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Other Questions: Voluntary Housing Sector (13 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: I note that 47,000 social houses are due to be built by 2021 in line with the target set under the Rebuilding Ireland policy. The Minister might believe that this will happen, but I do not. The approved housing bodies and the voluntary housing bodies have quite a central role in that strategy. It is intended that approximately 15,000 houses, or one third of the total, will come from that...

Other Questions: Voluntary Housing Sector (13 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: Do I not get to ask a supplementary question?

Other Questions: Voluntary Housing Sector (13 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: Do I not have time to respond to what the Minister has said?

Other Questions: Voluntary Housing Sector (13 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: Okay. The voluntary housing sector is due to get approximately €1 billion from the State under the Rebuilding Ireland plan. That is quite a lot of State money. When I referred earlier to "clients", I should have referred to "constituents". I apologise to my constituents for referring to them in that manner. My point is that people have seen rent increases of 38% at a time when...

Other Questions: Voluntary Housing Sector (13 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 8. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will examine the method used by voluntary housing agencies to set the rent levels of their tenants and the rights of tenants in circumstances in which they are faced with substantial rent rises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33384/17]

Other Questions: Voluntary Housing Sector (13 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: I am asking a question on voluntary housing agencies which is being answered along with a similar question from Deputy Gino Kenny. The substance of the question is to find out if the Minister is aware of very serious rent hikes being implemented by voluntary housing bodies because of methods they use to calculate rents, and if the Minister has any intention of investigating this matter or...

Business of Dáil (13 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: Some members dissented.

Business of Dáil (13 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: That does not mean the proposal should not be debated.

Business of Dáil (13 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: We cannot do that. They are completely separate matters.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the persons to be housed in the new rapid build units will be taken from the local authority waiting list; if other criteria will apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33383/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (12 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commission a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) and the Garda investigation and subsequent prosecution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32970/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (12 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the visa restriction on Libyan citizens, especially medical professionals who are facing delays and refusals on visa applications despite being offered work in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32969/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (12 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to allegations by a whistleblower regarding political interference in the investigation into the disappearance of a person (details supplied) 40 years ago in County Donegal; his plans to commission a public inquiry into the person's disappearance and the subsequent Garda investigation; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (12 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with the representatives of a family (details supplied) regarding a request by them for an inquiry into the death of a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32971/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (12 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to commission an inquiry into the murder of a person (details supplied) in 1970 to deal with unanswered questions with regard both the death of the person and the subsequent investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32967/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (12 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the regulation that governs the setting of rents by voluntary housing agencies and the rights tenants of such bodies have in appealing new rents set by such bodies; the guidelines his Department has for the setting of rents by voluntary housing bodies. [33250/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (11 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to recognise the representative bodies for Defence Forces personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32595/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (11 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: 59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to reduce the dependence of members the Defence Forces on FIS and other income supports to subsidise the low levels of wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32594/17]

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: That has been the policy for a long time.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Bríd Smith: We have to live beside it, the Minister does not.