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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (3 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 557. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further Parliamentary Question No. 1590 of 17 April 2018, the status of the report of the working group on short-term lets submitted to his Department; and when a targeted public consultation will be initiated on its proposals. [28909/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (3 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications by local authority area; the number of approvals and drawdowns, respectively, by local authority area; and the average loan amount awarded in each local authority area in tabular form. [29165/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (3 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Traveller accommodation allocations for each local authority for 2018; and the drawdown to date for each local authority in tabular form. [29319/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (4 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 145. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a person (details supplied) will receive their 1916-2016 commemorative medal as a member of the Defence Forces. [29513/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (4 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the targets for social and affordable housing in each of the years 2018 to 2027; and the estimated capital spending targets required to deliver the social and affordable housing targets for the same period in tabular form. [29563/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the delegates for the presentations. It is eight months since the "RTÉ Investigates - Nightmare to Let" documentary was broadcast and the Dáil unanimously supported a motion, of which one of the central recommendations was the introduction of a system analogous to the national car test, NCT. While the "RTÉ Investigates" programme obviously showed the very extreme end...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: They will follow a first offence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, which is why I am asking if we should consider changing the law.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is important that we work with up-to-date data. The difficulty with the data on the Department's website is that the most up-to-date data on the private rental figures is 2013-2014. If there are more up-to-date data, perhaps the Department could forward them on. I assume that the most up-to-date data are the National Oversight and Audit Commission, NOAC, annual performance and indicator...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: All of that is very positive but my core question is, on the basis of the NOAC report, when maintenance, rent administration and the community functions are added together, the total cost for all the local authorities is still less than the total rent that is collected. Is rental income being diverted into other areas of service delivery or is all the rental income remaining within the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can Mr. Walsh give his own case as an example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: While I do not disagree with most of what Ms Carroll said, there has been nothing in the discussion that could be construed as anti-landlord. In fact, having a strong NCT-type system is good for compliant landlords because it prevents what we hope is the majority of compliant landlords being undercut by rogue traders. We had this type of conversation with the Irish Property Owners...

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Increasingly our debates in the Chamber on housing are becoming acrimonious. It is because the gap is growing ever wider between the Government's delivery in meeting housing needs and the rhetoric of Rebuilding Ireland. When Home Building Finance Ireland was announced in last year's budget I was taken by the idea that if done right it has the potential to be a positive contribution...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am okay. The Ceann Comhairle made my point.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is not in the legislation.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Really?

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I oppose amendments Nos. 18, 23 and 28. I have a couple of contextual points. I will repeat my central criticism of the Bill that I have been making since we first debated it almost two years ago, that the way in which the planning regulator is designed and would be set up in this Bill is absolutely contrary to the spirit and to the letter of the Mahon tribunal recommendation. Mahon was...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State says this Bill is removing power from the Minister. There is not a single power removed from the Minister in the Bill or in any of the amendments. In fact, both the Bill, as we have discussed at length on Committee and Report Stages, and these amendments give additional powers to the Minister. It is not that it is our view as Opposition Deputies that we do not want...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: It seems the Minister of State is not going to satisfy any of us.