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Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: The bulk of it is spent on private subsidies. Regarding how much HAP is spent each year, we invested an additional €42 million in 2016 to deliver 12,000 new places, amounting to €3,482 per person. An additional €78 million has been invested this year to provide 15,000 new places, amounting to an average of €5,200 per person. Does Mr. Doyle agree that HAP is...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: Yes or no? I am sorry, but my time is limited. Does Mr. Doyle agree that HAP is getting more expensive?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: Has the Department conducted any analysis of whether HAP is contributing to rising rents?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: I am sorry. What was Mr. Doyle's last sentence?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: It was found that HAP did not contribute to rising rents.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: Who conducted that study?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: Does Mr. Doyle agree that rising rents contribute to even more people requiring support?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: Does Mr. Doyle accept that HAP is a poor substitute for social housing?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: I believe I am correct in saying that HAP was introduced in 2014 as a temporary measure. Seven years on, does Mr. Doyle consider it to still be a temporary measure?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Doyle stated that HAP was housing 60,000 people and that he would much prefer the Department to be providing public homes or affordable homes. What has prevented it from doing that?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: The lack of capital funding allocated to the Department has prevented it from rolling out public homes.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: I am sorry, but if there was that extent of capital, 60,000 people would not be in private rented accommodation and the Department would not be paying in excess of €1 billion of the €3.3 billion in private subsidies.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: A public home is for life. HAP provides no security of tenure whatsoever. It is money given to a landlord, developer or, at this stage, cuckoo fund. Does Mr. Doyle not agree that it is money down the drain?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: We have nothing to show for it in the end.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: Apologies if my questions have been asked. To go back to the issue of HAP, am I correct that there are more than 60,000 HAP tenancies-----

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: -----in place this year. Am I correct that between HAP, RAS and similar supports, the cost will exceed €1 billion this year?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Doyle can confirm those supports account for more than €1 billion.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: They account for more than €1 billion. Is that more than €1 billion of private subsidies out of a budget of €3.3 billion?

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: I want to express disappointment with the allocation Ireland received under the recovery and resilience fund, which is €915 million out of a total fund of €750 billion. This is very small when compared to the allocations other states are receiving. I understand Poland, for example, is expected to receive €58 billion, with almost €25 billion of that in direct...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: I welcome our guests. My first couple of questions are for Dr. Campbell and the others are for Ms Kathryn Walsh. I will ask all the questions and then allow the witnesses time to respond. In her opening statement, Dr. Campbell covered the past 30 years. There has been campaign after campaign. None of them have been successful by any stretch of the imagination, it is safe to say....