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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 13:In page 8, line 13, to delete “recommendations,” and substitute “recommendations or legally binding determinations”.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 14:In page 8, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:“(c) to conduct investigations into allegations of planning corruption, impropriety or negligence so as to make findings of fact which can used by the relevant authorities to prosecute breaches of law. The Office shall have the legal power to secure any documentation and to call any witnesses which it...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The balance between this House and the regulator is that it is for this House to set legislation, policy and guidelines, while the purpose of the regulator is to ensure that, where another public body - a planning authority or regional authority - breaches those guidelines, action will be taken. That is what the clear distinction should be.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The problem that the Mahon report rightly acknowledged is that there was not a proper balance or separation of powers. What the Mahon report proposed was not that there should be the power to investigate. That is in the Minister of State's Bill. That is not in dispute. It proposed the ability to give directions to regional authorities and planning bodies. It is that ability to give...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: It would be more up-front if the Minister of State said the Government was not accepting the core recommendation of the Mahon tribunal report. I refer to the quote I read. Judge Mahon talked about an over-centralisation of power in the hands of the Minister and the Department. Perhaps I do not understand this well. Will the Minister of State outline where in the legislation there is an...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 5:In page 7, line 40, after “assess” to insert “and make legally binding determinations on”. It is such a long time since we last dealt with this Bill that it is worthwhile to remind ourselves of the core issues dealt with by the Bill, and particularly this group of amendments. As Members will know, this legislation arises out of the Mahon...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Closures (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Garda stations closed in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2007 to 2017; the sale price listed for each Garda station; and the amount the station was actually sold for, in tabular form. [4463/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí serving in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2012 to 2017, in tabular form. [4464/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of registered general practitioners in counties Longford and Westmeath; the waiting times for occupational therapy, psychology services and mental health services in counties Longford and Westmeath; and the number of staff working in these respective areas. [4467/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Data (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families claiming family income supplement in counties Westmeath and Longford in 2016 and 2017, by month, in tabular form. [4465/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new local authority first-time buyer loans issued in 2017; and the value of these loans. [3975/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual general funding allocation paid to Longford and Westmeath county councils in each of the years 2012 to 2017, in tabular form. [4462/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons claiming HAP in counties Westmeath and Longford. [4466/18]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for the further information. Sinn Féin has no difficulty with regulation 1 and 3. I will make some comments on the second one. We absolutely support the intention of the regulation. All of the parties in this House want to see over-the-shop commercial units, in particular, brought into residential use particularly in rural towns and inner city areas as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise for being late.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: To thank him for his congratulations on the Minister's sterling work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a few questions on Pillars 4 and 5. On Pillar 5, I am disappointed that there has not been a publication of a vacant homes strategy. The Minister has decided to do rolling announcements of policy changes but a considerable amount of work was done by both us and external bodies in order to make submissions. A considerable body of work was also done by Minister's officials and his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Two to three month deposits-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----or a mixture of two to three months deposits and rent in advance are becoming the norm in many parts of this city. It is being used by some landlords to circumvent the good regulations that were introduced to make it illegal to refuse to accept housing assistance payment, HAP, and rent supplement tenants. I am not surprised people are not complaining to the Residential Tenancies Board...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is a genuine question but would it not have been better to include those certification requirements in the statutory instrument because a concern we have is that the statutory instrument is silent on the issue of compliance.