Results 721-740 of 1,343 for speaker:Mary Fitzpatrick
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Okay, go raibh maith agat.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: In Fingal?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I will come back to the question I asked earlier about people on the housing lists who have received a notice to quit because the owner is selling. Have the witnesses advised their housing officers to ask the applicant if the landlord will sell to the local authority? Is that something they have instructed their housing officers to do so far and if not, is it something they will instruct...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Even if it was for five years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Mr. McLoughlin would defend-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: It perpetuates a trauma.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Go raibh maith agat Mr. McLoughlin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: An additional year or two.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: As politicians, we often give out about our health services. I went out for a run this morning, tripped, fell on my face - I am fine, though it is not obvious - and ended up in the Mater Hospital. I give huge thanks to all the staff in the Mater's emergency department. They are just tremendous given what they deal with and we are very lucky to have them and everybody who works in our...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I would like to talk about public transport in Dublin Central. Obviously, every senior citizen in Dublin Central can avail of free travel and young people up to the age of 24 are enjoying a 50% discount on public transport. That is welcome. Does the Leader know that feeling when one has been standing at a bus stop and has been waiting and waiting and the next thing three buses all come...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: That is great. The timescale is until 2026. What is the timescale for the 477 on the council's own land?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: They will all be delivered on local authority lands.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: It may not be possible to give the exact price but can we have an idea of what the target affordable price will be for these homes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I want to ask about housing for older people and age-friendly homes. What is the distinction between universal design and age-friendly homes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: What about age-friendly homes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: The first part of the question was on whether age-friendly homes are delivered as unique senior citizens' developments or whether they are homes dedicated to senior citizens within mixed complexes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the witnesses for their presentations, their statements and for all of the work they and everyone in the local authorities in Galway and Cork city do. I will begin with Galway and I want to focus on the affordability issue. The housing crisis has two main characteristics, which are supply and affordability. I am told that affordability in Galway is even worse than in Dublin...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: With regard to the affordable cost rental, will Galway City Council be able to achieve the target of a minimum of 25% below market price?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Does the council deliver age-friendly home as unique senior citizen developments? Dublin City Council operates a financial contribution scheme for senior citizens who own their own homes and no longer want to stay in them. They can sell them back to the council and in return for making a financial contribution they are provided with fit-for-purpose senior citizens' housing. They also get a...