Results 921-940 of 15,009 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: That was not my question. My question was whether there have been discussions between the Department and Irish Water.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I appreciate all of this and I know the average figures are very speculative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: On this basis, an accurate figure for full subsidy of the schemes would be approximately €4.9 million annually. Clearly this is not a hard fact. It would be very useful if it were possible to have an indicative figure for our private deliberations next week. What is the ballpark figure for a 100% subsidy? While there has not been a demand for group water schemes until now, part of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: We have asked it for this also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Be careful now. Professor Collins might be giving them a good idea.

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Tell that to the working poor. Their numbers are rising.

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Page seven of the programme for Government commits to the reform of sentencing for offenders. The Tánaiste will have seen the very moving vigil held by the Irish Road Victims Association outside the Dáil yesterday where 188 photographs of people who had lost their lives through reckless drivers were displayed. One of those photographs was of Marsia Lieghio, who was tragically...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, boss.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (23 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide greater detail on proposals to involve private equity firms in the revised mortgage-to-rent scheme, including information on the financing of private equity lease arrangements, security of tenure for homeowners and tenants and the involvement or otherwise of distressed mortgage holders who do not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (23 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I want to ask questions about the mortgage-to-rent review that was published last week. We all know the scheme has not been a success. There have only been 217 mortgage-to-rent cases completed over six years. I welcome a number of the proposals relating to the scheme. These should assist in some respects. My question relates to the potential involvement of equity funds in buying up...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (23 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister for his reply. Any of us who is keen to see greater solutions for those in mortgage distress will keep an open mind on this. The first key issue is security of tenure. As the Minister knows, under the current rules, if somebody mortgages to rent with an approved housing body, they effectively have a lifetime tenancy. Will the same type of principle apply in these...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (23 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Certainly that is the case in respect of the business model David Hall and his associates have put in place. However, whether that is the case for the likes of Arizun or Merrion Capital, for example, we are not yet sure and that is because we do not know the detail. As soon as some of that detail is available, the housing committee might be a good place to tease that out. Many of us would...

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (23 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: What really matters here is the number of new additions to the social housing stock. Based on the Minister's figures for last year, there were only 2,192 new additions to social housing stock. There were approximately 2,500 refurbishments, which brings it up to 4,000. This means 75% of the 18,000 social housing solutions are private rental units leased for two, four or ten years. Deputy...

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (23 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Some 12,000 two-year HAP tenancies are not secure.

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (23 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The majority of them are HAP tenancies and they are not secure.

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (23 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: People had no choice-----

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (23 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----but to move from the rent supplement.

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (23 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am listening.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the Residential Tenancies Acts to bring local authorities tenants under the terms of the acts and Residential Tenancies Board in order that they will have access to the same rights as private rented sector tenants and tenants of associated housing bodies. [8992/17]