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- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: That level of rent allowance is unsustainable. We all know that many or most of the people on rent allowance need the accommodation. The guidelines or rules under which the Minister's system is brought in will look after those people who are in need. Those who are homeless or are in danger of becoming homeless will be protected.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: The six month rule will not apply in all cases, if people are genuine and have a real need. It is extraordinaryâ
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Rents in the private sector have gone down in the past year yet rent allowance payments have gone up to â¬76 million. A year or two ago landlords did not want health board cheques but now they will take them because there are vacant units. It was obvious that a disproportionate number of people received rent allowance in the past year and it was necessary to take some measure to clip the...
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: These are making very good progress, as is the new scheme under Sustaining Progress. All are making a significant impact. The housing provision for next year announced in the recent Estimates has gone up by 5.5%, which is one of the biggest increases. The overall housing package will be â¬1.88 billion next year and that will allow for 5,000 starts under the main local authority programme,...
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Some 30% of people on the waiting list are single while another 32% are lone parents with one child. Therefore, some 62% of those on the waiting list are either single or lone parents with one child. Just under 20% of families on the waiting list in Fingal and south Dublin local authority areas are non-nationals who have been given asylum status or the right to stay here. Those families were...
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Matters have changed greatly. Did that person get an offer of a house in the meantime? I know of people who have been on the waiting list for 20 years. They hope to build a house in the field across the road from the mother of one or other partner, but they are not in immediate need of accommodation. I talked to county managers and obtained details concerning such families and have been told...
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: That change does not affect anybody in rented accommodation.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: It applies only to new applicants.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Not if the person is living there for more than six months.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Several people said that it was a contribution towards the prices charged by developers.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Is the Senator worried about the landlords?
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Those concerned need to hurry up â April is the deadline.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: The elderly will qualify if they are senior citizens.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Such matters are in the hands of councils. They are supposed to provide houses having regard to needs.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: That is a case of builders lying again. Why is the Senator so supportive of developers?
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: That is the total number of housing units built this year.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: That is not correct.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: The Senator should include voluntary housing, shared ownership and affordable housing.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: It was 16%. The Senator should go off and do something useful.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Only if the councillors pass it.