Showing results 1 - 10 of 28 for the category: Housing.
Warning of repossessions
Several deputies warned of the dangers of repossession as a result of new guidelines on insolvency (Dail Eireann, Debates, 26th March 2013, 657-679; 27th March, 122-145). According to Finian McGrath (ind, Dublin NC), there was a huge mortgage arrears crisis…
VAT on defibrillators for charities; property tax for charities
Ciaran Lynch (Lab, Cork SC) raised the issue of charities having to pay VAT on defibrillators to prevent sudden cardiac death (Dail Eireann, Debates, 22nd January 2013, 60-62). In the 12 months to end last October, 123 people had been…
Review of part V housing
The Minister of State at the Environment, Community and Local Government, Jan O’Sullivan told Dessie Ellis (SF, Dublin NW) that the review of part V of the Planning and Development Act was now under way and was expected to conclude…
Traveller health, housing
The Minister for Health, James Reilly told Finian McGrath (ind, Dublin NC) that the money spent on Traveller health units in 2011 was €10,456,230 (Dail Eireann, Debates, 11th July 2012, 567). Funding for Traveller health had been reduced in recent…
Rent supplements and homelessness
The Seanad debated the operation of the rent supplement scheme (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 4th July 2012, 564-589 ). According to Trevor O Clochartaigh (SF, agricultural), 500,000 people were now dependent on the private rented sector, 29% of the population and…
Mortgage arrears
The Seanad discussed the increasing level of mortgage arrears. In a debate introduced by the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, the senate was told that 76,600 accounts were now more than 90 days in arrears, or 10.2% of primary residential…
Traveller housing
The Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government, Jan O’Sullivan, told Aengus O Snodaigh (SF, Dublin SC) that her department did not hold information on the number of Traveller families accommodated in each local…
NAMA housing for social housing
The Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government, Jan O’Sullivan, told Dessie Ellis (SF, Dublin NW) that her department had been working with the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) and the Housing Agency to…
Rent supplements to Environment for January 2013
The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, told Aengus O Snodaigh (SF, Dublin SC) that she had set 1st January 2013 as the date for the transfer of the rent supplement scheme from her department to the Department of the…
Seanad debate on housing policy
The Seanad held a debate on housing policy, in the course of which senators raised government policy and performance in the area of homelessness (Dail Eireann, Debates, 28th March 2012, 598-622). Introducing the discussion, the Minister of State at the…
