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Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: The housing issue has been the single biggest failure of the previous Government and this one. There is no indication that matters will get better any time soon. We have a situation where thousands of families have been failed by Government and are living in the most appalling conditions. They are living in conditions in which children should ever have to grow up. They are in emergency...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister has done nothing about it.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I am not talking about buying.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister misses the point. I am not talking about him buying those properties. I am talking about him putting responsibility on the owners of vacant properties to bring them back into use. I am not talking about buying them but, rather, bringing them into use and if they do not have a use for them, they put them on the market. If they cannot let them, then they should be put on the...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: -----those properties to be brought back into use.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: It has not happened until now.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Why has the Minister taken so long to change the rules in that regard? Why are all of these very good properties lying-----

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: -----idle because of the inability of the Minister to take a broad holistic view to tackling the housing issue? There was a proposal put to the Minister, with which Deputy Ellis and I are very familiar, on the question of the financial contribution scheme. It is an excellent scheme that has been used widely in north-west Dublin over the years in respect, for example, of cases where there is...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: We would all like to hear the list.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order, it is difficult for Members to contribute to the debate without having the written version of the comments that the Minister made earlier. I wonder could they be circulated to us because they have a significant bearing on the legislation.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Ceann Comhairle.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mortgage Resolution Processes (14 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify an issue for persons engaging the services of a personal insolvency practitioner as part of the recently announced Abhaile scheme (details supplied). [40264/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (14 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in respect of appendix D of the Green Paper on Pensions, he will provide the same information in respect of PRSAs and RACs for the past three years for which figures are available. [40433/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Assessments (14 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that have had their local property tax liability adjusted downwards, arising from an initial over-valuation of the property in each of the years since the inception of the tax; and the number of persons who have had their local property tax liability adjusted upwards, arising from an initial under valuation of the property in each of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (14 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 778 of 26 May 2015 and 313 of 21 June 2016, and notwithstanding the ongoing democratic transition, the action that has been taken by his Department to condemn the recent violence in northern Rakhine; the status of his Department's efforts to highlight the continued human rights abuses taking place...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (14 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 174. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the prevention and public awareness with respect to Lyme disease in view of recent developments in the United States (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40262/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (14 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of the resource allocation model for the allocation of funds under the sports capital programme at the last round; and if he will provide a link to the place, the model and criteria, as published in detail. [40436/16]

Flood Prevention Measures: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: The Social Democrats is happy to support this motion. It is a good and comprehensive motion which we welcome in as far as it goes. However, it seems that some people speaking on this motion think the world started in 2011 but of course, like everything else in the country, there is a history to this. Some of those historical reasons have led the situation where we are reaping the whirlwind...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (13 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the actions required before ratification will take place; the steps she is taking to address the delay; and the timeframe she is working to. [39430/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (13 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish the details of the case of a person (details supplied); the options open to the person to enable renewal of a passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39435/16]