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

Brendan Ryan: Why not? The same system operates nationwide.

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

Brendan Ryan: Action is supposed to be taken on a case-by-case basis.

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

Brendan Ryan: Over the past couple of years organisations with capital and expertise in delivering homes have appeared and I have met one or two of them. These organisations were interested in delivering a substantial number of homes to the State, but for a return to themselves over a mortgage-type period. The model would also have included the homes coming into State ownership at the end of a fixed...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: Regarding the possibility of the credit unions getting into this area, my understanding is that the Central Bank as their regulator is a problem. When this matter was raised with the Minister for Finance earlier, he certainly referred to the Central Bank as being some form of barrier. Could Mr. Farrell tell us what discussions the league has had with the sector's regulator and what his...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: This relates to my question on the regulator. It would be important and worthwhile for us to invite in the credit union regulator to close off this proposal because it seems that is the barrier.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Correspondence (4 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the details of correspondence between the Alliance of Health Care Assistants in Ireland and him from January 2015 to 23 April 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9100/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (4 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has a long-term development strategy in place for three schools situated close together in an area (details supplied); if there are applications with her Department for developing any part of these schools; if she will provide the enrolment numbers for each school; if these numbers will increase; and if she will make a statement on the...

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

Brendan Ryan: Returning to Part V, I agree with others that it should be 20%. The witnesses' presentation indicated that the operation of Part V contributes to restricting new residential building activity and puts upward pressure on all costs. We have dealt with the costs. I would question the argument about it restricting new activity. My sense of the building industry is that for other reasons...

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

Brendan Ryan: In terms of its proposals, the society has put in a comment in relation to NAMA with a question mark. Do the witnesses have some proposals in that regard or is it just a suggestion for us to think about?

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

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming in to help us with our work. He will be aware that we are tasked with making recommendations on housing and homelessness. To do that, we obviously need to understand the extent of the problem and our programme of work will assist us in that. The purpose of the Minister's attendance is for him to tell us if there is a plan in place. Is it...

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

Brendan Ryan: My main question was on the mortgage-to-rent scheme. I have another issue with land ownership. Some lands, previously in the ownership of local authorities, have been transferred to the Housing Agency as a means of, perhaps, getting them off the local authorities' books. What is the process of getting those lands back into play, or are all such Housing Agency lands currently in play? We...

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

Brendan Ryan: It is simple process.

Select Committee on Standing Order 112: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (27 Apr 2016)

Brendan Ryan: In respect of the comments from our two colleagues, I am surprised that if there was concern about the work continuing in private session, they did not raise the matter while we were in private session and ask why we were continuing. I do not know why it was necessary to wait for the public session to make the points they just made. I am not disagreeing with the points that were made, but...

Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Apr 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I made my maiden speech as a Deputy in the Thirty-first Dáil five years ago and it was on the matter of mental health. I am glad to have the opportunity to also discuss this important issue so early in the lifetime of this new Dáil. The last number of years have been years of great hardship for many people as we were thrust into economic disaster and slowly began on the road to...

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

Brendan Ryan: On that issue, if there are barriers being experienced by the local authorities in terms of delivering what is required, they need to tell us about them. The witnesses coming before us this afternoon could certainly be linked with this topic.

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

Brendan Ryan: On the provision of social housing, the approved housing bodies are significant players so we need to invite some of them in.

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

Brendan Ryan: On the issue of social housing, when we are talking about social housing, we are talking about the rapid delivery of social housing. The players are the Department, the local authorities and approved housing bodies. We do not have time to wheel in people to give us opinions - academics and people we have heard speaking well at meetings. We can find a way for those people to make a...

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

Brendan Ryan: We are working here to try to find solutions. If some of these questioners get the floor and have a point to make, they should be allowed to make it without interruption from other members.

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

Brendan Ryan: We must show respect for our grouping.

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

Brendan Ryan: Another element of this is rent control, rent certainty or long-term rental opportunities. We need to bring someone in at this point during this module to give us a view of international practice in this area rather than taking it out and putting it into a separate section on legal issues. We need to have a general debate on that.