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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (6 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approvals and rejections of applications of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme by each local authority including the reasoning for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23305/21]

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...to be. The amendment to the Credit Union Act 1997 to make provision for the holding of certain meetings of credit unions virtually is very important. We have all had to change massively with working from home and using virtual meetings. They are difficult and challenging. I support some of the amendments that are being suggested because it will be very difficult to allow proxy votes...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...been words, support, strong statements, leaks and unintended leaks, and whatever else from Ms Merkel and others. The Government should tell the EU to pony up. If the EU wants to show support for Ireland, it should put some money in our bank account and not have us borrowing to deal with the astronomical undermining of our economy and people by the forthcoming and unfolding Brexit, a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (12 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme in County Tipperary; the number that were approved; the overall loan allocation under the scheme on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11778/19]

Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...there is a national housing emergency yet the Minister responsible for housing, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, who is not here tonight although he should be, has reportedly undermined confidence in his homelessness statistics by ordering earlier this year the removal of 1,600 people from the housing data. The Government is playing with figures. The Minister must be the seventh Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (16 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans applied for in County Tipperary since its introduction; the number of approved and refused applicants, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42295/18]

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...I earlier inadvertently stated that 11 had been built between 2011 and 2016. There are nearly 11,000 applicants in County Tipperary, more than 3,100 of whom have been approved. God knows how many homeless people there are in the county. Some people maintain there is no homeless problem in Tipperary but a homelessness clinic there each Wednesday is packed to the rafters. The Irish...

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I refer to the Rebuilding Ireland programme. I am glad that the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government is in the House. The Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme is not working. My colleagues in the Rural Independents group and many other Deputies know of cases of people who had no problem in receiving refusals from the banks, either by telephone or email, but when they apply to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (31 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to revisit the stipulation that new build or second hand home purchases cannot exceed 175 sq. m in size (details supplied) in relation to the new Rebuilding Ireland home loan in view of house values in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4796/18]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...for not attending many of its meetings but it is difficult to do so as I am a member of a number of other committees. Another reason for my frequent absences is that I am weary of all the talk about rebuilding Ireland and providing houses. The debate is going around in circles and getting nowhere. I declare an interest to the extent that I am involved in the construction industry...

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Jul 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...their family to better themselves. In many cases in rural areas they bought sites, sought planning permission, paid the fees, paid the architects and got the best advice available to build a home for themselves. What more noble objective for any person than to house themselves? We have a proud record in that area in this country. One must bear in mind the Famine and the people who were...

Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)

Mattie McGrath: ...and create money to pay their own wages, provide for their families and create employment, has become an industry. These people are our future, but they are not receiving help from Enterprise Ireland or the IDA. Nor do they ask for it. In some cases, they get good support from local authorities and county enterprise boards. This has been acknowledged on programmes like "The Frontline"....