Results 14,081-14,100 of 15,379 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (27 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the data officials from his Department or those officials involved in the short-term letting working group have requested from a company (details supplied); when this information was requested; and if this data has been provided. [29993/17]

Building Standards, Regulations and Homeowner Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 1:To insert the following after "orderly remediation of legacy defects in housing":" - conduct an urgent review of the use of combustible materials used in the construction and refurbishment of homes and to update, if necessary, fire safety regulations; and - conduct an urgent review of fire safety compliance and enforcement regulations and bring forward new regulations,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have several questions on homelessness and social housing. I raised the issue previously of the monthly report and the numbers of people that the Department is reporting as homeless. The figures that come from the Department go through the pathway accommodation and support system funded through the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. We know that currently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is true.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: How many families will remain in some form of emergency accommodation by the end of July, for example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Of the 600 or so currently in the hotels, how many will get permanent homes and how many will remain in other forms of emergency accommodation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister thinks all those families are going to stay in emergency accommodation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Of the 650-odd families currently in hotels, how many will be moved to permanent tenancies and how many will be in another form of emergency accommodation, hub or otherwise, by the end of the summer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is quite an important point. Is it legal to have people in that property without a certificate of completion? This is the last BCAR certificate.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (22 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken since the tragic fire at Grenfell, London, to ensure that no social housing here is at risk of fire from the use of combustible materials used in construction or refurbishment. [29374/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (22 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will conduct a review of the increased use of combustible materials in house construction and, if necessary, update fire safety regulations and building regulations. [29375/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (22 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of combustible materials being used in all new social housing construction including standard build, refurbishment, rapid build and hubs; and if he is satisfied that the use of such materials does not in any way compromise fire safety in these units. [29376/17]

Building Standards, Regulations and Homeowner Protection: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Deputy Catherine Martin and the Green Party, and the people who have been working with her behind the scenes, for giving us the opportunity to discuss an important policy issue. While much of our discussion is about the failures of the past, the context for these legislative proposals is the future. We are about to, hopefully, see the largest build and refurbishment programme in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the delegations for their presentations. I am not opposed to short-term home-sharing lettings as a kind of a tourism product. Everyone is convinced of the merits of this. However, when we talk about the collaborative economy, there is an attempt to present these business models as almost like the old co-operatives, like some kind of organic, folksy and nice way of doing business....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I did not say there was a statement that it had been set up. The Taoiseach and the Minister told us in January that it was to be set up. That was five months ago and we are now approaching the end of quarter 2. We are told in today's report that the working group had its first meeting last week and is now starting to gather the data. Given the urgency of this, five months on from when we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is the Department of Finance working group, in principle. It might involve some of the witness's staff.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Regarding the timeline for the report, when does the Department hope to have the report completed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: May I ask just one supplementary question? It is more for information than anything else. My understanding of planning enforcement is that a member of the public must make a legal complaint by filling out the complaint form before a local authority can inspect, so I-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I ask the Chairman to let me ask the question. Again, it is just so I have the information right. Are there any statutory powers that would allow a local authority to enter and inspect a property that it thought was not compliant? If so, could the witnesses let the committee know what those legal powers would be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Has the Department asked Airbnb for the data we want? While there is no statutory requirement to give it the Department, the Department could be quite persuasive and tell Airbnb that it cannot have an MOU if it is not willing to provide data that are essential for understanding it. The Department should do it because Airbnb does not want reputational damage and it could say it will not...