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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (19 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, in view of recent confusion as to when the monthly homeless figures will be released, he will consider publishing the monthly homeless figures within two weeks of the end of the month in question; and if, in future, he will include adults and children in emergency domestic violence refuges funded by Tusla,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Data (19 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has a register of funds and persons that own the requisite levels of properties as to be potentially affected by the recent amendment of section 35A of the Residential Tenancy Act, the so called Tyrrelstown amendment; and the safeguards or deterrents in place to prevent such an entity transferring...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am happy to cede the floor if it is an issue. I do not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will first make a general comment. It is important for the committee to be clear that there are two separate funding issues in this discussion. The first is water charges as a contribution to the operational costs of the utility and the impact the abolition of water charges would have on the Government's deficit and on meeting the fiscal targets. A separate issue is water charges as part...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does that mean the debt figure would be €239 million minus €100 million minus €24 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: My question is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does Ms Graham have a figure for the possible complete subvention of group and private water schemes for domestic usage to go from the partial subsidy at present to a complete subsidy, if-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: My query brings us back to the very first question because Deputy Colm Brophy is obviously trying to work out what would be the extra cost to the State of the abolition of water charges. From the extra €200 million one would have to subtract the cost of paying the water conservation grant and the costs of billing. Therefore, the real cost-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: My understanding of Deputy Colm Brophy's question is that he wants to know, if water charges are abolished, what will be the extra cost to the taxpayer. The answer was that it would be in the region of €200 million. I am saying the cost of paying the water conservation grant of €100 million and the figure of €24 million for billing costs would have to be taken from that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will the NewEra report which I understand will be redacted provide clarity on current and future borrowing costs of Irish Water? That is one of the issues on which we really want clarity. What is the cost involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, as well as, projected into the future, the cost of the capital investment programme of Irish Water.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Chairman and Deputy Cowen. I suggest that we ask our questions on a pillar-by-pillar basis. I have questions under each pillar and doing as I suggest might make it easier procedurally, if that is okay. On pillar 1, I do not want to start on a sour note but we already know most of the information in the presentation. It is information of which we are aware because we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: So none has been approved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: When does Mr. Walsh expect approvals to start?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is the second or third review meeting but we have ended up with the same difficulty. That is not a criticism of the officials. We have discussed one and a half pillars so the next review-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not criticising anybody but we will need more time for the next review. On the Airbnb issue, yesterday there were 1,500 properties available to rent in Dublin on the market and 6,500 properties on the Airbnb website. I know a large number are for short letting but a very large number are for long-term letting. My worry is that if the working group only reports back in the second...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am sharing time with Deputy Ellis. It gives me no pleasure to say the Minister's private rental strategy, launched in December, is without doubt the weakest part of the housing action plan of the current Government. The fact that it was launched so late in the year has meant we have not had an opportunity in this House to fully scrutinise the entire plan, short as it is. We obviously...

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Taoiseach knows the November homeless figures showed, yet again, a further rise in the number of people living in emergency accommodation, with 6,985 people in such accommodation, including 2,549 children. In addition to the lack of supply of social housing, the lack of adequate private rental accommodation is feeding this crisis. Today in Dublin there are only 1,564 properties...