Coveney is a landlord
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
, he said.
The building industry has stated the cost of and regulation
of construction needs to be reduced for more homes to be
built.
IRES has spent hundreds of millions of euro buying
apartments, mostly entire apartment blocks from banks
and Nama.
Last week it agreed to buy 203 apartments at Elm Park in
south Dublin in a deal worth 59m. It is also building
apartments in Sandyford.
HERE IS A LIST OF TDS WHO ARE LANDLORDS OR
LANDLADIES AND WHAT PROPERTIES THEY RENT OUT:
Limerick.
13: Fianna Fils Timmy Dooley: 2 properties: One in
Charlotte Quay, Dublin and one in Rathfarnham, Dublin.
14: Charlie Flanagan: 1 property: He lets a holiday
house in Co Sligo part of the year.
15: Sean Fleming: Rented a former post office in County
Laois for part of last year.
16: Independent Noel Grealish: 2 properties and land:
He let out a house in Galway and a apartment in Dublin.
He also owns a 8,800 sq ft commercial unit in Briarhill,
Galway.
17: Martin Heydon: 1 rental property in Co Limerick.
18: Paul Kehoe: 2 properties: Renting a property in
Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, and an apartment on Haddington
Road, Dublin 4.
19: Fianna Fail Cork TD, Billy Kelleher: Rents out an
apartment in Glanmire, Co Cork.
20: Fianna Fils Brendan Smith: 1 rental apartment in
Dublin.
21: Robert Troy: 2 properties: 1 in Mullingar and 1
inDublin.
22: Wexfords Mick Wallace: 2 properties: Both are
rented out in Wicklow.
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Evictions of tenants
to be blocked in
reduced to five.
The 'Tyrrelstown amendment' arose after a
large number of tenants living in a
development in west Dublin were served
notices of eviction after their homes were
purchased by a so-called "vulture fund".
However, at report stage in the Seanad on
Tuesday night, the Bill was changed and the
number reduced from 20 to five.
The Bill returned to the Dil yesterday where
Mr Coveney described the section of
legislation as "significant".
"This amendment was the subject of much
debate in the Seanad and the original figure
of 20 dwellings was reduced to five on foot of
a report stage amendment tabled by the
Opposition.
"I am in the process of taking advice on this
change and may need to come back to the
House on it if it makes sense to do so," Mr
Coveney said.
"I do not believe we should try to bring small
landlords into this category because we will
disincentivise people staying in the landlord
market if we do that.
"That is why we had suggested, in the
changes proposed, that the figure should be
10 rather than five, but we can discuss that
on committee and report stages."
Sinn Fin's Eoin Broin said the threshold of
20 was too high because "it means the vast
majority of people who are currently at risk of
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Sarah Bardon
Minister for Housing Simon Coveney: plans will mean developers will hold
initial informal discussions with councils, to be completed within a maximum of
nine weeks. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
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Background
Home Ownership
Social Housing
Local authorities are the main providers of social
housing for people who cannot afford to buy their
own homes. Local authority housing is allocated
according to eligibility and need. Rents are based
on the households ability to pay.
If you qualify for social housing you will be put on a
housing waiting list. However, there has been a
chronic shortage of social housing.
Currently there are in excess of 100,000 people on
the social housing waiting list, with some people
waiting in excess of ten years.
1) Lack of Supply
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The property is no longer suited to the needs of the
occupants
The landlord or a family member wants to move
into the property
Vacant possession is required for substantial
refurbishment of the property
The landlord intends to change the use of the
property
The 2004 Act provided that the landlord could only
increase the rent once a year, with 28 days notice,
and not more than the market level of rent for a
similar property in the area.
This legislation only covered a tenancy in the
private rented sector, and did not include renting
from an approved housing body or renting when
the landlord was also living on the property, among
others.
The Amendment Act modified the reasons for
terminating a Part IV tenancy. Where the property
is going to be refurbished the landlord must
include a copy of the planning permission, and
specify the name of the contractor and the dates
on which the works will be carried out.
If selling the property, the landlord must give a
signed statement that they intend to enter into an
enforceable agreement to transfer their whole
interest in the property for full consideration.
Where previously the maximum amount of notice
given for termination of a property any time after
four year was 112 days, the notice now increases
incrementally between 4 and 8 years. 224 days is
the new notice period for tenancies which have
existed for 8 or more years.
The Amendment Act put in place a temporary
provision to allow rent increases only once every
two years, and requires the landlord to give 90
Problems
3) Homelessness
Problems
Introduction
This integrated housing package, agreed by Government, is a
comprehensive set of measures to deal with the problems currently
being observed in the Irish housing market. Since taking office,
Government has been dealing with the fallout of the property
collapse. Now, as the recovery takes hold, a new set of problems has
arisen in the market that require Government action, particularly in
relation to the private rental sector and in relation to the lack of
supply of housing in areas where it is needed. The package also
contains important measures which will help tackle the on-going
issues in relation to the increasing numbers presenting as homeless,
and help those most vulnerable to falling into homelessness to find
accommodation.
The Government has already taken several measures to improve
outcomes, such as launching a 3.8 billion Social Housing Strategy
which will deliver 35,000 new social housing units and an additional
75,000 new social housing tenancies by 2020. Government has also
introduced other measures to stimulate the supply of housing, such
as the introduction of a Vacant Site Levy in 2019 and other
measures provided for in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act.
The measures set out below are an integrated and appropriate set
rented sector. The report Rent Stability in the Private Rented Sector
commissioned by the PRTB and carried out by DKM Economic
Consultants found that a single person on average earnings of
36,000, paying a (lower than average) monthly rent of 957 for a 1
bed apartment in Dublin, would be allocating 41% of net income to
the cost of renting. On this basis, renting as a single person in the
Dublin market is not generally affordable and has not been so for
some time. For households earning below the average income there
is clearly an affordability issue in the main cities, most notably
Dublin, as competition from medium and high income households is
squeezing them out of the market and there is an inadequate supply
of housing at rents these lower income households can afford.
While the ultimate cause of the rapid increase in rents is the lack of
supply of suitable accommodation, and while appropriate measures
are also set out in this package to deal with the issue of supply, it will
be some time yet before that supply comes on stream. As the supply
of housing is very inelastic in the short run, measures in the rental
market are required to deal with the situation currently being
observed. A package of measures is set out below to deal with the
twin issues of rapidly rising rents and insufficient supply of housing
in the right areas. Measures are also proposed that will significantly
improve the legal protections for tenants and to substantially
increase tenants awareness their rights.
Measures are also set out below which will directly help vulnerable
families either already assessed as being homeless or at risk of
homelessness to find accommodation.
The Government is determined to tackle these issues in a forthright
and determined manner, and to take the action which is now
required to deal with the problems in the Irish rental market.
1.1 Measures That Will Benefit Tenants
A package of legislative measures is being introduced to provide for
greater rent certainty and also improved operation of the sector,
including through the role of the Private Residential Tenancies
Board, to the benefit of landlords and tenants alike. The following is
a summary of the measures involved, which will be given effect
through Committee Stage amendments to the Residential Tenancies
(Amendment) (No. 2) Bill which has completed its passage through
the Dil and is awaiting Committee Stage in the Seanad. The aim is
to have the legislation passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas as
early as possible in the current session.
Extended Period for Rent Reviews
The primary measure proposed is to amend the Residential
Tenancies Act so that from enactment of the necessary legislation,
rent reviews for all tenancies will take place every 24 months rather
than every 12 months as currently is the case, subject to a sunset
clause which will revert the period to 12 months in 4 years time.
This will involve no change to the fundamental mechanism for
determining rents under the legislation, which is by reference to
market rent, yet will provide the tenant with a longer period of
predictable rent.
Example 1: Deirdre and Anthony, a young couple with two children,
renting a 3 bed house in Dublin, signed a lease in April 2014, at a
rate of 1,200 per month. The landlord may increase the rent every
12 months, so in April 2015, the landlord increased the rent to
1,300 per month. Deirdre and Anthony are worried that the
landlord will increase the rent again in April 2016. The landlord had
planned on increasing the rent to 1,400 per month. With this
change, the landlord cannot increase the rent until April 2017.
Deirdre and Anthonys rent is frozen for 2016 at 1,300. Deirdre and
Anthony save 1,200 in rent as a result.
Example 2: Rachel, a lone parent with one child renting a 2 bed
apartment in Galway, signed a lease in December 2014, at a rate of
800 per month. Rachel is worried that the landlord will increase
their rent in December 2015. The landlord planned on increasing
the rent to 875 per month but, with the enactment of these
measures, cannot increase the rent until December 2016. The rent is
frozen until December 2016 at 800 per month. Rachel saves 900
in rent in 2016 as a result.
