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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am being very careful but if one reduces the grant, it is essentially a form of penalty. We may not agree on that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----but I am choosing my words very carefully.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I respect that fully. I will make an appeal because there are a few weeks left for this to go. In the case that a homeowner is awarded a grant of €160,000 but, when it comes to hiring a contractor to replace like for like, it will cost €180,000, €190,000 or €200,000, I appeal to Ms Timmons, in her private conversations with her colleagues and the Minister, to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is there likely to be some money in the budget this year for that or is it being discussed in the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Could local authorities and approved housing bodies expect some budgetary provision for next year to finance some of that work?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The cost of living is pushing households to breaking point. People struggle to put food on the table, to put fuel in their cars and to put a secure roof over their heads. A report published by EUROSTAT today shows that Ireland had the highest prices for consumer goods and services in the European Union last year. Meanwhile, we see the biggest squeeze on incomes in a generation. Speaking...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yesterday, the Cabinet approved the defective concrete block remediation Bill. After months of delay, homeowners affected by pyrite, mica and pyrrhotite have sight of the Government's intentions. Tomorrow, the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage will sit for six hours to scrutinise the general scheme of the Bill. We will hear from homeowners, experts and officials....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: People living in cracking and crumbling homes are not interested in petty political point scoring. They want us to get the legislation right. Not only have I read the general scheme, but I have had informal briefings from the Minister's officials on the content of the as yet unpublished Bill, so I am as across it as I can be without having read it. Tomorrow, homeowners from Clare, Mayo...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: They are not agreed. At the meeting of the Business Committee last week, we requested that there would be time set aside this week for statements on the ongoing crisis in An Bord Pleanála. I appreciate that a review is taking place in the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Given that every single day there are new and very concerning revelations, however, it is only...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Defective Building Materials (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that he has taken to date on ensuring a contribution from relevant industries to the funding for dealing with defective block and or future defective building remediation; if he will provide a list of all meetings to date; the dates when these meetings occurred; if he will provide a report from the meetings; and the plans on the issue of industry...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of affordable cost rental at a location (details supplied); the level of affordable housing fund allocated; and the estimated cost of the cost rental homes. [32018/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of affordable homes on the glass bottle factory site in the Poolbeg SDZ; if he will provide a list of meetings held by him in the past six months with stakeholders; the name of the stakeholders; and the details of progress on the delivery of affordable purchase or affordable cost rental homes on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of social housing delivery to date; the number of schemes and units that have been delivered as part of the new build and acquisitions by each local authority and including approved housing body activity to the most recent date for which data is available. [32020/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 639. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) who started their adoption tracing process in September 2020 is yet to be assigned a social worker. [32576/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank everybody for the useful presentations. There is a terrible sense of déjà vufor most. The witnesses were with us many years ago to have exactly the same conversation. A number of people on our side of the discussion made the point that we were in the middle of a deep housing crisis and that the focus was on the need to increase supply. If we did not ensure that it was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: How much extra floor area is in question? I know it is specific to the device and individual, but what is a ballpark figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is simply extra floor space.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not sure if Deputy Gould is here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: On costs, the answer depends on the type of housing. If a private developer has bought private land then increasing the overall floor space will cost but that can be mitigated. For social housing, there should not be a significant extra cost in this instance. For example, in most cases social housing, where it is developed directly by a local authority, is on land that has an historic...