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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units delivered through SHCEP in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the target number to be delivered for each year from 2018 to 2021; the number of these units each year that will remain in private ownership, council ownership and ownership of an approved housing body; and the cumulative...

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Not on affordable housing.

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: No, you have not.

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: None of which will affect the supply of affordable homes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Deputy for coming before the committee today. I reiterate Sinn Féin's strong support for the Bill. It makes eminent sense. As we all know from fighting elections, often an election is won or lost in the last two days of the campaign, whether as a result of the big public debates between party leaders or other issues. Therefore, denying islanders the right to participate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is there anybody outside Leinster House who is making an argument as to why this legislation should not pass?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: In that instance did those boxes eventually arrive and were they counted and included in the vote?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Deputy Sherlock for presenting to the committee. The Bill has Sinn Féin's full support and Deputy Quinlivan outlined that during the Second Stage debate but I also want to acknowledge Senator O'Sullivan's work in the Seanad in proposing the earlier Bill, which, unfortunately, was not supported by the Government. It shows that there is quite a lot of cross-party support for this...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is because it was a stupid idea.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is clear from yesterday that we have finally seen the shape of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and his approach to housing. He was appointed three months ago and at that stage he and incoming Taoiseach announced a review of the Government's housing strategy. It was clear from listening to the terms of that review that the Government was not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Globalisation Fund (11 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has current applications with the European Commission's European Globalisation Fund; and if he is considering new applications in the immediate future. [43096/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Visiting Committees (11 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish the 2016 visiting committees reports on Irish prisons. [43085/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Members (11 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to deal with issues that arise from section 18(4)(a) of the Local Government Act 2001 regarding councillors taking maternity leave from their elected role; his further plans to review this legislation in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43097/17]

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Deputies Cowen and Casey for bringing this important Bill to the House today. Sinn Féin fully supports the intention behind the Bill. Whenever we have conversations about vacant properties many of us express a certain degree of frustration. We have somewhere between 90,000 and 189,000 vacant residential units across the State and, as Deputy Cowen rightly pointed out, that does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (4 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and for taking the time to answer our questions. All of the committee members want to see a mandatory register. The issue is whether the legislation provides the most robust system we can get. Much of this has to do with the quality of the enforcement element of it. I have a couple of questions for all of the witnesses. We have had the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (4 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: My question is more related to the operation of the register rather than legal remedies. For example, if there is a chain of responsibility in the delivery of the product, for example, a house, and if, having bought a house, I discover something was not done correctly and therefore somebody is guilty of misconduct or negligence and should be removed from the register, the way the system is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (4 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: When the register becomes mandatory, it will expand significantly in scale, particularly when one takes small and medium-sized contractors and building companies into consideration.

Topical Issue Debate: Referendum in Catalonia (3 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State's response was disappointing. He used the phrase "all relevant players ... move ... from confrontation." There has been no confrontation by the Catalan Government or people. If one watches all of the media coverage, what one will see is people trying to assert their rights peacefully and in a dignified way. Confrontation is certainly not how I would describe it as....

Topical Issue Debate: Referendum in Catalonia (3 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I was in Barcelona and Catalonia over the weekend as a guest of the Catalan Government and was accredited by its electoral commission, participating in a delegation of approximately 40 members of European countries' parliaments observing the election. I witnessed first-hand many disturbing scenes that we saw on the news over the weekend and spoke to many people who had been hit with plastic...

Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Delaying of the work of the committee-----