Results 14,241-14,260 of 15,379 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Deputy Collins, Mr. Ó Tuathail and Ms Brannick O'Cillín for both the legislation and the presentations. Before I ask my questions, I wish to put two general comments on the record. The first is that it is significant that the single largest issue on which the expert commission received submissions of interest was, as Deputy Collins has outlined, the issue of the need for a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I just wanted to follow up on Mr. Ó Tuathail's answer to that because it ties in with Senator Coffey's question. The first sentence of the amendment talks about the public water system. The word "system" here is very important. Let us say there is an asset that is part of the system today but in the future is decommissioned and is no longer part of the system, as outlined by Senator...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister. I will start by saying that I found the presentation we got from the Department and the Minister's opening statement very disappointing because they do not say an awful lot more than what was said on Second Stage. In fact, the bulk of what the Minister has stated was said during the Second Stage debate in November, almost six months ago. The purpose of this meeting,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: We all need a big hug once in a while.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I reassure the Minister that any of us proposing changes to the Constitution is fully aware of how serious a proposition that is. We take the Constitution, and proposals to change it, as seriously as the Government does. The Minister is right to say there have been occasions where bad decisions were made, often when decisions were rushed as a result of political considerations, such as one...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: The problem is we cannot even scrutinise it at this stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I want the Minister's advice. Our problem today is we are not getting it six months after he promised it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I have a comment to make and one final question to ask. I might get an answer to it. It is not a matter of weeks but almost six months since the Bill was debated. It is my understanding it has to proceed through Committee and Report Stages and into the Seanad. It will then be brought back to us. If we did not have the current delay, there would still be sufficient time to scrutinise...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: That was not the question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: After an hour.
- Other Questions: Stroke Care (3 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: 10. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of rolling out early supported discharge programmes nationally for stroke patients in circumstances in which this would improve patient outcomes and free up acute hospital beds; if he will roll out early supported discharge programmes nationally for stroke patients in view of the fact that this would improve patient outcomes and free up...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: The programme for Government commits to the building of 25,000 new homes every year through to 2020. The Minister, Deputy Coveney, has claimed that 14,932 new homes were built last year. However, a number of experts have strongly disputed this figure, suggesting that the actual number could be as low as half that. This criticism has been supported by the recent release of the CSO housing...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation (3 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: 35. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the rare disease register; the details of the progress made to date on implementing the rare disease plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20213/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (2 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: 425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Kildare County Council is unable to begin the repair and lease scheme citing staffing issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19174/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: 463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is a flexibility or facility for councillors to change the timeframe and-or add an additional public consultation period within the same as a reserved function, in view of the fact that setting and adopting a local area plan is a reserved function of a municipal district, unless it traverses more than one...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (2 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: 476. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the difference between the house completion figures provided by his Department and the figures from the building control management system provided by the Local Government Management Agency as outlined in a table (details supplied). [20100/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (2 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: 477. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will change the way he presents the house construction figures making clear the difference between new build completions and existing builds returned to active housing stock. [20101/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (2 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: 478. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will publish the building control management system house completion figures for each year that the system has been in place. [20102/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (2 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: 479. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the house completion figures published by his Department are a true record of the actual number of new homes being built. [20103/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (2 May 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: 480. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the criticism of his Department's house completion figures by persons (details supplied). [20104/17]