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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Minister knows, a substantial majority of Dublin City Council members rejected the proposal of their management to transfer land on Oscar Traynor Road to a private developer as part of the scheme there. I understand the Lord Mayor of Dublin has written to the Minister. This is an opportunity for us to work together and not be adversarial but to try to put in place a better funding...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I welcome the Minister's response. He will recall that he worked alongside others in opposition and the then Minister of State, Deputy Damien English, to successfully remove St. Michael's Estate from the land initiative into a much more sustainable public housing funding model that is currently working its way through. That is what we need to do in this instance. The vast majority of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: The haste the Minister speaks about is, again, something we would welcome and we will work with him on this. We cannot have strategic sites such as this being used, for example, for so-called affordable housing that costs the purchaser between €325,000 for a one-bed up to €380,000 for a three-bed. We cannot have valuable public land like this being used to sell open market,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Government does not fund them.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: It does not control the purse strings. The Government controls the purse strings.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: One application as a result of that big change-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: Fund the Oscar Traynor Road development. That is what the Minister could do.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Persons Data (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to deal with the rise in the number of deaths of persons who were accessing homeless services and or sleeping rough. [38309/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Persons Data (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister will be aware that I have raised this issue previously and I fully accept the seriousness with which he has been responding to it but since we last raised it, we have seen a number of very significant tragic deaths of people who were either rough sleeping or engaging the homeless services in Dublin, Galway and Cork. I have heard some very concerning figures, particularly from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Persons Data (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I welcome the study because we have to have an informed and evidence-based approach to this. In many cases what we are seeing is the overlap of three sets of issues - homelessness, mental health and addiction - and the lack of adequate provision of those three services at the right time and place to meet the needs of individuals ,which in many cases, unfortunately, puts them at greater risk...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Persons Data (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I again acknowledge the fact that the programme for Government has a commitment to increase this provision. The original Housing First strategy introduced by the previous Government only committed to approximately 600 Housing First tenancies up to next year. We need in the region of 3,000 to deal with the current number of individuals who need that particular support and that is where we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Persons Data (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: A person who has previously engaged with homeless services, and who has moved on to a stable tenancy, and, for example, as in a number of cases that have been quoted by the DRHE have died from other tragic causes need to be treated as a separate category because their vulnerability is very different. The Minister probably agrees with that point and I look forward to the report and to his...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan drawdowns to date in 2020 in each local authority; and the average amount drawn down in each local authority in tabular form. [38311/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has raised concerns with Irish Water on the issue of connection fees for water and sewerage for residential new builds and the taking in charge of developer built wastewater infrastructure in newly built estates. [38312/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of the report of the expert group on Traveller accommodation. [38308/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to replace the Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty in Ireland 2016-2019 with a new strategy. [38226/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a list of the 35 individual projects that have been allocated serviced site funding to date of €127 million will be provided; the amount allocated to each project; the total project cost; the local authority responsible and the location of the project; and the total number of affordable units to be delivered on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) whose educational needs are not being met in a mainstream educational setting; and the steps she is taking to ensure the person receives the necessary placement and supports to obtain their education. [38020/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Council (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if representatives of organisations that represent and advocate on behalf of women and older persons will be included on the newly established Pensions Commission. [37822/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Measures (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 612. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the adoption, information and tracing Bill will be published. [37832/20]