Results 3,001-3,020 of 15,009 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Two out of three is not bad.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his predecessor supported the 90% separate collection target by 2025 for plastic beverage bottles contained in Article 9 of the single-use plastics directive at European Council meetings. [5879/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amendments tabled at European Council meetings on the proposal for a directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment regarding Article 9 of the single-use plastics directive. [5880/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the regulations for the new affordable housing scheme will be enacted; and the way in which the scheme will work. [5781/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Regeneration (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full costs of a project (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and his plans for the future of the scheme. [5817/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the BER ratings of the local authority stock in the 31 local authorities nationally in tabular form. [5852/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount it costs to upgrade the BER rating of local authority homes in tabular form (details supplied). [5853/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: In all the engagements my staff and I have had with An Bord Pleanála, the response has always been incredibly professional and quick. I acknowledge that and thank its staff. Sometimes given the An Bord Pleanála web difficulties, which I will come to in a minute, it is often hard to find information, but when we follow up with phone calls we always get the information very quickly....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: What is the average time, from start to finish, for the strategic housing developments dealt with by An Bord Pleanála?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: The legislation was sold to the committee on the basis of an identified problem of a 48-week turnaround from start to finish, including board appeals, on 15 or 16 large housing developments in 2015. Mr. Walsh remembers the torturous committee proceedings. What I want to know is, all in from start to finish in all of the cases dealt with, how long they take and what is the average so we can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: That target has been met.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is no appeals process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is from start to finish.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: From the pre-application stage-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Plus the 16 weeks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: This proves Deputy Casey's point that when there is a tough statutory deadline it is hard to miss it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: How many pre-application strategic housing developments have not gone to formal application?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is that the total since the legislation came in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is an important issue, on which I ask the Chairman to indulge me. He knows where I am going with this. On the basis of what Ms Kenny has said, Mr. Walsh's answer did not compare like with like. The previous 48-week period was all in from the day the pre-planning application was made until the final board decision. It included developers submitting badly done applications and having...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is Ms Kenny saying that in the nine weeks between the pre-application and the formal submission of the application to the board there could be a gap there that is not counted in An Bord Pleanála's 25 weeks?