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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (9 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 146. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she plans to cut the funding for a charity (details supplied); the amount of funding the project receives; the reason for the cut; if similar cuts and or restructuring of similar projects is taking place elsewhere; if she will review the decision with a view to continuing funding either through the schools completion programme or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Data (8 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers who have been returned from Ireland to Zimbabwe in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40836/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (8 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approved housing bodies that have tier 1 certified body status; the number given tier 1 certified body status in the past year; and the number awarded certified body status in the past year (details supplied). [40555/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (8 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has Part V targets for 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if so, the details of the targets for each of the years referenced. [40704/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (8 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will include an ethnic identifier in the pathway accommodation and support system to include Travellers. [40713/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is hugely significant legislation, whatever an individual's view of it may be. In some respects, it is on a par with the National Asset Management Agency Act back in 2009, though it is very different legislation and its intention is positive. We are in the process of scrutinising an agency which, if it does what Government policy wants it to do, will hold assets equal to or even...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: We are soft on guests, giving a break. Wait until they get in front of the Committee on Public Accounts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is important that the committee is clear on two key elements of why the Bill is structured like this. It is structured as a commercial, independent entity with 60% of the units to be sale on the open market, because that is the only way one can get it off-balance sheet. We just need to be clear about that. We are talking about an investment over 20 years of between €40 billion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will just make this point, please, Chairman. A piece of land has different values depending on what one does with it. If it has 100% social, it has value: A, if it is 20% social it has value: B. What is hidden in the joint venture model is the ability of a developer, who is one's partner and is bringing the finance, to extract additional value from the land, by pricing it in to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I appreciate that but this is such important legislation and this is my final point. We were told last week by the Minister that it would be reckless for the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government to lose oversight of housing developments of €6 million. What we have been told today, and people listening need to understand, is that we will be handing over €1.25...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked about this already, but I cannot remember the answer. When does the Government expect to publish the Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I realise it is not Ms Graham's call.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Do the Government and the Department hope the committee will conclude its consideration of the Bill before the end of the year, or just that it will be published and kicked into next year?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school supports in place for a person (details supplied); the number of waiting lists for schools with special classes they are on; and when they will be provided with a place in a special class as recommended in the educational assessment. [39275/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (1 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children in Tusla-funded domestic violence refuges in 2017. [39477/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report into alleged planning irregularities in County Donegal will be published; and the action he plans to take arising from the contents of the report. [39599/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (1 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations for a tenancy deposit protection scheme; and if his Department has commenced work on the development of such a scheme. [39727/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (1 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the quality standards framework inspection regime for emergency homeless accommodation; and when the framework will be in place. [39788/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the roll-out of choice based letting across all local authorities as per page 5 of the guidance document issued in December 2016 (details supplied). [39798/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can we have a serious statement?