Results 721-740 of 2,052 for speaker:Maria Bailey
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: I ask the Deputy to allow the Minister to finish, without interruption.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: Deputy Ó Broin will have loads of time to come back in later as ten minutes have been divided up between the two Deputies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: If the Deputy wants answers, the Minister has one minute left in which to provide them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: Many members have indicated that they want to speak. I ask the Minister to stick to what Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked initially. The Deputy will have another opportunity to come in later.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: Senator Boyhan is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: Senators Boyhan and Murnane O'Connor will have to leave at around 6 p.m. so I will allow the latter to speak now before calling on the Minister to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: No. She will probably read the transcript of the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: I thank the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: If it is ten seconds because you are over your time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: Deputy Boyd Barrett has to leave now. I will take Deputy Ellis next so at least the Minister is answering somebody who is present.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: I call Deputy Dessie Ellis.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: Before we go to members for a second round, I have a couple of questions. The definition of "overcrowding" is old and might need to be looked at. Local authorities vary in their definitions of it. The age profile shocked me. I was shocked to learn that 21% of those who were declaring themselves to be homeless were between the ages of 18 and 24 years. I would love to have more...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: For clarity, in private session Deputy Ó Broin agreed to circulate the emails he received in regard to the reclassification of those figures. We were to receive them some time ago but he has today agreed to circulate them to members. I call Deputy Casey.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: Deputy Ó Broin can come back in. I have no problem letting him back in, just let the Minister continue without interruption.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: We are going around in circles.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: To be fair, and we are not on a football pitch here, had the Minister come back and said he needed to delay this meeting because he had not got the survey that was part of the report, members would have been annoyed because we were pushing it out further. He has said he will come in whenever that survey is given to him with all that information. The committee is given a huge volume of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: He will take the questions in order. Deputy Ellis came in after Deputy Casey.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: No but Deputy Casey asked his question before Deputy Ellis asked. He will take them in the order they were asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: Is Deputy Ellis happy that his question has been answered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)
Maria Bailey: I am just clarifying before we move on or I will be accused of not letting people get answers.