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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (3 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: I welcome the comments made by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland. I was struck by the terms used, namely, that the system is broken. In the presentation, the society stated the current crisis is a direct consequence of national strategy and that the over-reliance on the private sector to provide all housing is a significant problem. The Minister’s 2020 plan to deliver...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (3 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: I wish to comment on the housing assistance payment and rental accommodation schemes and why people try to rent under them. The answer the IPAV representatives provided does not quite address the issues raised. The Government housing strategy was to deliver 100,000 social houses and was based on 80% of these units coming from the private sector. Obviously, and I think we all agree, that is...

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: In fairness, he interrupted her.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Finance (5 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: I welcome the Minister, who is my constituency colleague. He started by saying progress has been slower than we would have liked and we would all agree with that. He also said the crisis in housing is not the same Limerick as it is nationally. I agree, but there is a crisis in Limerick, where there are 5,000 people on the social housing list. We could probably multiply that number by...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his response at the Committee on Housing and Homelessness to this Deputy's question regarding flexibility in the fiscal rules for capital investment and subsequent reports regarding the new programme for Government which provides for a cumulative additional €4 billion and given the favourable treatment of capital under the fiscal rules,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (17 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: 381. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 20 April 2016, the number of housing units that have been constructed as part of that plan since the original Limerick regeneration master plan in January 2008; the details of the vision plans, Our Community, Our Vision, Our Future; the number of units demolished since January...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (17 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the moneys spent by University Hospital Limerick on agency staff in each of the years 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9650/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (17 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: 693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new applications under the home help scheme who were approved but not allocated due to financial constraints in the Limerick local health office in each of the past six months in tabular form. [9698/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation (17 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Mr. Hall for the presentation, which was very interesting. He came up with some simple and practical solutions that should be implemented pretty much straight away. I was taken by his statement that 20% of those who were surveyed recently had mental health problems and a huge number of them had contemplated taking their own lives in the past four weeks. Obviously, we all deal with...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Free Legal Advice Centres (17 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Mr. Joyce for his presentation and for mentioning that he believes the cause of the crisis is the reliance on privatisation. It is really important that we stress that each time, and practically everyone on the committee will agree with that. The previous Government's plan, the 2020 plan, was to deliver 80% of housing through the private sector. That will not happen, and it will...

Domestic Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: I welcome today's motion to end the shambolic policy of water charges. This motion is supported by 39 Deputies, all of whom signed up to the Right2Water campaign. A motion to scrap water charges should have been debated in the House weeks ago, but between them Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil saw to it that the democratic will of the people was thwarted and that no such debate took place. In...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plan of action for training for apprenticeships for trades, given the urgent need for certain skills and to build houses in the next number of months and years; his views on recent developments; his plans for apprenticeship training for trades; and the funding he will allocate for training apprenticeships for trades in each of the years...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (24 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: 249. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the reduction in revenue from commercial rates for Limerick City and County Council, Waterford City and County Council, Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, South Dublin County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council as a result of the Valuation Office's global revaluation, if the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Threshold (24 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Mr. Jordan for his presentation. Most of my questions were asked by Deputy O'Sullivan and have been answered so I am happy with that. I have dealt with Threshold over a number of years and I know its service is very good. It really gives solace to people who are in very difficult situations. The website is excellent and one can easily download the letters to give to landlords and...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Threshold (24 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: I asked a number of questions that were not answered.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Threshold (24 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: I asked about the number of landlords brought to court for giving illegal eviction notices and what two things Mr. Jordan would do tomorrow to stop people being evicted.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of Social Protection (24 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Ms Faughnan for her presentation. I have a query on the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme. Most people in receipt of rent supplement are being put onto the HAP scheme regardless of whether they want that. They are getting letters from the Department of Social Protection to the effect that they must sign up for HAP or else their payments will be cancelled. Ms Faughnan...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of Social Protection (24 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: There are seven payments being made. Is that what Ms Faughnan has said?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of Social Protection (24 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: Ms Faughnan has said that the housing assistance payment scheme works really well in Limerick. It works well in the rural parts of Limerick but it does not really work well in the city.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of Social Protection (24 May 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: The payment is the same in both parts of Limerick. That is why we have a massive problem.