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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The Deputy did not have to assure us of that.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Sherry FitzGerald? That is just an oxymoron.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: If that is the case, why are the numbers going up?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The number is going up. That is my point.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Mr. O'Brien is saying that it is going down.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I am saying that the amount of private rented accommodation has increased.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes. That is what they are.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I sought clarification on the figures, which are extremely important. According to the Private Residential Tenancies Board, both the number of tenancies and the number of landlords have increased. I will provide Mr. O'Brien with the figures because he indicated the number of landlords had not increased. Between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016, the number of...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: What I see is that higher rents are bringing landlords back into the marketplace.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: They are highly relevant.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I am in tears.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: A lot of questions have not been answered. Can the witnesses send us the information if there is not the time to answer them now? The question on increased costs has not been answered nor has the question on how many properties currently being held would be released if owners got the tax break they are seeking.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: We need to work that out because we have to calculate whether it would be better not to have such a tax break and make the investment in social housing instead.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: For whom?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Mr. O'Brien said that earlier. I am talking about additional properties that are being held back now that would be released by the association's members and others if we gave them a tax break.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: It is a pity we are discussing this now rather than at the forthcoming session with the Department of Finance because it would be more appropriate to that. However, I also want to ask about the EU rules, which are a critical issue for the housing situation in this country. To clarify, is it the case that the EU rules are preventing the Housing Finance Agency from lending to local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has liaised with the housing agencies responsible for the implementation of the pyrite remediation process regarding their progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11329/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 57. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department has taken to keep global warming below 1.5° Celsius, as agreed at the 2015 United Nations Paris climate change conference. [11330/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the report on the findings of the 2015-2016 national audit of guidance counselling practice in second level schools and colleges of further education; if he will reverse the cuts made to the allocation of guidance counsellors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11189/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Location (24 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 442. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the location of the National Children's Hospital at the St. James's Hospital site; if he will review the decision and the decision-making process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11382/16]