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- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: The final contributor on this point is Deputy Ó Broin.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: Having listened to the various comments made, to try to move things on, it is very obvious that there is a wide range of issues to be discussed. Deputy Kathleen Funchion summed it up well when she spoke about short-term, immediate, longer term and structural issues. Deputy Mick Wallace spoke about the building programme, etc., while Deputy Barry Cowen referred to the housing emergency....
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: Are members happy to stay in public session?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: From my point of view, if people felt more comfortable in----
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: Agreed. I put it to the committee that rather than having a protracted debate, if the committee is happy to remain in public session----
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: If the five categories were circulated, members could add something that they do not consider is adequately included in them. Are members happy to do this? We need a starting point.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: Will Deputy Eoin Ó Broin repeat the nine categories he laid out?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: We have received a number of suggestions and I propose they be circulated by e-mail. We have clearly indicated that there are people whom we should invite before us to address the various topics and some may take more time than others. When we start disseminating this information it will be open to members of particular groups to make a recommendation or submission but there may be...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: I agree with that but it needs to be relevant to the topics we have raised. I do not dismiss the Deputy's proposal but I suggest we build it into our plans in that manner.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: The Deputy is right and a number of people have said we do not need people to give us the history of their organisations. We know their history and most of us understand the issue. We are looking for solutions and proposals as they see it. If we are bringing in substantial numbers of people the proposals need to be directed and specific. It will be up to us to inform them of this in advance.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: The proposal for an interim report was as passed in the Dáil but it is not prescriptive; it does not state it has to have all the answers. The report is scheduled for 28 April, which is Thursday. I suggest that if we had a meeting on Tuesday, and we will circulate some of the ideas put forward today, the structure in terms of how the committee will work for the period would be the...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: No. I made the point that if we travel, it has to be relevant to the section of work we are doing. People from all parts of the country are represented here but if there is a particular reason members should see homelessness or the housing issue in a different context, we should build that into the programme. I do not have a problem with that but I agree with the Deputy that we should not...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: I want to make a comment. There are mixed views on the issue of invitations to individuals to appear before the committee. We will not make a final determination on that today. We suggested that we circulate a work programme and from that we are asking for suggestions as to who might or might not be invited to appear before the committee. That is not going to be signed off by a committee...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: The point I am making is that the decision on how many and what groups, as in the case of every other group, is one we will make collectively. It is not being ruled out.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: Can I deal with the previous question? I am not dismissing the Deputy. In terms of next Tuesday, which will be the day of our next meeting, we have work to do before we have anyone in to further develop and agree on some of the groups we are going to meet. Without getting into the times, are we happy to have a two-part meeting next Tuesday?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: We are happy to have a two -part meeting. We will first ensure that the various interested groups and the structures the committee will follow during the coming weeks are agreed.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: We are not, because of the two-part approach.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: Deputy O'Dowd is the member of the committee who said he was prepared to sit all day.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: My point is not to disagree. We will address the first issue, to ensure that the structures we are discussing now, which are at present no more than a series of suggestions, can become adopted in some coherent way by the committee. Following that, we can proceed to the kind of sessions Deputy O'Dowd suggests, if everybody is in agreement.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)
John Curran: I cannot promise the Deputy that.