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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: If I get a chance, I will come back and ask about that but I presume that has a significant financial implication. Looking at the percentages here, some bids were coming in from the Peter McVerry Trust and others at 70%, 60%, 48%, 58%, 39% and so on of the operational cost. That is obviously going to have a budgetary implication. Has that been properly factored in for when existing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Has the CCMA review been published? If not, can it be shared with the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I would say if the Department asked the association, it would be happy to oblige.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: For the record, if a cavalier developer had notified me in 2021 about problems in the Peter McVerry Trust, the first thing I would have done is write to the Minister to bring that to his attention and ask him to look into it. That kind of information could have been very useful at the time. I want to go back to the CCMA review. One of the things many of us on this committee want to do is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will Ms Tobin share what those recommendations are that the Department has accepted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will Ms Hayes also address the ongoing delays in the completion of the tender for the new housing first tenancies? This is not just an impact on the existing housing first tenancies. Obviously, there has been a collapse of new housing first tenancies because of the delay in getting that new tender processed and up and running. It would be great if she could share some information with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: While it is the case that the formal procurement was the responsibility of the DRHE, the real issue here is the policy context in which it was set. That is why one of the really positive things we have heard today is an end to deficit funding, but I also think the fact that we are now looking at the possibility of moving away from the competitive tendering model that we have is very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is it to go out to tender?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to make a minor point. Effectively, this means that in Dublin virtually no new housing first tenancies will be created in 2025. There will be some replacement tenancies in respect of people in the existing programme, but because lot 1 is 50% of the overall and lots 2 and 3 will be in two weeks' time, we will not have any new housing first tenancies across all of the Dublin region bar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does that mean all future tenders to any local authority under section 10 funding for homeless services will be provided with 100% full cost recovery?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: How long will it take?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 23 September 2025, if she will confirm that the route (details supplied) has been sanctioned by her Department given information from Bus Éireann suggests this is where the delay lies; if she will ensure sanctioning occurs at the earliest opportunity so the route can go to tender to cater for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 724. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following a ruling from the Civil Service Arbitration Board in May 2025 (details supplied); if he intends to adjust salaries of prison chaplains; if adjustments will be backdated to July 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51959/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rules governing cost rental eligibility for persons who are officially still on the title deeds of their family home, but have a legal separation or divorce agreement giving their former partner exclusive residential access to the family home. [50923/25]

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: What does this Government have against children? Despite the enormous resources at its disposal, thousands upon thousands of children are being left behind every year. When Fine Gael took office in 2011, there were just over 600 children officially classified as homeless. Now, it is a staggering 5,000 and continuing to rise. This means that, in the 14 years that Fianna Fáil and Fine...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport route has been sanctioned (details supplied); if she is aware the service is not being provided; the reason for delay; when clear information and a full service for this school will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50802/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Affordable Housing: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Excuse the frustration in my voice but some of the ways in which the information from the Department is being presented to the committee are not factually accurate. In fact, I would argue the information is misleading. It is not true to say that targets are being met or exceeded. In every year since 2022, cost-rental targets and affordable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Affordable Housing: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does Ms Behan not understand? I apologise for cutting across but, like Deputy McGrath, my time is limited. Does Ms Behan not accept that, if this means a so-called affordable purchase home is €400,000, we have a problem? Would it not be better to start with the all-in delivery cost of the unit, as we do with cost rental, and try to provide a real discount rather than artificially...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Affordable Housing: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is the second issue I want to move onto. I again apologise for being a little rude. It is only because the time is tight. What we are seeing with affordable purchase and cost rental is that increasing numbers of the people at whom they are targeted cannot afford them because their incomes are simply too low to meet the price. Is the Department tracking the number of people who are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Affordable Housing: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I know that but, of the cohorts for whom these schemes are available, let us focus on lower, middle and higher incomes within the income brackets. Is the Department actually checking the extent to which there is a growing percentage of people who cannot access these schemes because the prices to rent or buy are too high? Is the Department even examining that? It is a yes-no question.