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- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
John Curran: The Deputy is talking about units of accommodation.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
John Curran: Deputy Durkan and Mr. O'Brien are not required to agree. The committee will reach a decision afterwards on the issue.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
John Curran: The committee will need clarification on this matter. I ask Mr. O'Brien to circulate the document from the PRTB after the meeting when members will examine the figures.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
John Curran: Before the delegates reply, to summarise, their presentation dealt with tax exemptions for long-term lettings. A number of Deputies addressed that issue, particularly around rent regulation and rent certainty, as well as the other side of the issue. In cases of long-term lettings, one of the problems the committee has found is that when a property goes on the market, it is sold vacant,...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
John Curran: Does one of the witnesses wish to conclude?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
John Curran: I ask the representatives to supply the additional information we seek by means of correspondence as I am conscious other witnesses are due before the committee. One of the representatives might respond briefly to Deputy Mary Butler's question regarding the housing assistance payment scheme, HAP-----
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
John Curran: -----and then we will conclude this section.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
John Curran: We have had officials from the Department of Social Protection and representatives of Threshold in before the committee this morning and we discussed with them the issue around the State payments, whether it be the rental accommodation scheme, RAS or HAP. We asked the officials from the Department of Social Protection to submit in writing recommendations they believe would be an improvement...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
John Curran: I ask Ms McCormick to put a note in writing to that effect to the committee on those specific issues because it has arisen this morning. We are about to conclude. Would Mr. Faughnan like to sum up?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)
John Curran: I thank Mr. Faughnan and his colleagues for their attendance today. Their submission, as I said, will be on the committee's website. On the additional information which they stated they would furnish, not meaning to rush them, they might furnish it to us sooner rather than later because the committee will be reporting in a short number of weeks' time.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)
John Curran: We will resume in public session. I draw the witnesses' attention to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to this committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to do so, they are entitled thereafter only to...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)
John Curran: I thank Mr. O'Leary. Before I open it up to questions, I have one or two quick comments. Mr. O'Leary indicated that the cost of borrowing to the HFA would be under 2%. Is that correct?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)
John Curran: As that is advanced to local authorities, what rate would be charged? The agency has set out an ambitious programme. Deputy Durkan will be pleased to see local authorities back providing housing. Apart from the finances, has the agency any feedback from local authorities on their capacity to deliver these units? I am not being in any way critical but this is a financial document. Has the...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)
John Curran: To whom would the agency advance it?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)
John Curran: There are a number of questions for Mr. O'Leary and Mr. Cremen.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)
John Curran: Deputy Quinlivan asked a question.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)
John Curran: Officials from the Department of Finance will come before the committee before it concludes its work. It might be worth following some of those lines of questioning at that stage.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)
John Curran: I ask Mr. O'Leary to address these issues, after which I will take the remaining Deputies.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)
John Curran: Officials from the Department of Finance will address for the committee the specific point requested, so we will continue the discussion.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)
John Curran: We will take the remaining two members. I call Deputy Butler.