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Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: I am happy to be held to account for my role in to trying to fix the housing crisis.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: In time, the policy changes we have made as a Government will be highly effective. I share Deputy Broughan's concerns about the number of people who are homeless today. That number is a reminder of the job that we need to do. I will not accept, however, the pretence offered by Deputy Broughan and others that we do not have a pipeline of delivery for social housing because that is simply...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: If the Deputy took the time to look at that, perhaps his questions would be more accurate.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: I do not think it will come as a surprise to the Deputy to hear that there is an absolute acceptance in government that we have a crisis that needs a comprehensive response. It is getting it. We have seen massive increases in terms of the financial response from the Government through budgets. We have a very significant and comprehensive plan to deal over time with the homeless crisis....

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: It is not appropriate to effectively misquote a senior housing official which is what the Deputy has done.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: No. The Deputy is quoting him selectively. I listened to Mr. Brendan Kenny this morning when he made it very clear that it was the local authorities that were making the decisions on the categorisation of homelessness and that it had not been done on the instructions of the Government.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: I am sorry, but the Deputy quoted-----

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: It might also be better if the Sinn Féin spokesperson on housing were not to quote selectively a senior housing official who is doing a fantastic job in very pressurised circumstances in order to try to politicise what he said.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: That is not what he said this morning. The Deputy then tried to back up the claim with unsubstantiated quotes from local authority meetings in various parts of the country.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: That is not what Mr. Brendan Kenny was talking about this morning.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: Rather than arguing over the figures, there should be an acceptance in this House that we do have a homeless crisis.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: We have taken 2,000 families out of hotels in the past 12 months.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: It is appropriate when we are dealing with an issue as serious and emotive as this-----

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: ----where we are talking about the lives of real people and real children living in inappropriate accommodation on a temporary basis that we do not misquote senior officials who are doing their best in difficult circumstances.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: I thank the Deputy for raising these issues. He is right to ensure that everything that has been promised is properly followed through on. I have also spoken to women who were part of the 209. The stories that I have heard are that meetings have taken place and that the conversations with the HSE and social workers involved have been positive. If there are cases that the Deputy is hearing...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the women concerned and, in some cases, their partners, the Government's commitment is that the HSE will approach, in an appropriate and sensitive way, those women individually and talk to them in their homes about putting tailor-made packages of support together. That is what we are doing. If people want to have meetings with Department officials or there are concerns about...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 54 and 55 together. Ireland, like other countries, uses secondary accreditations to carry on diplomatic relations with states where it does not have a resident mission. The Government has begun a programme to expand Ireland’s diplomatic footprint around the world, but it will always be the case that many countries are covered through secondary...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Data (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: The Irish Embassy in Iran closed on the 31 March 2012. Please see below the number of staff based in the Irish Embassy in Tehran, on that date. Date Mission Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Officers posted from HQ Locally engaged (including agency) administrative, clerical and other support staff 31/03/2012 Tehran 1 Third Secretary 4 local staff

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Data (31 May 2018)

Simon Coveney: The Irish Embassy in Iran closed on the 31March 2012. Below are the number of staff based in the Irish Embassy in Ankara on that date, and also the number of staff currently based in the Embassy. Date Mission Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Officers posted from HQ Locally engaged (including agency) administrative, clerical and other support staff 31/03/2012 Ankara Head of...