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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Voting) Bill 2014 [Private Members']: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is no evidence in the data presented to suggest that is something that happens, even where the diaspora or non-resident population is large. The other issue is that of time limits. Again, the report is interesting in that regard because it highlights that a number of countries that currently apply time limits are doing away with them. The argument is that they are discriminatory....

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulty of filling community employment scheme places due to his Department's prioritisation of JobPath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25900/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Widow's Pension Eligibility (31 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to allow unmarried partners qualify for the widow's pension on the death of their partner in certain circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25899/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22 lost a mainstream teacher; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as a result of this decision junior and senior infants are forced into multi-grade classes; his plans to address parents' concerns that their children's education will be negatively affected; and his further plans to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (30 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the capital and current expenditure on housing in 2016; and the allocated capital and current expenditure on housing in 2017, in tabular form. [25663/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Investigations (30 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to the ongoing investigation into complaints regarding irregularities in the administration of planning in County Donegal, the reason he will not permit the senior counsel undertaking the exercise to investigate the matter relating to An Bord Pleanála and Donegal County Council which has been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Investigations (30 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to the ongoing investigation into complaints regarding irregularities in the administration of planning in County Donegal, the reason he will not permit the senior counsel undertaking the exercise to investigate the matters relating to the CEO of Donegal County Council which have been documented to him; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Investigations (30 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to the ongoing investigation into complaints regarding irregularities in the administration of planning in County Donegal, the reason he will not permit the senior counsel undertaking the exercise to investigate the matters relating to the civil servants that advised on the discredited report put before...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Investigations (30 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to the ongoing investigation into complaints regarding irregularities in the administration of planning in County Donegal, the reason he will not permit the senior counsel undertaking the exercise to investigate the matters relating to the acting director of planning and senior planner in Donegal County...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Investigations (30 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of all investigations into planning matters initiated by him or his ministerial predecessors under section 255 of the Planning and Development Acts since 2011; the current status of each investigation; the details of the findings made and actions taken in cases in which these investigations have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 391. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite increased personal assistant hours and transportation to school for a person (details supplied) in Lucan, County Dublin. [25285/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Consumer Protection (30 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 557. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the problem of television and home Internet companies deliberately preventing or making it difficult for persons to exit from their contracts, despite the contract term having expired; the State agency responsible for dealing with complaints on such matters; the legislation that...

Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the EU Commission's legal proceedings against the Government for the breach of the urban waste water treatment directive. [24807/17]

Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: In February, the European Commission initiated court proceedings against the Irish Government for breaches of the urban waste water treatment directive. Infringement proceedings have been ongoing since 2012. I am looking for an update from the Minister of State on the progress on the 38 agglomerations or urban areas that are currently in breach of EU law and what the Government will do to...

Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Interestingly, the primary reason the European Commission initiated the infringement proceedings was because when Fine Gael took office in 2011, it slashed the capital budget for wastewater treatment plans. Prior to that, particularly when John Gormley was Minister, the investment was between €200 million and €300 million on an annual basis. When Fine Gael took office with...

Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: If John Gormley was able to sustain the level of funding in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, when the recession was at its deepest, there is simply no reason why Fine Gael, if it had chosen to continue that level of funding, could not have done so. My question has still not been answered. I want to know, year on year, from now to 2021, what the investment is. I knew the figure was €1.1...

Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State is a smart man. I thought he might know off the top of his head.

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the position regarding the way in which he plans to uphold his commitment to end the use of hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation as emergency accommodation for persons by July 2017; and a timeframe for same. [24806/17]

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The first action of Pillar 1 on homelessness in rebuilding Ireland commits to ensuring that by mid-2017 hotels will be used only in limited circumstances for emergency accommodation for families. Pillar 1 commits to meeting housing needs through the housing assistance payment, housing allocations, a rapid build programme and acquisitions. Nowhere in the document does it state those...

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State left out three sentences from the commitment in the answer. The document does not simply state that the Government will end the use of hotels by mid-2017. It lists the four types of housing the Government will provide to meet that objective. Nowhere among those four types of housing is there mention of moving people into other emergency accommodation. When I...