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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I read something in the local newspapers today that concerned me. It is a concern I have expressed for years through the local authorities. Some €63 million in compensation has been paid in the past five years by the four local authorities in Dublin. This is a massive issue for those of us who have worked in them during the years and have been calling for extra funding for...

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister for his address. As a rural Senator I have massive concerns about some of the pillars. They are all interlinked. We have a very dysfunctional housing market when one considers the long term. I have major concerns about some of the areas the Minister raised, even with regard to Pillar 1 and addressing homelessness. Building houses is the main issue that has not been...

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I firmly believe it, and I have said it to the Minister previously. The Minister can provide facts and figures but he must change the spatial strategy and not cap the population. If a builder in an area such as Carlow wishes to build social houses, the local authority must go to the Department and the first question the Department will ask is: "What is your cap on your population and what...

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: All cities.

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I wanted some clarification-----

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----on a point of order.

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I wanted clarification on the scheme. The reason I did not bring the matter up was because-----

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We need to address this.

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It was due to the spatial strategy.

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I will come back in and clarify the issues.

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am so disappointed with some of the Minister's answers but on a point of order, with regard to zoned land, I was a member of a local authority in Carlow for 18 years. Every five or six years, the Department-----

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Minister said to me he did not know about zoned lands. We were told in the last local area plans to dezone lands, which has happened.

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is a point of order. The repair and lease scheme is a point of order. I was elected to promote the repair and lease scheme.

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: No, this is crucial.

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Twenty-one people applied for the repair and lease scheme in Carlow but only six qualified. I want to promote that initiative. I was here to be positive about it but the fact is that the uptake of this scheme is not good. It is a pilot scheme and the Minister needs to address it. It is the same with the rental accommodation scheme, RAS. People were taken off the housing list and put on...

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----but, overall, I thank him for coming into the House today.

Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I said zoned land in general.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I know this matter will be debated in the Seanad on Tuesday. I will have lots of questions then so there is no point in repeating them here. I have a massive issue about trying to find out who owns a particular property. If we could work at getting this sorted more quickly, it would be good because one faces problems when one goes to one's local authority to find out about a vacant...