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Youth Homelessness: Statements (18 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: The troika would not let us spend any money but we actually did. I started a social housing programme with very little money. I started a voids programme that has brought-----

Youth Homelessness: Statements (18 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: -----thousands of homes into use. When Deputy Kelly was Minister he announced €4 billion for housing so Deputy Coppinger should not give me that nonsense.

Youth Homelessness: Statements (18 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: We are dealing with a crisis situation and all Deputy Coppinger can do is make political points while children are living in hubs.

Youth Homelessness: Statements (18 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Practically everybody in this House is taking this issue extremely seriously. It is a crisis for families. There is one group in this House that consistently thinks it is more important to score political points than to solve a huge crisis for children around this country. Let us please get back to the seriousness of this situation. I am using up my time on this but I want to focus on...

Youth Homelessness: Statements (18 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am asking the Minister to implement the recommendations, first, for a constitutional right to housing which is supported widely in this House and is called for in the report of the Ombudsman for Children. My Housing Homeless Families Bill 2017 is stuck waiting for a money message. That is about respecting the needs of children whenever the family becomes homeless. Focus Ireland has said...

Youth Homelessness: Statements (18 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: These statements are on youth homelessness and I will come back to that issue in the second part of my contribution. However, I cannot stand up in this House today without addressing the crucial report from the Ombudsman for Children on family hub accommodation for homeless families and the harrowing accounts and direct voices of children who are in family hubs. Before the end of the debate...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 9 April 2019, if the meeting between the Revenue Commissioners and an organisation (details supplied) has taken place; if not, if a date has been set for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18149/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (18 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 171. To ask the Minister for Health if a crisis response to the overcrowding in the emergency department of University Hospital Limerick including the reopening of all closed beds in the region will be sanctioned (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18150/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (17 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide for more diversity of choice for parents of primary school children in an area (details supplied); if divestment or other proposals are under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17877/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (17 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for ongoing delays in the development of the new Louth and Meath Education and Training Board headquarters facility in Drogheda, County Louth; the planned date for commencement of the building project on the site in Drogheda; the progress made to advance the project in 2018 and to date in 2019; the funds expended on the head office...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (17 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average time it takes for each local authority to relet council homes after they become vacant in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17875/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (17 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason an application from Louth County Council for grant aid under the urban regeneration and development fund for the development of the Drogheda northern port access route was recently refused by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17988/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (11 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a SNA that has taken a career break in order to undertake further study is eligible to work during their career break in the same way a teacher on a career break can carry out substituting duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17008/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (11 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open up consideration of divestment of a national school to provide a multidenominational option for persons in north County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17101/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (11 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the working group will publish the outcome of its deliberations on new rural housing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17083/19]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for the clarifications. He referred to enabling legislation and the guidelines coming shortly. Can he give us a timeframe for that? He said he cannot answer for the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, but when can we expect this regulation to be in place?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Yes, but I am talking about the reference in amendment No. 182.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have questions about the 14 days. Is there a particular reason that the Minister decided on 14 days?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: My next question is about areas outside the rent pressure zones. This measure applies inside the rent pressure zones. Approximately one third of the city in which I live is in the rent pressure zone but the rest of it is not. I am aware there are other elements of the legislation which will probably make it easier for places to get into the rent pressure zones due to the way the averaging...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister should not. His predecessor said it would get in and it did not, so the Minister should not predict.