Example 3:
Michael and Stephen, a couple renting a 2 bed house in Cork, signed
statement by the tenant that they have been made aware of their
rights and supporting documentation in relation to market rent for 3
similar dwellings in the area.
Longer notice period for tenancy terminations
Building on the current legislative position, whereby the period of
notice of tenancy termination increases according to the length of
the tenancy, up to a maximum of 112 days notice for tenancies of 4
years or more, further graduated increases in the notice period are
to be introduced, up to a maximum of 224 days for tenancies of 8
years or more, as follows:
5 years or more but less than 6 years 140 days
6 years or more but less than 7 years 168 days
7 years or more but less than 8 years 196 days
8 or more years 224 days
Strengthen protections for tenancy terminations
In order to guard against unscrupulous landlords evicting tenants by
falsely declaring that the property is needed for a family member, or
that it is going to be sold etc., measures are being put in place to
better protect tenants from such behaviour. These measures
involve:
i) a landlord having to explain in a written statement to the tenant
why a property might no longer be suitable to their accommodation
needs having regard to the number of bed and the size and
composition of the household;
ii) a landlord having to make a statutory declaration as to their
intention to sell a property;
iii) a landlord having to make a statutory declaration that the
property is needed for his or her occupation or that of a family
member.
Confirmation of tenancy additional information to landlords and
tenants
While the PRTB currently sends an acknowledgement of a tenancy
registration to the landlord, in future, both landlords and tenants
will be notified of tenancy registration and the notice will also advise
both parties of their rights and obligations and of the dispute
resolution procedures that are available through the PRTB.
homeless families.
Affordable Rental
Affordable rental schemes operate on the premise that a provider of
housing receives some form of subsidy or concession from the State
for the provision of dedicated rental accommodation in return for
which the rent charged is pitched below market rent typically 7080% of the market rent. The overall objective of an affordable rental
programme would be to provide long-term affordable residential
accommodation for low to moderate income key-worker
households in urban areas of high demand. A model for an
affordable rental pilot project will be developed and launched in
early 2016.
2. Measures to Support Increased Housing Supply
A major contributing factor to the current rental crisis is the lack of
sufficient construction activity in the Dublin and Cork regions,
causing a lack of sufficient supply and putting pressure on rental
levels. Action is required to increase the number of new homes
under construction in Dublin and Cork, particularly in relation to
units which are required at below certain price points.
In addition, a range of factors arising from the housing downturn
are holding back the activation of existing planning permissions at
the more affordable price levels urgently required, notwithstanding
the progress made by the Government under the Urban
Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 in reducing costs arising from
Part V obligations and by local authorities in reducing their
development contributions
While the policy, funding and legislative measures being taken by
Government and local authorities under Construction 2020, such as
the Vacant Site Levy which takes effect in 2019, will begin to have
wider effects in reducing costs and improving affordability in the
housing market from 2018 onwards, a more immediate initiative is
required to encourage supply in the interim.
In particular, the Government has noted the analysis undertaken by
the Dublin Housing Supply and Co-ordination Task Force (DHTF) and
other local authorities, which confirms that there are a significant
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A judgment involving Irish Life and Permanent PLC put final nail in the coffin of
the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears as a consumer protection measure
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Problems
The alternative payment
arrangements arent
necessarily sustainable
When a borrower falls into arrears, the lender is
obliged to make every reasonable effort to agree
any alternative repayment arrangement.
In theory the lender should take into account your
personal circumstances, your overall indebtedness,
your current and future repayment capacity and
your previous repayment history. However there is
no way of knowing whether the bank undertook a
full assessment.
The bank then decides if it wants to offer you an
alternative repayment arrangement. It is not
required to offer any particular option.
The fastest growing alternative repayment
arrangements is capitalisation of arrears. This
involves a new, higher payment because there is a
greater principal amount and more interest needs
to be repaid. Obviously this is problematic as it
involves the borrower or borrowers paying a
greater amount than when the problem arose in
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The law surrounding repossessions of property
where a tenant is already residing is murky. Often
there is a clause in the mortgage agreement
between the lender and the borrower which allows
them to force a tenant out to get vacant
possession of the property.
So where a borrower fails to pay their mortgage
this can have the effect of making their tenant
homeless.
Conclusion
Marie O'Halloran
Minister Simon Coveney announces his plan for the rental sector.
Photo: Doug OConnor
days, he said.
The street team that we run jointly with the Peter McVerry
Trust have been out every night but there arent enough beds
for people.
The Taoiseach says the latest number of people homeless in
Dublin is "not satisfactory... you can't deny that".
"You have to do something about it - and we're doing
something about that in a very serious way, over the five
different pillars of the housing action programme."
The Minister for Housing, Simon Coveney has pledged to put
an extra 210 emergency beds in place in Dublin by December
9th and Mr Harris said the sooner those are in place the
sooner we can get people off the streets.
Minister Coveney said the Civil Defence will also provide an
extra 20 beds, bringing the nightly emergency accommodation
capacity for single adults in the city to 1,800.
The Dublin Region Cold Weather Plan commenced operation
at the start of the month and will be subject to on-going
review, he said.
It is essential that we have sufficient beds to meet any
increased demand during cold weather.
He said the Civil Defence will also provide an extra 20 beds
and said the nightly emergency accommodation capacity for
single adults in Dublin now stands at 1,800.
While there has been progress in terms of moving families out
of homelessness - Focus Ireland supported 230 Dublin
families into secure homes this year - Mr Allen said more
people are losing their homes all the time and the numbers
keep on going up.
The charity said constantly rocketing rents and a growing
number of buy-to-let homes being either repossessed or sold
is causing a constant rise in the homelessness numbers.
Focus Ireland renewed its call for urgent action from the
Government to stem the level of evictions, particularly from
buy-to-let landlords to stem the homeless crisis.
There are over 15,000 buy-to-let landlords who are in arrears
by over 2 years, said Mr Allen.
Banks and financial institutions are repossessing these
homes and evicting the tenants at a rate of 100 a month.
We are calling on the Government to outlaw this practice and
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No wonder they find such common ground with Fine Gael. The blueshirts
never change. They still own farms, property and shares.
Jobs Minister Richard Bruton has a formidable portfolio of assets. He is no
Willie ODea risk-taker. Richard has stuck to blue-chip stocks. Like, er Bank
of Ireland, AIB and Irish Life and Permanent. He has presumably taken a
hiding in this traditional safe haven. He is on safer ground with his shares in
food star Aryzta, Smurfit Kappa, CRH, Kingspan, FBD Holdings and an AIB
Investment Fund.
His share portfolio is beefed up by joint ownership of 175 acres of land in the
plush pastures of Dunboyne and 50 acres in Drumree both in his native
Meath. Investments as dull as ditch water maybe but Richard is likely to
have fewer sleepless nights than Willie.
Richard was lucky enough to receive a gift of a watch from the Saudi Arabian
government. He very honourably gave it up to the Exchequer, as Fine Gael
people do.
Another Fine Gael cabinet minister, Simon Coveney, may not be as loaded as
Richard but it could be a close-run contest for the richest man in the
Cabinet.
Both have inherited huge wealth but Coveneys declaration reveals less
than Richards. He describes himself as a landlord with a single property, but
admits to holding shares without being specific. Coveneys more opaque filing
merely reveals that his shares are part of Irish Wealth Managers and that he
has an interest in the Coveney Family Investment Club c/o Davy
stockbrokers. Mmm.
Coveneys reluctance to reveal more detail makes it difficult to judge who is
the canniest financial punter in the Cabinet, but the investment decisions of
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan have caused a few raised eyebrows.
While Bruton has shown confidence in Irish equities, Noonan does not like
investing in Ireland.
During the worst days of the crisis he headed for Germany and sunk much of
his wealth into low-yielding German bonds. Last year he decided to go for
gold, traditionally a hedge against high-risk equities.
He has diversified further by investing in US Treasury stocks and benefited
from the strong dollar. He does not list a single Irish stock in his eight-strong
portfolio. Apart from 20 acres of mixed pasture attached to my residence he
holds no property either.
Noonans patriotic instincts and bullishness about the economy do not extend
to his choice of personal investments.
Noonans fellow Fine Gael TDs are still deep into farms and property, many
with huge portfolios. Backbenchers Frank Feighan (with 10 listed properties);
Aine Collins (with seven); and Alan Shatter (with 14 jointly owned) lead the
field of property fans.
Lucinda Creighton, leader of the recently launched Renua party, has returned
a clean sheet indicating little reserve firepower in the event of emergency
financial injections for the new party. However Creightons husband, Paul
Bradfords Seanad declaration shows that all is not lost. Bradford owns 55
acres of farmland in Mallow, Co Cork and lists shareholdings in AIB Euro
Bonds and AIB Global Bonds.
Their party colleague, Terence Flanagan, declares a half share in a house in
Blanchardstown but gratuitously volunteers (in case Lucinda comes calling?)
