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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: To cut across Mr. Ó Coigligh, would it be fair to say, because I am one of those people hung up on this question because I think that it is an important one, that in all its operational matters, Irish Water is a non-commercial semi-State company. The only area where it continues to work as a commercial semi-State is in respect of the terms and conditions of the employees. They are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does Mr. Ó Coigligh have such a thing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I understand that, but as a Member of the Oireachtas I wish to know what would we not have visibility of under what is being proposed here. I ask that because something will be obscured, whether intentionally or not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can I reassure Senator Cummins that I am supportive of the legislation? I think separating Irish Water from Ervia subject to some of the issues being resolved is a good thing. That is separate from whether the single utility as is being proposed is a good or bad thing. Much of that devil is in the detail. Regarding the potential figure of €10 million in additional operational...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sorry for interrupting. Does that mean there will be additional staff above the current total cohort of staff across the three companies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Obviously, our discussion has strayed a bit into the completion of the single utility, which is a separate issue. Is the general scheme required to complete the single utility or could Irish Water have remained in Ervia and the single utility could have taken place in terms of the early ending of the service-level agreement with the local authorities? Are these two slightly separate things...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: In Mr. Ó Coigligh's view, it is not required but is preferable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I do not want to get into the detail of the single utility because our problem is there are different views on that and we do not have all of the different players in front of the committee. I understand that time was set aside to meet in Croke Park, I believe, in August for the WRC to advance those discussions and that not all of that time was used. To say the talks were suspended is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have one final question before my time runs out. Mr. Ó Coigligh said two days were used, but how many days were set aside? Was there a concern on behalf of the WRC or any other party that some of the detail required to get into the substantive discussions had not been tabled at that stage and that further detail was required to advance the discussions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is fine. I get that. I have two other questions. I appreciate there is a significance in bringing Irish Water under the control of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. One worry I have in this regard is that, as Mr. Ó Coigligh will be aware, the Comptroller and Auditor General does look-back studies. The value of having an Accounting Officer from Irish Water...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Could they be deployments from within the existing cohort of staff or will new staff be employed?

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I commend my colleague, Deputy Funchion, on bringing forward this very important motion. One thing on which we can probably all agree is that childcare costs are out of control, particularly in areas of high demand. The average cost of childcare for working families is astronomical in my constituency and it will be the same in the Minister's because we share a similar part of the city. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Private Partnerships (5 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the public sector benchmarking exercise used to evaluate and award the first bundle of social housing public private partnership homes will be published. [47511/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the recently agreed social housing targets for each local authority with a sub breakdown of social housing new build, acquisition and long-term lease for each local authority in tabular form. [48155/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown, by local authority, of affordable purchase and affordable rental targets for each year from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [48156/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 21 September, the number of CREL funded cost-rental homes that will be purchased and made available for tenants in the first quarter of 2022; and the details of the location, unit size and costs of same. [48194/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (5 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the civil legal aid scheme; the timeframe in which it will be held; and the details of any public consultation or engagement with stakeholders that it may include. [47649/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (5 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 787. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the public consultation of the Control of Dogs Act 1986 that was carried out in 2019; if the results of the consultation will be published; and if the Act will be amended to reflect the outcome of the consultation. [48564/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Oct 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met with representatives from a group (details supplied), Dublin City Council, NAMA and others to ensure that the requirement for up to 600 affordable homes in the Poolbeg SDZ will be achieved; if he will provide details of when the meeting and or meetings occurred; and the outcome of the meeting and or meetings....