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Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: ...very much and was very disappointing. I often remember back to the times when people were building houses and the biggest thing they had to do was make sure their houses were registered with HomeBond. It was a panacea in that, if they registered with HomeBond, they were protected for a structural guarantee on their house. They paid money for that. In every housing estate you passed,...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Seán Canney: ...will have their housing needs met under the housing assistance payment. That is great but the problem relates to getting the houses where HAP will be taken. He stated that a total of 14,800 new homes will take HAP but I cannot foresee that happening in any town or village in Galway East, where people on the housing list are being told they have to leave because the house is being sold or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (28 Sep 2021)

Seán Canney: ...about second-hand properties. I have submitted other questions on the matter, which we will come to. We need to incentivise first-time purchasers of second-hand properties. We need to ensure the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be available in respect not only of the purchase price but also of the cost of the refurbishment of second-hand properties. If we do that and focus on...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: ..., we utilise what we have. We have so many vacant properties in our towns, villages and cities and we have people who would be willing to go in and make living accommodation for themselves and make homes within these places and build up their communities. However, they must be incentivised to do it and right now we are disincentivising them by refusing them access to the help-to-buy...

Pyrite and Mica Redress Issues: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: ...on self-certification. We need a new model for building control. This makes sense when we see what it costs us to put right the wrongs of the past. We also see how unsuspecting families bought their homes in good faith and took out mortgages but have been left with a structurally defective home or a home that is not fit for habitation. They are paying a mortgage for a structurally...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (5 May 2021)

Seán Canney: 102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider expanding the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to include the cost of refurbishing existing houses and bringing them back into use for first time homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22875/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: ...locally in a Zoom meeting about housing, the dysfunctional nature of it and what solutions we can put in place to make housing one of the triggers to economic recovery, as well as providing much-needed homes. There is a lot of talk about affordable housing, social housing and whatever else. The important thing is that the private housing market is not working at the moment. I believe...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: ...is bigger than just a town or village renewal scheme and it must be much better. There are three suggestions to consider. The first is to expand the help-to-buy scheme, the second is to look at the Rebuilding Ireland home loan mortgage to include refurbishment, and the third is to introduce a very simple VAT refund scheme for first-time buyers of properties in our towns and villages...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: ...-to-buy scheme, which looks for a report on the potential for reconfiguring it to allow it to be expanded to include first-time purchasers of second-hand houses. There is an issue relating to the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme, which will not give a mortgage towards the refurbishment of an existing house. Across the country, we have a huge number of vacant properties in our towns...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: ...to try to survive. They deserve more than this. I want to raise a number of issues with regard to the budget. As we know, the LEADER programme, which is a rural development programme for Ireland, will finish on 31 December. Over the past five years, it provided €250 million in funds. However, the new programme will not be in place next year so we will have a gap. I am very...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (6 Oct 2020)

Seán Canney: 62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to expand the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to include the refurbishment costs in addition to the capital costs of the house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26864/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to expand the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to include the refurbishment costs in addition to the capital costs of the house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27130/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason approvals for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme are being withdrawn by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21153/20]