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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sure. I agree with Ms Donaghy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not arguing against the P&A, because it is good. The only thing I will say is the local authorities do not get that money at that point in time, which is why we are currently talking about demolishing apartment developments from the 1950s and 1960s. That grant funding model is both underfunded and incredibly inefficient. What is good about the P&A and why there is a case to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank both the professor and Home for Good for their presentations. Senator Fitzpatrick is correct: this is the second hearing in this Dáil but in fact we have been discussing the matter for six years, since 2016. The special Dáil Committee on Housing and Homelessness had a very significant discussion of these issues. This is the third programme for Government that has a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is a good conversation so maybe I will continue it a little. It is important to recognise the State already has lots of definitions in statute of what adequate housing is with respect to minimum standards, overcrowding, etc. In some senses, while we can argue whether those standards are adequate, there are some already there. For example, the State has been found to be in breach of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Some of us would argue that it is poorly designed policy with respect to the private rental sector that has led to the crisis in that sector and all of the unintended consequences that flow from that but we will debate that another day. One could say that there is a case to be made that private sector landlords might see the right to housing in the Constitution as a positive thing. One...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Ms Graham and her team for coming before the committee again. There will be a confidence debate in the Dáil Chamber shortly, so I will have to leave after my contribution, for which I apologise. I want to take a step back for a second. It is often expressed to us is that the State has a poor record in the transposition of EU environmental law across a range of areas...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: A note to the committee would be very useful. Without overburdening Ms Graham, could that note include an indicative list of where there have been those notices, infringements or enforcement, as well as costs to date? That would be useful for the purposes of this, if the information is available. The second point relates to both EIA directives and our obligations under the Aarhus...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: One of the most important areas of EU environmental law is marine protected areas, MPAs, and we are eagerly awaiting the legislation on that. Given the very considerable body of work being undertaken by the Department's staff and the Attorney General's staff, which a colleague of Ms Graham's suggested in a briefing to us yesterday would not be concluded for another six months, how is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is right.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Ceann Comhairle got it right.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Freud would be delighted.

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank my colleagues, Deputies O'Rourke and Doherty and others for tabling this important motion today. Like Deputies right across the House, pretty much every day I am dealing with families who are experiencing a level of financial stress that I certainly have never seen in my time as a Deputy in this House. For example, I am dealing with housing assistance payment, HAP, tenants who are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Charges (14 Sep 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of plans to introduce a bin waiver scheme as announced in 2017; the reason for the delay; if the scheme will be introduced soon in view of the rising cost-of-living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44744/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Sep 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of capital funding that is owed to each local authority; the quantity of funding owed for 6 months or less, more than 6 months and less than 12 months, more than 12 months, less than 18 months, more than 18 months and less than 24 months and more than 24 months in tabular form. [44471/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Sep 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to increase funding to schools at all levels in order to assist schools to meet the increased cost of electricity and heating fuel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44979/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Childhood Care and Education (14 Sep 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that ancillary grants and minor works grants are not available to early-start educational settings; and if her Department will consider extending such grants to them. [45057/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Sep 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the size of a school building is considered when assessing and granting funding for utilities and maintenance-related costs; if not; if her Department will consider this as a factor going forward in order to ensure appropriate levels of funding for larger schools. [45058/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cost of Living Issues (14 Sep 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of teaching positions in schools across the Dublin Mid-West area are unfilled due to the lack of affordable accommodation and the increasing cost-of-living; and if she intends to engage with colleagues across Government in relation to the way that this can be addressed. [45059/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Sep 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if notification in respect of funding programmes from her Department will be made available to schools at an earlier stage of the year, including the book rental and the schoolbooks schemes, in order for schools to prepare appropriately and to avoid unnecessary cost to parents. [45060/22]