Results 4,401-4,420 of 6,604 for speaker:Ruth Coppinger
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: So even Deputies cannot get hold of what land NAMA holds.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I am merely stating how ironic it is that, in the middle of the crisis, we cannot even find out.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: We do not have 10% of social houses.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Why did NAMA recommend that? It is not meant to be political.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Would the VAT reduction be for social housing or private housing?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: It would be all, so there would be no guarantee it will ever benefit people who need houses.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Yes.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: You cannot pass a VAT reduction on to a first-time buyer. You should build it again.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Master of the High Court (10 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I welcomed many of Mr. Honohan's recent comments, in particular because I represent a constituency in which residents in Tyrrelstown are facing eviction by a vulture fund and where the housing crisis is probably the most acute. I wish to refer to a couple of the legal issues that Mr. Honohan has raised. The tenor of his contribution is to the effect that compulsory acquisition of public...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Law Society of Ireland (10 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: On Mr. Sweetman's contribution, one of the reasons that we suggested this session was to look at legislation, including emergency legislation, that might be required to stop people from becoming homeless and to sort out the housing emergency. The issue of CPOs is an important one on which this committee needs to get views. In his presentation, Mr. Sweetman gave the impression that he did...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Law Society of Ireland (10 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Just to clarify, I was referring to the houses from which people are threatened with eviction by these vulture funds.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Law Society of Ireland (10 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: The council has been in discussion for months with the EPF.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Law Society of Ireland (10 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I knew Mr. Sweetman would not like the term.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Professor P. J. Drudy, Trinity College Dublin (10 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I welcome much of what Professor Drudy says about the massive increase in the private rented sector and the problems that it has caused. We should not get stuck on terminology. We have always used the term "rent controls". I have been calling for rent controls for a few years. Professor Drudy was objecting to it, but the term is used that way in Europe as well.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Professor P. J. Drudy, Trinity College Dublin (10 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I agree generally with his concept of what rent controls or regulations should be. They have to be in some way linked with inflation. If we froze rents it would not end the problem; we have to reduce them. In parts of Dublin, rents are between €1,400 and €2,000. I agree with those who said rents are having a massively negative impact on the economy and I cannot understand how...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Professor P. J. Drudy, Trinity College Dublin (10 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Yes, totally.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Mercy Law Resource Centre (10 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I would not have a problem with having a constitutional right to housing. Similar to what has already been touched on, does Ms Regan believe legislation would not be enough? The reason I raise the question is that Britain does not have a constitution but it has a right to housing. I think most European countries do not really have constitutions. Would Ms Regan advocate for legislation to...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Mercy Law Resource Centre (10 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Yes.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Mercy Law Resource Centre (10 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Yes.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: You are on the same side.