Results 3,881-3,900 of 15,009 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 32: In page 50, to delete lines 7 and 8. This seems to be an unnecessary and onerous requirement placed on the Residential Tenancies Board. The Minister is going to accept the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister might let me practise my wonderful rhetoric. If he is willing to accept the amendment, I will not waste the committee's time.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Were these amendments not grouped with an earlier amendment on the use of the Public Appointment Service?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I concur with Deputy Darragh O'Brien.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: What is the current composition of the voluntary board? I am not asking for people's names but what are the expertise or skill sets that they bring?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Was there a tenants' representative previously?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is a broad range of skill sets on the board. Is it the Minister's hope that the same range of skill sets will be replicated on that statutory board?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I appreciate the difficulty with tenants' representatives. The one AHB that has a good track record in this is Co-operative Housing Ireland, formerly the National Association of Building Co-operatives, NABCo, because it is part of the culture. It might be worth engaging with Co-operative Housing Ireland in the process if we are to replicate a similar process. I am not saying that the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am happy to withdraw the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister is appealing to us not to submit too many amendments. If he did get Dáil time, it would then go through quickly. We understand.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: There are a small number of issues that Deputy O'Brien and I have indicated we may revert on, but they are minor. It has not been my practice to resubmit all of my Committee Stage amendments to fight them again on Report Stage. We will just consider a small number.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Obviously, we cannot speak for people who are neither here nor members of the committee.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (20 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the ongoing EU Commission and European Court of Justice legal action against the State for breaches of the urban wastewater treatment directive. [47936/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (21 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 22 October 2019, if there is a timeline for the development and implementation of proposals following the comprehensive review of the special needs assistant scheme; and if so, when they can be expected. [48333/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the practical toolkit on business and human rights for public and private entities has been developed as outlined in the national plan on business and human rights; and if not, the reason therefor in view of the fact that it was due to be developed within 12 months of the publication of the national plan. [49055/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (26 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approved capital projects for new school buildings, refurbishments of existing school buildings and temporary class room provision in the Lucan area will be provided; the location of each project in the capital project process; and the estimated commencement and completion date for each project in tabular form. [48906/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (26 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that fire safety regulations are up to date, especially in terms of multi-occupancy buildings such as student accommodation; and if guidelines have been issued as regards cladding. [48585/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: This morning's newspapers are once again filled with horror stories of the impact of the Government's housing policy on children. Yesterday's Social Justice Ireland conference was told of toddlers' inability to walk, crawl or chew because of prolonged stays in emergency accommodation. The conference heard from one expert who said: Time lost in the first five years of a child's development...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Taoiseach has learned from his Minister how to misread figures because that very same report he quotes tells us more than half of the children who are currently homeless are spending more than one year in emergency accommodation when we combine hotels and hubs. If we take figures from the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, it tells us more than 20% of the children in emergency...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is the Taoiseach's fourth year in Government.