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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: There was correspondence from Kitty Holland that was forwarded to the-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: There is more that I took down from the database this morning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: There is more on the database. All of those replies say that in terms of the third round of recategorisation - the July-August one - these folks are in temporary accommodation. They do not have tenancies - they are still accessing homelessness services and they are still counted in PASS. How, if all of that is the case, can they not be counted as homeless? I simply do not understand that....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: I have a very quick supplementary question, if I may.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: I will be very quick. I have a reply here from Galway City Council. In reply to the questions I posed, the council said in October that the clients are still categorised as homeless but not being housed in emergency accommodation. I am confused because people are either homeless or not homeless. My question is whether the people we are discussing are homeless. I have a reply here from...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: That is not the question. Are they homeless or not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: I am asking if they are homeless or not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Are they homeless or not? It is a reasonable question to ask
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: The letter from Galway County Council states that "these clients are still categorised as homeless". Ms Hurley is saying the council is wrong and should not be putting this information into the public arena. This is what all of the local authorities told us. They are telling us that in their view, the people in question are homeless but the Department is saying that they are not. That is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Are they still on PASS but categorised as something else?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Does Professor O'Sullivan consider that there is a reason the recategorisation has happened?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Does he have confidence in the figures going forward on the basis on which they are currently being collated?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: That is a "No"; he does not have confidence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Without that qualification, has Professor O'Sullivan confidence in them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Before I move on to the two reports, I will make a final comment on the homeless numbers and urge the Department to consider the proposal I raise. It is clear from all of the evidence that there is no longer the consensus or agreement among the different sectors that was presented previously. The best course of action would be for the Department to convene the homeless consultative...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: What could we, either as a committee or a Government, do about that situation even on an emergency and temporary basis? I refer, for example, to the Focus Ireland amendment to restrict vacant possession notices to quit for buy-to-let landlords who availed of those tax breaks or other policy measures that could be put in place to stop that flow. We are all conscious that the flow is too...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Ms Hurley has to come back first. There were some questions for her.
- Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to share time with Deputy Ellis. We will take five minutes each.
- Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Deputy Healy and his colleagues for introducing this Private Members' Bill which provides the House with an important opportunity to discuss, yet again, the continuing and ever-deepening housing crisis. I support absolutely the spirit behind the Bill and while I may not agree with some of the mechanisms proposed in it, these are matters which can always be dealt with adequately on...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (13 Nov 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: 262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the current extension of the direct provision contract at a location (details supplied) expires in 2019; and if no decision regarding the future of the current residents will be made until the current tendering process is completed and new contracts are awarded in early 2019. [46574/18]