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Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: I wish to share time with Deputies Casey, Curran and O'Rourke.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: Fianna Fáil supports the motion. We would have liked to have had more input into its content, but on balance and accepting its spirit, we support it. The scale and depth of the housing crisis represents the most serious challenge we face as a country today. There are spiralling social housing waiting lists and the scars of homelessness pockmark our cities. Renters struggle to find a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank Deputy Jan O'Sullivan for putting forward the Bill. On a general point, my party has published ten Bills, some of which have completed Second Stage, although most have not gone much further. The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, talks about listening to the Opposition and asks it to come forward with its ideas. I do not think we have had any...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Oct 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 562. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the suggestions in the early years policy to ensure that there is adequate care to meet the needs of children in the pre-early childhood care and education, ECCE, bracket in order that their parents can go to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39694/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 569. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare services switching from full-day care to a part-time or sessional model from January 2018 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39889/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility (2 Oct 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to revise the mortgage-to-rent scheme income criteria to exclude overtime worked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40094/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (2 Oct 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rapid build units delivered in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39441/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the commencement of the pilot cost rental scheme announced for Enniskerry, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39692/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Brexit Issues (2 Oct 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures taken to protect the housing market in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39892/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Brexit Issues (2 Oct 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the areas in which he envisages potential risks to the housing sector associated with Brexit; the contingencies in place; his views on whether he has the resources required to prepare for this eventuality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39893/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: We had priority questions this morning and I covered some elements of this so I will focus on some of the things I did not get to go through. I was interested in the Minister's comment on the local authorities and improving transparency. We would all agree with his comments but I think what we also want is an end to the buck-passing between his Department and the local authorities and vice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: I have a few more questions. We discussed affordable housing earlier, so I will leave it at that but we have questions about it. We need to look at the repair and lease scheme because there was a target of 800 units but just 15 units have been delivered. Are the local authorities to blame for that? Perhaps the criteria are at fault. When does the Minister propose to introduce the LDA...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: I would not advocate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: Raise the cap.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: That is not a lot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: I asked about common underwriting criteria.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: All of them go to the agency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: Will the Minister insist on common underwriting criteria?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: Okay. I thank the Minister.