Fianna Fil has said it's not satisfied with that figure and
want a lower percentage, but Mr Coveney warned that the
government won't support an amendment to its legislation
that would set the cap as low as 2pc.
Put to him on RT Radio that this could mean the
government would face defeat on its plan to tackle the
crisis in the rental sector, Mr Coveney replied: "Then I
don't think the legislation will be going through before
Christmas."
He added: "And if Fianna Fil want to take that on
themselves well then so be it."
He said that "there are things we can do in relation to
some of the Fianna Fil queries" but argued that there are
increases," he said.
"Of course, that is a ceiling so if we manage to get supply up
significantly it's possible that we wont even reach 4%."
Other areas around the country could follow suit if prices
continue to rise above the national average.
The new scheme will aim to bring about greater security of
tenure and rent certainty for landlords and tenants - while also
aiming to improve the quality of rental accommodation.
Housing charity Threshold released their annual report today
warning that while the new measures could curb unexpected
hikes by landlords rental prices around the country are still
far too high.
Rents have already increased dramatically this year by an
average of 11.7% - according to the latest Daft.ie report - the
biggest 12-month increase recorded since its series started in
2002.
The latest report from the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB)
has alsoshown that rents grew by 2.3% in the third quarter of
2016. slightly slower than in the previous three months.
Under the new plan, the RTB will now be responsible for
deciding which areas of the country qualify for caps.
Minister Coveney said the strategy aims to ensure landlords
are able to make a reasonable rate of return - but not charge
whatever they want.
"We have to take account of viability for landlords as well as
viability for tenants," he said.
The idea that you would simply introduce a blunt rent cap
which essentially is what would be proposed if you were to link
it to CPI (Consumer Price Index) cause CPI this year is
actually a negative figure.
I think that would be a significant disincentive to many people
who want to enter the landlord market or the rental market on
a permanent basis.
"Major anti-climax"
Anti Austerity Alliance TD, Ruth Coppinger said the plans do
not go far enough in controlling rents and will not solve the
crisis faced by people in the rental sector.
"It has taken Minister Coveney six months to put this plan
together but it is a major anti-climax for tenants," she said.
"It guarantees landlords the ability to increase rents by 4% well above the rate of inflation or the Consumer Price Index
which is actually at -0.1% so rents should actually be falling."
She said the new rules will only apply to current tenancies
thus "leaving landlords with a huge incentive to end tenant
leases or evict tenants to leave themselves free to jack up
rents beyond this level."
The Social Democrats said the Government should be looking
at measures that reduce rents rather than maintain current
levels.
TD Catherine Murphy said: "It is telling that the language
around this issue has changed from rent certainty to rent
predictability but what we must be talking about is rent
affordability."
"It is one thing being able to predict rent rises but its entirely
different to be able to afford or sustain those raises. 4% per
annum represents nearly 4 times the average salary
increase," she said.
The Social Democrats co-leader Roisin Shortall said the
measures are a "Fine Gael-led response to a housing
emergency that priorities landlords over tenants."
Minster Coveney is hoping the new strategy can be in place
before the government breaks for the holidays - however he
will need the support of Fianna Fil to get the legislation
through the House.
said.
The current crisis in the private rented sector has been
caused by a perfect storm of unaffordable rents, shortage of
supply and a regulatory framework that simply does not
support long-term renting.
Disproportionate rent increases in particular are pushing
hundreds of families into homelessness at an accelerated
rate.
The 54 per cent spike in calls that Threshold experienced in
the past year is indicative of the huge issues that are faced by
those living in the private rented sector.
The Threshold report has also found the standard of private
rented accommodation to be a major concern affecting the
most vulnerable in society.
The most common complaints received by threshold included
poor fire safety standards and ventilation issues with other
breaches relating to heating, sanitation, damp and mould.
This issue of poor standards is, worryingly, a growing trend,
said Ms Hayden. This is being compounded by the current
availability crisis, and we are seeing increasing incidences of
overcrowding.
Also, the need for adequate standards is brought into sharp
focus with the cold weather - making standards the number
one concern for Thresholds clients at this time of year.
Threshold is calling on the government to introduce an NCT
style certificate scheme for rented accommodation.
Under the proposal a landlord would require up-to-date
certification endorsed by an approved professional to rent a
property and avail of tax credits, subsidies or housing
payments delivered in the private rented sector.
Ms Hayden said the system could make it easier for local
authorities to enforce the law and provide greater protection
for tenants.
Rents in Ireland at highest ever level
Charities call for the introduction of rent certainty and a
"housing-led solution" to address spiralling prices
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John Dolan
Source: Galway Simon
Due to rents being too high for many people, Dolan says
they are left with very little option but to access homeless
services.
Dolan says that while some aspect of the governments
housing action plan are to be welcomed, hes not sure its
a plan that can really solve the issue as it stands because
its such a crisis.
As part of the Rebuilding Ireland plan, the government
aims to build 25,000 homes a year by 2020 and provide
key reasons.
It is also deeply disappointing to see the Minister delay the
release of the September figures and then quietly post them
on the Department's website late in the evening when the
country's media is focused on the Brexit Forum. This smacks
of trying to brush this bad news under the carpet," he added.
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The St Vincent de Paul (SVP) charity is drawing attention
to concerns at the housing and homeless crisis by
transforming its Dublin shop front.
For two days the window of the SVP shop on South Great
Georges Street is being transformed into a unique 'hidden
homeless' estate agency window.
This initiative is to draw attention to the SVP's concern at the
homeless crisis - and the lack of social housing in Ireland.
SVP wants to see real progress on the targets for 2016 set out
in Rebuilding Ireland, the Government's Action Plan for
Housing.
The charity says the 'hidden homeless' are people and
families in hotels and B&Bs - made homeless by hikes in
private rented sector rents - and also people making do with
cold, damp and poor quality rental units or 'sofa surfing' in the
homes of friends or extended family.
"These families and people are a key concern for SVP as its
members visit them, every week of the year, across Ireland
but particularly in and around Dublin, Cork and other cities",
the charity says.
"SVP directly assists in preventing homelessness, in an
informal way, for low income families in private rented housing
who face significant rent increases".
John-Mark McCafferty, SVP head of social justice and policy,
adds: "SVP volunteers assist with practical support including
financial assistance and referral to relevant agencies. SVP
also provides social housing and emergency accommodation
and is therefore at the heart of the housing and homelessness
issue."
This Monday and Tuesday, visitors to the shop and passers-by
will see a very different type of estate agency window - with
properties advertised in terms of what many low income
families face.
Shop visitors and members of the general public will also be
asked by younger SVP members from university branches to
sign a petition to join the call for Government to ensure that
enough social housing is built or bought to meet current and
future need.
Among the properties advertised are:
Hotel rooms with the opportunity for children to mix with a
variety of people from stag parties and business conferences:
Source: SVP
Compact flats with kitchenette with open vent for constant air
circulation and occasional hot water:
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Number of families worked with from January to
October: 112 (up from 32 in 2015 and five in 2014)
Dolan says some of the young people they support
previously lived in the care system or may have ended up
on the streets due to a family breakdown.
He adds that youth homelessness is a huge issue, and
something Simon works very much in tandem with other
agencies to tackle.
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waking up with a bottle of vodka beside me
In a joint initiative between a number of organisations and
the city council, a new complex that will house 18-25 year
olds is due to open by the end of November with the aim
of getting young people off the streets before the weather
worsens.
Its very hard to get your head around, in terms of how
these people have been left with so few options, Dolan
notes.
Drug use
Dolan says some of the service users Simon works with
have substance dependence and mental health issues, but
describes this as a chicken and egg scenario, with some
issues developing or worsening as a result of
homelessness.
Much of this can come as a result of homelessness or
some kind of trauma that existed in childhood and teenage
years. he notes.
Martin O'Connor
Source: COPE Galway
Void properties
OConnor says the number of void properties available to
be refurbished and used as accommodation in Galway city
is pretty much exhausted.
He notes that many of the few three-bedroom houses
available in the city cost over 1,000 a month. He says
some parents struggle to make up the difference between
the rent and their rent supplement entitlement of 875 if
they have two children or 900 for three children
especially when they are competing with the rest of the
market.
The HAP was introduced in Galway in February. OConnor
says its early days for the scheme in Galway, but it has
seen some success.
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Christmas
Fianna Fil has said they "are not satisfied that the proposed
4% increase is appropriate"
NEWS
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http://www.newstalk.com/En
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Finance Accounts 2014
Dec 8, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/wa
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Johnathon Sugarman (Whistleblower)
With Vincent Browne
Dec 6, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUpmZV8QZiw
Hell hath no fury like a Justice scorned | Shane Ross | Irish Times |
07/12/16 |
It is important, as the chief justice has said, that politicians and judges owe
respect to the other.
