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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The figures are not true.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I get five questions, Minister.

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The programme for Government recognises it is not acceptable for families to live in unsuitable emergency accommodation. If a child presents unaccompanied to a Garda station out of hours, there is a clear statutory responsibility on the Garda to contact the Tusla-funded social worker. When a family with a child presents at the same Garda station, there is no statutory clarity in terms of...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Why is the problem getting worse? The Government has failed.

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Government has had six years.

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: It has been more than six years and people are sleeping in a Garda station.

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is strange that the problem has increased by 300% during the Tánaiste's time in office as a consequence of the Government prioritising tackling it. I understand that she must defend the Government's position. However, given her background in social care and her time as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, I can only imagine how this issue makes her feel in private. In some...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Governments should be judged by how they treat the most vulnerable in society. After six years in office, Enda Kenny's record speaks for itself. According to the Central Statistics Office, in 2011 there were 641 homeless children but, last month, 2,563 children slept in emergency accommodation funded by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. That is a 300%...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding his commitment to develop and roll out an affordable rental model; the model of affordable rental being examined by his Department; and the timeframe for the publication of this scheme. [24808/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regrading the pilot mortgage to rent scheme involving private equity firms including the lease arrangements in place; the level of security of tenure provided for home owners and tenants; and if it is designed to meet the needs of distressed mortgage holders who do not qualify for social housing. [24805/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if large scale housing funding projects proposed to his Department by local authorities, approved housing bodies or the Housing Agency, including acquisitions or new builds which were deferred in 2016 have been deferred in 2017; if so, the projects concerned; the amounts requested and deferred; and the reasons for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be approved for the new purpose school at a school (details supplied); when the project will move to stage one of the process; and when the new school will be complete. [25116/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (24 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the annual capital investment spent on wastewater treatment from 2000 to 2021 in tabular form; and the figure for the portion of this investment each year targeted at those agglomerations listed by the European Commission in its urban wastewater directive infringement proceedings from 2013, including the 38...

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The legislative programme includes a rates Bill, which is due to be published shortly. Currently, rate revaluations are taking place in south Dublin, Kildare and elsewhere. Some small employers have been hit with rate increases of between 50% and 100%. These are businesses that weathered the storm of recession and are just about to consider hiring new staff or restoring wage cuts that were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the regulation of a company (details supplied); if he or his officials have met with the company and if so, when; the topics discussed; and his plans to bring forward regulations clarifying in law the position in relation to short term lets. [24128/17]

Residential Tenancies (Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The first thing all of us are agreed on is that rents are continuing to rise. All of the data from both the RTB and daft.ieconfirm that. It is important to remind ourselves just how much they have risen to. In my constituency in Dublin Mid-West, and this is reflected in many areas, an average two-bedroom or three-bedroom family home is currently going for an asking price of €1,800....

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services published its report in April. Central to the report are proposed amendments to the 2007 Water Services Act. The Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, previously indicated that the Bill would be presented to the House in June. Given that he and the Fine Gael Party will be rather distracted in the next couple of months, will the...

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is not being built.

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Not one brick has been laid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. This meeting stems from a previous appearance by representatives of the Environmental Protection Committee at the Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services on 15 February, the day on which the European Commission announced it was initiating a court action. This issue has been ongoing for a long time with little Oireachtas...