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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Are fines currently issued by the RTB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: That does not answer the question about the affordability of the start-off rent. That was my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: If one has an EIB loan for 25 years for cost rental units, and one has to pay down that plus the fees for management and maintenance of the properties, one's start-off rent will be at a certain point because one has to pay all the costs over 25 years. If one has a 70% EIB loan and a 30% CALF loan and one pays down the CALF loan over an additional ten years, that will give one 35 years to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: For cost rental.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: It was agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: We are hearing two different versions. Was it agreed or is it being considered? Who is telling the truth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is the Minister saying it is possible the Department could refuse the increase because it might not meet the public spending code, although that is not his desired outcome?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: My question is in the context of the forthcoming Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill. As the Minister of Housing, Planning and Local Government will know, a number of families in transitional accommodation in Tallaght were recently issued with notices to quit from the voluntary service provider. As the Minister will further know, the provider issued these notices to quit because under...

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I support Deputy O'Brien. His amendment is sensible. It makes no sense whatsoever to go to the effort of having a plebiscite and then to give the Minister of the day the option of ignoring the result of the plebiscite. If it is not politically feasible, then let us not allow it to be legally possible. On that basis I am more than happy to support the amendment. I also wish to comment...

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Like a number of colleagues, when these amendments were tabled late on Monday of last week, I was quite critical of them, given that they are substantive, that they propose significant changes to local government structures and powers, and that we were given them at such a late stage without adequate time for pre-legislative scrutiny or proper consideration. I acknowledge, however, the...

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is nothing the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan has said with which I would disagree. I do not believe that anybody is arguing for it simply to be referred back to the two local authorities to do what they have not been able to do up to this point. I believe there should be urban area committees with a structured, formal mechanism for councillors from the municipal districts who are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the emergency funding for repair work at a centre (details supplied); the reason his Department has not yet replied to the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board report that was submitted in October 2018; and when the funding will be approved and provided. [52721/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (18 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units in secondary schools in Clondalkin for the school year commencing September 2019; if the existing units and available places within them meet the demand for the number of young persons diagnosed with autism in the area; and his plans to provide new ASD units in secondary schools in the area in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (18 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Irish Rail and the NTA and agree to abandoning the Iron Hills rail line formally in order that the south Kildare to Athy distributor road meets its timeframe for delivery. [52722/18]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: In March 2018, the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government decided to give the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, time to introduce amendments to the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016 and he was to come back to the committee with these amendments within two months. We wrote to him on 13 November seeking an update. He...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to increase the delivery of both social housing new builds and affordable private market homes for 2019 (details supplied). [1627/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: The housing supply co-ordination task force report for quarter 3 was published on 20 December last. While it indicated that there were some positive signs, there were also worrying data contained in the report, in particular a 50% reduction in the number of houses under construction in Dublin city compared to quarter 3 of 2017. The reduction was 20% when the city and greater Dublin region...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Every new home that is built is welcome. Any increase in supply is also to be welcomed. I think the Minister is guilty of presenting too rosy a picture. I would appreciate it if he could address two specific issues, the first of which is private housing output. One of the most worrying aspects of the recent report of the Housing Supply Coordination Taskforce for Dublin is the indication...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: The quarter-on-quarter comparisons are a valuable way of looking at this issue, particularly because building is affected by the climate. That is one of the reasons the task force report makes such comparisons. It is a concern that the total level of construction in the city of Dublin, where housing need is greatest, is 50% lower than it was this time last year. I am not clear on why that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Building Control Management System (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: There are thousands of families who bought properties before 2014 that have substantial latent defects, including fire safety issues and water ingress. The State is partly responsible for this. The non-existent regulatory regime allowed unscrupulous builders, developers or architects to build those homes. We asked in the "Safe as Houses?" report by the Oireachtas committee for the Minister...