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Social and Affordable Housing. (7 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: That amount is for 20,000 houses, but we are only discussing 2,000 houses.

Social and Affordable Housing. (7 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: The Minister of State has been flogging that figure for quite some time, but his sums are wrong.

Social and Affordable Housing. (7 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Will the Minister of State confirm in the House that he will spend €400 million in the next 20 years to lease 2,000 houses and that the rent accrued during that period will be ring-fenced for those properties' maintenance?

Social and Affordable Housing. (7 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: That is not the question that I asked.

Social and Affordable Housing. (7 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: The leasing arrangements have no opt-out clauses. They are ten year or 20 year leases. Other schemes are different, but the Minister of State is committing the taxpayer to paying €400 million over 20 years. It is unbelievable and inexplicable that the properties' rents will not be held by the local authorities. Rather, they will be ring-fenced so that the developers can maintain their...

Special Educational Needs: Motion. (6 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I wish to share my time with Deputies Ó Snodaigh, Ó Caoláin, Upton and McManus.

Special Educational Needs: Motion. (6 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank Deputy Hayes for bringing this motion before the House and share with him the Labour Party's concern regarding the withdrawal of classes for children with mild general learning disabilities. The decision by the Minister, Deputy O'Keeffe, to cut special teacher support in over 100 schools is a clear indication that vulnerable children are a target of this callous Government. As the...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (23 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Deputy O'Rourke would know the Minister well.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (23 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Deputy Jan O'Sullivan referred to Scrooge, who is a character in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The Victorians - quite possibly in the form of Dickens - invented the modern concept of Christmas. The opening line of A Christmas Carol is: "Marley was dead: to begin with." The opening line of the Government's history could well be "The Celtic tiger was dead to begin with". The...

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Does the Government intend to scrap the electronic voting machines which are a symbol of the waste of Government-----

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I can raise this under promised legislation.

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: In a reply to a question tabled by Deputy Mary Alexandra White, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, said it would cost a further €25 million to recalibrate these machines if they are ever going to be used.

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Parents this week have lost €1,000 for every child under five years of age. Why in the name of God are we continuing to store machines that cost €60 million and will cost another €25 million if they are ever going to be used?

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: The dogs in the street know that these machines will not be used in the local elections in a couple of weeks' time or in the European elections.

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Will the Government scrap those machines and give us their value?

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2009: First Stage (9 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 so as to provide for the payment of deposits to the Private Residential Tenancies Board in respect of tenancies required to be registered under Part 7 of that Act; to require further that payments of supplementary welfare allowance under the Social Welfare Acts in respect of rental...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2009: First Stage (9 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: There are ongoing reports that 4,000, if not 6,000, affordable homes will be vacant by the end of this year. The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is before the House. I understand the Minister's Department is drafting no further amendments to the Bill. Given that this problem will develop further over the year, will the Government consider the introduction of emergency legislation...

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I would like to finish the point.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: With respect, it depends on how one defines a housing crisis. We had a housing crisis——