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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Data (19 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the November homelessness report published on 30 December 2016 does not include all those persons in State-funded emergency accommodation; if he will ensure that the figures will in future include those persons in domestic violence emergency accommodation funded by Tusla and those in the Department of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Data (19 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The figures the Minister's Department produces every month on homelessness are not accurate. They do not include adults and children in Tusla-funded domestic violence shelters or step-down accommodation. They do not include non-Irish nationals in emergency accommodation funded by the new communities unit. Crucially, they do not include those families trapped in direct provision having got...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Data (19 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is a very disappointing response. The Minister is essentially admitting these figures are not accurate but he is not willing to change their method of collation. None of the three categories of people I talked about pertains to people in care. If a family is put out of its home as a result of domestic violence, it is put into a domestic violence emergency accommodation shelter. That...

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Tánaiste knows, a cross-departmental working group is examining legislation to ensure the responsibilities of landlords under the Residential Tenancies Acts apply to banks, vulture funds and receivers when they repossess properties. There was disturbing news in the Irish Examinertoday that approximately 20,000 mortgage repossession cases that were adjourned will be back before...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Domestic Violence Policy (19 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the guidance that has been issued to local authorities with regard to the policy and procedural aspect of their housing role which will ensure effectiveness and consistency in local authority responses to victims of domestic violence; if he will ensure that local authorities are issued with guidelines on the way to...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details and timeframe as to the way in which he plans to uphold his pledge to end the use of hotels and bed and breakfasts as emergency accommodation for families by the middle of 2017. [2141/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (19 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to seek more funding to purchase more units in view of the fact that banks (details supplied) have offered the State up to 1,000 vacant houses for purchase yet to date the Government has only provided money for the purchase of 200; the amount of funding; and the number of additional units. [2143/17]

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.