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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: How much lower is the number of short-haul aircraft by comparison with the number before the pandemic?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore, there are seven fewer. Is Ms Embleton including the two in the 33?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: When growing short-haul services, when will the number return to 40?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: How many long-haul aircraft were there before the pandemic?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Obviously, there is an integrated model in Shannon. It entails the short-haul flights to Heathrow and the long-haul or transatlantic flights. My final question has been alluded to by some of my colleagues. If there were a PSO route between Shannon and Amsterdam, Frankfurt or one of the major hubs, would it be regarded by the representatives as commercially viable in the long term? Would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is it something Aer Lingus would be willing to consider?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Ms Embleton, Mr. Moriarty, Mr. O'Neill and Ms Carberry for attending. I wish them well with the tertiary element and getting the third service back in place. They might let us know when this happens. It has been a difficult time for the 32,000 passengers and the staff. I thank the representatives for attending. It was important. We will be doing work on aviation. Aer Lingus...

Housing for All Update: Statements (4 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Housing is the main issue. I will speak in the context of the Limerick City constituency, which I represent. My views are well known. I welcome that the budget has amended the living city initiative and extended it until 2027, which means another five years. I want to see people living in the city centre. That is something on which I have worked. Limerick city centre has a Georgian...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister of State. He and the Minister have done a body of work on this. They have increased the income eligibility threshold in the five local authorities by €5,000. If we look back to 2011, the average industrial wage was just short of €36,000. Now the average industrial wage is just above €43,000 or €44,000. That is a 20% increase. There is now...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will expand on the plans to increase social housing income limits nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47268/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I have raised this issue on a number of occasions, including last February. It is about the social housing income limit. I read the report and the initial review of income limits for social housing. I have a couple of comments. Only seven local authorities nationally have less than 35% of disposable incomes going to rent. That is the benchmark. Between 2011 and the first quarter of last...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Second, I want an increase for a dependent adult from 5% to 6% and an increase for a child from 2.5% to 3%.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I would prefer to hear the Minister's response to our query. This is only negativity.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: As long as I get my question answered. That is all I want.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I know of many people, particularly in Limerick and in the cities, who have identified properties they wish to renovate. They are asking me when will the commencement date will be.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: When in November? Will it be for the cities and rural areas? When will it be available nationwide? What is the precise date? Will there be a public awareness campaign? I am still getting questions from people about the actual commencement date.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: This is very straightforward. It is about the cost of building houses in an estate. My worry is that, when developers or builders buy lands, it will normally be a couple of years before they apply for planning permission or build houses. Most of the land that will be built on in the coming years is land purchased prior to 31 July 2021. I ask the Minister of State to commit to looking at...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I very much welcome this scheme. By way of clarification, when will this be a nationwide scheme? It is in the villages and towns at the moment. When will it go to the big urban areas, to rural areas and to city centres? It would make a great difference in Limerick city centre and within the environs of the city. When will it become a blanket nationwide scheme covering all older...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: 6. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of affordable housing under the Part V requirement since 3 September 2021 (details supplied). [47267/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will raise the issue of Part V affordable housing. I have raised this previously with the Minister, his Department and his colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke. My question is very straightforward. I will put on record that I welcome the 25 affordable houses in Castletroy, which are very beneficial, but on the Part V model, why does the 10% affordable housing requirement...