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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, the question is for information purposes only.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I ask the Minister to tell us in plain English what the €13 million re-profiling means. The document does not make clear what exact areas are being cut from and what will be delayed until the following year as a result. While I welcome the additional funding for pyrite works, provision does not seem to have been made for additional funding for pyrite and mica works in counties...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Was it expected prior to the re-profiling that the projects in streams B and C would have happened, even if they would have taken longer than the projects in stream A?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I could ask the Minister to give me an indication of what the amount might be this year, but I presume he will not do that until he announces the scheme. If he is in a position to give us some information about it, that would be useful. More important, can the Minister confirm that it will include the mica block housing affected in Donegal and the pyrite housing affected in Mayo? That is my...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I appreciate that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will ask a quick supplementary on that matter. It is not a criticism of the Department, but a concern that some of us have is that too little of the capital funding for Traveller accommodation is being spent on new units for new households and too much is being spent on refurbishments. I am not against the refurbishments but, unlike standard social housing where there is a capital budget...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: We had a discussion with the EPA, Irish Water and the Department about additional funding for wastewater treatment upgrades. How much is expected to be spent on wastewater treatment this year in comparison with last year? I acknowledge additional money has been provided.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Within that, there is capital investment to upgrade drinking water and to upgrade the wastewater treatment plants. I believe last year's spending on the upgrading of plants and the distribution network for wastewater was €240 million or €250 million. Of the increased overall capital expenditure for this year, is an increased portion going into wastewater treatment? I am...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: The real issue here is that of the 1,500 applications that have been approved, 68% have not been able to draw down the funds. They have not been able to draw down the funds because either it is taking too long for the underwriting process or, particularly in Dublin, the amount of money being offered - on average about €200,000 - comes nowhere close to the average house price of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Mayoral Election (5 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 88. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the formation of a citizens' assembly for Dublin regarding a directly elected mayor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10785/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Imports Data (5 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 94. To ask the Taoiseach the value of fossil fuel imports over the past five years in tabular form. [10705/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Climate Change Policy (5 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial instruments used in regard to €58 million of the international development programme on climate interventions in 2017; the breakdown of the climate finance from Ireland over the past three years; and the type of financial instruments in this regard, in tabular form. [10698/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (5 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the progress of the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10697/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (5 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 259. To ask the Minister for Health when Spinraza will be made available for children with spinal muscular atrophy. [10257/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Wise 2025 Strategy (5 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to place climate mitigation at the centre of the successor strategy to Food Wise 2025; his views on the main changes and priorities required in the next strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10701/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (5 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 422. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 499 of 26 February 2019, if his attention has been drawn to a perceived anomaly in the response concerned (details supplied); he will retract his previous response; and the reason Ireland did not object to the position of the council of delaying the 90% separate collection target...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (5 Mar 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 423. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 26 February 2019, (details supplied), his views on the perceived disproportionate consultation with a company by his Department in relation to the single use plastics directive; his further views on whether there is a potential conflict of interest in view of the fact the...