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Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: Senator Higgins made most of the points I wanted to make. Senator Fitzpatrick talked about what the Minister said the other day. He said it is envisaged that housing would be made available between €160,000 and €300,000, and he gave an example.Unfortunately, that is not defined in the Bill. This amendment seeks to define it in the Bill. This legislation will hopefully be on...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 39: In page 12, to delete lines 34 to 41 and substitute “priority to be accorded to eligible applicants in relation to the sale of affordable dwellings referred to in paragraphs (a)and (b)of section 5 where the demand for such dwellings exceeds the number of such dwellings available for the purposes of this Part.”. I will withdraw the amendment, which...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 41: In page 13, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(4) A scheme of priority shall ensure that 20 per cent of dwellings are reserved for purchase by eligible applicants who— (a) live alone, or (b) are living together with one or more other persons in a household, where only one member of the household earns an income.”. This...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 42: In page 13, to delete lines 17 to 19 and substitute the following: “(5) The sale of affordable dwellings to eligible applicants under this Part is an executive function.”.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I do not.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: There is confusion about this. What the Minister of State explained was my understanding and reading of the Bill. When I was discussing this with colleagues, a couple came to the same conclusion as Senator Higgins from reading the legislation directly. I ask for a commitment from the Minister of State that he will look at this section of the Bill from a legal perspective to see if there...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 69: In page 35, to delete lines 11 to 13 and substitute the following: “(1) In setting, at any particular time, the rent under a cost rental tenancy, a rent shall not be provided for that is greater than— (a) the cost rental rent for that dwelling specified in subsection (4), or (b) 30 per cent of the figure published by the Central Statistics Office...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I just want to address something. I think we have just had it explained to us that cost rental is based on cost, which is the cost of managing and maintaining the housing, and a sinking fund for it. However, you can also cross-subsidise according to income. If I am not mistaken, since the Government is not accepting the amendments on limited profits, cost rental is now being defined in the...

Seanad: Right to Housing: Motion (4 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: The Labour Party has been wholeheartedly in favour of a constitutional right to housing, along with other socioeconomic rights, for a number of years. Driving socioeconomic rights, including the right to a home in the Constitution, would make a difference to people but it would not solve all of the problems. It would not end the housing crisis overnight and it would not be a silver bullet....

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Act 2021: Motion (31 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: Senator Craughwell is next. Does Senator Keogan want to come in until the Senator comes back?

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Act 2021: Motion (31 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: If Senator Craughwell comes back, I will-----

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Act 2021: Motion (31 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: That is no problem. I call on Senator Paddy Burke.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 18: In page 9, to delete lines 4 to 6. This is one of a series of amendments which essentially argue that public housing should be developed on public land without public private partnerships. We spoke to this amendment as part of the debate on Friday. Its purpose is to orientate the Bill towards safe provision of housing on public land and exclude public private...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I will speak in favour of these amendments. They get to the crux of the issue about what the Affordable Housing Bill lacks, which is the definition of "affordability" as linked to income. Throughout the Bill, reference is made to affordability being below market value. As Senator Boyhan has said, if a person is living in a place such as Dún Laoghaire and is earning a median wage of...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: What time is the debate going on until?

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: That makes sense.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, to delete lines 28 to 33 and substitute the following: “(3) Where regulations under this Act are proposed to be made, a draft of the regulations shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the regulations shall not be made until a resolution approving the draft has been passed by each such House.”. The amendment is fairly...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: "Housing policy: paramount concern 4. Subject to its obligations in relation to the provision of social housing, in the performance of all relevant functions under— (a) the Housing Acts 1966 to 2021, and (b) the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2020, the paramount concern of a local...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I do.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I support this amendment. Again, it goes to the heart of the problem. The skeleton of the Bill is that affordability is not actually affordability. It is below market value. Market value can mean anything. Senator Warfield spoke about a house in Inchicore. Another house in Inchicore was on the market for €475,000. I think the bidding is now up around €670,000 and is still...