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Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: They talk about an emergency. They went into the chamber of Dublin City Council and voted against it. That is not politics.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: That is hypocrisy, absolute hypocrisy. Since they are so obsessed with the Labour Party, I can tell them this - the difference is we see a necessity to solve social problems, we do not believe social problems are, as it were, a godsend for political recruitment.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: We see them as something to be solved and that is what we are doing.

Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: It is proposed to take No. 15a, motion re sittings and business of the Dáil to be taken without debate; No. 44, Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015 - Report Stage (resumed); No. 1, Choice of Court (Hague Convention) Bill 2015 [Seanad] - Second Stage; and No. 6, Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015 - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed,...

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: The Deputy makes things up as he goes along. I do not know whether it is to fill time or what it is.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: He knows perfectly well that I have absolutely no responsibility in respect of granting permission for whatever it is he says his party is looking for regarding the GPO. I have not been asked to do so-----

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: -----because the person in his party, unlike the Deputy, presumably understands that the Minister does not make this decision.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: It is a matter for An Post, and everybody in this House knows that.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: The Deputy can play politics with it if he wants to. It is a pity that Sinn Féin, having said it is not playing party politics with an issue like this, then comes to the House and accuses somebody else of politicising the issue.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: The fact is that any decisions on the use of the GPO are entirely and exclusively a matter for An Post, and the Deputy has been around here long enough to know that perfectly well.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: That leads me to the conclusion that he is doing nothing other than seeking to politicise this issue.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: He should not do that, and he is giving a lie to his own statement that he wants to seek a co-operative approach and so on by parties across the board. If there is an issue regarding An Post, he should take it to that company. It is a pity to hear the Deputy's attitude. The parties here should and can work together to ensure we have, as I said, a fitting and proper commemoration of 1916....

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: I do not agree with very much else the Deputy said, but I do agree with her last point, namely, that local authorities have to return to building houses. That is a critical element of the approach of the Government to addressing and solving the issue rather than just talking about it. In 2015, 7,400 new social housing units are targeted for delivery with a further 8,400 to be delivered...

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: The Deputy accuses me-----

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: The Deputy accuses me of engaging in commentary. That is strange coming from him. He says there has been no action. An additional €2.2 billion in funding was announced in budget 2015 in respect of the social housing strategy.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: The strategy is a comprehensive response - reasonable people and those in the House will accept that - to the need for social housing. We need to build houses.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: We have a problem and we need to build houses. Even the Deputies opposite must understand that it takes time to put together a process by which we can actually build houses.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: We have a target of 110,000 social housing units by 2020, including 35,000 new social housing units and 75,000 through the housing assistance payment.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: That is not commentary; that is the target. If the Members opposite have practical proposals to make and practical suggestions - I will come to the one the Deputy made in a moment - we would be delighted to hear them. However, sometimes I get an impression that these difficult and serious social issues are being used. There is always a danger that Members are leveraging them to make a...

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Alex White: If it is necessary to introduce legislation to address the procurement question, I am sure the Minister will do that.