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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (17 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 1011. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the greyhound trade with the Macau Special Administrative Region in China; if he has animal welfare concerns about this trade; if he will intervene to prevent the export of greyhounds to locations where there are animal welfare concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9759/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: That is not the case, in fairness.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The Deputy is saying it is.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Pay rates have fallen dramatically, in fairness.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: They are all on self-employment contracts now.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: It is €5 per hour.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to ask some questions about NAMA's role in actually contributing to the housing crisis and its very minimal contribution to social and affordable housing. I also want to ask about NAMA's connection to the vulture funds and the impact that has on tenants who are living in those properties. I also want to ask about NAMA's write-downs to developers. Firstly I will turn to NAMA's...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes, exactly. The reason I raise this figure is because I am a little sick of hearing about starter homes that NAMA is allegedly delivering all over the country where demand is clear or where demand is greatest, as the witness said in his presentation. There is great demand in Dublin 15 where we have a massive housing crisis. However, there are two NAMA housing estates which are building...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes, NAMA inherited them, but how many were offered to the local authorities because it seems in this-----

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: And what happened to the others?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Did NAMA offer 14,000 for social housing?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Okay. So why did NAMA say that it offered the vacant housing stock within the original portfolio?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The witnesses can respond later on this.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Mr. Daly said we inherited 14,000 empty homes and then he said NAMA offered the totality of vacant housing stock for social housing. I am just wondering where is the gap.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Now NAMA is building on 46 sites. I do not know about the prices in other areas, and I would be interested in hearing from Deputies in those areas, but in Dublin, what are the prices of these houses and how will they ever do anything to help anyone involved in the housing crisis? There is a way NAMA could house between 50,000 and 100,000 people right now. NAMA could wipe out the social...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: There was major demand. People were paying significant rents. They could not afford to buy.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I have one sentence in response.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: NAMA did have 30% of the development land in Dublin. The witnesses keep saying that they only have a relationship with these debtors. The debtors are in default. NAMA can foreclose and repossess at any time. Let us not make out that it is just a little relationship.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: It was the developers' debts, not the Irish people's debts.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Because certain people chose to do that.