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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Page 38 of the programme for Government commits the Government to implement the plans set out by Irish Water to upgrade our dilapidated water infrastructure, including wastewater treatment plants. As the Taoiseach is aware, another temporary bathing ban was introduced at several of Dublin's beaches due to the overflow of wastewater from the Ringsend water treatment plant. In February, the...

Home Help: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Ms Muriel Slevin is a constituent of mine and her son, Morgan, is awaiting a home care package. I will read a short extract from a letter she sent recently. It states:I am writing to you once again regarding my son ... who is now 17 years of age. Morgan has been an inpatient in Crumlin Hospital since 7 April 2014. Morgan was granted a home care package earlier this year; only one agency...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) employed in a project wholly funded by an ETB qualifies to be treated as working in a public service body as per section 1 of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 under paragraphs (g), (h) and (i) as detailed in appendix 2 of circular 40/2007 for the purposes of being eligible for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the flash glucose monitoring technology available for all persons with type 1 diabetes; and if he has reviewed the survey results from an organisation (details supplied) on current users of the FreeStyle Libre device and the positive impact it has had on their daily lives. [26326/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Homeless Persons Supports (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her role in the funding and issuing of free Leap cards for homeless families; the estimated cost of providing free cards to families in emergency accommodation outside of school term time; and if free cards for homeless families will be extended to include non-term time. [26766/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Prospecting Licences (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 731. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his officials or the relevant State agencies have been consulted on a planning application by a company (details supplied) to build an underground gold and silver mine in west County Tyrone under EU transboundary environmental requirements. [26071/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 18 June 2019, if there has been a reduction in the initial allocation or diversion of a portion of the allocation to other projects in either his Department or other Departments (details supplied); if so, the amount being diverted; the Departments the funding is being diverted to;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the €93 million allocation to the capital assistance scheme, CAS, in budget 2019 is divided regionally; and if not, if it is allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. [26551/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his role in the funding and issuing of free Leap cards for homeless families; the estimated cost of providing free cards to families in emergency accommodation outside of school term time; and if free cards for homeless families will be extended to include non-term time. [26765/19]

Social Housing (Real Social Housing) Bill 2019: First Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing Acts 1966 to 2009 by providing a definition of social housing and social housing support. The Act makes a distinction between the provision of real social housing, a dwelling owned by the local authority or an approved housing body, and social housing support which can include Housing Assistance Payment,...

Social Housing (Real Social Housing) Bill 2019: First Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Quinlan and our other guests for their attendance. While I do not mean to criticise anyone, there is a certain degree of dissatisfaction among committee members. Yet again, we have been notified of Report Stage amendments that we will not have a chance to scrutinise in committee. I appreciate that the idea in Mr. Quinlan appearing before the committee is to fill in at least...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does the amendment only deal with protected structures rather than the generality of the pre-1963 structures?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does that mean the requirements under the recent amendment to legislation will not apply at all but the 12-month rule will apply?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: If the property has not been let for the previous 12 months, what are the other requirements?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I get that. So none of the other stipulations of substantial refurbishment would apply to such a property. The only criterion would be if it had not been let for the previous 12 months, it would then be exempt.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is that because it is not just that the BER is a legal requirement but there are issues relating to the disabled access and floor space because of the protected nature of the structures? Is that the rationale for doing so?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is no statutory definition of what a substantial refurbishment is for those properties.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sure.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Ms McMahon.