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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (20 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm claims (details supplied) published on his Department's website; and the data on which these claims are based. [48171/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Apologies for being late. In some sense, none of us knows what will happen. We could spend a great deal of time speculating but our conversation - as with NERI and the ESRI last week - is, accepting the fact that we do not know and considering what contingency plans can be put in place so that if X happens, B can be the response, and if Y happens, C can be the response. In particular, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: This might be a question for the Minister rather than the officials. I accept that, for example, the capital construction targets are set through to 2021 and the leased and private sector subsidised are set to 2021. Therefore, we know their quantum. Were things to become more difficult, has there been discussion on whether there can be a shift between the two? Let us say 89,000 private...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sure, I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the delegates for their presentations and submissions. Accepting the fact that we do not know how things are going to pan out and that we could spend a large amount of time in speculating, the real issue is that there are potential negatives. Like the ESRI and the Nevin Economic Research Institute, Dr. Duffy has, rightly, pointed to the potential impact on costs, including the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: How does the overall level of investment in infrastructure in Australia, as a percentage of GDP, compare with ours? Is it the case that Australia has a more efficient mechanism for delivery or does it invest more, or a comparable amount?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for the answers. In response to Mr. Phillips, my question was not so much about the quality of PII's relationship with the Department, because we would hope it is the way he described, as it should be with all external bodies, it was more specifically about whether in those conversations there had been a discussion of the contingency plans to try to deal with some of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a brief follow-on question, and it is more to do with the economics of land. In looking at land markets, for example, in European or OECD countries over the past 30, 40 or 50 years, the less taxes we placed on land and the less restrictive the markets in land, the greater the price rises and price volatility. It seems we have forgotten that part of the reason we have, for example,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cyber Security Policy (21 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress he has made in implementing recommendations 15, 16, 17 and 18 of the Report on Cyber Security for Children and Young Adults published by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs in March 2018. [48617/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (21 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rules will be amended for the granting of the capital advance leasing facility, CALF, for approved housing bodies to include the provision of cost rental accommodation. [48534/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (21 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the technical specifications for the proposed new modular build hub clusters will not meet BCAR standards; the areas the technical specifications for these proposed modular build hubs will be allowed to deviate from building regulations and standards; and the rationale for these permissible deviations. [48644/18]

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Before I get into the short Bill before us I want to ask a couple of sincere questions. How many real social houses do we actually need to meet the level of demand that is out there at the moment? I use the words "real social houses" deliberately, partly because that is what the Joint Committee on Housing and Homelessness spoke about in...

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will respond briefly to each of the Deputies. To respond to Deputy Darragh O'Brien first, I have always thought that if Part V is to work well, it should be additional to the mainstream delivery of local authority and approved housing body-owned properties.

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The intention of this Bill, therefore, is not to replace that delivery but to supplement it and give a greater quantum above and beyond the existing targets. I think on this we agree. I also wish to address the issue of rising costs. One of the big costs for many developers at present is finance, and one of the problems developers have with finance is the level of risk involved. If a...

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is one of the areas where there are outliers. I will share with the Deputy the figures the Department has given us. To respond to the Minister, I have always accepted that the State is spending more than it was spending before. My criticism is that it is not spending enough to meet the need that is there. The Minister tells us, for example, that 120,000 social homes will be delivered...

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise if that upset him. I also have to respond to the accusation that I was trying to bully the Minister. First, presenting a Bill and making a reasoned argument for it, even if the Minister disagrees, is not bullying.

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I can be accused of many things, including being boring, irritating, a pain in the neck and getting things wrong. I do not believe that anyone who knows me or has witnessed my conduct in this Chamber and in committee would genuinely say that I am a bully. I might do things that really piss off the Minister - apologies for the language - but that is my political job as an Opposition...

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----the greatest of respect. Every single attack I have made in respect of the Minister has been on what I believe to be his track record. We can, however, deal with that as we go. What nobody can accuse me of is being a bully. Let me also correct the Minister. The Dáil Committee on Housing and Homelessness made a specific proposal. It suggested the building of 10,000 real social...

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Vótáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protections) Bill 2018: Discussion (22 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will be very brief, because this is short legislation. The intention behind the Bill is to clarify the standing of student-specific accommodation with respect to the powers of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, with particular regard to the issues of rent reviews, rent pressure zones and access to dispute resolution at the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB. Sinn Féin takes the view...