Press Statement 24 March 2015 – Seamus Healy TD 087-2802199
Co Tipperary is being Forgotten!Further Blow TODAY as Government Reduces Leader Funding by 15 million
Ministers Kelly(Lab) and Hayes(FG) Must Act Now to Stop Tipp falling Further Behind!
Disposable income per head in County Tipperary is more than 5% below the national average and more than 16% below the Dublin level.
Today Minister Kelly is to announce 10.2 million in leader Funding for Co Tipperary. This is a reduction of 15 million over the 2013 figure.
94% of all net new jobs in 2014 were created in the Dublin region according to figures published by the Nevin Economic Research Institute last Thursday.
The disposable income statistics were issued last week by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Disposable income is gross income less taxes and social welfare contributions. The lower the disposable income is, the poorer the family is.
The statistics are for 2012 but the situation in Co Tipperary has probably deteriorated since then as there was a net loss of 321 IDA jobs in the county over the last 3 years
County Tipperary languishes at number 12 in county disposable income league behind Dublin, Limerick,
Cork , Kildare, Wicklow , Meath, Galway, Carlow, Waterford, Sligo and Louth.
The decline in Disposable income in Tipperary between 2008 and 2012 at approximately 17% was greater than that in all other Munster Counties except Clare at 17.2%. The decline in Co Limerick was only 0.1%. The Decline in the Dublin area was 8.8%, half the decline in Co Tipp.
This shocking statistic underlines the urgent need for new job creation in the county.
The Nevin Economic Research Institute revealed on Thursday last that 94% of all net new jobs created last year were in Dublin and it’s the commuter belt. In 2012 Dublin had disposable income which was 13% above the national average and over 16% above the Co Tipperary level. Clearly the gap is continuing to widen.
There was a NET LOSS of 321 IDA JOBS In Co Tipp over last 3 years but the County Was Excluded from provision of new advance factories or offices in the Government Plan For JOBS
Minister Bruton Admitted to me in the Dail recently that only 2 (two) net jobs were provided by IDA in Co Tipperary in 2014!!!!! There were 64 new jobs and 62 job losses in the county. WORSE STILL-There was a net loss of 321 IDA Jobs in the county over the last 3 years. Yet the towns of County Tipperary were all omitted from the plan to spend 150 million euro on providing advance factories and offices to encourage inward investment in its plan for jobs issued yesterday!!!
Despite repeated questions from me in the Dáil recently Minister Bruton failed to give any assurance that any advance manufacturing and office facilities for incoming IDA supported industry would be built in any Co Tipperary location over the next five years.
Ministers Kelly and Hayes must demand fundamental change in the Government Plan for Jobs so that advance factories and offices can be urgently built in the towns of Tipperary.
The Labour/Fine Gael Government must not be allowed to forget and ignore the plight of Co Tipperary families!
Seamus Healy TD 087-2802199
Disposable income per Head by County
http://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/cirgdp/countyincomesandregionalgdp2012/#.VQ0oVdKsWQE
Order
Dublin 22,011
Limerick 21326
Cork 19,704
Kildare 19658
Wicklow 19009
Meath 18898
Galway 18890
Carlow 18670
Waterford 18610
North Tipp 18563 of state 95.4% of Dublin 84.4
Sligo 18456
Louth 18445
All Tipp 18383
South Tipp 18202 of state 93.5% of Dublin 82.7%
Leitrim 18096
State 19468 Dublin 22011
All Tipp 12th of state 94.4% of Dublin 83.6%
Drop in Disposable Income for Munster Counties from 2008 to 2012
The breakdown of figures for Munster show:
– Clare €22,185 (–€4,623) down 17.2%.
– Cork €24,832 (–€3,236) down 11.5%.
– Kerry €21,134 (–€2,062) down 8.9%.
– Limerick €26,590 (–€19) down 0.1%.
– North Tipperary €22,351 (–€4,757) down 17.5%.
– South Tipperary €21,976 (–€4,192) down 16.0%.
– Waterford €22,847 (–€3,597) down 13.6%.
By contrast, Dublin’s average income fell 8.8% (€2,835) to €29,278.
THESE EVICTIONS MUST BE STOPPED!
MINISTERS KELLY AND HAYES MUST ACT!
Tipperary is the 7th highest county for repossessions cases after Dublin, Cork, Galway Meath, Kildare, Donegal but above Limerick and Waterford.
36 Applications for Repossession are before Clonmel Circuit Court this week alone.
On the 31 Dec, 2014, the number of civil bills for repossession in Co Tipperary which were lodged in court by lenders was 341. Of these 293 were still proceeding on Jan 1,2015. (Courts Service see below).
This makes Tipperary the 7th highest county for repossessions after Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Cork, Galway, Donegal but above Limerick and Waterford.
48 Tipperary Homes were repossessed last year according to figures for 2014 issued by the Courts Service recently. Only 8 of these were “buy to let”. The Tipperary figure of 48 orders granted and 293 orders still in process were both over 4% of the national total. But these figures are now to escalate dramatically. David Hall of the Irish Mortgage Holders Association has claimed (Irish Times March 9) that 25,000 homes will be repossessed over the next 2 years. This means that over 1000 Tipperaryhomes will be repossessed over the next two years.
The increase in the price of houses is making it much more attractive for banks to repossess and sell-on homes and they are taking full advantage of government decisions.
In the Dáil last week, Labour and Fine Gael voted down a motion to remove veto power from banks in matters dealing with the family home.
In Spring 2013, the Labour/Fine Gael Government passed an amendment in the Dáil to allow banks to repossess homes after repossession orders were struck down by Justice Dunne in the High Court.
Over 38,000 Irish households in mortgage distress cannot avail of the Personal Insolvency Service because they have insufficient disposable income! They must not be evicted.
The veto given to banks by the government over the mortgage to rent scheme and other restructuring instruments must be removed immediately.
THE GOVERNMENT IS TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORTHCOMING SPATE OF EVICTIONS!!!
I am calling on Ministers Kelly and Hayes to insist that the government stops these evictions now!
Seamus Healy TD
087-2802199 seamus.healy@oireachtas.ie
I am shocked by the jailing of five water protesters for contempt of court yesterday
I wish to condemn these jailings and to call for the immediate release of the protesters
It is important to remember that these jailings are not as a result of any crime or act of violence committed, but for a technical ‘contempt of court’ issue.
They stand in stark contrast to the impunity of those who brought about the financial crisis which has resulted in untold hardship for communities across Ireland – hardship further exacerbated by the imposition of water charges. The movement against water charges has been based on mass peaceful protest, and this will continue.
The ultimate responsibility for these incarcerations lies with the Government who have made a political choice to impose water charges on communities. The protestors jailed today are simply protecting themselves, their children and their communities from further political attacks on their living standards. They should be freed without delay.
We have a country where 37% of children live in deprivation and 1.7 million citizens have less than €100 disposal income monthly. Moreover, another 500,000 citizens have nothing left after bills have been paid. The communities represented by the protesters jailed today are the human face of these statistics. I again call on the Government to show common sense, halt the installation of water meters and abolish these charges. This is necessary to prevent any further unnecessary confrontation in the interests of both communities and workers.
Seamus Healy TD 087-2802199
Workers & Unemployed Action 