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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (25 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is still the intention to extend opening hours of nightclubs; and if so, if a timeframe can be provided for when the change is expected to come into effect. [19452/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witness for their presentations. I know it is not the first time that some of them have appeared before the committee on this issue. This is one of those areas where the more we can advance and accelerate the high-quality, cutting-edge technologies in particular, the better. Not all 1960s system builds were bad. In fact, in many cases the systems were good but the maintenance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Given that we have a tight timeline, particularly with public procurement, do we need to move to a place where if people are providing a building technology that has a lower embodied carbon, they get a higher scoring point on the tendering process, for example? Is that one recommendation as regards concrete? Do we need to combine that with a very publicly announced phase-out of either...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will come back to the other questions in the second round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses very much; it is all very interesting. I have a couple of questions. To pick up on Deputy Cian O'Callaghan's point, obviously, one of the challenges is that we are trying to talk about ways of accelerating the use of these technologies but we always end up having a conversation about the need to strengthen building controls, which is a separate day's argument. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise for my ignorance, but does that mean that Mr. O'Toole is suggesting a possibility of buildings that would not meet the current regulatory requirements and that we find a way around them? He is saying they would be as safe but would not be compliant with the rules of our system as they stand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: On that, as Ms Wylde and Ms Larkin will know, I have a particular interest in building control and fire safety. For me, those things should never be negotiable, and I know that is not at all what Mr. O'Toole is saying. If Government policy was to move towards the option of buildings above 12 m in height that are predominantly timber based, and we want to have the highest possible fire safety...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Let us take the project Mr. O'Connor worked on and translate it across to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the context of a local authority or local authorities bringing forward sites. I think of Clonburris, where the servicing is happening and where there is URDF funding. The planning permission has been provided. Is that the next stage that the Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a supplementary question for Mr. O'Connor and the witnesses from Coillte. Obviously, there are procurement rules and planning requirements. Might it be possible for the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to say that under the five-year pipeline for the provision of social and affordable new builds, a certain percentage would be taken out and put into a separate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Mr. Balfe is speaking to the converted in addressing that point to the Chairperson and me. A report the committee did on vacancy and dereliction made precisely the same point. If I had my way, anybody who wanted to demolish a building would have to justify it, our planning system would be able to refuse permission on the grounds that there is not a valid justification for demolition and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: May I add to the Cathaoirleach's question in the interests of clarity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is the group we are talking about different from the construction sector working group in the innovation subcommittee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am sorry for cutting across the Cathaoirleach. That group has been in place for approximately four or five years. We get the minutes of meetings on request but they are very brief. The group has been doing a lot of good work, including on some of the outworking of Mount Lucas. However, it has been going on for quite some time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Even if a standard duplex is being built, my understanding is even that could not be done if there are separate units of accommodation that are fully timber. The ground floor would have to be a standard concrete floor and there would then be two storeys of timber on top. That is the case, even for something like that. Mr. O'Connor mentioned Milford Manor. It is important we keep that in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: From my point of view, it is the low-carbon technologies, so whatever they are. Obviously, wood is one of those, but it is not the only one. In that sense, if Mr. Carlin asked me to clarify just in terms of his answer and as he represents Coillte, if it is action for wood, that fits. Our guests know this much better than we do, but the public conversation, inasmuch as it is happening, is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is not that I think we are looking for silver bullets, because we know this is not straightforward. The only reason Mr. O'Connor was able to come here to make the presentation he made today is that we had a rural refugee crisis and somebody, somewhere, decided that we need to get 500 units of accommodation very quickly, said that somebody should sort it out, and a bunch of people were...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the implementation to BusConnects in the Rathcoole and Newcastle, County Dublin. [20742/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the electrification of the train line to Hazelhatch via Clondalkin, Lucan, and Adamstown. [20743/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that are being made by her Department and the NCSE to provide an appropriate school place that will meet the needs of a person (details supplied) as per their obtained assessment report. [21025/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (4 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the analysis into the availability of land for the delivery of social and affordable homes through to 2030 will be published; what is the additional land need in hectares broken down by local authority to deliver 24,000 social homes between now and 2030; to state how much is in the current land acquisition fund; the...