Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 February 2017
109. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance if he had any meetings with private or third party investors that have proposals to invest in social or affordable housing; the date of the meetings; and the details of the proposals discussed. [6173/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn an effort to provide the Deputy with a thorough reply, this question has been considered more widely than just meetings which I attended, to also include those meetings attended by officials from my Department.
Every effort has been made to identify meetings relevant to the Deputy's question, and the timeframe used as the basis for identifying these meetings is 1 March 2016 to 31 January 2017.
Please see the below list retrieved from our records of identified relevant meetings that occurred during the aforementioned timeframe. The Deputy should note that the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 requires firms to record all lobbying approaches made by them to Government Departments and Agencies and may provide details of approaches by firms which were not recorded by sections within the Department.
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Date |
Department Attendees |
Stakeholder |
Purpose |
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07/04/2016 |
Officials from Shareholder Management Unit |
Irish League of Credit Unions |
A Proposal for Irish credit unions to fund the provision of social housing |
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08/04/2016 |
Officials from Shareholder Management Unit |
Credit Union Development Association (CUDA) |
Review of progress of CUDA Social Housing Finance Initiative |
|
13/04/2016 |
Officials from Shareholder Management Unit |
Irish League of Credit Unions |
A Proposal for Irish credit unions to fund the provision of social housing |
|
29/06/2016 |
Officials from Banking Division. |
Allsop Ireland |
Presentation on social/affordable housing proposal. |
|
11/08/2016 |
Officials from Shareholder Management Unit |
WK Nowlan Real Estate Advisors |
Discussions re social and affordable housing |
|
05/09/2016 |
Officials from Shareholder Management Unit |
WK Nowlan Real Estate Advisors |
Discussions re. social and affordable housing |
|
28/09/2016 |
Minister. Officials from Shareholder Management Unit |
Cairn Homes |
Discussion on measures to promote affordable house building |
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18/10/2016 |
Minister of State Officials from Banking Division. |
Cairn Homes |
Discussion on measures to promote affordable house building |
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01/12/2016 |
Officials from Shareholder Management Unit |
WK Nowlan Real Estate Advisors |
Discussions re. social and affordable housing |
|
Throughout 2016 |
During 2016 officials from the Shareholder Management Unit met an entity called Arizun to hear their ideas around leasing units to LA's for social housing purposes |
ARIZUN |
Discussions re. social and affordable housing |
