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

Alan Kelly: Of course.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (28 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 140 and 148 together. I and my colleague, Minister Paudie Coffey, met with the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) on 1 December 2015 to discuss a submission setting out a proposed means by which funding could be provided to Approved Housing Bodies, by credit unions, for the development of social housing. My Department has since had two further meetings...

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

Alan Kelly: I assume that the Question refers to general purpose grants from the Local Government Fund. Up to 2014, general purpose grants (GPG) were a contribution, from my Department, towards meeting the cost to local authorities of providing a reasonable level of services to their customers. The general purpose grant allocations to local authorities in 2014 were in respect of the local authority area...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: In April last year, I announced over €1.5 billion in funding allocations in respect of social housing to be provided by all local authorities via a combination of building, buying and leasing schemes. Those allocations and associated targets for each local authority, including Limerick, are available on my Department’s website at the following link: . Following this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Government announced in 2011 the standing down of all affordable housing schemes, including the Shared Ownership Scheme, given the changes in the property and lending markets. There are no plans at this time to develop a new shared ownership scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (28 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: In April last year, I announced over €1.5 billion in funding allocations in respect of social housing to be provided by all local authorities via a combination of building, buying and leasing schemes. Those allocations and associated targets for each local authority, including Limerick, are available on my Department’s website at the following link: . Following this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Applications (28 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The assessment of applications for social housing support, and the management of the lists of qualified households, is the responsibility of the relevant local authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated regulations. The prescribed application form for such support requires applicants to provide certain information on their current and previous...

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Hear, hear.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The prospect of privatisation is another myth. I cannot imagine any private entity ever wanting to own thousands of kilometres of Victorian pipes while having to adhere to the strict regulations set down by the EPA and the HSE on water quality. However, a referendum on future public water ownership may help to address people's concerns and the Labour Party will support it if it finally puts...

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I am concerned that the deal being proposed between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael has been made without any engineering expertise or the knowledge of the people who have to implement water investment, that is, the management of Irish Water. If those in Right2Water really believe water is a human right - and I could not agree more - they might pay attention to the United Nations whose...

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Decisions on Irish Water were rushed too quickly after the last Government came in. I accept that.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I believe we are rushing this decision too. I fear we are about to throw that away and keep our water system in the 19th century.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Labour Party stands by the people who choose to pay. We further stand behind acting responsibly and our values regardless of the political consequences. If one does not govern by one's values but rather governs based on public opinion alone, one will never achieve anything.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: A former politician once stood in this house and accused Fianna Fáil of economic treason.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Today, Fianna Fáil is guilty of environmental treason and the Labour Party stands behind the important public service of water provision.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I am concluding.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I am concluding.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I am concluding.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Politics is failing the people of the country again. Utopian populism is winning again. It is Groundhog Day. We will regret it, just as we did in 1977.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I thought I had seen it all, but if the media are reporting what I believe is probably accurate, we are heading back to the past. If that is the case, politics is failing. The issue of water charges has been a consistent blight on the political system for many years. We have to recognise that it has recently divided society because it followed a period of horrendous austerity during which...