Results 13,441-13,460 of 15,092 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible under EU VAT rules to apply selectively a reduction on the current rate of VAT to certain categories of house purchases, such as those bought by first-time buyers, houses on sale below a specified affordability level or houses sold at a price below a specified affordability level; and if VAT can be refundable or rebatable in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 636. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Rowlagh primary care centre, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; the status of project discussions with a college (details supplied) for a shared campus; the timeframe for submission of a planning application; the services that will be transferred from Rowlagh health centre to the new campus; and the new services being considered or agreed for the new...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 963. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the aftercare costs, some in excess of €35 million, facing some local authorities for closed landfills; and if these costs were recouped in full from the waste operators that used these landfills. [46285/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 964. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if local authorities subsidised waste operators for the aftercare costs incurred by the authorities due to closed landfills; and if they applied the polluter pays principle and other relevant national and EU legislation when calculating full cost recovery. [46286/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 998. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason applicant taxi drivers that fail their theory and or knowledge tests must pay the full fee to repeat the exams; and his plans to review the regulations with a view to reducing the charge for repeat exams or allowing a combined grade from both sets of exams to ensure fairness for those applying. [45732/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1133. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the family resource centres funded by her Department; the number of full-time equivalent staff in each centre; and the level of core funding for their activities, in tabular form. [46862/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1134. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the increase in funding allocated for resource centres for 2018; the number of new family resource centres that she expects to fund with this allocation; the number of core full-time equivalent staff that will be allocated to these new centres; and the core funding allocation expected to be made to each of these new centres. [46863/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reports commissioned by his Department or its predecessor from the Housing Agency or other bodies in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017 that have not yet been published; the reason each report has not been published; and the timeframe for the publication of these reports. [46794/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of long term social housing voids returned to stock by each local authority in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the funding allocated to each local authority in each year to restore these units to use, in tabular form. [47024/17]

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Only good announcements.

Other Questions: Emergency Accommodation Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is not the question.

Other Questions: Emergency Accommodation Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister's efforts are not working.

Other Questions: Emergency Accommodation Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister has it.

Other Questions: Emergency Accommodation Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Nobody doubts the work of the voluntary sector or the staff in councils or the Minister's own Department. I am simply saying that it is exactly the trends that matter. The overall trend is that the numbers of adults, children and families who are experiencing homelessness are up. The Minister is trying to put a positive spin on it to say that in Dublin for two months in a row the number of...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 12. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans in conjunction with local authorities and other bodies to deliver the agreed number of social and affordable homes in strategic development zones, SDZs, such as at Poolbeg and Clonburris and land initiatives such as O'Devaney Gardens and the Grange. [45349/17]

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: This question is very straightforward. There has been very good co-operation between the Department officials, Dublin City Council, local councillors and the local community with regard to the Poolbeg strategic development zone, SDZ. This resulted in an increase in the total amount of social and affordable housing to be made available. I welcome that and I also welcome the work of the...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The key issue here is the 550 affordable homes to be made available on the Poolbeg site because this is not public land. It is privately owned land that is currently in the hands of the receiver. The question arises as to how we ensure genuinely affordable homes. I remind the House of the price ranges I spoke of earlier of houses between €170,000 and €280,000. This would...

Other Questions: Regeneration Projects Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a project (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will be funded directly through Exchequer revenue rather than a private sector-led land initiative. [45348/17]

Other Questions: Regeneration Projects Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State knows Sinn Féin's strong concerns about the funding model that is being used for the land initiatives at O'Devaney Gardens and St. Michael's Estate. Given the long history of failed and collapsed regeneration projects at this location and in light of the very active involvement of the local community, will the Minister of State not consider taking this out of the...

Other Questions: Regeneration Projects Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is important to remember that the origin of these schemes does not come from the councils but from a time when there was no central government funding available for any kind of scheme, whether mono-tenure or mixed. The difficulty with the funding model the Government is essentially imposing on the local authorities is, first, it does not allow the right quantity of social, affordable...