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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I was referring to both Galway City Council and Galway County Council.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Moreover, I maintain there is nothing in this legislation that would have any negative impact on Traveller accommodation. It is disingenuous of the Deputy to suggest otherwise. Contrary to the claims of some people, no one chooses to sleep rough. I am pleased no one has made that claim in the Chamber today. However, sometimes in the public debate about homelessness we hear that people...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to share time with my two colleagues, Deputy Dessie Ellis and Deputy David Cullinane.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I welcome the Bill. It is very simple and it is very reasonable because it is not looking to outlaw these devices; it is just placing a requirement on businesses or public bodies who would seek to put them on their premises to justify that through planning permission and to allow the rest of us to engage in that process. The Bill comes down to something very simple. If one thinks it is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with persons (details supplied) following the recent debate on the Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2016 in Seanad Éireann. [49509/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults and children who have been granted their stamp four visa or leave to remain but who remain in direct provision or other non-permanent accommodation funded by his Department on the first day of each month in 2017. [49530/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1527 of 26 July 2017, the calculated value of the non-cash benefits which those in direct provision with status receive. [49468/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1527 of 26 July 2017, if she is satisfied that a payment of €26.10 is sufficient for a person in direct provision to have the means to seek employment. [49469/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide direction to ensure that emergency needs payments are readily considered to support those in direct provision centres to move on in view of the fact that homeless HAP is not available in most counties and therefore there is a no possibility for those leaving direct provision to access or save the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (21 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons remaining in institutional settings, that is, hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, care homes, nursing homes and so on, longer than their discharge date; if there is a study of instances in which persons are remaining in institutional settings for significant periods of time after their discharge date passes; and if these instances are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (21 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated and drawn down by all local authorities for Traveller accommodation in 2016 and to date in 2017; and his plans for improving the drawdown of local authorities in 2018 as a result of the funding increase announced in budget 2018. [49197/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a place in a special class for children with a diagnosed disability in view of the recommendation by the HSE on 23 October 2017. [48529/17]

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: For me, though, the most disturbing comments were those made by the Taoiseach at the weekend.

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: In response to questions he said: "By international standards, compared with our peers, we have a low level of homelessness. They are the stats and we can provide them for you. Of course it is a good thing that in Ireland we have a low level of homelessness compared with our peer countries." I have in my hand the statistics and the report from the Taoiseach's press office which we all have...

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Deputy Jan O'Sullivan for tabling this valuable legislation for our consideration. I am happy to hear it will be supported by the Government. This is not just a theoretical piece of legislation, it will have a real, practical impact. The Deputy outlined some of the families she has dealt with in her constituency and elsewhere who have been affected by the lack of protection, the...

Topical Issue Debate: Traveller Accommodation Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and acknowledge, again, the commitment we have given to work with the Government on this to ensure we get the right result. I welcome the establishment of the expert group and look forward to the announcement the Minister will make following the receipt of correspondence from the national Traveller accommodation consultative committee. I welcome...

Topical Issue Debate: Traveller Accommodation Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State is aware that two very important reports on the issue of Travellers and Traveller accommodation were published in the past four weeks. The first report was commissioned by the Housing Agency and the Minister of State's own Department was involved in it. It was conducted by independent researchers looking at the Traveller accommodation programmes since their inception....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: You will not need to be lenient with me, Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I agree with the Minister of State, Deputy English, in that we need to deal with the facts. I have three questions but I want to make three observations first. The Taoiseach said over the weekend that our levels of homelessness are low when compared to our peers. That is a fact. When he was pressed by the journalist at the press event, he referenced the 2017 OECD report. The 2017 OECD...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am going to do that, and I will do it within my time. I have never said that we have a higher rate of homelessness than anywhere else. In fact, I no one in the committee has ever said that. However, we have an unacceptably high level. In fact, there is evidence to suggest that it is higher than our immediate peers, as Eoin O'Sullivan has written about recently. I want to put that on...