Results 2,881-2,900 of 15,009 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: We will have to reconvene after the voting bloc tomorrow.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Can we officially thank the staff for staying so late? We really appreciate it.
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to include Traveller specific accommodation developments in the quarterly social housing construction pipeline report. [51252/18]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for taking the time to travel to the committee meeting. Key issues for the committee are the targets for meeting social and affordable housing need under Rebuilding Ireland and the delivery of those units. I have the same questions for each local authority on that. Many members are concerned that the targets, in particular for what many of us call "real social...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Not on direct builds, but on additions to the local authority and AHB stock through builds or purchases as opposed to leased private sector units.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: May I ask a question on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: If the process is reduced to two stages, what will be the reduction in the time from conception to construction site? Currently, it is approximately 18 months depending on the project.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Does the new statutory timeframe for the Part 8 process not reduce the time significantly? At least we now have a start point and an end point in statute for Part 8 projects.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Surely the delay is now outside the planning process. Before, that process was clearly a problem.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Does Mr. Murray care to put a figure on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: To be clear, while that is a commitment, it is not something that has happened yet and it is not available to local authorities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: To return to my original question regarding the gap between the real social housing need and the targets in terms of the increase in real stock, the problem is that in each of the four local authorities represented, the gap is very stark. For example, in Galway, the gap between the additions to the stock over the lifetime of Rebuilding Ireland and the real level of need is about 65%; in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: That will depend on a vote we will be taking in two hours time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: We will have a chat about that afterwards.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: The draw downs are zero in both the city and the county councils.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: I found Mr. McGrath's response to be very positive. There was a significant underspend in the city last year and there is a gap in the spend for this year. Is Mr. McGrath confident that most of it will be spent this year or will it be rolled over for completion next year? I appreciate that pipelines are moveable feasts but the underspends, in the city in particular, have been very...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: To answer Mr. McGrath, the recommendations will be taken seriously by the committee. The one that concerned me was the value for money exercise drifting down to €15 million. That does not seem to make any sense at all. Is Mr. McGrath saying that he is being asked to undertake those exercises for projects below €20 million?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: What is the rationale for that, from the Department to the National Development Finance Agency, NDFA's point of view?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: How much additional time in terms of the overall development does that cost benefit analysis take? Does it take three months?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Are we talking in terms of months?