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Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I cannot see why payers of local property tax who live in housing estates that are maintained by local authorities should have to subsidise people who live in private housing estates that should be taken in charge instead of remaining private indefinitely. As someone who believes in equity, I do not see why the majority of housing estates where homes are privately owned and people maintain...

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I would be interested in the Deputy's response. I am not completely knocking what he is trying to do.

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am not aware of it personally, but I have been told of a development that has its own private gate, one that cannot be accessed by other people, to the local Luas stop. If this Bill essentially subsidises people who are very well off - I believe it was Deputy Fleming who originally stated the cost would be approximately €17 million - using public funding that would otherwise go to...

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: If one third of the management fee is more than €300, then we are talking about pretty expensive homes.

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Perhaps the Deputy will explain that part. It seems to leave too many loopholes through which elite and exclusive developments can benefit from something for which poorer people in less fancy houses have to pay. That is my main concern with the Bill, although I recognise that there are serious issues for people who pay management charges. I have to agree with the Minister of State on...

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: -----but have not been able to find where it applies to owner-occupiers. I am not sure it could be done anyway. If a property's owner rents it out, I do not know whether we could-----

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: -----force him or her to pay the full amount when someone else did not need to pay in full. By no means am I making an argument for landlords to be subsidised, but I cannot see that provision in the Bill. Perhaps the Deputy will clarify the matter at some stage.

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: The question of management fees raises many issues. In some cases, estates are pushed into remaining in private ownership even though the norm in most parts of the country is for local authorities to take estates in charge after a certain period of time and then maintain their open spaces, grounds and so on. That is a better principle. Where a number of people live together, the roads and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (19 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 122. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if construction works will commence in 2019 on the new gymnasia at Sarsfield Barracks, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7942/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if two additional passport printing machines were purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7939/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Free Education Scheme (19 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost in a full year if the book grant of €11 per pupil in primary schools were increased to €14 per pupil and from €24 to €30 per pupil in post-primary schools under the book grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7941/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the delivery of a new campus for a school (details supplied); when building will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8242/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for temporary accommodation by a school (details supplied); if the decision will be expedited in order to give time for the planning process to be completed in order that the classrooms which will be required for the 2019 to 2020 school year can be in place in time; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (19 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount An Garda Síochána spent on purchasing new Garda mountain bikes in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7944/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Accommodation (19 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding allocated for the building programme of An Garda Síochána under the Capital Plan 2016 to 2021; the amount spent in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7945/19]

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I would like to thank Deputy Broughan and his colleagues for tabling this motion. It gives us an opportunity to talk about homelessness again. We have not seen any of the real and substantial progress we need to address it from the Government. This morning the Minister said the social housing delivery figures for 2018 were good news and talked them up. The changes are minimal and are...

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is what is in the figures.

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: If voids have been delivered they should fit the definition of voids.

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am not on the committee but either way-----

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: In 2014, there were 2,333 voids. Voids are local authority houses that have been boarded up for a long time with nobody living in them. They are houses that have been brought back into use for families. In 2014, the figure was 2,333; in 2015, it was 2,829, which is the figure on which this eightfold increase is based; in 2016, it was 2,308; in 2017, it was 1,757; and in 2018, it was 560....