Results 11,281-11,300 of 15,090 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: My question was about Shanganagh. What added value does the LDA bring to that development, which could be progressed tomorrow by the local authority and the Department were funding provided? What does the LDA bring to the table?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: That does not apply in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown case, which is the first development the LDA is seeking to do, or does it? I am asking a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I asked about the covenants from the Housing Agency in respect of the land that was transferred under the LDA's current status or its designated activity company, DAC, status.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: In such a transfer, will the Housing Agency retain its ability to set those covenants after the LDA's establishment as a DAC or will it be in any way weakened?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Which is the LDA's understanding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their detailed responses. I do not want to go back to the countercyclical issue because it is important to acknowledge that the difficulties the State had after 2008 were not because of a lack of borrowing capacity or a lack of Exchequer revenue; they were because of decisions taken to use the borrowing capacity and Exchequer revenue to hand to do something else....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will happily second amendments to the legislation if it does not come back in an appropriate form.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Latent Defects: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Ms Cottier for her presentation. I welcome the creation of the Construction Defects Alliance. A number of members have worked with homeowners over the past five or six years. The first thing that always stands out is that people feel lost and unsure of what to do. They do not know whether they should pay significant sums of money for legal advice, and they are very scared about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Latent Defects: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am almost done. I have a very short question to put after I make this point. I would like the State to explore with the Attorney General whether it is possible to pursue directors of companies who are still trading, although maybe not through the same legal entity. There will be instances where the developer cannot be pursued so there must be a fund, whether it is raised through industry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Latent Defects: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: With public money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Latent Defects: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I do not have that option when I pay my tax.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Latent Defects: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Deputy Martin made a very good point when she asked if we have to wait for a tragedy to occur. It is not an exaggeration. If one looks at the history of building control, powers were first given to the Minister to develop building control regulations in the 1960s. The regulations were not drafted until the 1970s and it was then decided not to implement them. The Stardust fire led to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Latent Defects: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Our guests are being heard. It is important for them, the people here with them and anybody else who is listening that lots of people are hearing what is being said. It is not just members of this committee and the Oireachtas. There has been a good and significant level of good media coverage from RTÉ, The Irish Timesand Irish Examiner. I reassure people that there are people hearing...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policy Reviews (6 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the draft national policy for architecture and the built environment. [44974/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties Data (6 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant properties in counties Cavan and Monaghan in tabular form; and the existing or planned initiatives he intends to implement to assist local authorities in the counties to make vacant homes habitable. [45630/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Vice Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is that okay? I am substituting for Deputy Jonathan O'Brien.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witness for the presentation. Mr. Creegan will know that I and my Dublin colleagues have been engaging very closely with the NTA on the first draft of the plan and in the consultation process. We engage in that process in good faith and are hoping to see significant change. For the part of the city I know best, there have been very substantial and some positive changes in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: A portion of the capital funding is going to that versus acquiring the bus corridors and the CPO costs.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Accommodation (5 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State. I acknowledge the work and commitment of the Minister of State to this project. Because of this commitment, he has built up a considerable volume of trust with members of the Opposition and with the stakeholders. I have two concerns. The Housing Agency's report was published in January 2017. Extensive consultations took place during that. The expert...