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

Eoin Ó Broin: I get that but one of the biggest delays in the 15 case studies was the delay in the applicant coming back due to the request for further information. In some cases it was six months or nine months and so on. That was not something the local authority could control although it had asked for the additional information. If I was to ask what is the actual average time for the processing of...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: We had this conversation when representatives of the Department originally came before the committee for discussion on strategic housing development, SHD. It had some average figures, but they were hokey as hell. We fought tooth and nail for the spreadsheet and we got the spreadsheet that mapped out all of those 15 cases. While I do not seek a spreadsheet for all 117 initial contacts, a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (7 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there were 2,002 PEA beds and 2,162 STA beds occupied in November 2018, while in December 2018, the PEA beds had decreased by 877 to 1,125 and the STA beds increased by 876 to 3,038 [6106/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving adequate educational supports to meet special needs; and when adequate educational supports will be provided. [6500/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the tender process for the new direct provision centre within a 40 km radius of Newbridge, County Kildare, has concluded; if so, the contracts that have been awarded for same; and the way in which this affects the status of a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [6278/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 393. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated additional home care hours. [6465/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 2018 sports capital grant application decisions will be made in the case of a club (details supplied). [6437/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 755. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he has taken to remedy the five grounds of the European Social Charter violated by Ireland in terms of the provision of Traveller accommodation highlighted by the European Committee of Social Rights in May 2016; and his views on the recent monitoring report by the committee published on 23 January 2019 that found...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Let us take a step back from the very technical stuff for a second. It is important for us to reassert at a very basic level why this committee has spent so much time on this issue, partly at the request of Senator Grace O'Sullivan and Deputy Sherlock at earlier stages and now at the request of the Minister. We are all concerned as a result of our growing knowledge of the impact of plastics...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a final question. I take the point that everyone has made about second-generation microplastics. I do not think anyone is disputing that. Have any of the other EU member states that have started to look at this issue introduced legislation or regulations? If so, could those of us who are interested in this matter be pointed in the direction of those measures? I know this aspect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is very important for us to understand whether Ms Dean is concerned that categories of products which are not included in the phasing out will be caught by this legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: For the purposes of clarity for those of us who are not scientists, will Mr. Chave give examples of some everyday non-plastic polymers? This is so we are clear on what we are talking about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: How many days are left?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Do the witnesses have any thoughts on exceptions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: It was an interesting exchange. The officials said that they had gone out to see if that was the case and they found that there were none. However, there is a policy of encouraging people to use suntan lotion. If a product were to become available, the officials did not want the legislation to act as a disincentive to using it. Those were the general thoughts about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: The discussion was about suntan lotions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: If that were the case, then those products would be covered by the medical exemption because they serve a medical purpose.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, it stops people getting cancer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I imagine parents would disagree when they are putting suntan lotion on their children, but I take the point.