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Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Damien English: ...tell me to finish up. I will make a couple of comments. I welcome all the contributions made last night and to date on this Bill and the support for what we are trying to achieve. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae certainly got that message across. The Bill seeks to support businesses through a very difficult time. By doing so, we support the jobs they create. By supporting those jobs, we...

Home Heating Fuels: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

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Home Heating Fuels: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: No. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae is after speaking about what I said. What I said to him was that we are looking at regulating the sale of turf, not stopping the cutting or sale of turf. The Deputy should check the record of what I said before accusing me of saying something wrong.

Home Heating Fuels: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: Deputy Healy-Rae did not say it. Others, who live in urban Ireland, did. We need to be clear about this. There are people here talking about cutting turf who I would say never were on a bog. I can tell them, with the back problems I have, that I have spent time on a bog. I know all about it. Some Deputies have that experience but there are plenty of people speaking here who probably...

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2020)

Damien English: ...are the main issues. While none of us want to repay loans at a high interest rate, the interest is not the biggest deterrent or barrier. As I said, accessing the funding is the issue and this is where we are focusing our efforts. Deputies Michael Collins, Pa Daly, Michael and Danny Healy-Rae, Christopher O'Sullivan and others raised the issue of supports for the tourism sector. There...

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2019)

Damien English: ...the matter. Charges will be discussed at the appropriate time but we do not believe it is necessary to charge fees now. Deputy Pringle raised the issue of duplication of regulators and Deputy Danny Healy-Rae and others raised a similar issue when they stated there were too many regulators. I assure the Deputies that there will be no duplication. A system is already in place under the...

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Damien English: I thank Deputies Mattie McGrath, Michael Collins, Grealish, Harty and Lowry, as well as Deputies Danny Healy-Rae and Michael Healy-Rae, for tabling this Private Members' motion. We briefly touched on this at Leaders' Questions a few weeks ago but we did not get a chance for a full discussion so it is nice to come back to debate the facts. There has been a productive and informed debate so...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Damien English: There was ambition, talk, plans and everything else but no concrete ideas on how we could provide housing more quickly. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae is conveniently no longer in the Chamber. I am talking about physically building a house quicker.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Damien English: To bring some clarity and put Deputy Danny Healy-Rae at ease, we are not bringing in loads of changes to give more powers to the regulator. This process has been going on for the past two years. I will not be able to satisfy the concerns Deputy Danny Healy-Rae has and those of the Sinn Féin Deputies because they want two different things.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Damien English: ...It is a very transparent, clear process. Mahon wanted transparency and independence of planning and that is what we are doing with the office of the regulator. It should satisfy Deputies Danny Healy-Rae and Mattie McGrath that there is accountability and that the Minister of the day cannot blame the regulator and say he or she cannot do anything because the Minister will have the...

Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2018)

Damien English: ...all about trying to get balance in that market but we still have not seen it - I am keen to acknowledge that. Rent prices in many cases are far too high or excessive. I agree with Deputy Michael Healy-Rae that it is about getting the balance and scale right. I believe Deputy O'Sullivan recognises that as well. The correct balance is not there at the moment and we must do what we can...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018 Second Stage: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2018)

Damien English: ...in denying that landlords want to make profits, which also contributes to high rents. However, there are a lot of landlords who do not make profits and who barely cover their costs. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae discussed that earlier because there are high tax implications. On the other hand, some make great profits. I am not trying to say that is not the case. The lack of supply, however,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Damien English: I am saying that what we have committed to doing is to change the wording and I will reflect the social need as well. That will address the concerns of Deputy Healy-Rae and many others. That is what will be in it. I explained to Deputy Michael Collins the issue relating to people supporting local employment in an area. Planning allows for that. It applies to this plan and other plans....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Damien English: ...on foot of additional housing that will be required in the future. That constitutes planning for the future and building up the services that will be required. Deputy Michael Collins and Danny Healy-Rae raised the issue of broadband connectivity and other services in rural areas. The funding for every service throughout this country has suffered cuts during the past seven or eight...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Damien English: ..., if good suggestions are made that we believe will make a difference, we will try to get them off the ground. We will try to do that, genuinely, because the resources are there to do it. Deputies Danny and Michael Healy-Rae raised a couple of issues around vacant properties. I repeat to both Deputies that there are solutions to this issue. If anyone has a vacant property, we urge...

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Damien English: ...and it does not do them justice. They are out there every night of the week, bringing forward projects, and we must respond to that and work with it in the best way we possibly can. Deputy Danny Healy Rae always asks reasonable questions but manages to be gone from the Chamber when I get the chance to answer them. There are opportunities to keep people in their homes, such as the...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2017)

Damien English: I thank Deputy Healy for tabling the motion. I know it is genuine and that most people's comments in this debate and in the debates on housing and homelessness we have had here have been pretty much genuine. I understand that. We might not agree with all parts of the motion but most people want to see the housing situation sorted for social and private housing because it affects many of...

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Damien English: ...concerns about any connection between the framework and local authority boundary reviews and to hear the views of Deputies on many issues. I have had an opportunity to listen to Deputy Michael Healy-Rae twice on the same issue. I can understand his concerns and his love of local councils. We all agree that they do great work, but many towns had no councils. As someone who served on...

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (5 Jul 2017)

Damien English: I thank Deputy Danny Healy-Rae for raising this matter. As Minister of State with responsibility for housing and urban renewal in the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, I am aware of the challenges we face in delivering housing supports to a range of vulnerable households and groups throughout the country. We held a competition last week in regard to new...

North-South Interconnector: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2017)

Damien English: ...time out to meet everyone last week and spent nearly two hours going through all the information and the data. We will work on and come back on those data. I welcome that too. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae put it best; no one wants to live beside a pylon. No one likes or wants them. Since the start of the project I have said that we have a duty to prevent the use of pylons if at all...