Results 13,961-13,980 of 15,379 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (26 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of his Departments capital expenditure allocation in 2016 of €534 million and in 2017 of €732 million by project or programme type; the number of housing units delivered (details supplied) in tabular form. [35153/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (26 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific sequence of steps to be followed under appropriate regulations and legislation for the foreshore lease application process; his department's assessment process regarding foreshore lease planning applications; the progress made to date in the consideration of the application by the Marine Institute for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (26 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1322 of 20 June 2017, if he will provide information on the organisations listed (details supplied) that also received section 10 funding under the Housing Act 1988. [35366/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Advisers Data (26 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names of advisers he has appointed to his office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous employment of each; and the salaries of each. [35620/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (26 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the national quality standards framework for homeless services has been published by his Department; and if not, when it is due for publication. [35746/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (26 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a circular to all local authorities in which there are direct provision centres recommending that the local authority provide homeless HAP payments to residents of direct provision who have secured their leave to remain but due to the housing crisis have been unable to source permanent accommodation and are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (26 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has issued directions or guidelines to local authorities with respect to the vacant properties held by banks (details supplied) offered for sale to the Government. [35877/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (26 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant homes held by banks (details supplied) that have been offered for sale to the Government since December 2016; and the details of these properties by local authority area. [35878/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Infrastructure (26 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a grant scheme in budget 2018 for repair of water and sewage systems on private residential property where the property is of a significant age and persons are unable to meet the costs due to low income (details supplied) and for persons on the State pension, low occupational pensions or other social...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Commemorative Medals (26 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1725. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will he issue 1916 commemoration medals to all retired members of the Defence Forces who served in United Nations peace keeping missions. [35060/17]

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I urge the Minister to consider two other issues in the review. The first is that, traditionally, local authorities were able to apply a certain level of flexibility for households that were just above the income threshold at their existing limits. In the housing needs assessment guidance note from the Department that was issued to local authorities last year, they were told to no longer...

Other Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I fully support all of those sentiments. In respect of the level of risk that they will increasingly carry, there is a need to ensure there is a good solid, off-balance sheet vehicle through which credit union or private finance can deliver increased approved housing body units. That would be one mechanism to protect them against some of that risk. Given the difficulties that the approved...

Other Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the ongoing discussions within his Department and the ABH sector on the forthcoming Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2015. [33144/17]

Other Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am looking for an update on the ongoing discussions between Department officials and the approved housing bodies in terms of the forthcoming regulations for the future of the approved housing body sector.

Other Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is legislation which most in this House will welcome, and we will certainly collaborate with the Minister to ensure the regulation is fit for purpose. There are three concerns I want to flag at this stage. One is the fact there is very significant variance in the size and capacity of the approved housing bodies in the sector. While greater regulation is going to be needed for the tier...

Other Questions: Voluntary Housing Sector (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Deputy Smith has raised a very important point. It makes no sense that there are two rental arrangements for the approved housing body sector. The case raised by Deputy Smith arose because capital assistance scheme funding has more flexibility than capital advance leasing facility funding. There should only be one system of rental arrangements in this sector. I would like to mention...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 4. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he will take to ensure that all emergency homeless accommodation, including family hubs, funded by his Department will meet the highest possible standards. [33572/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: In the two reports on family emergency accommodations and hubs published yesterday, one by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the other by two academics from Maynooth University funded by the European Union, one of their central recommendations was the need for an independent inspection regime for emergency accommodation, in particular for families. In order to ensure the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: During the past two years as the family homelessness crisis has spiralled out of control, many of us have had direct experience of very poor emergency accommodation conditions in which families are living. They may not be the norm and there are very many good quality, well run and well maintained facilities, but, for example, I refer to rooms with dampness and blood and urine stained...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not questioning or do not doubt any of that, although in addition to people, including ourselves, seeing hubs being constructed, we should also be taking to the families who are currently living in hubs. They would give a much more insightful explanation of the difficulties that families experience, notwithstanding the improvements from hotel and bed and breakfast accommodation to hubs,...