And so we should. A prerequisite for such respect is that the method of judicial
appointments is transparent and democratic. Currently, it is not.
My Independent Alliance colleagues and I inserted a few paragraphs in the
Programme for Government insisting on long overdue reforms in the selection
and scrutiny of our judges.
The judges have greeted the proposals with thunder in their voices.
The dogs in the street know that party -political loyalties have played a
shameful part in the selection of Judges in Ireland. Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and
Labour barristers have often been forced to wait for regime change until they
were elevated to the bench.
I have campaigned for reform of this flawed system for years. I wrote chapters
in books on it. I even suggested that interviews might be held for the first time
ever. Being recently privileged with a place in the cabinet seemed a pretty
good perch from which to implement the changes. Fine Gael agreed to them.
At long last it seems that the appointment of judges is to be taken out of the
political arena.
And it is. Even Fianna Fail has agreed that the good old days of governments
appointing party pals to the bench are over.
A new Bill hit the Dail a few weeks ago, largely removing the selection of
judges from the political arena.
The Bill was proposed by a Fianna Fail barrister, Jim O Callaghan. It was
warmly welcomed in the Dail by all sides, as it tackled the cancer of political
patronage. A few other barrister TDs, besides Jim, joined Frances Fitzgerald
and me in our initial welcome of the breakthrough.
The Bill was far from perfect. While it largely removed political leverage, it
gave someone else legal eagles a majority on the new commission
selecting judges. The old system, a board that sent up a long, long list of likely
names to the minister for justice, would end. Under Jims Bill the judiciary and
their legal friends would control the choice. Political patrons would be
replaced by legal insiders.
Irelands judges will not have been displeased by what they call Jims Bill.
Yet the prospect of legal eagles in control of the appointment of judges runs
directly contrary to the Programme for Governments commitment. We
welcome judges and lawyers on the selection board, but not in control. The
Independent Alliance agreed to an independent layperson in the chair, flanked
by a majority of lay people advised by judges and lawyers, offering their
expertise. The chief Justice would be welcome among their number. While all
the lawyers would be full members, the legal professions iron grip would be
loosened. We do not want to see judges on the inside appointing their chosen
ones. What sort of replacement would that be for political cronyism? And,
acknowledging an omission in the programme for government, I proposed that
Judges should be legally obliged to declare all their financial and other
interests. Just like TDs.
Perhaps prompted by some rather colourful rhetoric from me and by Fianna
Fail support in the form of Jims Bill, Irelands lawyers took to the media. Two
weeks ago the chief justice broke cover. The newspapers responded with
massive coverage. I came under sustained attack. Journalist Colm Keena
The interview you all have being waiting for. Finally Irish
mainstream interviews Johnathon Sugarman, author of the
book Whistleblower. Johnathon goes into great detail
surrounding the complete lack of lawful behaviour of our
banks, the regulator and of the Irish government.
My apoligies for the quality, sadly I need to upgrade all my
computing tech.
https://www.youtube.com/wa
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Interviews of whistleblowers to Vasileios
Katsardis 15 11 2016
https://www.youtube.com/wa
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Whistleblower protection: What must be
done?
Nov 16, 2016
Below all the soundbites in English
Kouloglou
There must be laws for protecting the whistleblowers. To
facilitate people who have secrets but are afraid to talk in
order to avoid suffering what the previous whistleblowers
https://www.youtube.com/wa
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A Functioning
Private Rented
Sector Needs
Landlords - SF
http://www.constructionireland.ie/constructionnews/223319/a-functioning-private-rented-sector-needslandlords-sf
Mr Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Housing, Planning,
Community & ... As the landlord continues to service his
mortgage throughout the term, with all relevant
http://www.ipav.ie/sites/default/files/ipav_submission_novemb
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Irish landlords to be
offered five years rent for
vacant properties
European News
21 Sep 2016
Investing in Student
Accommodation - The
Common Pitfalls
Celia Berg, Partner and Sophie D'Ivangin,
Associate, in the Real Estate practice at Berwin
Leighton Paisner, comment
Student Market
4 Jul 2016
Minister
Slammed Over
Plans To Permit
Landlords To
Increase Rents
levels.
Ms Carroll said the RTB now has a total of
323,271 tenancies registered, representing
172,121 landlords and 704,332 occupants.
Speaking on RT's Morning Ireland, she
said the return of migrants is another
contributing factor to the shortage of supply,
with "more people coming into the country,
probably particularly into the cities.
"We obviously have continued under-supply
and seasonal factors, short-term lets
happening more and more and that's putting
more pressure on the market."
Ms Carroll also stated that relationships
between landlords and tenants are generally
working well.
"We have a slight increase in the disputes but
nothing significant.
"We had over 4,000 disputes last year, but
that only represents 1% or 2% of all
tenancies so that shows most relationships
are working well between landlords and
tenants."
She said the nature of disputes has
somewhat changed with more issues such as
rent arrears and over-holding - where people
stay beyond their notice of termination indicating that perhaps these people have
nowhere to go.
The chairperson of the housing charity
Threshold said many of its clients are
subjected to rent increases as high as
this.
"In fact many are not expanding but
downsizing and some are getting out of the
business altogether," he said.
A new survey carried out by the Simon
Communities has found that 80% of rental
properties are beyond the reach of people
depending on State housing benefits.
It also found that there are less than half the
number of rental properties available when
compared to May 2015.
Speaking on RT's Morning
Ireland, spokesperson Niamh Randall said the
survey was a snapshot survey carried out in
ten areas.
It found 518 homes were available to rent
during the three days the study was
undertaken in August, down 19% from 637 at
the same time last year.
102 of the 518 homes available for rent were
within Rent Supplement/Housing Assistance
Payment (HAP) limits, with just eight of these
available for single people and 11 for
couples.
"Of huge concern is the ongoing reduction in
the availability of homes to rent down by
19% from August 2015 and by a shocking
55% since May 2015 when 1,150 homes were
available to rent," Ms Randall said.
"The increase in the limits, which happened
in July has made a difference, it's made a
small difference. So 80% of properties that
were available, were beyond the reach of
providers
- Using publicly owned land for development
- Promoting a build to rent model
- Supporting credit availability for bringing vacant stock
into the private rental market.
- Exploring the potential to bring into use, for rental
purposes, vacant properties where owners move to a
nursing home under the Fair Deal scheme.
https://www.youtube.com/
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By Mr O Reilly
Mon , July 11, 2016 ,
Fine Gael Minister Simon Coveney has said that Ireland
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Thirdly, the Strategy for the Rental Sector does not sufficiently address
the other major aspect of the rental crisis that is security of tenure.
There is no change to the situation whereby landlords can evict tenants
if they intend to sell the property or want it for family use and there is
insufficient protection for tenants being evicted from buy-to-let
properties in receivership being sold on to vulture funds. Without proper
tenant security the rental sector is not a secure form of tenancy
whereby people can make a long term home as tenants are left living in
constant fear and threat of eviction and homelessness.
The rental strategy proposal actually gives landlords a potential
incentive for evicting existing tenants. Properties that are renovated or
not let for two years are exempt from the rental restrictions so a
landlord could evict lower paying tenants, engage in renovations (or
leave it idle for two years) and then get new tenants in and charge them
much higher rents - which gives the landlord a bigger return over the
long term. The Rental Strategy in fact could worsen security of tenure
and homelessness through its proposal for a fast track processto
enable landlords to regain possession quickly where the non-payment
of rent constitutes the grounds for termination.
Finally, the strategy does not address the fundamental issue of the
current unaffordability of rents. Rents are already too high. So rather
than facilitating a further increase in rents there needs to be a strategy
to reduce rents. An affordable rent is around 20% of your disposable
income. Yet tenants are paying 50% and more on their rent and as a
result are going without basic necessities in order to cover their housing
costs.
Flawed approach to achieve supply
The governments principal policy approach to achieve affordability is to
increase supply. As the strategy states:
Ultimately, the most effective way to reduce and stabilise rents in the
medium to long term, with benefits for the entire sector, is to increase
supply.
But in order to increase supply, the government argues, you have to
make the building and provision of rental property (and similarly they
make the case for property for house purchase) economically viable i.e.
sufficiently profitable to entice developers and financiers. And to do that
you have to provide them a sufficient return that is why the 4% level
is set and, more importantly, that is why new property is being excluded
from the restrictions. It is to make the Irish rental sector attractive for
global property and financial speculative investors.
http://www.progressiveeconomy.ie/2016/12/rentalstrategy-insufficient-for.html
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A priest in Italy has caused uproar after announcing
there would be no Christmas nativity scene at the
local cemetery this year because it could offend
Muslims and atheists.
Fr Sante Braggi said there would be no crib in the cemetery in
the northern city of Cremona because it may anger people of
others faiths or none whose relatives are buried there.
