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Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Hear, hear.

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 11: In page 7, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Reports 4. The Minister may within a year of the commencement of this Act, commission and publish reports on the following matters: (a) the enforcement of construction product surveillance in the construction industry and measures taken to strengthen such enforcement to ensure full compliance...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 19: In page 9, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(16) The Minister shall request the National Standards Authority of Ireland to complete the review of I.S. 465:2018, in a timely manner and as far as is possible to ensure that that review is completed in time for the opening of the Defective Concrete Block Scheme as provided for in this...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: On a point of order-----

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 9: In page 6, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “ “foundations” means the lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level;”. The Minister finished off with respect to foundations. The problem is that the NSAI will not conclude that work until the first or second quarter of next year. That is...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 7: In page 6, to delete line 24 and substitute the following: “ “dwelling” means any property prescribed as such by the Minister by way of regulations;”. This is another one of those amendments that is of a technical nature. It inserts into the definitions section a different definition of "dwelling". One of the many concerns that...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 5: In page 6, line 18, to delete “both” and substitute “these". My colleagues and I object in the strongest possible terms to the way in which Committee Stage of this legislation is being rammed through today. The pre-legislative scrutiny phase was truncated. Committee members did everything we could to ensure some level of scrutiny of the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister for his opening remarks. Despite the rather technical and dry nature of this legislation, it is important to remind the House that it has the potential to have profound impacts on the lives of entire communities. We have spoken previously, when we dealt with the predecessor to this legislation and the general scheme of this Bill, about Derrybrien. It is probably one of...

European Parliament and Council Directive on Protecting Persons who engage in Public Participation: Motion (6 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State. Sinn Féin will support the motion. The issue the motion relates to and the directive itself are enormously important in having an EU-wide set of minimum standards for protecting individuals, journalists, human rights advocates and, more particularly, residents' associations, and environmental and non-governmental organisations, which is vital. Given...

European Parliament and Council Directive on Protecting Persons who engage in Public Participation: Motion (6 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will make no apology for this. It is in the public domain, it has been reported in the newspapers and it is a matter before the courts. These are precisely the kind of cases - I will not name any individuals - where company names have been reported in the public domain. I want to repeat them in the Chamber. I will not go beyond anything that is in the public domain, if that is okay....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the other supports, if any, that are available to assist with rental payments in order for a family to avoid homelessness in the instance that the family is removed from the social housing waiting list as a result of the income threshold being met and that the family is in receipt of only a payment from the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (6 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process by which a person (details supplied) can obtain a re-entry visa in order to be able to travel freely with their family. [36315/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance the current rate of VAT on construction for Government-funded social and affordable housing schemes; and if there are any legal impediments to reducing or zero-rating VAT on such schemes. [35787/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance the current rate of VAT on construction for refurbishment of vacant properties; and if there are any legal impediments to lowering this rate of VAT for refurbishment of vacant properties when such refurbishments meet other Government policy objectives, including those set out in the climate action plan's town centre first policy. [35788/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Maritime Jurisdiction (5 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the establishment of the maritime area regulatory authority; and when he hopes it will be established. [35424/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have received any advice or guidance from his Department in recent years on the length of time a person should be living in a local authority area to meet the eligibility conditions for social housing support; the details of this advice; and the basis of the five-year rule in many allocation schemes....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (5 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans, if any, that her Department has to ensure people in receipt of only a State pension as income are protected from the increasing cost of living. [35538/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current timeline in relation to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service for the processing of applications in respect of minors; and the number of minor applications that are pending at this time. [35279/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action, if any, that has been taken by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service to improve the application process; and if any action has been taken in recent months to address the delays in processing as a result of Covid-19. [35280/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 805. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been further drawn to staff shortages in the public health nursing service in Dublin West; if his attention has been drawn to persons receiving correspondence from the HSE advising that the PHN service cannot deliver child health services for developmental assessments at 3 months, 9-11 months, 21-24 months and 46-48 months; and the...