Results 4,401-4,420 of 4,700 for speaker:Noel Ahern
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: However, we are being told left, right and centre that rents came down.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: We all knowââ
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: ââthat pressure on rents has been relaxed in the past two or three years because of the supply that has been provided. Rents have been falling in all sectors other than the rent allowance sector.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: I am surprised by the behaviour of the Labour Party, which is supposed to have a social conscience.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: It is not normally on the side of the landlords.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: Labour Party Members should be careful to make sure they know whose argument they are fighting.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: The Labour Party has also suggested the introduction of a housing benefit. The introduction of any benefit is primarily a matter for the Minister for Social and Family Affairs. The Minister indicated in the House that she has no plans to introduce a housing benefit. She said that any further changes in the qualification criteria for receipt of rent supplement will be considered as part of the...
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: We have to move people on from emergency accommodation to transitional accommodation and then to standard housing.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: Many people haveââ
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: Contrary to the figures that were thrown at me yesterday, we know that Dublin City Council housed more than 100 single homeless people last year. More than 200 people were removed from the homeless list altogether.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: Good progress is being made. Deputy Broughan is aware that it is not the case that everybody who is in emergency accommodation is ready for independent living.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: Some of them are. If people are housed in transitional accommodation for a few months, the service providers can ascertain who is ready for independent living and who needs a level of sheltered accommodation. The service providers recognise that substantial progress has been made.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: If we can maintain the current level of funding for another couple of years, we will get there.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: I ask the Deputies to be reasonable and to recognise the progress that has been made.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: We are spending â¬51 million this year compared to â¬12.5 million five years ago. An enormous amount of money has been allocated. A total of â¬190 million has been provided for homeless people in the past five years.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: The Government is delivering on housing.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: It has responded to the numerous and diverse challenges with a credible and wide-ranging set of measures. It has provided unparalleled levels of funding and its continued vigilance is paying off.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: I am not there yet.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: The overall focus of the Sustaining Progress commitment to provide social and affordable accommodationââ
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: ââis to review the effectiveness of programmes designed to assist low income groups. We are making substantial progress. This year's budget is â¬1.88 billion.