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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (4 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 717. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the quality standards framework inspection regime for emergency homeless accommodation; and when the framework will be in place. [50628/18]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of the 550 affordable homes at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 2. [50745/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 283. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of beds provided in the 155 units of Tusla funded domestic violence refuge and step-down accommodation. [51040/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will make some brief introductory remarks and then make an appeal to the Minister of State. I am strongly of the view that most of us in this room are overpaid, certainly those of us who are Deputies and Senators. I have long held this view. I am also a little concerned that people watching this might get the wrong impression because this is the largest attendance at a meeting of this...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is the extension dependent on when the Bill completes all Stages?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: It would, therefore, be a matter of days or weeks.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: For clarity, boundary changes are not a part of this Bill so it would not be appropriate to discuss them.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: It can be discussed during Private Members' time or during discussions on Government legislation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: With the greatest of respect, this has nothing to do with the Bill. This is not how this committee operates.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Hear, hear.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: When we debated a motion in the Dáil to allow these amendments through, one of the concerns a number of us raised was that we only received the amendments the previous evening. While the Minister of State had signalled his intention to bring them forward, it still gave us little time to properly scrutinise and get our heads round them. I acknowledge that he made time for us today to go...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State would have ended up back in the courts.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State will not be able to answer it in the time before the division. I will be brief when we come back, if that is okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for the replies. I wish to raise a couple of quick points. The Minister of State will learn that we are always polite and friendly on this committee.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is my point. Let me say this in regard to pre-legislative scrutiny. I am only saying this because the Minister of State will be coming back to us with other Bills. If some of the amendments we received on Monday night had been in the Bill originally, we might have taken a different view of it. I am only saying that because-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I accept that, but I want to say this because it is relevant to future Bills. Those of us who took the decision not to have pre-legislative scrutiny did so on the basis of the Bill as published. I wish to quickly raise two issues. I asked the Minister of State for information on the costs arising from the new section 38. I refer to the additional cost for local authorities. Regarding...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for the explanation. Of all of the amendments that were covered by yesterday's motion, this group of amendments are of the biggest concern and I share all of the concerns outlined by Deputy Casey. One reason pre-legislative scrutiny was introduced was to allow us to tease out the kind of questions we will ask now and to get responses from both Ministers...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am almost done with my questions.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am very concerned by amendment No. 114 on the proposed new section 42 in respect of the hierarchy of the county development plans. I am genuinely interested in the logic of that and what was the thought process. I am not convinced that there has been sufficient consultation with the elected representatives and the managers in the affected areas. Can the Minister of State tell us the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The only reason I am thinking about Waterford is because of that population imbalance but if the Minister of State can find another example that allows him to tease that out with me I am quite happy for him to do so. I genuinely have many big concerns about this. We are here after 10 p.m. again. This is huge stuff and this committee has really not been given adequate time to tease through...