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- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)
John Curran: I thank Ms Carroll for her opening statement and invite members to put their questions.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)
John Curran: I ask Ms Carroll to address those questions first.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)
John Curran: I will take a few members together. I call Deputy Coppinger.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)
John Curran: Please do not. Thank you, Deputy.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)
John Curran: I thank the Deputy.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)
John Curran: Has the number of units of property gone up as well?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)
John Curran: I do not know if the witnesses have the answer to this question. Obviously a landlord completing the application must give details of the size of the house, who is living in it and so forth. From the information supplied to the Residential Tenancies Board, can it identify those properties that were bedsits rather than apartments? If it can do so, since the new regulations were introduced...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)
John Curran: What can be determined from returns?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)
John Curran: That can be sent to the clerk to the committee so it can be distributed.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)
John Curran: It relates to a private landlord with the payment coming through the local authority. Regarding one very specific point on that, Ms Carroll said that a third party can make a complaint if there is anti-social behaviour. Is it any third party or a third party that is adversely affected?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)
John Curran: Therefore a public representative could not make a complaint on behalf of that person.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)
John Curran: I thank the delegation. That concludes this part of the meeting. I thank Ms Fogarty, Ms Carroll and Ms Ward from the Private Residential Tenancies Board. We will suspend for a couple of moments as the next witnesses come in.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Free Legal Advice Centres (17 May 2016)
John Curran: Before we commence, I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Free Legal Advice Centres (17 May 2016)
John Curran: I will clarify the last point. This committee was set up in advance of a Government or the appointment of any Ministers and given a role until 17 June. In the ordinary run of events, other Oireachtas committees will be established and that will be a matter to be dealt with. However, this committee was set up and given a job of work to do before the Minister was appointed. I am not...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Free Legal Advice Centres (17 May 2016)
John Curran: Mr. Joyce mentioned that at the end of 2016 there were almost 6,000 buy-to-lets in the hands of receivers. They had gone beyond being in difficulty, the banks had taken action and appointed receivers. He mentioned that the future occupation by tenants of these dwellings is insecure. My sense, from dealing with constituents, is not that it is insecure but that in virtually all the cases we...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Free Legal Advice Centres (17 May 2016)
John Curran: In practice I find they are not remaining, the properties are being emptied and sold vacant. My concern is at a time of housing shortage or crisis a substantial number of units are being taken out of circulation because by the time the bank goes through the whole process a property could comfortably be vacant for a year or more while the receiver is appointed, the tenants are moved on and...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Free Legal Advice Centres (17 May 2016)
John Curran: Mr. Joyce specifically referred to the right to housing and asked, in his opening statement, whether it should be a matter of law or a constitutional change. What is his preference and why?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Free Legal Advice Centres (17 May 2016)
John Curran: I thank Deputy O'Sullivan. When Mr. Joyce is answering, to put matters in some perspective, could he give us an idea of how many centres there are and the number of clients FLAC might see over the course of a year?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Free Legal Advice Centres (17 May 2016)
John Curran: That concludes this afternoon's meeting. I thank the members of FLAC, Ms Eithne Lynch, Mr. Paul Joyce and Mr. Ciarán Finlay, for attending and not just answering the questions but providing the document they submitted. In particular, they adhered to our request and made specific recommendations. We always discuss the issue but we are trying to find solutions to improve the position....
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (17 May 2016)
John Curran: 127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her actions to tackle recent gangland feuding between criminal gangs across County Dublin, including the resources being spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10227/16]