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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I have a brief point in relation to Fr. McVerry's comments about the rent supplement and about it driving people into homelessness. My own experience is a bit different. I have found that where rents are going up and people have gone to the community welfare officer, flexibility is granted inside or outside the threshold protocol. That is generally the case. Representatives of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (25 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary health centre in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11930/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (25 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 342. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will state his commitment to the new Metro north project, as proposed by the previous Government; the actions he will take in the next two months to meet Transport Infrastructure Ireland to discuss moving this project forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11907/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Threshold (24 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I thank Mr. Jordan for his presentation but also for his more substantial document which will be very useful to us in our considerations. Under the section on reforming the rent supplement scheme, Mr. Jordan has come up with a number of recommendations on administration which seem to be no-brainers in terms of implementing change. They are essential and clear in the main with the exception...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of Social Protection (24 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I thank Ms Faughnan and her team for their assistance with our work. Representatives of Threshold, who appeared before the committee just prior to the Department officials, came up with a range of administrative reform measures, which they said would not cost much but would increase the confidence of landlords in the rent supplement scheme. Ms Faughnan might briefly consider them now and...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: In regard to the 12 recommendations put to us by the IPOA, particularly those seeking an incentive for IPOA members to become involved in this area, has the organisation any figures in respect of the number of units that would be delivered over the next year or so if these proposals were implemented? Such figures would be useful as we consider solutions to deal with the immediate crisis....

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Property Owners Association (24 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: Mr. O'Brien believes it is more a question of the burden on the State rather than a problem for his members.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Housing Finance Agency (24 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I have a quick question in a slight deviation from the witnesses' core submission. In the past in my part of the world in north County Dublin, small, local co-operatives successfully built between 20 and 25 houses for local groups. Is this something that the Housing Finance Agency could facilitate by lending directly or indirectly?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (24 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will inform a school (details supplied) of a location, given that it is outgrowing its current location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11657/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Land Reclassification (24 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Cabinet will make a decision on the Irish Glass Bottle site in Ringsend in Dublin 2; if the project will proceed under a strategic development zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11658/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Refugee Council (19 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the witnesses for coming in. Their insight is very useful and the real examples they use in their presentation are very helpful. In terms of their recommendations on housing and the housing needs of the groups they represent, the reason they are here today is because this group decided that this is an area we need to address. The witnesses have allies in here. I agree with...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Insolvency Service of Ireland (17 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I have a quick question. I am delighted to hear Mr. O'Connor describe the process as reasonably successful. Is there anything he would like to do, in terms of solutions, for which the legislation does not allow?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seanad Elections (17 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he can enact the seventh amendment to the Constitution and extend the voting franchise for the university panels of Seanad Éireann to all university graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9625/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (17 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 508. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons transitioning from the one parent family payment scheme who successfully applied for the first time under the family income supplement scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9796/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (17 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 721. To ask the Minister for Health his progress or that of the Health Service Executive in mediating a resolution of the dispute over governance of the co-location of the new National Maternity Hospital Holles Street with St. Vincent’s Elm Park. [9809/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (17 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 722. To ask the Minister for Health if, and for how long, there will be a delay to a new maternity hospital due to the dispute between Holles Street hospital and St. Vincent's Hospital. [9810/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (17 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 723. To ask the Minister for Health to seek a meeting with the boards of the National Maternity Hospital and St. Vincent’s Hospital to resolve outstanding issues and to ensure that a new maternity hospital is delivered on time. [9811/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (17 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 724. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent to date in developing and planning on co-locating the National Maternity Hospital with St. Vincent’s Elm Park. [9812/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the three groups for coming in, sharing their insights with us and making many recommendations. Mr. Dunne opened by referring to the supply issue. Certainly what we have today is a crisis of supply, be it in private houses or social housing. We have a housing strategy in place from the outgoing Government, which is going to deliver some houses in 18 months to two years. Witnesses...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: In my experience, community welfare officers have flexibility in this regard and they are delivering such flexibility. Is that not the case all over the country?