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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Finance (5 May 2016)

Mary Butler: Would many of these houses also be subject to preservation orders?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Finance (5 May 2016)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister. My third question is on the role of city and county councils. Does the Minister feel they have a greater role to play in providing social and affordable housing?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Construction Industry Federation (3 May 2016)

Mary Butler: My line of questioning is similar to that of the last two speakers. Would the witnesses accept that there is an over-reliance on local authorities to provide social housing? As Deputy Byrne said, Mr. Eugene Cummins and the County and City Management Association came before the committee last week. They stated that local authorities are not developers and even if they had adequate resources...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Construction Industry Federation (3 May 2016)

Mary Butler: I heard on the radio on Friday that Noel Frisby Construction was advertising those houses.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (3 May 2016)

Mary Butler: I refer to the society's proposals to improve supply and sustainability. Will the witnesses expand on the reference to streamlining the planning process and the alternative social housing delivery model?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (3 May 2016)

Mary Butler: I wish to comment on the HAP scheme from the perspective of the Waterford constituency. The highest amount available in rent supplement in Waterford is €525. The dogs in the street know that it is not possible to get a house any place in Waterford city or county for €525. A person might get a place for €650 or for an amount heading towards €700. Prices are at...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister and his team for attending. The Minister said his Department cannot control all the factors affecting housing, which I understand. Deputy Funchion spoke about rent supplement. I represent the people of Waterford city and county. The rent supplement in Waterford is €520. That is one of the issues because people cannot rent houses in the area for less than...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund. There is €3 billion in the fund, with €750 million allocated for a range of projects. I hope we will get a chance to ask questions of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, on this. He decided against putting any of that money into social housing. I welcome the suggestions made by the Minister, Deputy Kelly, at the end. He has been...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: I do not think so. We saw the plans in the last week of May 2015. These eight to ten houses are being built on a local authority site where there are already 20 houses. The land is there. There are no objections. It is has now been 11 months. The council approved the project but not a sod has been turned. I am not a builder, but I would have thought that if the money is there and 11...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister. Did he get those five points?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Agency (28 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: I thank the agency for a very informative presentation. My question concerns the 200,000 homes that lie vacant throughout the country. Has the Housing Agency taken into account, for example, the overhead accommodation above shops that is under-utilised or perhaps derelict and without proper lighting and heating? Were such areas included in the figure of 200,000? Does the Housing Agency...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Agency (28 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: In rural areas in particular, but in the cities as well, there are many two- and three-storey buildings where only the bottom section is being used and the upper sections are not. Would this not be a partial solution to the current problem?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (28 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: 32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8665/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Expenditure (28 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: 98. To ask the Minister for Health if he has curtailed finance for home care packages and home help assistance since January 2016, resulting in a cut of hours from 24 to 14; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8666/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (28 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: 142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to fund the reinstatement of an administrator, even on a part-time basis, for the Ballybeg community development project in Waterford city. [8667/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: The fact that the county and city managers are coming in this afternoon is very important. They are, first and foremost, providing most of the social housing in the country. We need to ask them about the turnover advice. Sometimes they are very slow with the purchase of private houses in council estates. In many instances, council estates have been built for 20 or 30 years where people...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: In respect of social housing and the financing of it, I would like the Irish League of Credit Unions to be invited before us.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: It is important that we listen to homeless people. I spoke to homeless people yesterday in terms of preparing for this meeting but I do not believe it would be appropriate to bring two or three homeless people into the opulence of Leinster House to come before a full session of this committee with 14 TDs. It might be more appropriate for two or three of us to meet them in smaller...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: We should get a balance and I agree with Deputy Coppinger that we definitely need representatives from the vulture funds. We need somebody from each section where people are affected and not the same individuals representing the same section in respect of the difficulties in which people find themselves. We definitely need somebody from the vulture fund end because that is a significant...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Mary Butler: I thank the CCMA members for attending, as the meeting has been informative. Much of our time has been given over to discussing issues in Dublin, with which I have no problem because that is where the need is greatest. Have our guests considered moving families with the greatest need in Dublin to more rural areas where there is less demand for housing? I represent Waterford city and county...