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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: What about the Regulation of Lobbying Act?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Will it be covered under the Regulation of Lobbying Act or will the Minister keep it secret?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts (19 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason six special needs assistants working in a clinic (details supplied) will have their contracts terminated in summer 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25622/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Pathology Service (19 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a building which is owned by the Office of the State Pathologist at 239 Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9, is vacant; and if there are plans to bring this building back into use. [25699/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for atrial fibrillation ablation treatment across all hospitals conducting the procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25637/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 167. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the long waiting times for atrial fibrillation ablation treatment in the Mater hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25638/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant gaps that exist in patient access to ablation treatment for atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25639/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank both witnesses for their presentations. I will comment on the rental issue before I deal with affordable purchase. In both presentations we are talking about getting a pilot project up and running which was announced in 2015. We need to put the project in that context. If we are going to deliver cost rental in real terms that will make a significant difference to people, we cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: It is approximately 89% more expensive, which is significant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: That is the average across Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I will clarify my question as I might not have put it well enough. In the absence of legislation governing the Land Development Agency, are the transfers being made in principle? What is the interaction? Have the sites been physically transferred?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: They cannot be physically transferred until-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: The Land Development Agency is not a legal entity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: That is what I am trying to get to. We are talking about transferring land and responsibility to an entity that has no legal authority. That is not the Housing Agency's fault. The position is that the Housing Agency is in discussions with an entity that has been set up in skeletal form by the Government, but it is not yet a legal entity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Is that not a concern?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Is there a concern about delivering on these sites? The Housing Agency could be going ahead and doing it. I know that in the case of the site in Skerries, the local authority was pretty much ready and had a master plan. Now in one sense we are stopped because the Land Development Agency is not a legal entity and does not have legislation governing it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I am sorry; I just wanted to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes; it goes back to the original Act.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I will explain the purpose of my question. The four Dublin local authorities have in principle adopted the broad criteria for a scheme because each of them wants to have an affordable purchase scheme in its area. Does the fact that the scheme has not been concluded make it difficult to cost it? That is what I asked. There is no final scheme. Mr. O'Neill has spoken about schemes such as...