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Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: He is not here.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank everyone who has contributed to the debate - at least, most who have done so. I will deal with the Minister's contribution in a moment. I welcome the support of Sinn Féin, the Labour Party and various Independents for this Fianna Fáil Bill. It is a genuine attempt to address the issue of bulk buying and the freezing out of first-time buyers from the market. This is a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Data (27 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 258. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of home school community liaison and school completion staff working with homeless families in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49361/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (27 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of free public transport to children in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49362/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (27 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the pilot project that will be introduced to support the family functioning of homeless families in emergency accommodation by providing off-site or near-site family time, including play, homework, cooking and washing facilities, family support and parent support. [49363/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (27 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a safety guidance and voluntary code for child safety in emergency accommodation. [49364/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (27 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a new facility with accommodation for pregnant women who are homeless. [49365/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (27 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenancies provided by housing first teams in Dublin in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date 2019. [49366/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Data (27 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific funding under the capital assistance scheme for AHBs to respond to the accommodation needs of young persons who leave State care in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [49367/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Domestic Violence Policy (27 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of specific policy and procedural guidance to housing authorities with regard to the role they can play to assist victims of domestic violence to secure new, independent tenancies as required. [49368/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency (27 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the housing procurement office in the Housing Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49369/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (28 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the immediate measures he is taking to resolve the shortage of secondary school places in Skerries, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49507/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (3 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister for taking this Topical Issue debate, which deals with the crisis in the number of secondary school places in Dublin Fingal. The Minister recently paid a visit to Skerries community college in advance of polling in the by-election. There is a more fundamental issue in north Dublin and I am glad of the opportunity to address it with the Minister. We are the fastest...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (3 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister for his response and I welcome what he has said with regard to Skerries. I hope those moves will deal with the students in Skerries who have not been able to obtain a place. The reason we are here and that we do not have enough capacity is because of delays in delivering schools. Take St. Joseph's secondary school in Rush as an example. The Minister speaks about...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (3 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: That is why I talk about a lack of delivery. The Minister was there a while ago and it still does not have its extension.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I would like to share time with Deputies Casey and Cassells.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I fully respect the right of any party to use its parliamentary time in whatever way it sees fit. Any party has the right to table a motion of no confidence in the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, or indeed in any other Minister. It is perfectly permissible under the procedures of this House. The question for many people, including the media and many of the people to whom I have spoken, is...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I did not interrupt Deputy Catherine Murphy.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I respect the right of the Member to speak. I did not interrupt her colleague. I am stating my own opinion and the opinion of thousands of other people across this country. That is the reality of it. In the first few minutes of this debate the Social Democrats, others and the Government have engaged in a blame game, the Taoiseach having given us a history of former housing Ministers and...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: We have said that and the public will get an opportunity to see that. Nobody watching this debate believes that it would be beneficial for this country to plunge itself into a general election in Christmas week or shortly thereafter, in advance of another Brexit deadline of 31 January. The public are not on the side of the Social Democrats on this motion. Others have jumped on the...