A small corner of the cemetery is reserved for Muslim
graves, Fr Braggi said. A crib positioned within sight of
them could be seen as a lack of respect for followers of other
faiths, hurt the sensibilities of Muslims, as well as Indians and
even atheists.
He also cited a lack of council workers to set up the crib as
another reason for abandoning the tradition.
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/12/italy-priest-bansnativity-scene-for-fear-of-offending-muslims
parents.
Zappone said: Our officials have assured us that before
Christmas we will be receiving another 131 refugees, and
that we would anticipate having the full number of
refugees coming from Greece and Italy, in the resettlement
programme, by the end of 2017. Thats about 2,600 of the
4,000.
Earlier this year, Ireland pledged to take in 4,000 refugees.
Zappone is currently on a three-day visit to Greece to visit
camps where those who fled to Europe are currently
staying.
https://www.thesun.ie/news/287083/some-131-refugeesset-to-land-on-irish-shores-before-christmas/
It looks like many of these guys have skin in the game, and
maintaining a housing shortage by not building, and
unchecked immigration, results in increased demand for any
houses or apartments coming on the rental market - win, win,
for the landlord class, and of course the Revenue who get 51%
of the take.
This approach assists these landlords, who more than likely
would have invested in these properties at the top end of the
boom in house prices, and maintaining high rents at the
present level is helping them to pay off their mortgages.
Dont you love non landlords telling everyone that they know exactly
how everything works.
Landlords are paying up to 51% on profit rent and still have to pay
the mortgage.
Hard to believe that facing an extra 11% in taxes and LPT that rents
have gone up substantially.
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Wallpapers
Apple has added three new wallpapers that can be used on
the new phone models; iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Each has
its own name - Droplet Blue, Droplet Red and Droplet Yellow.
100 New Emoji
You may well wonder if there's any real need for 100 more
emjoi, but you're getting them anyway! The new emoji
additions include male and female versions of firefighters and
judges.
"Press and Hold to Speak
You'll find Press and Hold to Speak within the Settings app >
General > Accessibility > Home Button. This allows you to
activate Siri or Voice Control when you press and hold
the circular home button.
Videos Widget
Apple has added a new widget for videos to the lock screen.
This widget will show you the latest videos recorded to the
device.
Headphones Icon
You'll find a small headphones icon in the status bar, which will
indicate when the headphones are connected. This is very
helpful for those of us using Bluetooth headphones.
http://www.newstalk.com/He
res-what-you-need-to-knowabout-the-latest-iOS-update
Apple Sidesteps
Billions in Taxes,
Heres How
Apple has established subsidiaries in locations that
offer low or zero taxation rates., and have created
corporate strategies in which clearly takes
advantage of the taxation loopholes. Should we
congratulate them or not?
By IT Ninja December 14, 2016
http://anonhq.com/applesidesteps-billions-in-taxesheres-how/
Housing refugees in family
homes Positive Action in
Housing petition
We call on the British government to harness the goodwill
of those individuals and families who are willing to take
refugees into their homes and quickly resettle Syrian
refugees so that they may begin the process of rebuilding
their lives.
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Fleur Houston, Coventry, 22 November 2016
Now is a small word, so small that it often passes unnoticed,
almost an apology for a word. Yet here it has particular weight.
For now, today, Germany, Hungary, Austria, France are facing
significant political elections. And the key issue for all four is
the extent to which they are prepared to welcome refugees.
Two days ago, Angela Merkel announced that she was going
to stand again as Chancellor of Germany. There was a
widespread sense of relief. After three terms in office she still
has high popularity ratings both within her own party and in
Germany as a whole. She is widely respected as being one of
the few political leaders in Europe to defend universal moral
values which she has summarized herself as: democracy,
freedom, as well as respect for the rule of law and the dignity
of each and every person, regardless of their origin, skin
colour and creed, gender, sexual orientation or political views.
In 2015, with Europe in disarray, she emerged as guardian of
the principle of international asylum.
Mrs Merkel has made it clear that she and her government
were hit out of the blue by the mass movements of people that
were triggered by the conflicts of the Middle East. But she has
never distanced herself from the decision to open Germanys
borders to avert a humanitarian crisis in Hungary and has
always rejected calls for an upper limit to asylum seekers. She
has also rejected a banning of people on the basis of their
religious beliefs, claiming that this was incompatible with
Germanys constitution and her own partys ethical
foundations. Following a series of violent attacks on Germany
she affirmed that a rejection of the humanitarian stance we
took could have led to even worse consequences. Assailants,
exclude.
The second point I would like to make is that while a small
number of refugees are welcomed by western democratic
states through programmes of resettlement, spontaneous
arrivals are likely to be treated harshly and induced to leave.
To arrive by unauthorized means is seen by many people as
criminality. Yet as the Refugee Convention acknowledges,
refugees may be obliged to use illicit means of entry to a safe
country. They may never have had documentation or their
papers may have been lost or destroyed in the chaotic
circumstances of their flight. In consequence, host countries
shall not impose penalties. Yet to enter the UK without
papers or with false documentation supplied by a smuggler is
consistently seen by border officials as criminal activity or a
threat to national security.
These spontaneous arrivals are perceived to carry a criminal
virus to a civilized world. Not only do they flout national
boundaries, they typically consort with criminal smuggling
gangs to do so. But they may have little choice. Many are
fleeing for their lives. They may spend their life savings on
securing the services of a people smuggler to take them and
their families to safety in Europe. This may involve a journey
across the desert in a rickety vehicle or across the
Mediterranean or Aegean seas in an unsuitable craft.
Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children die on
the way. While Italian coast-guards, Greek fishermen and
other philanthropic individuals do what they can, acting on the
basic moral instinct that when people need help, you save
them, toddlers are still being washed up on the beaches while
the nations of Europe argue over who has responsibility for
sea rescue.
As the catastrophe continues to unfold, Europe continues to
http://focusonrefugees.org/republicof-ireland/
http://justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PQ19-01-2016-300
Day of intercession in
memory of those who have
lost their lives
at the borders of the EU
Information, Intercessions and Ideas
http://www.ccme.be/fileadmin/filer/c
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No homes for 2,470 of our children UN report shames our country
Monday, December 12, 2016
Irish Examiner Editorial
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Dear Deputy,
On 22nd March 2016 the Acting Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, will report
to the Dil on the meeting of the European Council attended by himself
and Acting Minister of State, Dara Murphy TD, in Brussels on 17 and 18
March 2016.
As a group of organisations we are seeking your commitment to the
following:
Outlining the concerns about the EU-Turkey deal and the ways in which
it will place people at risk and undermine Irelands commitment to its
international obligations
Ensuring greater participation in the relocation of asylum seekers and
resettlement of refugees
Advocating for an increase in the number of refugees allowed to settle
in Ireland
http://immigrantcouncil.ie/pages/arti
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Slow intake by Ireland and human rights
fears about EU plan must be addressed in
Dil statement
Ireland said:
Our political leaders must accept that a humanitarian
crisis needs a humanitarian response and meeting needs
of men, women and children fleeing war and terror must
be central if any solution is to be found.
When the acting Taoiseach makes his Dil statement this
morning he must address concerns around the latest EU
plan and also Irelands response.
Deputy Kenny must clarify what measures are in place to
ensure the deal reached with Turkey will not lead to illegal
mass deportations or undermine the right for people in
danger to seek asylum.
An update on the progress Ireland is making on meeting
its own commitments to refugees is also required. Last
September in response to public outrage the Government
agreed to accept 4,000 refugees yet to date plans have
only been advanced to take 5% of that figure.
In addition the search and rescue operations of the navy
must be urgently restarted as the need for the expertise of
our officers and crews is again great.
Despite recent political spin this crisis is far from over
two children a day are drowning on the Mediterranean
while we are close to 500 lives being lost so far this year.
Even if we are a lonely voice in Europe, Ireland has a duty
to act with humanity and be an example to others. The
Taoiseach can start this process with his Dil statement
today.
ENDS
http://immigrantcouncil.ie/pages/articles/2016/10
Demetrios G. Papademetriou
Distinguished Senior Fellow, Co-Founder and President
Emeritus of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), and
President of MPI Europe
UNHCR Ireland
Safe Passage UK
Immigration
Reform and
Law Centre
The Immigrant Council of Ireland is an Independent Law
Centre under the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 2002
(Independent Law Centres) Regulations 2006.
The Immigrant Councils legal team can provide assistance
and legal representation to individuals regarding their
immigration status. This is a free, but limited, service for
particularly complex situations or cases that give rise to
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The purpose of the Immigrant Councils Specialist
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and appropriate responses to the needs of vulnerable
clients. We are committed to ensuring confidential and
priority access to support services and legal advice. We
view our Specialist Immigration Advocacy Service as an
integral part of our overall strategy of working in
cooperation with other organisations to provide free,
confidential and reliable information, quality legal advice
and representation, as well as appropriate referrals as
necessary.
