Results 21-40 of 511 for long speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I do not accept that. There are two different categories. One is long-term voids that were out of stock for a long period and, because the Department was bringing them back in, it can legitimately count them as an addition to stock. There is another category where, for example, at the start of 2017 a property had a lifetime tenant and that tenant then moved out. The Minister is correct...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...to ensure they can bring them back into use. That is not a void in terms of how the voids programme was originally designed. The original programme introduced by Alan Kelly was about identifying long-term vacant properties and voids and bringing them back into use. I do not want to use the word "honest" because that suggests people are being dishonest and I know they are not being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Before Mr. Fogarty does that, I just want to ask him to make a supplementary comment. If we look at terrestrial planning enforcement, we do know who to call. As many of the witnesses have long experience, knowing who to call in and of itself does not fix the problem. I could point to any number of long-standing, egregious planning breaches in my constituency, and I am sure Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Authority Performance Indictor Report: National Oversight and Audit Commission (9 May 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...more information we have about those sectors, the better. The other major gripe that many of us have is voids. NOAC produced an important report, published in 2017, which exposed the scandal of long-term voids. The great aspect of that report was not just the headline figures but NOAC was able to outline a timeline for how long these properties had been void and so on. We have ended up...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is on the second page of the housing Vote. It is the fourth table outlining key outputs and public service activities. It is the long one. I have no query about the first three rows. Will the Minister explain the differences between the next three rows? There is a target of 560 voids in 2018. That brings us back to the thorny subject of when a void is really a void and just an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (LSRD) Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...clarity could I have a couple of real-world examples of what that might look like? The one-year gap between the outcome of the preplanning and the submission of the planning application itself seems very long. What is the rationale for that length of time given that in the intervening period, other people may come in with other applications and construction may commence that could be...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...and I were both critical of his predecessor for presenting information in a way that was less than clear. It would be helpful if the Minister were to provide a report on voids, broken down between long-term voids and casual vacancies. Some 1,200 properties were funded through a similar programme last year. Only 300 of those were long-term voids. The rest were casual vacancies....

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: The 75,000 is under HAP. The 35,000 is everything else, including the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, and long-term leasing.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (5 May 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 129. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if involuntary long-term homelessness will be brought to an end by the end of 2016, as committed to in the Government's February 2013 homeless policy statement. [9240/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (24 May 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding his Department provided for long-term leasing accommodation, the amount drawn down and the number of tenancies this supported by local authority for each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [11541/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (11 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 860. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include Crohn's disease under the terms of the long-term illness scheme [37111/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not disputing that. All I am asking the Minister to do is to separate the long-term voids from the expensive re-lets because they are two different categories, and I believe it is an important distinction. It is very simple request.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The legislation should have been published long before now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Quite a long pause.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (7 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 691. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the FreeStyle Libre device available under the long-term illness scheme; and if so, when. [35810/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (16 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social housing output targets for 2019 by delivery stream including build, Part V, refurbishment, void, acquisition, long-term leasing, RAS and HAP as revised following budget 2019. [42297/18]

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Second Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Too long. The Minister of State definitely has more time than he needs.

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]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: As long as we all-----