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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: There are a number of reports that say what I am saying here, namely, that an over-investment in property led to a collapse in the banking sector, which, in parallel with an over-reliance on cyclical taxation, meant that at a particular time both led to a cliff edge for the economy. If we go back to 2008 and say that those were sound numbers to have, either from an investment and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: What I said quite clearly was that we have not refused one project on the basis of finance. Please do not go back to 2008. Do not go back to VAT reductions either. Is 3.5% really going to make that much difference to a builder? I do not believe it will.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The summit was not a reactive move. I had been meeting with the chief executives of the local authorities during the summer and I realised in July that I needed to bring everyone together. This was to get everyone onto the same page and see what new measures we needed to take. That summit was arranged then. It was not a housing summit for everyone, it was for the chief executives of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: It is never good enough for you, Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: It is a positive proposal from a Fine Gael Councillor in Dún Laoghaire for social and affordable housing-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: That was not realistic at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: It was never going to work from a financing point of view. The Deputy knows that it was not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: It is not rubbish. Deputy Boyd Barrett can look at the numbers again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: It is not playing politics. Coming in with unrealistic solutions is playing politics.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Yes. We have identified all of the land. We have identified the thousands of hectares and the 42,000 homes that we think that land can deliver. What each local authority is doing is coming up with a strategic plan for each of its landbanks. Separate to that, we also have a piece of work on the targets that we want each local authority to deliver in order that I can have confidence that as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Is Deputy Cowen asking in the context of NAMA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I am not clear on the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I understand that there is a difficulty in securing affordable finance for developers in many parts of the country. The Government is looking at measures it can take in this regard but I cannot announce them today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I cannot announce anything on this matter today. It is being seriously considered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government has been both announcing and doing plenty for the past two years. I ask the Deputy not to make such facile remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I apologise to the Senator for my comments in relation to the Shanganagh site. I was being needled by one of his colleagues and I pulled on my Fine Gael jersey. The issue was first brought to my attention by Councillor Maria Bailey but I acknowledge it had support from all on the council, that they had been working on a solution for the site, and it was not just a Fine Gael proposal. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Senator. I am a little uncertain why she feels she is not getting answers because there has been much consistent engagement between the Department and the committee and the two have worked together constructively. There is still a lot to do, but we should not dismiss the improvements that have been made nor the things that are happening. We should not dismiss the fact there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I did not say it is not a problem. I said it is not a funding problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I ask the Senator not to misquote me as it is very dangerous to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I did not say there are no funding problems. I will not have a Senator misquote me for her own reasons. I said that homelessness is not a funding problem. That people are homeless is not because there is a lack of funding by the Government. There are complex needs that need to be addressed and we must be sensitive to them. We are putting in place every support we can and we will continue...