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Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: They are not. All 47,000 will be new social houses. It does not take in the figure for the HAP scheme; it is a separate figure of 80,000.

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: It is important to clarify the matter.

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: It includes building, acquisitions and bringing vacant properties back into the fold.

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: Yes.

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: We are committed to regulating it.

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: They are not, actually.

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: There are many people who are against it.

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: It is not.

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: I will provide clarity later.

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: I provided clarity earlier today, but the Deputy did not show up.

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: They are.

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: Nothing is being gifted to anybody.

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: There are firm commitments.

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: We think there is a lot more potential there but we wanted to have a basic target figure.

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: I thank Deputies for affording me the opportunity to present to them the key elements of the Government's Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. The housing emergency, which is especially acute in our urban centres, is the most pressing social and economic issue facing the country. To have a home is a basic human need, and we are elected to this House to ensure all our citizens have a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Safety (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department has been advised by Irish Water Safety that they train and certify approximately 5,000 lifeguards each year to best international practice and that their certification processes are designed to be fair, transparent and equal for all candidates. These qualifications are listed on the equivalency and recognition tables of the International Life Saving Federation at; . Some 450...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Illegal Dumping (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: The Protecting Uplands and Rural Environments (PURE) initiative was established in 2006 to combat illegal dumping/fly-tipping in the Wicklow/Dublin Uplands. PURE is a partnership project and incorporates statutory and non-statutory organisations, including Wicklow, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and South Dublin County Councils, Coillte, National Parks and Wildlife Service, and the Wicklow...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: As announced in Budget 2015, the moratorium on recruitment has been lifted throughout the local authority sector. Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible. It is therefore, a matter for each...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constituency Boundaries (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: Immediately following the publication of the preliminary results of Census 2016 by the Central Statistics Office on 14 July 2016, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 of the Electoral Act 1997, I made an Order establishing a Constituency Commission to review Dáil and European Parliament constituencies. The function of the Constituency Commission is to make a report on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in...