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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank all of the team and the participants in the assembly. I want to acknowledge the enormous amount of work people did because it is an intense process. It is very helpful to us. I am a very strong supporter of a directly-elected mayor and, in fact, Cabinet-style accountable government at local authority level. Like the assembly members, I think a plebiscite is a useful way to generate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: More specifically, how important is it that the Government be clear in advance of the plebiscite about the actual powers that are to be devolved to the office?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will ask another question in the short time I have. A part of the problem is that a Government White Paper was produced prior to the plebiscites in Limerick, Waterford and Galway, but it was only aspirational. Would it be helpful for the Government to publish the general scheme of the Bill? How far do we need the Government to go prior to the vote for there to be clarity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Would a general scheme, if not the full Bill, be helpful?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have three observations and questions. My view is that there should be a plebiscite next year. I see no reason it could not be held. I think some consideration needs to be given to what the right time for it is. We have almost fallen into a lazy assumption in the public debate that it has to be at a certain point. Local elections have a much lower turnout than general elections and,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----while the turnout is higher. That might not necessarily result in a win. There has not been careful consideration in the debate so far of when, next year, the plebiscite could take place. There could be an argument that it should be a standalone event where nothing else is interfering in it. We need to tease those things out. I am like Mr. Gavin and am not waiting for another year....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Repeated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Some of this is me just teasing it out but given that the original decision to hold plebiscites in the other three cities was taken in 2018, and here we are five years on, it not that the quills move slowly, to use a very eloquent phrase that Mr. O'Leary used. It is about political will. One could have a general scheme in four months but it would require a Government to decide what is in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Apart from Gaelic football, of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: The issue of the referendum is the key thing here because we lost the referendum on the Seanad. Some people will say that was a good thing-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----but that did have the vast majority of the political parties in the State supporting it. One can have all the parties in the State supporting it but if it is a civil society-led campaign, then it depoliticises the party politics. In our recommendations we need to think about that. Maybe, like the citizens' assembly, we can go outside our terms of reference if we think there is good...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (16 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of electric vehicles that received support though the SEAI accelerated capital allowance. [50397/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (16 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cars for which capital allowances were claimed under the 2008 emissions-based scheme for each of the VRT categories for the year 2022, in tabular form. [50398/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance whether there are limits on the price of cars for which tax allowances are available. [50399/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (16 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of exits from homelessness accommodation funded by his Department in each quarter from 2019 to Q3 2023 including a breakdown by local authority area and by single persons and families with children, in tabular form. [50423/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (15 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the need for the Government to carry out an assessment of the existing barriers and potential of development of renewable energy communities under Article 22(3) of the Renewable Energy Directive II. [50144/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of the Child (15 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a commitment that the Second Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child will be ratified following the enactment of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking Bill) 2023. [50032/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies (15 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 157. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what appointment procedure she is using for the new stakeholder group on dog ownership in Ireland; and the measures she is putting in place to ensure that members of the group will include expertise in canine behaviour. [50064/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of an SEN class at a school (details supplied); when works will commence; and if an indication of a completion date for works is available. [49265/23]