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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: I know there are few people in this House, including me, who spend much time reading the manifestos of political parties but the commitment to increase housing supply to 35,000 to 40,000 new homes was contained in the Fine Gael manifesto for the last general election. I restated that ambition at the weekend and I stand over the fact that I did so. Back in 2016, we were only building 5,000...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: In my mind, we departed from the Mulvey agreement some time ago. Mr. Mulvey was appointed by the former Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, to-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: If possible, I would like to answer the question. As I was about to say, the Mulvey agreement has, in my mind at least, already been departed from by the Government in certain aspects. Initially, the building was not to be owned by the State. It is my understanding that this has now been resolved and the State will own the building. That was not originally the case in the Mulvey...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: We have not. We have changed it on the lease and on the ownership of the hospital, for example, since then.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: The Deputy made some very good points in his remarks. As the House will be aware, the objective of the Central Bank macro prudential mortgage lending rules is to mitigate systemic risk and promote financial stability, to increase the resilience of the banking sector and households to the property market and to reduce the risk of credit spirals from developing in future. They are there to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: Regarding the Deputy’s specific question-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: -----on the housing budget and the budget for social housing, that is under consideration at the moment.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: The Deputy knows it is. The national development plan, NDP, review and the Housing for All document are all being considered now. Of course we want to increase social housing provision and the social housing budget-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: -----as much as we can. However, there are also other demands, and the Deputy is aware of this. Health, education and welfare all have to be catered for.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: I note that I answered the Deputy’s question regarding the budget for social housing. I note, however, that he did not answer my question-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: I do understand the difference between the two and I answered the Deputy’s question, and the same thing applies. Social housing is an element of the public housing budget, which has a wider definition. I did answer the Deputy’s question on that matter. It is under consideration in respect of the national development review and the Housing for All document. We want to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: The Deputy interrupts me. His party has delivered zero.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: In Northern Ireland, his party's shared ownership scheme is not dissimilar to ours
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: Again, however, the Deputy interrupts and barracks me. He will not answer the fundamental question that Sinn Féin refuses to answer. Does the party actually agree with an increase in home ownership?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: Does Sinn Féin want to see 70% of people owning their own homes in Ireland?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: No, it does not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: Looking at the party's affordable housing policy, particularly when it comes to affordable homes-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: ----it's policy for affordable homes is leasehold and not freehold-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: People who buy affordable homes from the Government scheme will own them, while those who go for the Sinn Féin scheme will not own them. Sinn Féin wants to be those people’s landlord.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)
Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy. Like her, I have been always interested in this project and I have always had concerns about it. What prompted me, quite frankly, was a straight question from Deputy Bríd Smith. I would not have answered that question had I not been asked it. As the Deputy pointed out in her remarks, it might have been two or three years since I was last asked publicly or in this...