Contact can be made through the Immigrant Councils
Information and Referral Service on (01) 674
0200 between 10am and 1pm on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays. The Information and Referral
Service is closed on Wednesdays.
The Refugee Legal Service (www.legalaidboard.ie) is
available to asylum or subsidiary protection applicants
who require a free legal advice service. The Refugee Legal
Service also provides legal aid and advice in appropriate
cases on immigration and deportation matters. Other nongovernmental organisations can also provide asylum or
subsidiary protection applicants with information and
support, for example, the Irish Refugee Council
(www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie) and The Integration
Centre (www.integrationcentre.ie).
We are grateful for the continued financial support to our
services from Pobal, the Department of the Environment,
Community and Local Government and the Programme,
the Scheme to Support National Organisations 2016-2019.
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Homeless children in Ireland worse
off than those in UK
Saturday, December 10, 2016
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Taoiseach said.
But he added: "We've got to be realistic in
what we can contribute."
Mr Kenny suggested that under the new
scheme the overall EU relocation figure
would be "over 100,000."
"It's not realistic to set a figure on this, but
there will be a real focus following the justice
ministers' meeting, which will arise at the
[heads of government] European Council in
October.
Past experience is that countries will not
measure up if they're asked to do so
voluntarily," the Taoiseach said.
Mr Kenny described the picture of the young
boy on the beach in Turkey as "absolutely
shocking."
He said: "Any parent could see that child in
their own arms. Here was the body of a
young boy, a life lost and wasted, washed up
on a beach."
He said the image would "shock political
processes into taking action.
FF ask Kenny to recall Dil early
over crisis
Fianna Fil has tonight written to the
Taoiseach asking him to recall the Dil to
debate how Ireland can respond to the
refugee crisis.
The party said Ireland can no longer wait for
a pan European response and should instead
lead the way.
http://www.nascireland.org/parliamentary-questions/pq-refugee-resettlementprogramme-7/
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Promoting safe and legal migration channels into Ireland and Europe, for
example a new Humanitarian Admission Programme for Syrians;
Strengthening Irelands support of the globally displaced by adequately
implementing and resourcing the Refugee Protection Programme;
Ensuring that the people currently in the asylum and direct provision systems
are not forgotten, by implementing in full the recommendations in the Report
of the Working Group on the Protection Process and Direct Provision?
Promote integration and combat racism and other hate motivated crimes by:
1 Introducing of hate crime legislation;
2 Ensuring that the measures outlined in the upcoming National
Integration Strategy are implemented and adequately resourced;
3 Legislation and flanking measures to proscribe ethnic profiling
by state agencies and bodies
To support Nascs call, please contact your local TDs and Senators today and
tell them that it is urgent that migration and protection be prioritised in the new
Government.
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Submission to Select Committee on Justice, Defence and
Womens Rights Immigration Residence and Protection Bill 2010
http://www.nascireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/NascSubmission-on-key-elements-of-the-IRP-bill-2010-11.pdf
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THE CORK CITY INTEGRATION
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children with migrant parents. Following the decision of the Court of Justice of
the European Union in the case Ruiz Zambrano v Office National de LEmploi
(C 34/09) which recognised the rights to reside and work in the State of nonEEA citizen parents of dependent Irish citizen children, Nasc were
instrumental in having the right of unlimited access to the labour market for
parents of Irish citizen children extended to Romanian and Bulgarian parents
of Irish citizen children.
After their accession to the EU, Romanians and Bulgarians were given limited
access to the Irish labour market and were generally required to obtain a work
permit. This disadvantaged Romanian and Bulgarian jobseekers as only
certain types of employment with a renumeration of 30,000 p/a and above
were eligible for work permits.
Arguing that EU law prohibited the State from treating EU citizens less
favourably than their EU counterparts, Nasc referred the case of a Romanian
man with an Irish citizen child to PILA for litigation. The case was settled with
the Department of Justice removing the requirement for work permits for all
Romanian and Bulgarian parents of Irish citizen children. Subsequently the
State removed work permit restrictions for all Romanian and Bulgarian
nationals.
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INIS has recently published new guidelines for family reunification. More
information about the guidelines is available on our Factsheet. Nasc has
welcomed these guidelines but we have concerns about some aspects of the
policy and on the implementation of the guidelines. You can read more about
our concerns here.
The MIPEX index assesses and compares integration policies worldwide.
Irelands family reunion policies score very low indeed on the overall ranking
table, we rank the worst of the 31 countries (EU and North America) surveyed.
Click here to download Nascs submission (pdf) to Irelands Universal Periodic
Review (UPR) at the United Nations General Assembly (including family
reunion concerns).
Watch our 3 minute Better Together video to meet Tracy, her husband
Abdullah, and their baby Malika. Abdullahs first application for permission to
come to live in Ireland with his family was denied. Tracy made a second
application with Nascs assistance, and she and her husband are now living in
Cork together with their daughter.
decision-making on family reunification both within INIS itself and the visa
offices in Irish embassies and consulates throughout the world. However, after
our initial inspection of the policy document, we have considerable concerns,
which are outlined below.
There are several aspects to the policy which we welcome, however
additional clarification on starting dates and details of administrative schemes
is required. We welcome new measures such as the introduction of
provisional entry to the State for the purposes of marriage, the introduction of
standardised application forms, the introduction of interim administrative
permissions for minors under 16, the references to the exceptional
circumstances of domestic violence victims and the commitment to the
establishment of a statutory appeals mechanism which will include family
reunification appeals. We also note that the new policy allows for family
members of sponsors to apply for residence in their own right after five years
of residence in the State.
While we are pleased that the INIS has provided clarity on the necessary
requirements to those who wish to reunite with elderly or dependent parents,
we are concerned that the income thresholds of 60,000 net for one parent
and 75,000 net for two parents for each of three years preceding the
application will bar many Irish and immigrant families from reuniting with their
parents.
We cautiously welcome the proposed introduction of a pre-clearance system
for non-visa required nationals who wish to reside in Ireland and often times
find themselves in a limbo situation while their application is being processed.
However inclusion of this proposal without indicating when this measure may
be introduced and confirming the interim current procedure may be confusing
as it appears to contradict policy contained on other parts of the INIS website.
Issues of Concern
There are several points which we consider quite negative and potentially
very harmful, including consistent reference within the document to decisions
made by family members to voluntarily separate and that the State does not
bear an obligation to reunite the family in these cases. We believe that this is
not reflective of a modern global society where immigration for work purposes
is increasingly common and where instant communication has made it
possible for families to have close links and ties while living thousands of
miles apart.
A major concern is the restrictive economic policies in places for people,
including Irish citizens who wish to reunite with spouses. Comparatively, the
income threshold is quite high and could effectively bar many people from
applying for reunification with their family. For those who are ill or unable to
work due to disability or old age there is no possibility that they will be in a
position to meet the income requirement. Furthermore, we believe that the
seven year bar on making a second spouse or de facto application is
excessive. Worryingly, the policy document refers to the ineligibility of
sponsors who are suspected of contracting a marriage of convenience
without referencing how or when it will be decided that a marriage of
convenience has, in fact, taken place.
The inclusion of the INIS policy on DNA testing is welcome however important
information regarding how long people may expect INIS to retain their biodetails provided in the DNA testing results is omitted. We would ask INIS to
confirm that this information is used only for the purposes for which it is
provided and is not shared with any other State or non State organisations.
In addition, there are a few points which suggest potential developments in
the future that we will be keeping a close eye on, including the possible
introduction of English language tests and knowledge of Irish culture and
society. It is positive that the document mentions that long term residency
should be available however no indication of when or how this might be done
is included. There is currently no permanency of residence for non-EEA
citizens.
Nasc CEO Fiona Finn comments on the new policy:
We are delighted that after years of pushing for changes to family
reunification policy, we are finally seeing some movement towards clarification
of the existing policy. However there are some very worrying aspects to this
document and several areas that require additional clarification.
We call on the Department of Justice to immediately amend the document to
rectify the issues mentioned above. We also ask for the immediate
introduction of the statutory appeals mechanism to ensure families are
reunited as quickly and efficiently as possible. And finally, we will continue to
campaign on behalf of Irish citizens, who remain in limbo without a legal right
to family reunification with their loved ones.
We welcome the states recognition that the current system is in need of
reform across a number of areas and look forward to the publication of the
Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill which is promised to bring greater
clarity to this critical area, Ms Finn adds
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Better Together With Nasc - Bringing
Families Together"
Dec 15, 2011
This is a short film we made with the help of Brian Cronin as
part of the 2011 Better Together (www.bettertogether.ie) video
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As a result, developers are planning to build a lot more
houses, starter homes, for first-time buyers.
