child Homelessness: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Barry: I am just going to use ten minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Family and Child Homelessness: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Barry: Does the Chairman want me to ask my questions together?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Family and Child Homelessness: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Barry: Okay, we will do that then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Family and Child Homelessness: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Barry: My first question relates to the figures on housing completions for 2022 and 2023 that were released by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government yesterday, and which Mr. Allen commented on. If I understand him correctly, he is arguing that we need approximately 36,000 housing completions per annum to maintain homelessness and child homelessness at their current levels. If...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)

Mick Barry: 38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the minimum guidelines for dormitory space and for cubicles and the shared kitchen ratio for co-living arrangements. [24035/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (11 Jun 2019)

Mick Barry: 41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to allow persons who are not first-time buyers but who do not own their current residences to avail of the scheme. [24034/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (11 Jun 2019)

Mick Barry: 64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by each local authority to date in 2019 from its Traveller accommodation budget. [24033/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (11 Jun 2019)

Mick Barry: 974. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the criteria for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be changed to include non-first time buyers such as those that may have had their homes repossessed during the recession and that could now be in the financial position to pay back a loan. [23669/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: Pull the other one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: I welcome the fact that the short-term letting market is to be regulated. The lack of regulation has exacerbated the housing crisis and is in contrast to the norm in other countries. This is a step forward. However, I have issues with the proposals. On balance, it would be best if the proposals were to apply across the board nationally and not just in the rent pressure zones. Having said...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: Is it to be six months from 1 July or six months into next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: The Minister may have just answered the question I was going to ask. Will financial allocations to the local authorities involved be clarified this week or next week publicly and for the joint committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: Some €276 million was paid to landlords last year under the housing assistance payment scheme. A total of €695 million was paid to landlords under a variety of schemes, including RAS, and commentators on housing now say it is only a matter of time before the subsidy reaches €1 billion. Will the Minister give his best estimate as to when the subsidy will reach €1...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: The Minister is not ruling out that the subsidy will reach €1 billion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: It is not speculation on my part but on the part of some of the most serious housing commentators in the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: I note the Minister is not ruling it out and I will move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Mick Barry: Another fact, which is set out in a Threshold report, is that nearly 50% of HAP tenants are paying top-ups to landlords varying from €20 per month to €575 per month. The report states that the average top-up is €177 per month and closer to €300 per month in urban areas and areas close to them. Threshold notes that 45% of those surveyed say that these top-ups...