Results 2,061-2,080 of 15,009 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (22 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will meet with a cross-party delegation from the Inishowen Municipal District of Donegal County Council to discuss Government funding for the rebuilding of Swan Park, Buncrana, County Donegal destroyed by the August 2017 floods along with the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Minister of State for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Project Ireland 2040: Discussion (22 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: We might.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Project Ireland 2040: Discussion (22 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Deputy is assuming Meath will get to an All-Ireland final.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Project Ireland 2040: Discussion (22 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I acknowledge the extent to which Mr. Cussen and his team have made themselves available to us, not just at the committee but also informally at a variety of meetings since this process started. That has been very helpful, and I want to record my thanks. I acknowledge, as I did in the debate, that there have been some changes in the final published version on the earlier draft such as...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: Céim an Choiste
Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I do not think we will be here for two hours.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: Céim an Choiste
Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Agreed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: Céim an Choiste
Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move:That consideration of sections 1 and 2 of the Bill be postponed until the Schedule is disposed of.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: Céim an Choiste
Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Deputy Joan Collins for the work she and her team have done on the Bill. Our party was very proud to be a co-signatory of the Bill, at her request, as many other Deputies were. We are 15 months on from the passing of Second Stage of the Bill. As Deputy Joan Collins says, we have had much discussion. Throughout that discussion several contributors have expressed concerns at the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: Céim an Choiste
Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will respond to the Minister. I do not know if he agrees but I like to think of myself as a fair-minded person.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: Céim an Choiste
Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: He says he wants to work with the committee to see the recommendations of the special Oireachtas committee and the Dáil through. I genuinely want to believe the Minister. We have battles over policy but I always think that with a constitutional referendum, having the maximum degree of consensus is the best way to go. It is the best way to guarantee in a referendum campaign, if and...

Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: To be helpful, we had a detailed presentation by Irish Water, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and the Environmental Protection Agency last week and we agreed unanimously that we would consider the report that was in front of us today. I have no difficulty with the debate or the Business Committee re-examining the issue. I think when people see what the committee is...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I add my voice to the calls for a stand-alone secondary school in Citywest and Saggart. I have no doubt the Minister of State will tell us in his answer that, when making decisions, the Department analyses all the relevant demographic data, has regard to the school planning areas and uses its geographical information system. The problem with all the data sources is that they do not...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have some sympathy for the Minister of State who is simply reading out the answer he has been given by the officials. However, I hope he will express our disappointment to the Minister who is responsible for the response because it does not deal with the concerns we are raising, in particular in terms of the inadequacy of the two other schools which have been proposed either due to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 21 March 2018, the name, location and intended future use of the direct provision centre that was closed down earlier in 2018 leading to persons being transferred to other centres. [14151/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the basis on which the target of 500 Part V units was set for 2018; and the details of the targets by each local authority area. [14117/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can the Minister of State give us any updated information on the number of applications received by the board under the new strategic housing development legislation? At what stage are they applications? When the legislation was going through, we raised the question of why consideration had not been given to imposing statutory timelines on An Bord Pleanála for all planning decisions....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: It would be great to have it in writing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: What is the ratio between student bed spaces and non-student accommodation units?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Perfect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: That last point is important. In an effort to fast-track the larger developments, we do not want small builders who build 20, 40 or 80 units to experience much longer delays. If there was a way to track and monitor that, it would be useful.