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Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister cannot be honest with the people.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Then give us a proper debate and not the misleading statements you have given us this evening.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister never interjects.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Well said.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Hear, hear.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for his comments. At least he had the good grace to deal with the substance of the motion, although we may disagree on the points. His speech was in stark contrast to the earlier speech of his senior Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, which hardly mentioned either the private rental sector crisis or the specific points in this motion. He had nothing to say...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (4 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the new criteria for local authority acquisitions; if a circular has been issued in relation to same; and if so, if he will publish the circular. [22032/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied); the progress in relation to planning; and if she will provide a timeline for the delivery of the project. [21819/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (4 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Ukrainian households that have entered the State since the start of the war; and the breakdown by household size, for example, no children, one child, two, three and four or more children. [22054/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (4 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 450. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that clerical staff working on the frontline through the successful vaccination programme have been excluded from receiving the pandemic bonus payment; the reason that clerical staff in other Departments are eligible to receive the payment; and if he intends to extend the payment to this excluded group. [21830/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Sales (4 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to improve regulation of the trade of exotic animals; and if a positive list system has been considered as Belgium has implemented since 2001. [22121/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (5 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the March 2022 homelessness report of his Department. [22549/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (5 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Since the Minister ended the blanket ban on evictions in April of last year, the number of adults and children in Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage-funded emergency accommodation has increased almost every month. The latest figures for March show that we have almost 10,000 adults and children in emergency accommodation. Can the Minister give his response to the latest...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (5 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister. Part of the problem is that many of the things he is outlining are not going to be coming on-stream, particularly for those who are in emergency accommodation for very long periods. The driving causes of homelessness are the shrinking nature of the private rental sector, increasing numbers of vacant possession notices to quit, increasing presentations and a dramatic...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (5 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The difficulty with the circular is twofold. First, the language indicates that it applies only when the household is deemed to be at risk of homelessness, for example when they are eligible for homeless HAP, which would be six weeks out from their notice to quit. That is far too late in the day to intervene. Second, under the previous tenant in situscheme there was greater flexibility....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (5 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the terms of reference for his senior-counsel-led report on alleged conflicts of interest at An Bord Pleanála cover all three sets of issues now in the public domain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22550/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (5 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Minister knows, there have been a number of very serious allegations of potential conflicts of interest made in the public domain against an individual member of An Bord Pleanála. My question relates not specifically to the allegations, because I realise the Minister is not in a position to comment on those, but to the terms of reference for the senior counsel review that the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (5 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: In order for An Bord Pleanála to fulfil its functions, it has to have the confidence of the public. It is the view of many of us that this confidence has been eroded over the past several years, in part because of some very controversial decisions in contravention of local city and county development plans and, in many cases, the advice of its own inspectors. This has led to the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (5 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister for that. One of the most important recommendations of the 2016 review of An Bord Pleanála that is as yet unimplemented is the recommendation that all future appointments to the board be made through the Public Appointments Service. Particularly in the current context, it would be a very wise move. Could the Minister commit to doing that during his time in office?...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (5 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I do not wish to cut across the Minister but am wondering whether that involves a "Yes" or "No" on committing to implementing the specific recommendation of the An Bord Pleanála review.