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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: Lots of questions from someone who understands pretty well how this Department works. The loan schemes have been a response to market failure at different times. We have looked at the State de-risking lending in targeted areas, whether that is linked to business supply chains that have been impacted by the war in Ukraine or whether it was rebuilding businesses post Covid and so on....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2022: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

...today, which is to give the key messages of our annual report for 2022. We will discuss the key EU figures, the annual report itself and then some additional issues regarding funding sources for Ireland. This year probably more than ever the key figures and budgetary figures are important. There is a lot of pressure on the EU budget and it is looking for alternative sources of funding...

Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...on that, I will be more than happy to follow up with officials in greater detail. The member states guarantee would only be called in the event that Ukraine defaults on the repayment of the loans. I recognise that is an important consideration, given that we have no sight of how long this conflict may last. It is important to highlight the risk of that. Ireland's maximum liability...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future of the EU-UK Relationship: UK Ambassador to Ireland (12 Jul 2023)

...committee. We met last year in a very different political context in terms of the UK’s relationship with the European Union. Given the crucial importance of political stability in Northern Ireland and the wider importance of the UK-EU relationship, not least to Ireland and not least in the current geopolitical context, it was rightly a priority for the UK and the EU to seek to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Revitalising Derelict and Vacant Homes on Farmland: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in and wish Ms Houlihan and her team the best of luck. In the agricultural sector and in rural Ireland, we should speak very openly. The first thing is that there is a crazy gang at the moment talking about one-off housing as not sustainable. If a person builds a house out in the countryside, there is no footpath on the road provided by the council, there...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: ..., Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, met with members of the Mica Action Group. The regulations are being finalised. The Minister expects that they will be in place in the coming weeks and that the new scheme will finally be in place and up and running. Of course, anyone in the current scheme will get the uplift of the benefits of the new scheme. Before I respond...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...and lip service, the Government has consistently failed to effectively tackle the housing crisis, leaving them scrambling to react to a situation that has now spun out of control; - according to Eurostat, Ireland's housing crisis is currently the worst in Europe, with rent prices increasing more than any other European Union country; - the Construction Industry Federation reports that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: ...development with State assistance through the first home scheme; that just was not there. There was no legislative basis to have a long-term State-backed mortgage with a defined interest rate. The Rebuilding Ireland home loan was approved then with the local authority home loan. It was not possible to buy a home in a development that was exclusively owner-occupied. The Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

...ine Lawlor: I am here with Ms Maria Gleeson-Cary on behalf of the Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists, the recognised professional association of speech and language therapists in Ireland. We thank members for this opportunity to speak with the committee today. The IASLT is a committed advocate for people with communication and feeding support needs. Speech and...

Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Damien English: ...to make certain amendments to the Credit Guarantee Act 2012, as amended, to help businesses access essential liquidity through their banks and other financial institutions. Businesses often need loans to cover cash flows and this need has been deepened by the spike in cost increases since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. The Bill also includes a short technical amendment to the Loan...

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...issues and external relations. In his contribution this afternoon, the Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne, will address a number of the external relations agenda items, including the forthcoming EU-Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit scheduled to take place in Brussels on 14 December. He will also address the western Balkans, including looking ahead to the EU-western...

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...too close a relationship between bankers and regulators, all egged on by Governments in the 2000 that were satisfied to leave them at it for as long as the stamp duty kept rolling in and mortgage loans were approved. Our society is still damaged by the effects of the financial crash. The victims of the crash and the policies that allowed the collapse to occur are to be found in the lines...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (20 Sep 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...of the first €1 billion was agreed before the summer break. EU finance ministers recently agreed to accelerate the next tranche of €5 billion, which is in addition to the €1.2 billion emergency loan provided to Ukraine earlier this year. The EU will be the key player in the reconstruction of Ukraine. Along with international partners, we will work with our EU...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Humanitarian Crisis Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Department of Foreign Affairs (6 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...told and from the images I have seen, cities like Mariupol and some others are like Bucha multiplied many times over. We are going to need something of a similar level of ambition to a Marshall plan. Ireland will support that and I think many others within the European Union will too. Many Ukrainians need the certainty and the hope of a journey to somewhere different to where they have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...State and retail banks. Under this strategy, approximately 10,000 Cost Rental homes will be delivered from 2021 to 2026 by AHBs, Local Authorities and the LDA.  AHBs will be supported by Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL) funding and Local Authorities will be able to avail of funding for Cost Rental delivery through the Affordable Housing Fund, formerly the Serviced Sites...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...;, two new Affordable Purchase schemes are being established (the Local Authority Affordable Purchase Scheme and the First Home shared equity scheme), as well as a new Cost Rental tenancy and an improved Local Authority Home Loan scheme. All of these affordable schemes are available to single applicants.  The Local Authority Affordable Purchase Scheme assists first-time purchasing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The local authority home loan is a Government-backed mortgage for first-time buyers and other eligible applicants delivered through local authorities. The scheme provides mortgage financing for those who are unable to secure a sufficient commercial bank loan. It was introduced on 4 January 2022, replacing the previous Rebuilding Ireland home loan. It is worth setting out at a high level how...

Vacant Properties: Motion [Private Members] (6 Apr 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...has identified 44,905 residential and commercial premises that are empty in the five Connacht counties and the three Border counties of Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan. This is one third higher than Ireland's total national annual housing requirement of 33,000 homes. There are whole streets in our towns and villages that have not had a football kicked in them for a generation. Some 40% of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (5 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: ...and approved housing bodies to deliver affordable housing for purchase and rent through the affordable housing fund, AHF, previously known as the serviced sites fund, and the cost rental equity loan. The serviced sites fund is supporting affordable housing development at Merlin Woods in Galway city which, according to Galway City Council, will deliver approximately 85 affordable homes to...