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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: They have €5.4 billion over there.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I am living in an affordable house. What does the Deputy mean when he says it has not worked out?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes, but there is not an affordable housing mortgage, and that is fine.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dr. Ronan Lyons, Trinity College Dublin (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: It is interesting that Dr. Lyons is the only housing expert or academic to have appeared before the committee.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dr. Ronan Lyons, Trinity College Dublin (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Housing is not his sole focus.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dr. Ronan Lyons, Trinity College Dublin (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: A number of people were suggested for this session on financing a house, in particular. More property interests have testified before the committee than independent witnesses we had suggested. I acknowledge Dr. Lyons works for daft.ieand he made that clear. It would have been good to have had balance in the contributions. Representatives of landlords, chartered surveyors and the CIF have...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dr. Ronan Lyons, Trinity College Dublin (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: -----rather than to councils. Dr. Lyons has said that there has been some interest from private investors in the social housing market. Will he expand on what he means by that? Does he mean getting involved in it or buying houses up? The position is not clear. Dr. Lyons raised a number of issues about loan ratios and property prices. He implies in his submission that reducing the cost...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dr. Ronan Lyons, Trinity College Dublin (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: That would never happen.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Sonas (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome the witnesses to the committee. I am glad this topic is being aired because I definitely see a link between domestic violence and the people I meet who are becoming homeless. They are not leaving directly because of domestic violence and these cases are vastly under-reported. When we get talking to these women we discover there is a history of domestic violence. It is not...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Sonas (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: To clarify, most of the families that SONAS meets that become homeless through domestic violence are households headed by single women. Does SONAS have figures in respect of this matter? I ask this because sometimes there is a reason why women do not marry the fathers of their children, a point that previously arose in the Dáil. There are underlying and serious issues involved and...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Sonas (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: No, it is just that the figure is even higher.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Sonas (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Is that all in the morning?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Sonas (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: We have had only one Dublin local authority attending, however.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Sonas (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Sorry, we have had those two.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to bring forward the restoration of pay and pay equality for public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12995/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has consulted with Government Departments, including the Department of Health, the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Justice and Equality, on difficulties in recruiting and retaining certain types of public servants arising from the two-tier pay system and other pay reductions applied during the economic...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 73. To ask the Taoiseach the number of workers on temporary contracts and on temporary employment as a percentage of employment for each year since 2008, in tabular form. [13638/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 74. To ask the Taoiseach the number and percentage of low paid and minimum wage workers that are women. [13639/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 75. To ask the Taoiseach the number and percentage of part-time workers that are women. [13640/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 76. To ask the Taoiseach the number and percentage of workers earning less than the living wage of €11.50 an hour for each year since 2008, in tabular form [13641/16]