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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (12 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Fundamentally, the main cause of rising rents is a lack of supply in the market. The implementation of the range of actions under the Government’s Construction 2020 Strategy will support increased housing supply. New house completions in 2014 amounted to 11,016 units nationally, up 33% on the 2013 figure. In addition, the Social Housing Strategy 2020 published in November 2014 sets...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Applications (12 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 provides for a new scheme for the tenant purchase of existing local authority houses along incremental purchase lines. The Government’s Social Housing Strategy 2020 includes a commitment to make the Regulations necessary for its introduction, in the second quarter of 2015, which will set out the full details of the new scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (12 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I refer to the reply to Question No. 136 of 29 April 2015, which sets out the position on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (12 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants including in relation to rent, security of tenure and the termination of tenancies. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (12 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Part L of the Building Regulations set downs the statutory minimum energy performance standards that must be achieved by a new dwelling, including social housing units, when designed and constructed. Current Part L requirements which came into effect on 1 December 2011 provide that the regulated energy load for space heating, water heating, fixed lighting and ventilation for a typical newly...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Construction Sector Strategy (12 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Government published a comprehensive Construction 2020 Strategyin May 2014 aimed at addressing issues in the property and construction sectors and ensuring that any critical bottlenecks that might impede the sector in meeting residential and non-residential demand are addressed. The Strategy incorporates 75 specific actions encompassing the development of an overall strategic approach to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board (7 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants in this sector. According to the PRTB Annual Report for 2013,...

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I thank all Deputies who have made a contribution to this evening's discussion. Having listened to the debate, the Minister for Finance is of the view that there is some common ground on both sides of the House in this matter. We are agreed to various degrees that in light of the recent concerns raised before the Houses of the Oireachtas and elsewhere regarding the Siteserv transaction and...

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: For over ten years, Fianna Fáil failed. On top of that, it propagated a property bubble with Part V-----

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: -----provision that delivered no houses over a five-year term. I will take no lectures in this House from Fianna Fáil regarding the provision of social housing. Likewise with Sinn Féin-----

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I am not reading. I am telling Deputy Dooley straight.

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin provided in its budget for 2016 an allocation-----

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: -----of €1 billion over 18 months, which it said would provide 6,000 units by direct build. That is less ambitious than what the Government has set out in its social housing strategy. The Government has committed over €4 billion over the next few years-----

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: -----for the provision of social housing. The Deputies should know, as former councillors, that one cannot build houses overnight. They must go through Part VIII in councils, tendering and then the construction must start. Yesterday we announced green lights for projects all over this country that will deliver housing units and over 3,000 jobs in the construction sector. This Government...

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: -----see further phases and announcements over the coming months that will address the shortfall in housing at the moment.

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Deputy did not say that.

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: We will build them this year.

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: God, we will not.

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Deputy Cowen asked about the number of units being delivered this year. He is not taking account of the €68 million that was provided for in last year's budget-----

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Paudie Coffey: -----for the commencement of over 50 construction projects, which are now coming on stream this year. Yesterday's announcement is in addition to that.