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Other Questions: Rent Controls (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister said that before Christmas and the entire nation was gobsmacked when he said that there was no data to show that rents were rising, if not rocketing, in those areas. There are countless Deputies here who can attest to that and the Minister could just look at www.daft.ieon any day to see the level of rent in those areas. I also want to ask the Minister about the rate of rent....

Other Questions: Rent Controls (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister gives the impression that if tenants do not pay their rent, it will take years to evict them but in fact the process at the moment is that they only have to be given 28 days' notice, plus 14 days during which they are given the opportunity to pay their arrears, regardless of how small. While I accept that there can be a variety of reasons for disputes between landlords and...

Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: As a teller, under Standing Order 73(3)(b) I propose that the vote be taken by other than electronic means.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Deposit Protection Scheme Implementation (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rationale for reconsidering the implementation of a deposit protection scheme under the control of the Residential Tenancies Board; the details of any lobbying from landlords regarding control of deposits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2179/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the information he has available of the annual cost to the Exchequer of subsidies, including tax breaks and tax exemptions, for private landlords, developers and other property owners including vulture funds, as compared to the cost of State investment in permanent State owned local authority housing; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new local authority homes that were completed by local authorities in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2421/17]

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 (18 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I apologise for being late as there was a community event in my area I had to attend. I hope I will not repeat what others have said and will try to focus on the social housing pillar. Homelessness is an international problem and is evident in every country. A baby died on the streets in Portland, Oregon, which is in the richest country on the planet, and homelessness is at a phenomenal...

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 (18 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I will finish on that point. Is it this year or next year? This year seems like an absolute impossibility but is that the plan?

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 (18 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: How much for example would the Department give Fingal and the various councils? Everyone here is asking the same question, namely, why is there a gap between the councils and the money that the Department says is available. How much has the Department given them? We want to go back and tell them the Department says they have X million euro and ask why they are not developing those sites.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (18 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has satisfied himself with the processes in place to determine patronage of new schools, particularly in areas with religious and cultural diversity in the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2005/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interventions his Department makes to assist the educational needs of asylum seekers and refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2004/17]

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Well done, Minister.

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Therefore, they will do nine instead of 15.

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: What about Tyrrelstown?

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: So much for the Tyrrelstown amendment.

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: We could have a referendum.

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Exactly. That is the kind of law we have in this society. The rights to private property are such that nine tenants equal one landlord. There is something seriously wrong with such a society. We should take on board the fact that STAVE supports the Bill. The Government makes a number of points in the amendment it has tabled. Essentially, it states it has now done enough to stop these...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: There are many get-out clauses included in the amendment. Last night it was put to the Minister on RTE television that the impression had been given that he had given some commitment to the Strand tenants in Limerick that they would not be affected if the sales went ahead. It is possibly because the vulture fund has strong connections with NAMA and the Government. Will the Minister do...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share time with Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett. I want to explain once again how necessary and urgent this type of legislation is in order to stop what is now a homelessness epidemic. We are running out of descriptions for what we are facing in terms of housing and homelessness. Some 6,985 people are now homeless, and...

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: You are being very proper, a Cheann Comhairle.