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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: I want to make it clear that this is not the only Bill of this kind that is being advanced. This is not the only debate about plastics that the Houses are having. We are all very clear on the fact that this legislation is a small piece of a larger approach. As it is the first Bill in this sphere, it sets the tone. If it is passed with the approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas, it will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (13 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will end pay inequality among teachers. [7236/19]

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to share time with Deputy Buckley.

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Tonight, as many as 13,000 adults and children will sleep either on the streets or in emergency accommodation funded by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Tusla or the Department of Justice and Equality, or, indeed, not funded by any Department. Contrary to what the Minister stated, the Oireachtas committee did not under any circumstances accept that his removal of...

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Not on my part.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I have four areas of questions. On the EPA reports, we in the committee have given a commitment over three years that every time the reports are published, one of the important steps we want to take is inviting all the stakeholders to interrogate the reports, not only to give the EPA another platform to raise the issues but also to hear...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does Mr. O'Leary have a breakdown of the spend on wastewater and on drinking water from last year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: With regard to the judgment on urban wastewater which was decided against us, is the programme sufficient to avoid fines if those targets are met by 2021?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I certainly get the sense from the engagements we have had of this nature over recent years that there is far greater co-ordination between the different bodies. I want to acknowledge that. I want to go back to the appendices in the EPA's 2017 report. There has been a significant improvement in terms of urban wastewater treatment directive non-compliant locations, as can be seen in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Mr. O'Leary said it was 132 by the end of 2018. I thought it was 132 by the end of 2017.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: There are 24 counties included in that figure of 132 plants. At what point in the Irish Water programme does it expect that number to start to reduce significantly?

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will be sharing with Deputy Ellis. As Deputies are aware, Sinn Féin is opposed to the LPT. When one considers the LPT, one realises that it is probably one of the worst or most poorly designed taxes in the history of the State. It is a tax not only on assets but also on debts. Anybody who was or who continues to be in negative equity is still charged the same as if he or she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports available to support a person with special needs (details supplied). [8191/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the eligibility criteria for accessing free legal aid for repossession cases; the average time persons are waiting to access the service for repossession cases; the amount of funding allocated to and drawn down by the Free Legal Aid Board in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the amount that has been...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 504. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of amendments tabled at the European Council relating to the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment. [7768/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a protocol or guidelines for his Department regarding sharing information, including amendments that are not available to the public with lobbyists, industry officials, NGOs and others during EU interinstitutional negotiations; and his views on the sharing of such information with a company (details...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to revise Ireland's nationally determined contribution for 2030 in respect of the Paris Agreement; and the percentage of greenhouse gas reduction compared to 2005 levels he would endorse. [7769/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 507. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the communication from the European Commission, A Clean Planet for All, a European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy. [7771/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 508. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of preparations for a long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategy, which is due to be submitted to the UNFCCC secretariat in 2020 according to the obligations of the Paris Agreement. [7772/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether renewable natural gas has a role in the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. [7770/19]