Major decision
Writing in TheJournal.ie, Sinn Fin housing spokesman
Eoin Broin said the measures could amount to an
average 4,500 rent hike over the next three years for
renters in Dublin city. Renters in Cork city, meanwhile,
could be hit with a bill for 3,200, he said.
Fianna Fil broadly supports the strategy, but wants the
rent-pressure zones extended to Galway, Limerick,
Waterford and parts of the commuter counties and the 4%
figure lowered.
Now whats happened here really is a procedural
nightmare, education spokesman Thomas Byrne told
RTs Morning Ireland today.
Once again, coming up to Christmas, the government is
going to make a major decision which is going to have
major consequences.
And, quite frankly, in this case, were going to have to
take action. Because its extremely market-sensitive, and if
action isnt taken this week, then the rental market could
go off
He added: This is extremely sensitive, not only in terms
of the rental market but also the stock exchange, and the
Dil cant be in that space. We must show the public that
we can actually effect change, and make a real difference
in peoples lives.
Crazy
Byrne said Fianna Fil housing spokesman Barry Cowen
has been in discussions with Minister Coveney regarding
the 4%, and the geographic areas covered by the measures.
Fine Gael junior minister Damien English last night ruled
out any change to the 4% measure on RTs Primetime.
Byrne said Fianna Fil could in theory amend the
governments measures without Fine Gael support, but
added:
We want to engage in fruitful discussions on this with the
government.
He said the ministers approach has resulted in procedural
chaos.
Our teams have been working throughout the night on
this, and government have been as well. Its not the way to
do this.
The government is tabling this not as an existing bill, but
as four-stage amendments to an existing bill thats already
Landlords
Asked whether Fianna Fil would link proposed tax breaks
for landlords with greater security for tenants, Byrne said
the Constitution precludes an opposition party from
tabling a finance bill.
Byrne said the partys proposals are somewhere in
between the 4% cap and linking rent increases to the
consumer price index.
The partys proposals are based on the average of rents
over the past five years, allowing for increases in some
areas but a ban on increases in other areas.
We think the 4% is just too high its a price increase. It
certainly should be lower, Im not going to put a figure on
it.
As of October, there were 3,486 homeless adults and
children in the State, three times what the figure was three
years ago.
There are 142 people, meanwhile, sleeping rough in
Dublin city alone.
Certainly the housing supply needs to be increased,
Byrne said.
And thats not happening fast enough, because they need
houses a lot of the single people who are homeless would
be ideal for bedsits.
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EU rules
The question of whether Ireland is prevented by EU rules
from spending more money to build social housing was
also raised today. If we could, we would spend more,
Coveney maintained.
He said his department was speaking to agencies such as
the NTMA about funding vehicles that could finance social
housing. He pointed to a model being used by Nama in
which they pay for the building of houses and lease them
long-term to approved housing bodies, which then sublet
them to social housing tenants.
Coveney said this ensures the matter is off-balance sheet.
We do need to get clarity from Eurostat on what works and
what doesnt.
He said there were cases in the UK where social housing
had been built and deemed off-balance sheet, only to be
told by Eurostat, the EUs statistics agency, that it is in fact
on-balance sheet.
It has caused huge problems there, so we want to avoid
that problem, he said, adding that it would take time to
clarify.
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Tight lending
McCartney said that although these large companies
aimed to buy at the lowest price possible, their presence
had the effect of pushing prices up for everyone else.
Dn Laoghaire-Rathdown
Overall, the new CSO data showed that the national
average house price in 2015 was 225,783, although there
were huge variations across the country.
The most expensive area was Dn Laoghaire-Rathdown,
where households paid an average of 568,980 to buy a
house.
Second and third most expensive in 2015 were the Dublin
city and Fingal administrative areas, where the average
house price was 389,022 and 336,310 respectively.
The least expensive place to buy a house in 2015 was
Longford, where the average price paid was just under
80,000. The second and third least expensive places
were Roscommon and Leitrim, with average prices of
94,105 and 94,572 respectively.
The data also shows that Irelands property crash was
more severe than previously thought. According to the
CSO house prices fell by 54.4% after the property bubble
burst in 2007, more than the previous estimate of 51%,
before beginning to recover in Dublin in 2012.
Cork city and is due to come into effect in the new year.
Mr Coveney has already had to overcome worries in his
own Fine Gael party about the plan, with Taoiseach
Enda Kenny, Minister for Finance Michael Noonan,
Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe and
Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar among
those concerned about its potential effect on the rental
market and investment in the sector.
The rent predictability plan sets out proposals for socalled rent pressure zones and imposing limitations
on the level of rent increases allowable on residential
properties in these zones. The designation will apply
for three years and would mean landlords can only
increase rents by 4 per cent a year in that period.
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Fianna Fil has objected to the 4 per cent rent cap,
saying it favours a 2 per cent threshold, but it is open
to compromise on the matter.
It is also concerned that the scheme will initially be
confined to just Dublin and Cork city, although Mr
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The new plan will also strengthen of the role and powers of
the Residential Tenancies Board the agency set up in
2004 to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants.
The measures include boosted dispute resolution
timeframes (time for appeals will be cut from 21 to ten
days and one person tribunals will be held in some cases
allowing for more tribunals to take place). The law in the
area would also be simplified, according to the plan
announced this afternoon.
Todays measures follow changes introduced last year by
then-housing minister Alan Kelly, which included longer
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Rent cap
Fianna Fil has objected to the 4 per cent rent cap,
saying it favours a 2 per cent threshold, but it is open
to compromise on the matter.
It is also concerned that the scheme will initially be
confined to just Dublin and Cork city, although Mr
Coveney has said other areas may be included from
next March.
Fianna Fils housing spokesman, Barry Cowen, will
meet his Sinn Fin counterpart, Eoin Broin, to
consider joint amendments to the legislation.
Mr Varadkar raised concerns at Tuesdays Cabinet
meeting over the effect the plan will have on rents in
FG & FF No Closer To
Agreement On
Proposed Rent
Increase Limits.
Fine Gael and Fianna Fil appear no closer to agreement on
Ms Zappone said that to every living child in some inner Dublin city,
their responses would be the opposite of what she expects to hear
CHILD MIGRANT
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ADULT VIOLENT
RAPIST
December 14, 2016
JAYDA FRANSEN
A Muslim taxi driver who claimed he was the son of a
Taliban leader has been jailed for 18 years for violent
rapes.
Ghairat Khan, 26, claimed to be from Afghanistan and only
15 when he arrived in the UK to qualify him for asylum
but the authorities now believe that he is from Pakistan
and was lying about his age.
After he was threatened with deportation in an immigration
age row, Khan went to Teesside where he violently raped
two women.
Khan, formerly of Bowesfield Lane, Stockton, was jailed
for 18 years, ordered to register as a sex offender for life,
and given an indefinite Sexual Offences Prevention Order
after the court learnt he raped his victims a number of
times then subsequently threatened them over the phone.
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employment income.
It is essential that the income of an applicant under the
scheme is of a long-term and sustainable nature, to
ensure that the tenant purchasing the house is in a
financial position, as the owner, to maintain and insure the
property for the duration of the charged period, in
compliance with the conditions of the order transferring
ownership of and responsibility for the house from the
local authority to the tenant.
Consequently, a number of social welfare payments,
including Carers Allowance, are disregarded for the
purposes of determining the reckonable income. A list of
these payments can be viewed on my Departments
website at the following link:
http://www.environ.ie/search/category/housing/subtopic/incremental-purchasescheme/topic/activity/topic/guidelines.
In line with the commitment given in the Programme for
a Partnership Government, and reaffirmed in Rebuilding
Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, I
intend to undertake a review of the scheme following the
first 12 months of operation and to bring forward any
changes to the terms and conditions of the scheme which
are considered necessary based on the evidence gathered
at that stage. I expect this review to be completed during
the first quarter of 2017.
Electoral Commission Administration
197. Deputy Bobby Aylward Information on Bobby Aylward
Zoom on Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Housing,
Planning, Community and Local Government Information
on Simon Coveney Zoom on Simon Coveney further to
Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 18 October 2016, if he
will provide a further update as to when the Boundary
Review Commission, established to examine the boundary
between counties Kilkenny and Waterford, is expected to
publish its concluding report in view of the fact that the
results of the Roscommon-Westmeath border have been
, he said.
The building industry has stated the cost of and regulation
of construction needs to be reduced for more homes to be
built.
IRES has spent hundreds of millions of euro buying
apartments, mostly entire apartment blocks from banks
and Nama.
Trade.
The Commission has reviewed the calculations used to set
the taxable basis in those rulings and, based on a
preliminary analysis, has concerns that they could
underestimate the taxable profit and thereby grant an
advantage to the respective companies by allowing them
to pay less tax. The Commission notes that the three
rulings concern only arrangements about the taxable
basis; they do not relate to the applicable tax rate itself.
