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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: There are about 33,000 units of student-specific accommodation in the State at the moment. Some 11,000 of those are on-campus or run by education institutions and about 20,000 are private. Our view is that we cannot have a scenario in which one set of tenancy rights applies to one group of students and not to another group. Our preference is that all student-specific accommodation is...

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: Our preference is that all student-specific accommodation would be included. For this reason, the clarifying amendment from Fianna Fáil would be helpful. We do not seek to rush this legislation through. We proposed the Bill some time ago and in fairness to the Minister he met us. The delay in his legislation is not connected with this issue but with other issues. The sooner we have...

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 thank the officials for their presentations and presence. I will make a number of introductory comments before asking my questions. The intention behind the Bill relates to a concern shared by all committee members, namely, that student rents, particularly in the purpose-built private sector, are rising too rapidly. Many of us share the view expressed by the Residential Tenancies Board,...

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: Everything Mr. Dunne said is incredibly encouraging. If the amendments on Committee Stage of the Minister's Bill are the route to go, we will have no difficulty, subject to our seeing the detail. That the Department is giving a commitment that there will be equality between students in the public and private sectors is welcome. My party and a number of others have made clear that while we...

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 appreciate that completely. It is a budgetary matter for the Government. Apart from the impact of the fiscal rules, is there an additional barrier to the institutes of technology making proposals to borrow, as opposed to the universities which can at least make such proposals and try to pursue them with the Department? If there is, what has been done to remove it?

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 thank Ms Byrne for her presentation. I start by acknowledging the very important role the USI and its constituent members have been playing, both in forcing this matter on to the political agenda here and with the various protests in north County Dublin and Galway, which spurred many of us into action. It has played a very important role in the housing and homeless coalition and Raise the...

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 thank Ms Carroll for her presentation. In our session earlier this morning, Deputy Funchion and I commented on how helpful Ms Carroll's submission was. First, it was helpful because we agree with the Residential Tenancies Board's interpretation of the Act as it applies to student accommodation licences in the private sector. It is also important for us because we take our role seriously...

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: Yes. To pick up on Deputy Barry's point and talk about a real case because sometimes talking about hypothetical cases makes it more difficult, there was an important decision by the Residential Tenancies Board in August, following on from the rent increases in Cúirt na Coiribe, in Galway. While ultimately the case was unsuccessful because the student was not taking up a new licence in...

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: Apologies, Chairman. In terms of the reason it is pertinent, in the last session we put the question directly to the two Departments whether they agreed with the Residential Tenancies Board that the existing legislation applied to student tenancies. In fairness to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, it seemed to suggest that the problem was the confusion and if the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Development Plan Expenditure (27 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance if the social housing construction commitments in the National Development Plan 2018 to 2027 are accounted for in the general Government balance in each of the years concerned. [48891/18]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of households of one, two, three, four and five or more persons living in direct provision centres at the end of 2017, respectively, in tabular form. [48938/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (27 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if section 19A regarding the disclosure of third party records in certain trials also applies to child victims under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017. [49008/18]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the spending commitment for social housing targets in the national development plan in total and by each year of the plan. [48892/18]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected average unit cost of a new social housing unit to rent or to buy in each of the years 2020 to 2024. [48893/18]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected average unit cost of a buy and renew unit in each of the years 2020 to 2024. [48894/18]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected average unit cost of a housing unit constructed under a scheme (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2024. [48895/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (27 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to combat the online advertisement of lettings that contravene Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations or legislation relating to overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49379/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (27 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 21 November 2018, his definition of a dispensation or relaxation of the building regulations for the proposed temporary modular homes; if such a dispensation or relaxation of standards will include fire safety, insulation or energy efficiency standards; and the reason he would...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (27 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 21 November 2018, and further to his statement that he has no plans to extend the capital advance and leasing facility, CALF, loans to approved housing bodies, AHBs, for the purposes of developing cost rental accommodation, if there has been discussions of such a change to CALF...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (28 Nov 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which leased Part V units operate in terms of funding, management and ownership; the number of leased Part V units by local authority; and the annual cost of leased Part V units in each year since the introduction of this funding method to date in 2018. [49806/18]