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Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: The solution must be a long-term one. As I indicated, I am speaking to the future and working to correct the damage of the past. The emphasis is on the alleviation of debt for struggling homeowners, rather than waving a magic wand to fix the problem. Banks have responsibility to develop solutions. Last month, the Cluid voluntary housing association completed its first transaction with the...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: Is the Progressive Democrats referred to in the Mahon tribunal report? No, it is not.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: They were not with the developers.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and commend her on the proactive steps she has taken to deal with the difficult problems arising from the housing crisis. I also commend her predecessor, Deputy Willie Penrose. As the Minister of State outlined, a number of pragmatic measures have been undertaken in the past year to try to deal with the various housing issues we face. In this...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: I do not believe we had a Progressive Democrats Minister with responsibility for housing.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: As I stated previously, the tail can wag the dog much of the time but not all the time. I am proud of the portfolios we had.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: I will not waste time arguing about the past. The Minister of State is working on the future and I will look to the future.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: The Government should be commended on publishing a housing policy statement within three months. The Keane report, which was published by the interdepartmental working group on mortgage arrears established by the Government in October last year, is an important part of the Government's continuing effort to tackle the mortgage crisis. The issue cannot be resolved in one day. The report sets...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: I am delighted that I get to speak immediately after Senator Norris. The Government is looking for money and anybody speaking against that should identify a source of money to pay those who are unemployed, who are in need of hospital facilities or who maintain the parks that the Senator enjoys walking through so much. If they can identify an alternative source, I would gladly listen to them.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: Yes. I compliment the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, on accepting a Private Members' Bill tabled by the Fianna Fáil Party in the Lower House, which will become law before the end of this year. The legislation addresses an issue I raised in this House earlier this year regarding the Financial Services Ombudsman. Deputy Michael McGrath tabled a short Bill to allow the ombudsman name...

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister. This is old news given that it was announced last December in the Financial Resolutions passed by the Dáil on budget day. What we are doing today is giving legislative effect to what was announced on budget day. In 2007 it was announced in the Budget Statement that to support the environmentally-friendly policy of reducing carbon emissions, the system of vehicle...

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: I have been named worse.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: Tell us where we can get the money.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: That is what we are doing. We are being realistic.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: I am probably the only Member who was a member of Dublin City Council during the time covered by the Mahon tribunal. I was first elected to the council as a member of the Progressive Democrats in 1991. I am proud to have been a member of that party, as one or two Members opposite always remind me.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: As mentioned, every party has good and bad people. It is like a barrel of apples. When there is a rotten and corrupt apple, it sours many beside it. People have to be careful and take personal responsibility for decisions made, while party leaders must take major responsibility for them. However, they cannot take all the responsibility because they were not holding councillors' hands when...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: Like other Senators I compliment-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: -----the Minister, Deputy Noonan, on the deal and I hope we hear more of the details on the promissory notes. We have seen how the Government has brought stability-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: It is important to put on the record that the stability and confidence the Government has brought to the country since it took office has been further enhanced today. It is what people have been speaking about for some time. If I heard Senator O'Brien rightly he said yesterday's Private Members' debate did a service to the State. I am afraid Senator O'Brien and Fianna Fáil are suffering...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: That is the type of debate-----