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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Paudie Coffey: ...and rural development. It includes the villages of Cappoquin, Lismore, Tallow, Aglish and Villierstown. The project is very ambitious and the application submitted seeks funding in the order of €5 million. In his statement announcing the rural regeneration scheme, the Minister said that the Department was looking for applications of scale and sustainability that could really make...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (6 Dec 2017)

Paudie Coffey: ...of the world, faces huge global challenges in terms of its response to climate change. This is the second annual transition statement as per the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015. Under that Act, the Government is committed to present to both Houses of the Oireachtas an annual transition statement and to report on progress or lack thereof. Ireland's targets are well...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Regional Airports (16 Jun 2016)

Paudie Coffey: ...worked assiduously in very difficult circumstances. The previous Government supported the airport through the worst economic times this country has experienced by providing grant aid of more than €5 million to keep it going. However, we now need to move to the next level. We must move on and a runway extension at Waterford Airport is critical so that jet aircraft can land there...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: ...who are resident outside the State who are passport holders. This would create a second directly elected House of the Oireachtas with a significantly wider franchise which could be more than 5 million votes. As I have said previously when debating another Seanad reform Bill, if the Seanad was to be so configured and the right to vote in Seanad elections so provided for, the Constitution...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (13 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 433 and 434 together. Social housing is a key priority for this Government, as evidenced by the additional €2.2 billion in funding announced for it in Budget 2015 and the publication of the Social Housing Strategy 2020in November 2014. The total targeted provision of over 110,000 social housing units, through the delivery of 35,000 new social housing...

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Second Stage (6 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: ...of better housing and a migration from the inner city to the new suburbs on the outskirts of the city. Through this population shift, the inner city population in the 20th century shrank by over 50%, and most of the indigenous industries also relocated, mainly for reasons of access to the outskirts as well. The Dublin docklands area went into decline, and by the 1980s many parts had...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: ...and targets to increase the supply of social housing, reform delivery arrangements and meet the housing needs of all households on the housing list.  The Strategy will support an additional 35,000 new units to be delivered by local authorities and approved housing bodies through a combination of building, purchase and leasing schemes. I expect that a total of 7,400 new social housing...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: ...the boil water notices affecting more than 11,000 people were lifted yesterday. Deputies have suggested that Irish Water will not be able to raise money but the forecast billing revenue of €271 million will allow it to draw down additional investment. Between 2014 and 2015 more than €1.2 billion, excluding metering and establishment, will be invested in our public water...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: ...to provide specifically for the legislative underpinning of the required transfer of funding to the Exchequer. The transfer to the Exchequer is in respect of 2015 only and will be for a maximum amount of €540 million. In 2014, the legislation provided that up to €600 million of local government fund income could be transferred from the fund to the Exchequer. Some...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: ...in their particular areas. With specific reference to the question on Part V, the proposed legislative changes to Part V provisions have been set out in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015, which will be debated here in the coming days. In future, the focus of Part V will be on the delivery of completed social housing units, with a requirement for up to 10% social housing in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (11 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: ...are currently sufficient planning permissions, with no insurmountable infrastructural deficits, to deliver circa 21,000 housing units across the four Dublin local authority areas, while a further 25,000 new homes are considered permissible on existing lands zoned for residential use if landowners and developers wished to seek those permissions. We are already beginning to see some welcome...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (11 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215, 216, 218 and 222 together. The recently published Daft.ie Rental Reportfor Quarter 1 2015 reported that year-on-year inflation in rents continued to ease slightly in the first three months of 2015. It reported that rents nationally were 8.2% higher than in the first quarter of 2014, down from the 10.4% annual increase recorded in mid-2014. While the...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Paudie Coffey: ...housing need right across Ireland and we need a mix of solutions to meet demand. Last month the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and I were delighted to announce €1.5 billion in funding for social housing to 2017. This will enable 22,000 social housing units to be delivered to people on the housing lists. It is expected that the number of house...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (23 Apr 2015)

Paudie Coffey: An allocation of €10 million has been provided in my Department’s Estimate for 2015 to fund the operation of the pyrite remediation scheme this year and I am satisfied that the Pyrite Resolution Board will have the resources required to meet the level of activity anticipated for the year. The post-2015 funding requirement will be considered in the context of the 2016 Estimates...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regional Development (17 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: ...in the period to 2020. The new ERDF regulation requires an increased focus on sustainable urban development and urban regeneration. In this regard, the regulation requires the earmarking of a minimum of 5% ERDF resources at national level to implement integrated actions for sustainable urban development. In its Partnership Agreement with the European Commission, the Government has...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Expenditure (27 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 514 and 515 together. The Pyrite Resolution Board commenced accepting applications from eligible homeowners for inclusion in the pyrite remediation scheme on 26 February 2014. As matters stand , the Board has received in the order of 627 completed applications of which some 597 have a Building Condition Assessment with a damage condition rating of 2. A...

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: ...domestic customers and that customer billing would be made on the basis of metered charges. The plan also stated that the NPRF had agreed in principle to fund the metering programme to the tune of €550 million. Therefore, there is a contradiction between the motion proposed by Fianna Fáil Senators and what the same party adopted as a national recovery plan in 2010. The...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: ...customer-side leakage and mains rehabilitation in order to achieve the best outcomes. People should not be deceived by claims that leaks are not being fixed. They are being fixed, with €171 million allocated for water conservation projects as part of the utility's 2014-16 capital investment plan. These works involve repairing leaks across a water supply network audited through...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2014)

Paudie Coffey: ...have occurred. What I was told makes for a harrowing and horrifying tale. For example, meter installers have been followed home and, in one case, this led to an assault that involved a worker being bitten. In fact, in the region of 50 assaults have been reported, with workers being punched, kicked and headbutted. Hot water has been thrown on some installers. Tyres have been slashed on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Comprehensive Action Programme for the Reform of Local Government: Discussion (23 Oct 2012)

Paudie Coffey: ...on that? Can he tell us how he would reassure those who say this that it is not the case? Again, in respect of the amalgamation in Waterford, which is my constituency, savings of approximately €5 million to €9 million have been mentioned. Can Mr. Dowling give details of how those figures were derived or where they were derived from?