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Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Every time a new facility is announced for Dublin or for anywhere else, there is a need for accommodation. NAMA is contracted to build 20,000 houses and open 100 sites in 2016.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: That is private housing, for which there is also a need.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: This deals with the issue of the supply of housing stock. Deputy Martin does not seem to recognise that.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Let me repeat again that one of the central problems here is the question of the supply of housing for people. People are entitled to have decent accommodation made available to them. Deputy Adams is aware that we were building between 90,000 and 100,000 units a number of years ago but that collapsed entirely, with construction down to only 8,500 or 9,000 units. To get the sector to step...

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I know that but-----

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----the two of them are one of a kind on lots of things.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The two of them are one of a kind. Deputy Martin's position is that if we increase the rent subsidy, everything will be fine but----

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----that will not deal with the question of supply. To reflect the fact that one in five people in Ireland rent their homes the Government took the opportunity to update the regulations governing this area.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: There is a time limited measure to change the provisions on rent reviews so that instead of taking place every 12 months, they will occur every 24 months-----

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----until the fourth anniversary of its introduction.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: That gives a degree of stability to the rent sector. Second, even where a landlord has not increased the rent in the last 12 months, the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill currently going through the Oireachtas precludes landlords from increasing the rent beyond the market rate. Third, landlords cannot seek to set aside these measures by pricing in a rent increase to a level...

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: That is a commercial fund which requires a rate of return and to attempt to do something like that for social housing would be very risky indeed.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams has another view as to how we can sort out these things. If one does not build houses, either social or private, then one does not deal with the supply of houses. If one cannot deal with that then the pressures on the existing housing stock will increase and raising the rent subsidy is not the answer. I repeat again that there is a difference in the categorisation or...

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept Deputy Adams's assertion that the Government has failed.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I accept that the Government has faced this challenge, which is unprecedented in terms of the scale of the collapse of the construction sector. We had no resources to deal with the many challenges that presented themselves.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: One should not confuse the situation in so far as rough sleepers are concerned and the question of homelessness in general. There is a difference in the situation that applies to those on the streets. The fundamental problem is supply of accommodation, be it private or social accommodation, voided units or whatever. People are entitled to have access to warm, comfortable and properly...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases Data (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: There are currently four legal cases pending against my Department (including State agencies under its aegis), two of which are being managed by the State Claims Agency. Four legal cases took place during the years 2011 to 2014. The total legal costs incurred by my Department from 2011 to 2014 in respect of these cases is provided in the table. Year € 2011 €43,535 2012...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: No employee of my Department is classified under a contract of indefinite duration. The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the only State Agency under the aegis of my Department and is the body corporate for the National Economic and Social Council (NESC). Four employees of NESDO/NESC are classified under contracts of indefinite duration. None of these officials...

Tributes to Retiring Member of Staff (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Well done.

Tributes to Retiring Member of Staff (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams cannot steal them all.