Results 261-280 of 1,041,025 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Ciarán Cannon OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív42 OR speaker:Thomas Gould) in 'Committee meetings'
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----talks about the reactive policies of the Oireachtas and Governments to the rental market. I would include the policies of the Deputy's party as part of that reactive approach-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Holly Cairns: How is Ireland different to the rest of Europe?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----which would reduce the amount of rental properties available, which would make the housing-supply problem worse and which would make the homelessness issue worse. We have witnessed over the past while an increased number of people with houses for rent exiting the rental market or pulling out because of the kind of initiatives and proposals that the Deputy has put forward.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: No, because of your policies.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Micheál Martin: We need to expand the rental market, and the supply in the rental market, not depress it-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Tánaiste. Táimid thar am.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----and we need to do that on a number of fronts.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: The Opposition is in charge now.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Peter Fitzpatrick: As recently as five years ago, Ireland was being celebrated within the EU for road safety following a reduction in fatalities of over 40% yet this week Ireland's road death toll hit 100 people, meaning the overall number is now 14% higher than last year and we are just over halfway through the year. The year 2024 is on course to prove the most lethal for traffic fatalities in 15 years. ...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Outrageous.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----grant of €420,000 per dwelling; grant rates in keeping with advice from the Society of Chartered Surveyors; and a Government guarantee in the form of a second grant option, if required, for a period of up to 40 years. That was not in the previous scheme, which Deputy Mac Lochlainn was happy with.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
(Interruptions).
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Micheál Martin: The new scheme includes a revised application process, which removes the financial barrier to scheme entry; an independent appeals process for applicants; and alternative accommodation and storage costs and immediate repair works to the maximum value of €25,000, which people had asked for. It provides for the expertise of the Housing Agency in assessing applications, the inclusion of...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Homeowners are telling the Tánaiste that the scheme is not working. That is the nuts and bolts of this. Everybody can tell you this. Some 1,300 people turned up in Inishowen and 500 turned up in Mayo to tell us the scheme is not working. The scheme is not working. It locks people out. I have the Attorney General's advice with me. His advice was very clearly aimed at keeping people...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Thank you, Deputy. Táimid thar am.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I put it to the Tánaiste, three years on, that the Government has locked thousands of people out of this scheme.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Thank you, Deputy. You are over time.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Three years on, what has the Government done to pursue the wrongdoers, the block manufacturers and the quarry manufacturers that the Attorney General told it to pursue urgently?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hear, hear.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Deputy Doherty went over his time. I do not mind a little leniency, but we are going to have to comply with the rules.