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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: No, that was my word, but I think it is a reasonable interpretation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: On the question of resources not being an issue, on a number of occasions the EPA talked of the balance between that risk and the burden of administration and costs. If that burden of administration and costs was not what it currently is, would the EPA still be making the recommendations? When we ask the Department to tell us why it was going for 25 cu. m, 250 cu. m and 2,000 cu. m, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: Should the Bill give the power to refuse licences for existing abstractors under certain circumstances? With respect to enforcement, have recommendations been made to the Department concerning what that regime should be? In terms of indefinite licences, is there any other EPA licence type that is indefinite? Given that Ms Gurrie said that the registration process is very simple, why would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is there a provision in the Bill to refuse a licence for an existing abstractor, if there are grounds to do so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise for cutting across Ms O'Connor. My question is, does the EPA think that there should be provisions in the Bill to provide for a refusal? I know what the heads say, but it seems odd that there is no provision. If the EPA's view is, having done an assessment, that there is a problem, surely it would like to have that power to be able to refuse, I presume in very limited circumstances.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I just want to press this because it is important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not being adversarial, but there could be a situation where the EPA's environmental assessment finds that an abstraction should not continue but it will not be empowered to do that. It will only be able to apply conditions. Surely that seems an odd scenario.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (4 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are circumstances in which persons that have lost their home due to Celtic tiger era mortgage distress and that have exited a personal insolvency agreement could apply and secure a Rebuilding Ireland home loan. [33987/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Guardian's Payment (4 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports to grandparents that have direct responsibility for caring for their grandchildren as guardians. [33982/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Carers' Strategy (4 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 123. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for grandparents of children with special needs in circumstances in which the grandparents are the primary guardian of the children. [33983/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: One-Parent Family Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is an issue where, with a bit of common sense and goodwill, we can make a difference to people's lives. Someone like Kirsty today can legitimately claim jobseeker's allowance because she has no full-time employment. She is in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and the State pays that in recognition of the fact that she has no means. The foster care allowance is not a payment to provide...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: One-Parent Family Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I look forward to the Minister being as positive in response to my query as she was to the previous one. I thank her for taking time out of a long and busy day to be here so late to deal with this issue. I will start by introducing her to a woman I know. Her name is Kirsty. She has been a foster parent for more than 13 years. She, and her then partner, started fostering, and they were...

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: First Stage (3 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: First Stage (3 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing Act 1988 to provide a legal definition of persons at risk of homelessness and to give the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and local authorities the power to provide such persons with supports to prevent them from becoming homeless. As Deputies know, the number of adults and children...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Consultation Process (3 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the public consultation on removing barriers to energy efficiency in the rental sector by addressing the split-incentive problem. [32442/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Budgets (3 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding allocation for his Department for 2021 by project. [32444/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 341. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting time for applicants for the driver licence theory test and driver test; the reason for the long delays in getting appointments for these two tests; and his plans to reduce these waiting times. [33253/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Yield (3 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 381. To ask the Minister for Finance the distributional impact of increases in the carbon tax from budgets prior to 2021 had on different income groups; and the compensation measures taken to protect the most vulnerable. [32443/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (3 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 427. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the legislation or regulations governing the primary medical certificate scheme in view of the Supreme Court appeal decisions (details supplied). [33088/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Building Finance Ireland (3 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 396. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for loans to Home Building Finance Ireland since its establishment; the number of loan approvals; the number of loan drawdowns; the monetary value of the applications, approvals and drawdowns; and the number of units of accommodation involved in the applications, approvals and drawdowns to date. [32327/20]