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Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, are pretty inconsequential compared with some others. I have some questions on amendments Nos. 16 and 29.

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am sorry to be pedantic but amendments Nos. 29 and 30 are also in the grouping. It is unusual because they relate to the Long Title but they are in the group.

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I fully accept the need to use such a motion to introduce amendments that are Covid-related because of the emergency nature of the pandemic. However, the use of this mechanism to introduce what is essentially an entirely new Bill to address the legal problems with existing substitute consent legislation is wholly inadequate. It is important to remember that this issue has not just been...

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister for his outline. In my five years in the Dáil, this is the fifth year in a row that in the dying days or hours of the December term very complex amending legislation on planning and residential tenancies has been brought before the House. In each of those years the legislation was been brought to the House in an incredibly unconventional and, I believe, unhelpful...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (16 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 277. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that determine whether or not a dog can be classified as an assistance dog; and the body responsible for setting such criteria. [43907/20]

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: On Monday of this week, I launched "What is the True Level of Homelessness?", a short report of which the Minister was highly critical before he departed the Chamber earlier. It is clear that he has not read the report, so I will summarise it for the Minister of State. A monthly report is produced by the Department of Housing, Heritage and Local Government and it reports the number of...

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am sharing my time with a number of colleagues. Finbar and Mary are a working family. Finbar has a full-time job and Mary has a part-time job. They have young children. They are just above the threshold for eligibility for social housing. They were renting accommodation for approximately €1,200 a month but got notice to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (15 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 394. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children who accessed Tusla-funded domestic violence refuge accommodation to date in 2020; the average length of time families spent in such accommodation; and the number of beds available on a given night in 2019. [42921/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (15 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 395. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children remaining in direct provision centres after their leave to remain has been granted for the most recent date available. [42922/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment: Discussion (15 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and the work both of their organisations are doing. It is important when talking about HAP not to talk about it alone because it is only one of four rental subsidies in the market. We have HAP, the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, the rent supplement and long-term leasing. For next year, the Government has provided €1.05 billion for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment: Discussion (15 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: HAP is removed from housing list figures, by way of information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment: Discussion (15 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: They absolutely are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment: Discussion (15 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: We are all from the country originally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment: Discussion (15 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have just two points to make. The one fact that has not been mentioned is the number of rental properties being lost to the market every year. According to the RTB, since January 2017 to September this year we have lost 20,000 rental units. That is the single biggest loss of rental units in three decades, which obviously means there is additional pressure on the system. According to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (10 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 632 of 3 November 2020 and 297 of 1 December 2020, the difference between the average social housing capital investment figures for Dublin city in 2019 and the SHCIP projects on which both sets of figures are based in tabular form. [42732/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (8 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the €108 million of State funding allocated to the bog rehabilitation scheme; the amount for decommissioning of power plants or peatland rehabilitation; the regularity with which this funding will be made available.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41218/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (8 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the subsidies for electric vehicles by BEV and PHEV and by model and private or company purchases. [41529/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if steps will be taken to expedite a driver theory test backlog for a person (details supplied). [41805/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which rescheduled driver theory tests cancelled due to level 5 restrictions are being managed alongside bookings already made; and if cancelled tests are being prioritised now that test centres have reopened. [41858/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social and Affordable Housing (8 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of and position regarding the operations of National Asset Residential Property Services, NARPS, including the number of residential properties currently held by the vehicle; the number of same leased to social housing providers; the length of the lease terms; the annual cost of these leases to the State; and the future plans for NARPS including...