Results 11,021-11,040 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: We can only increase supply as fast as we possibly can and that is what we are doing, through State-led and private sector-led development, as well as the State and the private sector working together.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: With the greatest of respect, the Deputy referred to 2011 when he was actually in office himself. His party was-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: His party was, from 2011-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: His party was in office from 2011 to 2016.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: During that five year period, Ministers from his party controlled the housing Department and Deputy Howlin personally controlled the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: During that period-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: During that five-year period, when the Labour Party was responsible for both public expenditure and for housing, the social housing budget was slashed to almost nothing.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: What has happened in the past three years-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: -----because we now have the money-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: What has happened in the past three years, because we now have the money, is that we are investing in social housing again.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: The housing budget this year is €2.6 billion. It is the biggest budget for housing ever.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: This year, 9,000 units will be added to the social housing stock, more than in any year for a very long time.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: We are going to increase that again next year and the year after that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: When it comes to the apartment guidelines, it was a Labour Party Minister who took the decision to amend them to reduce apartment sizes.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: We brought that in-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: The type of development to which the Deputy has referred probably accounts for less than 1% of the new homes being built in the country at the moment. There could be as few as half a dozen developments of this type this year and next year. It is important to put this in context. The type of housing may be a choice for some people. We live in a country that has an increasing population,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: I am afraid that I do not have any particular information about the financial transactions that the Deputy referred to or the individual cases that he has outlined, so it is not really possible for me to comment on either of those matters without having the information that he has. What I can say is that the tax treatment of property investment funds is under review. There was a time six or...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: We are now seeing new building happening all over the country. It is almost certain that we will build between 20,000 and 25,000 new homes and apartments this year. Given that the picture has changed so much, it is now time for us to review the tax treatment of property investment funds. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, is doing that in advance of the budget, which will be in...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: I do not have access to the information the Deputy has. If he would like to pass on that information about the particular issues that he is raising, I would be happy to have it inquired into. However, not having known that he was going to raise this issue and not having to hand any of the information that he seems to have, needless to say I cannot comment on this in any meaningful detail....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)
Leo Varadkar: I answered the Deputy's question. The summer economic statement will be published in mid-June, as it always is. We will use that to update our financial projections for growth, jobs, revenue and spending. The Deputy mentioned the extra €1.6 billion that would be needed in the coming years to fund the national broadband plan. He should bear in mind that our budget is €60...