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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister. One of the questions I put to departmental officials in the committee two weeks ago was whether it would be possible for a development to secure LIHAF funding where there would be no affordability dividend in that development. The official said it could be possible. When we raised it with the former Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The problem is that supply in itself will not automatically guarantee affordability. I go back to the questions Deputy Cowen raised. Every time anybody in this House asks about affordable rental or affordable purchase, the answer is, "We're looking at models". The truth is that the Government does not have any models. I understand one project is about to be developed involving the Housing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that no LIHAF funding will be released to developers that have not provided for a proportion of the units in their development to be sold at an affordable price that is less than €300,000 in Dublin and at appropriate levels elsewhere. [33571/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am looking for a very specific update on the roll-out of the local infrastructure housing activation fund and, in particular, what the affordability return for taxpayer money will be in specific developments. Will the Government and Department keep to the original proposal from last August that at least 40% of the units in each of these developments should come in at 10% below market price...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 12: In page 4, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following:“(V) is satisfied that—(A) the planning authority has been provided with established evidence by the applicant that the development can and will be completed within a reasonable time, (B) the development would not be inconsistent with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 15:In page 4, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“(VI) is satisfied that the extension will not result in delaying the completion of the development.’.”.”.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 16:In page 4, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“(1B) The Planning and Development Act 2000 is amended in paragraph (aa) of section 42(1), inserted by section 28(1)(a)(iii) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016, by the insertion of the following after “granted,”:‘and where the planning...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: When the Minister speaks about a commitment that was given at the launch of Rebuilding Ireland, is he talking about a retrospective application of an extension to a permission that has actually already expired and where building work had stopped? That is what I took from what the Minister said, which is not what this Bill, as far as we have been discussing it up until now, is proposing to...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 11:In page 4, line 5, after “and” to insert “is under active construction but cannot reasonably be completed, and”. All three amendments are in my name so I will speak to them together. Regarding amendments Nos. 12 and 15, I will not repeat the arguments. It is the same set of arguments we have discussed substantively on the other amendments....

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will speak to amendments Nos. 10 and 16. The argument is similar to the one made on earlier amendments to the effect that ten years is a long time. There may have been significant changes in the period following the original decision as to whether an EIA was required. It is not to say that an EIA or AA will be required in all circumstances but it will give the local planning authority...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: One of the big disagreements between us is that the Minister wants to restrict this to something technical while we are looking to introduce some level of substantive discretion for the local authority. Is there not a requirement in the EIA directives of 2011 and 2014 annex II.13 for precisely such a screening process in these types of cases?

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I may not understand the legislation fully, but from the argument the Minister just made, it makes eminent sense that if a development is under construction today that we would allow for a technical extension rather than a substantive reconsideration of the original plan. I get that point. However, if I understand the Bill correctly, for example, a major development could have been planned...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is being pressed.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 5:In page 3, line 22, after “authority” to insert the following:"setting out the reasons why the development cannot be reasonably completed within the appropriate period". I will speak to amendments Nos. 5 and 6 if that in order. While it is not in this grouping, my intention was that amendment No. 17 would be connected to those two amendments. I will...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Briefly, the intention of amendment No. 5 is to place an additional responsibility on the applicant to set out the reasons the development cannot be reasonably completed within the current timeframe. We need to find ways of strengthening the Bill as it stands to force developers to justify the reason they need the extension. That is the basis upon which the amendment is proposed. ...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 2:In page 3, line 16, to delete "shall" and substitute "may". A number of times the Minister talked about the technical nature of this second extension. Part of the concern that this and other amendments are trying to address is that ten years is a long time from the original grant of permission and a range of things may have changed. Therefore, I think it is too...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Here we are again. As we did in December 2016, we are rushing legislation that will have a significant impact on the planning system through the Dáil on the second last day of term. I had huge sympathy for the officials who were dealing with Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 late last year because they were expected to draft complex legislation...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is a promise in the programme for Government regarding the provision of €42 billion in capital investment, including in respect of infrastructure. While this is obviously good news, too many construction workers are being forced into bogus self-employment contracts. In March, a full four months ago, I asked when the report led by the Department of Finance on bogus...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Tánaiste for the response although she did not answer the question I asked. I did not ask what the Government is doing in other aspects of housing policy, and I would have much to criticise in that regard, but what the Government will do specifically to ensure family hubs do not become long-term institutionalised settings for the families there. The problem is that...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Tánaiste is aware that in May, 1,300 families were living in emergency accommodation funded by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. That is almost 3,000 children who are living in hotels, hostels and bed and breakfast accommodation. These figures do not include the hundreds of adults and children living in Tusla-funded domestic violence emergency and...