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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: No, they are not to be constructed.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: The 75,000 is under HAP. The 35,000 is everything else, including the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, and long-term leasing.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is about 14,000.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: My questions are whether the faster procurement process that was used for Poppintree can be used for Part 8 schemes once they are in place. It is not a question about planning but about procurement. Is there a limit on the amount for which a local authority can apply for a refurbishment of an individual building? If so, what is it and are there many units that would cost more to refurbish?...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 241. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set down the cost of implementing the recommendations of the interdepartmental group on future investment in early years and school-age care and education report regarding subvented child care provision in tabular form across all bands. [8390/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mayoral Election (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 428. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the introduction of a directly elected mayor for the city and county of Dublin; and the work his Department has undertaken on this matter since the consultation with the four Dublin local authorities in 2013. [7997/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I congratulate Deputy Curran on his election as Chairman. Given the nine-week timeframe within which we must conduct our business, it would be useful for the committee to have an informal discussion on the structure of the business of committee in terms of what we hope to do within the timeframe set down. If we could get agreement in principle in that regard today, we could then hit the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: When Sinn Féin initiated the idea of this committee, we were keen that it would try to do two things and what we proposed is in the spirit of what most members have suggested so far. On one hand, we want the committee to look at the current crisis and try to come up with constructive proposals for government to tackle some of the short-term and long-term problems. We are keen that the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Without being awkward, everybody is talking about new politics. There is no reason we cannot discuss the mechanics of how we do our business in public session. There is value in staying in public session. From the conversation we have just had, I do not think there is going to be any disagreement over how we are to structure our business. I would suggest we stay in public session.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: If we were to agree on the approach of having themed sessions, we could add more - I would have more than five - and that would get us started. We are not going to agree on all of the names now, but if the Chairman were to take it upon himself to correspond with the members of the committee by e-mail or through the clerk, we could add names as we move along. There are, for example, academic...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I agree with Deputy Ruth Coppinger on the tenth category she outlined. The first issue concerns the Minister. That would be a good starting point for the reasons outlined by Deputy Brendan Ryan. The second issue is homelessness. We could, for example, look at the likes of NGOs, the Dublin Region Homeless Executive and the local authority homeless sections.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, we could. The third issue is social housing. Again, we could bring in representatives of the local authorities, housing associations, the Housing Finance Agency and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. The fourth issue is private housing. While I agree with Deputy Ruth Coppinger, private housing needs to form part of the discussion. We could speak...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Going back to the proposal of Deputy Funchion, it is important we are not seen to be just focusing on Dublin and it would be a valuable step to have a number of sessions outside of this House, possibly in rural constituencies or in one of the Dublin constituencies where the problem is particularly acute.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I hear what the Deputy is saying but it is really important that we afford to those who are experiencing the crisis exactly the same status as everybody else in terms of our engagement because their views are as important. As someone who worked for a homelessness charity for a number of years, I believe such charities can advise and suggest who the committee could invite and who they...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I refer to the comments made by Deputy Brendan Ryan. One aspect to consider is that people who are in the homelessness system are users of public services, whether social welfare services, homelessness services or something else. They have an experience which is relevant to some of the recommendations we are making in the sense that they might be saying their experience has identified...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: We will need a little flexibility, given that, if a Government is formed and new Standing Orders are introduced, we will need to revise it. However, we can begin on that basis.

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Hear, hear.

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Last week Ms Erica Fleming, a young woman who has been living with her daughter, Emily, in emergency accommodation for the past nine months, briefed Deputies in Leinster House. She spoke about the stress of living in a single hotel room, the frustration of seeing empty, boarded-up homes across the city and the enormous cost to the taxpayer of keeping her and her daughter in cramped emergency...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (14 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why Intreo is writing to recipients of long-tern rent supplement and stating that it will suspend their payments if they do not transfer across to the housing assistance payment scheme, HAPS; the action she will take against those recipients who cannot access HAP accommodation or who do not wish to take up HAP accommodation as it will lead to a...