In parallel to these three formal investigations, the
Commission will continue its wider inquiry into tax rulings,
which covers more Member States.
Luxembourg, contrary to The Netherlands and Ireland,
only provided the Commission with a limited sample of the
information requested (see IP/14/309), which included the
ruling for Fiat Finance and Trade, but not the complete
information demanded by the Commission. The
Commission has therefore initiated infringement
proceedings against Luxembourg by issuing letters of
formal notice.
Background
The Commission is looking at the compliance with EU state
aid rules of certain tax practices in some Member States in
the context of aggressive tax planning by multinationals,
with a view to ensure a level playing field. A number of
multinational companies are using tax planning strategies
to reduce their global tax burden, by taking advantage of
the technicalities of tax systems, and substantially
reducing their tax liabilities. This aggressive tax planning
practice erodes the tax bases of Member States, which are
already financially constrained.
Regarding tax rulings specifically, the preliminary
enquiries have shown that the quality and the consistency
of the scrutiny by the tax authorities differ substantively
across Member States. In particular, the Commission notes
that The Netherlands seem to generally proceed with a
Fine Gael always put the people second ... and this will
continue, because the next generation of Blueshirt is just
as subservient - on TV during the week, Noel Rock, Fine
Gael's youngest TD (age 28) expressed some doubts
about CETA but was still prepared to back it. With morons
like Rock who will put their party before the interests of
the people in the hope that his loyalty to Kenny will get
him promotion there is no hope for real democracy in this
country any time soon
looked after and got richer. Much richer. Like Denis O'Brien
who under Joan's watch added more millions to his
BILLIONS. Joan destroyed the Labour Party of Connolly and
Larkin and made it more right wing than even the
Blueshirts. When the people deserted Joan & the
Charlatans in the General Election herself and the hated
Alan Kelly who both scraped back into Dil ireann,
decided to re-invent themselves so that they could
continue pocketing massive salaries and live a life of
luxury. And that is why Joan came on the radio and
pleaded for Noonan to look after the little people, And why
Alan Kelly was on the same programme last week voicing
support for striking workers.
They have no shame.
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On 6 May, the total value of state-owned shares in the two
banks fell by 2.88%, from 1.97 billion to 1.92 billion
On 9 May, it fell by 4.22%, from 1.92 billion to 1.84
billion
On 12 May, it fell by 3.27%, from 1.8 billion to 1.75
billion
As you can see, there is no calculation method for any of
the three dates in question which shows a drop in the
value of state-owned bank shares by anywhere close to
10%.
Minister Noonans claim, as articulated in the Dil on
Thursday, is therefore entirely FALSE.
What did he mean to say?
We asked Michael Noonans spokesperson whether he
accepted that his claim in the Dil last Tuesday was false,
and if he would be retracting it.
We did not receive a substantive response to that
question, but our attention was drawn to remarks the
Minister made to reporters two days later, on Thursday,
when he re-articulated his position:
When Michael McGrath first began to publicise his intent
to publish the bill on the 9th of May, between that and the
17th of May, the average decline in Bank of Ireland and
PTSB was about 10.5%. And thats what I referred to in my
speech.
That 11-day time frame is very different to what the
Minister claimed in the Dil, but if youre interested in
seeing it evaluated, read on.
Between those two points in time, the total did indeed fall
by 10.5%, from 1.92 billion to 1.72 billion.
Aye sure its happening again, I was called offered a brand new Volvo
S40. Approved from the bank via the dealers just come down and
sign the papers and we will do the rest. The auto finance loan is the
new 100% mortgage. We should have fucked them into jail like
Iceland did and told Germany to get to fuck. Absolute psychos
pushing buttons behind computers approving people they know full
well to be high risk and likely to fall into arrears so they can
repossess the property and make a killing while destroying peoples
Michel Martin and Fianna Fil are waiting for the right
moment to pull the plug on Kenny and his puppet
government. When Fianna Fil think the time is right they
will ditch Kenny and a General election will follow. Martin
and his advisers know that they must be seen to oppose
water charges to win enough marginal seats to get them
back into power - with the Labour Party and the Greens.
Once in office Martin and his new friend Alan Kelly will
move quickly to re-introduce water charges and they'll
offer some lame excuse like 'the EU/European Commission
INSIST that we charge for water usage'. Once the charges
are up and running the EU will also decide that Irish Water
must be sold. Competition law, etc. etc. Alan Kelly's
brother Declan and his Teneo will want to snap up Ireland's
Quiet Avoided.
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As Saturday's water charge protest nears, its VERY
important that people notice that political parties are
being sly and clever in avoiding mentioning eradication of
(a) Irish Water itself and (b) the water meters.
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Most parties except FG, Renua and Labour (who are
deliberate keeping their heads down, hoping their don't
get any flak) are looking to come out of the water situation
as if they are on the side of the protesters - for eventual
votes.
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The few GENUINE ones will state absolute clear that that
they want:
(a) water charges gone
(b) Irish Water, the expensive private registered company
gone
(c) the end to meters being bullied in so to eventually
charge
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Sadly, too many political parties are being sly about
stating ALL three. They mention (a) to try garnish public
support but duck (b) and (c).
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Look at recent past statements and look at ones coming
soon. Listen to what's being said - but more importantly,
find what's actually NOT being stated!
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Irish Water, the company and meter usage (ability to
specific bill) is being avoided by some. You are not meant
to notice this though!
Irish citizens evicted from their homes this past weekend it make
you sick to your stomach how corrupt this business ( i mean
country) is. Run by money men psychos and liars that put no value
on human life only in turning a euro for profits. CUNTS!!
He`s being doing more than sticking it with the EU. She
was also investigated for corruption.
Useless tossers could not run a raffle. Ireland one of the most fertile
lands on earth with vast resources intelligent people incredible
history and culture. Run into the ground by gobshites corruption and
cronyism we need a whole new system of government and we
cannot have the corrupt Gardai minding the ballot boxes it is a joke.
I still cannot believe that Kenny got Thirteen and a half thousand
votes in Mayo a county devastated by emigration evictions suicides
and unemployment what a complete moron the man is. he lost the
election but is still in power.
Micheal Martin and Fianna Fail like to talk about crisis but
they ignore the fact that they CREATED it
This marks the first time a Fine Gael Taoiseach has ever
been re-elected and represents a partial return to power
for Fianna Fil, the party in charge during the devastating
financial collapse and subsequent austerity.
Fine Gael has consistently blamed Fianna Fil for
destroying the economy, and the other parties have
blamed both of them for their stifling austerity measures
which have increased homelessness, privatization, and
emigration.
If Michel Martin got off his arse and did a day's work he
wouldn't feel the cold. The people sleeping on freezing
streets tonight Michel because of yours and Fianna Fil's
mistakes could tell you what 'cold and chilly' really feels
like?
Big Mick does not want any light to shine on the strange
goings on in NAMA. Big fat Mick gets very annoyed if
anybody questions him about the flogging of state assets
to vulture funds at knockdown prices... or about the
developers who ruined our country and who are back in
business (and laughing all the way to the bank) thanks to
NAMA... But Big Mick gets really, really upset and visibly
annoyed if anybody - especially the "man in the pink
shirt", mentions the shenanigans up North. Something to
hide Big Mick?
They along with Kenny are trying to make the people think that the
row is about 12.5% cooperate tax, but it is not, We have been the
row is about Apple having an office in Ireland that was deemed as
its main office ,Apple were putting the biggest bulk of its world wide
trade through that ghost office so they could avoid taxes, now it is
the business that passed through that ghost office that is the
problem. And it is not Apples problem it is the Irish revenues
problem they have helped so many companies to avoid paying their
fair share of tax, but they will jail us for fifty euro. We have been
screwed. and it is time we stood up against revenue and the
government, they are very quick to accept EU rulings on water taxes
and household taxes, the government don't tell them to go away we
will deal with taxes in our own way and say we are a sovereign
nation and won't take interference from others, bullshit always
catches up with people who use it on a daily basis.
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This is a must watch & share.
The interview you all have being waiting for. Finally Irish
mainstream interviews Johnathon Sugarman, author of the
book Whistleblower. Johnathon goes into great detail
surrounding the complete lack of lawful behaviour of our
banks, the regulator and of the Irish government.
My apoligies for the quality, sadly I need to upgrade all my
computing tech.
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HERE IS REAL TRUTHFUL NEWS NOT FLAWED NEWS
ABOUT THE NIGHT OF THE BANK BAILOUT, THAT FG, FF,
AND LB, GP, PD, MEDIA ARE BLOCKING OUT USING SF AS A
POLITICAL POLITICS FOR THEIR OWN GAIN IN VOTES