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Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: His press office did provide his statement in advance and he was complaining that I was repeating myself. I will continue to repeat myself, as will my colleagues, with the right policies until the Minister listens. What are we proposing today? It is what we have proposed before, which is an emergency three-year ban on rent increases for all existing renters, new tenancies and new...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — Fine Gael have now been in Government for 12 years, propped up by Fianna Fáil for the past seven years, and Darragh O'Brien TD has been the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for three years; and — during this time the housing crisis has deepened, and is the biggest threat to Ireland's economic and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I agree but two of these sets of regulations are significant so we also need to give them adequate scrutiny. With regard to the first of the regulations, does the Minister of State know how many buildings have availed to date of the two existing sets of exemptions for people with temporary protection orders and in the international protection system? How many buildings are currently in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I can get them from the Department myself but does the Minister of State know of the buildings that have availed of the exemption to date and how many of them are subject to enforcement proceedings by local authorities? There is a reason I am asking this question I am and I am not trying to trap or trick the Minister the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: This one I have the answer to. It is three. South Dublin County Council forced the evacuation of Dolcain House, which housed about 189 individuals in non-fire safety compliant conditions. Fingal County Council recently initiated enforcement action in similar circumstances and Kildare has had to do the same, not on fire safety grounds but for breach of protections in the original...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I understand that. That is not my point. It is a problem that, in bringing forward a significant change to the two sets of regulations, which we willingly supported previously, no assessment has been done by the Minister of State or his officials of the operation of the previous two. It is not the fault of the Minister of State's Department’s or his officials that the Department of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is, but my point is different. Our local authorities have done their job properly. I understand we might have ten or 15 commercial buildings subject to these exempted developments. If three out of ten are in breach, we have a problem. If a Department and IPAS cannot do their job properly, I am not sure we should extend exempted development status. We should not give that status to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: In basing the fee on the LSRD preplanning consultation, were there discussions between departmental officials and the Local Government Management Agency? The agency has repeatedly told the committee the fees do not reflect the amount of time------

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Just let me finish.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It continually comes to us telling us the fees set do not compensate for the time officials spend on these decisions. Separate to the Minister of State deciding to take LSRD and apply it to this, were there discussions on whether this was commensurate to the level of work done by planning authorities on these matters?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I ask that the Minister of State undertake to speak to his colleagues in the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and that a joint note be given to this committee on the first matter, particularly on the number of buildings and enforcements. I urge his Department to be more proactive in engaging with counterparts in the Department of Children, Equality,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: On this issue, there is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Finally, we should not give exemptions to people who abuse them. There have been three cases. I know the one in my constituency very well. Our local authority was exasperated at the lengths it had to go to get the property owner, IPAS, and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to comply with the most basic level of fire safety in a building in which we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a quick question, a comment and a request to the committee. So that I am getting my facts right, am I correct that the original exempted development status for accommodation for people with temporary protection was for three years and for people with international protection was for two years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is important to understand that the quality of the accommodation we are talking about is significantly below that of direct provision or standard homeless emergency accommodation, for example. I know that because I go in and out of a few of these facilities. In general, these are large rooms with multiple beds or bunk beds in large communal spaces with outdoor portaloos and limited...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is a request to our committee rather than to the Minister of State but the committee appreciates the Minister of State's support.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications and total funding sought from individual local authorities under the land acquisition fund; how much funding has been approved and drawn down to date by local authorities; and if there are plans for future land acquisition funding for local authorities. [33849/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications and total funding sought from approved housing bodies under the land acquisition fund; how much funding has been approved and drawn down to date by AHBs; and if there are plans for future land acquisition funding for AHBs. [33850/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the required amendments to the section 25 (2) (b) (II) of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 (details supplied) will be introduced; and to detail any assessment that has taken place in terms of the impact of the new amending legislation on registrations. [33851/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many AHBs are currently affected by the existing wording of section 25 (2) (b) (II) of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 in terms of their ability to register. [33852/23]