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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank both the professor and Home for Good for their presentations. Senator Fitzpatrick is correct: this is the second hearing in this Dáil but in fact we have been discussing the matter for six years, since 2016. The special Dáil Committee on Housing and Homelessness had a very significant discussion of these issues. This is the third programme for Government that has a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is a good conversation so maybe I will continue it a little. It is important to recognise the State already has lots of definitions in statute of what adequate housing is with respect to minimum standards, overcrowding, etc. In some senses, while we can argue whether those standards are adequate, there are some already there. For example, the State has been found to be in breach of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Some of us would argue that it is poorly designed policy with respect to the private rental sector that has led to the crisis in that sector and all of the unintended consequences that flow from that but we will debate that another day. One could say that there is a case to be made that private sector landlords might see the right to housing in the Constitution as a positive thing. One...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I welcome homeowners from Clare, Limerick, Mayo, Sligo and Donegal, who are in the Gallery today. I commend all of them, and all affected homeowners, many of whom have been campaigning for a decade. In particular, I commend them on the incredibly intense level of campaigning over the past 12 months, on the streets and on social media, and their engagement with the Minister and his...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable purchase homes that have been delivered to date; the local authority areas in which they have been delivered; the sales price of the properties and the income limit for eligible purchasers for each size and type of home in tabular form. [35135/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable cost rental homes that have been delivered to date; the local authority areas in which they have been delivered; and the rents being charged by each size and type of home in tabular form. [35136/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (30 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 295. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has plans to regulate the e-cigarette market. [35133/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (30 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 296. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the commitments made in the programme for Government related to e-cigarettes, including the proposed ban on the sale of these products to persons under 18 years of age; and the proposed licensing system for the retail sale of nicotine inhaling products. [35134/22]

Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am happy to allow the Minister of State to answer Deputy Boyd Barrett's question.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State. My apologies for being late. Unfortunately, I have just come from a meeting to try to finalise amendments to another Bill for which amendments have to be submitted by 11 a.m. tomorrow, in spite of the fact that Second Stage of the Bill has not even started, let alone finished and, apparently, we will only be given a very short amount of time. As regards...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: May I make a final response? I will not labour the point but our job is not just to say whether we are for or against what the Government is doing. Deputies Cian O'Callaghan, Boyd Barrett and I spend a lot of time in committee. We take our job as legislators very seriously. Even when it comes to the things the Government is doing that we support, we want to make sure the language and the...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: You are the boss.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (28 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 386. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a French military exercise is taking place off the south-west coast of Ireland during the end of June and early July 2022; if notification of the exercise was provided to his Department; and if there are concerns about the impact on marine biodiversity as a result of the exercise. [33781/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the education supports and school place options that are available for a child (details supplied) who is currently unable to access a school place appropriate to their special needs. [33635/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Ms Hegarty, Mr. Doyle and Ms Donaghy for their presentations. Starting with the Irish Council for Social Housing, the committee would be interested in what our guests are hearing from their members about what is happening on the ground at the moment with respect to both what I call own developments, usually Part 8s but also turnkeys, and Part Vs. I am referring to projects that are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise for cutting across but is the council noticing any variation with fixed-price contracts where there is tendering for its own direct delivery versus prices for turnkeys versus Part Vs, or is it the same across the three delivery streams?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise for cutting across again, but is it Ms Donaghy's understanding the council's members will have access to the burden-sharing mechanism the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, has introduced? Has the council got the technical detail of that yet? In there sense of whether that is going to work or not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Again, as this is important, is Ms Donaghy saying there are certain types of fixed-price contracts where there will be a flexibility but there are other kinds of contracts that the council signs with contractors where there will not be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Deputy McAuliffe has not spoken yet.