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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (7 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the findings of the 2013 departmental review into shared ownership schemes; the reason the report was never published; the actions he took following the report; and the advice that is being given to councils dealing with distressed shared ownership mortgages. [52164/17]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: With regard to subhead A3, there is a proposed increased to €356 million. How many units will that deliver by the end of this year? There is a table in the second briefing note relating to local authority capital expenditure. How many units has the €177 million indicated in the table delivered to date? How many units has the €107 million billed delivered to date? A...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I asked about repossessions which are referred to in the third column of the table. It is the first time I have seen the term used. What is the category?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is the Minister talking about the voids but calling them repossessions?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is the fine detail on those in the social housing construction pipeline or if not, can we get the same level of detail so that we know exactly what they are?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: In the table if we take the regenerations out of the existing targets my understanding, based on an announcement from earlier this year, is that there will be approximately 4,300 new units between acquisitions and builds for the year. I presume repossessions are in there somewhere. The Minister is saying, however, that by the end of September 1,300 of those were delivered. Is he saying now...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Deputy Cowan raised this the last day we met. None of us is complaining about additional spend and if that is producing additional units it is very welcome. Many of us want to know how many units under each of the headings have been completed by now and are in the process of being tenanted. If the Minister cannot provide that information today, could he do so as soon as he is in a position...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I presume that under each of those headings from the Minister's targets the Department provides updates through the year. My worry is that the only area of delivery which is ahead of target is the housing assistance payment, HAP. The worry is that because there is such a focus on construction if the Minister is falling back on the construction targets they are being replaced in respect of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: On acquisitions, just over 1,800 units have been offered to the State and various agencies for purchase over the past 12 months through several different schemes by banks, funds and other parties. Obviously, the €70 million Housing Agency scheme is the principal one. As of a couple of months ago, the State, in all its forms, was in the process of purchasing only 600 of these 1,800...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: My question was more specific than that, because I already knew all of that information. Some 1,800 units were offered. None was offered on the open market. They were all offered by banks, funds or other parties to the Housing Agency or to local authorities that contacted the Housing Agency. That is my understanding. Has the Minister seen that full list of 1,800? Is he satisfied that...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Perhaps we might be able to discuss more of the detail in private session next week.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Homeless Accommodation Funding (5 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 360. To ask the Minister for Health the associated costs provided by his Department towards the funding one Housing First tenancy. [51772/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Funding (5 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 690 of 28 November 2017, the details of activities covered by the funding from his Department to an organisation (details supplied). [51762/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (5 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the associated costs of funding one Housing First tenancy in tabular form. [51771/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Homelessness Strategy (30 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State's disappointing reply was exactly the same as the reply we would have got if the tragic events of recent days had not happened. It was promised under Rebuilding Ireland that there would be 300 new Housing First tenancies within a year, but just 180 of them have been delivered. The target of 300 was not close to enough, given that so many people are spending long...

Topical Issue Debate: Homelessness Strategy (30 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: A number of weekends ago, the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, speaking on "The Week in Politics" said that the homelessness crisis would get worse before it got better. I do not think even he realised how prophetic his words would be. As Deputy Cowen said, we have had two more deaths of people forced to sleep rough as a result of homelessness. That is seven deaths in a matter of weeks. I...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the ongoing review of funding supports for group water schemes; the length of time the review will take; the lead official in his Department working on the review; the organisations and persons that have been consulted to date; the opportunities available to individual group water schemes or interested third...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding his Department provides to a group (details supplied) on an annual basis since the group was established. [49953/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital investment by his Department in individual group water schemes in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [49954/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the practice of some local authorities of providing families that are homeless but have not met the requirements of housing circular 41/2012 with emergency accommodation on a night-by-night basis only; if his attention has been further drawn to a legal reason a local authority cannot...