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Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: -----to get back the money that was entrusted to it.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: It is-----

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: It is much broader in terms of education, heritage and so on in that area.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: To what degree is the Department amenable to input that could be included to expand NAMA's rather strict remit of not so much social regeneration but economic regeneration? The NAMA legislation is quite restrictive.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: The Docklands authority did not deliver on promises it made.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: This will be the last opportunity to deliver in terms of having a vibrant community in that area.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: The social regeneration element.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: So the Secretary General is amenable to that.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: We have a particular problem currently in the voluntary housing sector, of which I am sure the Secretary General and the Minister are very well aware. I refer to the issue of Fr. Scully House, which is a voluntary housing development of 99 units. The Department invested €17 million in its construction and it has been lying idle effectively since July of last year at a time when we...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: They are needed more than ever before.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: Can the Department bring that forward?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: Can the Department, offhand, appoint directors to the board of a voluntary housing agency?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: I thank the Secretary General.

Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Issues (4 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: I thank the Minister for his response in which he indicated that any offer would have to come before the Dáil for its approval. This means the Dáil will not have any say in the negotiations leading up to a decision, which places a significant limitation on the role the House would play in such a decision. I ask the Minister to consider bringing the matter to the attention of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Issues (4 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: I welcome the Minister. This is the first opportunity we have had to engage in dialogue on the floor of the House. I congratulate him on his appointment and have no doubt that he will continue to do a very good job. There is some confusion over the negotiation of the IAG proposal to purchase Aer Lingus. Both the Minister and the Minister for Finance have stated that they are limited in...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Housing Provision (3 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: I raise this issue again, having raised it first on 26 November 2014. I refer to the scandal of a very substantial housing development consisting of 99 units which has been lying idle since July 2014, in the middle of a housing crisis. I raised it out of frustration in November and again in December and January, but nothing has happened to date other than a decision taken during a...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Housing Provision (3 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: I thank the Minister of State for his detailed reply. Clearly the matter is not yet resolved. A difference of €180 per month is extraordinary. That equates to approximately €45 per week which is roughly the amount of rent that is paid by a tenant in the differential rent scheme. So that is almost double what is expected from a tenant. We cannot continue with this charade...

Topical Issue Debate: Property Tax Exemptions (3 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: It was a disgraceful decision by Sinn Féin.

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, to the House. I also welcome the opportunity to speak on this extremely important legislation. Yesterday we addressed a further aspect of the institutionalisation of many women and children in this country over decades, namely, the establishment of the mother and baby homes commission. We still have quite a long...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: I, too, would be interested in seeing the facilities in Howth. Have we written to the Department asking it to respond to the serious allegations that any repair work would be undertaken in Kilkeel, County Down? Perhaps in advance we might request a response.