Results 1-10 of 10 for 5 million speaker:Mary Fitzpatrick

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...: - Housing for All is providing record levels of funding to support the delivery of social and affordable homes by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies and the Land Development Agency; - over €5 billion in capital investment is available in 2024 through exchequer funding, Land Development Agency investment and Housing for All lending to support the delivery of Housing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: It is playing with numbers. It is a presentational matter but it is an important statement of fact that it is not only 5% of €300 million, which is a very large number dedicated to homeless services. It would be incorrect for this committee to allow an impression to be created that 5% of that €300 million of a homeless services budget is all that is being spent on homeless...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Returning to the register of electors, I was struck by Mr. O’Leary’s point that our population is growing at two TDs a year. Some 150,000 of 3 million or so is roughly 5% variation to the register of electors. Is the 5% by which it has varied additions, deletions or changes?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...either of the two charges, the State is failing miserably. Under the derelict sites tax, €300,000 was collected. It sounds like a lot of money. Guess how much should have been collected? It was €5 million in 2020 alone. There is another local authority tax for vacancy. In 2020, local authorities collected €21,000 out of a target of €21 million. That is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...to Dr. Tony Holohan. He clearly stated that nobody has yet been infected, has been hospitalised or has, sadly, died in December. With 80% of the population vaccinated and with more than 7.8 million vaccines administered, with the booster campaign already delivered to the most vulnerable who we are protecting, and with the Covid-19 certificate being more widely used and accepted, a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...to us tackling the housing crisis. I appreciate Irish Water is only one element but it is very important because it deals with wastewater and fresh water connections. We all recognise that €4.5 billion in funding has been allocated. In separating Irish Water and setting it up as a single entity, we should consider the values the witnesses have spoken about, including the...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (25 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: .... I commend the Minister and the Government on the supports they have provided. While I accept that only 1% of renters have fallen into arrears over this period, it is still 1% of the almost 1 million people in our population who live in rented accommodation now. It is very important that the State and the Government provides those protections. This is the fourth time the Minister has...

Seanad: Right to Housing: Motion (4 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...to uphold and deliver for our citizens. In terms of this Government and the historic budget of €3.1 billion, €2.2 billion of which is for capital spending, this will be the biggest social housing programme in more than a decade. It will deliver 12,000 social homes and provide €220 million for homelessness prevention.In the short term, it is essential to addressing the...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Mar 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...more important than during this pandemic and the protections have provided those lucky enough to have a home with a safe place. However, the fact that the Government had to allocate more than €220 million for homeless prevention and emergency accommodation only underlines how real the housing crisis is for far too many of our citizens. The housing crisis has not gone away. I have...