Results 981-1,000 of 15,001 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: Representatives of the County and City Management Association, CCMA, attended one of our previous meetings. The housing manager for County Louth stated his local authority's experience of the pilot scheme was that the actual cost of turning around units was significantly higher than anticipated. He indicated that it could have been as high as €100,000 rather than the €40,000...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: The €100,000 figure is probably more-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I will take that as a "maybe" so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: The previous day we spoke about this I raised the issue of going below the local electoral area, LEA, level to the electoral divisions, ED, or small area level and I seek an update on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely, I fully support you on that ruling, Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I did, yes. Death to acronyms. Thank you for pointing that out, Chair. That comes from my days on the social inclusion community activation programme, the local community development programme and the public participation network among others.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I spoke previously about whether we could go below the local electoral area to the electoral divisions and the small areas for the purposes of trying to establish whether smaller areas, in particular for example parts of Waterford city could be included in the rent pressure zones. I wonder if Mr. McCarthy has any update on that. I will add the strapline that while I am not a fan of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I do not want to be mean but Mr. McCarthy's reply on the small areas is the same as the one he gave last time. I completely understand in certain small areas or electoral divisions there will be too few rental properties to use as a base. In Waterford city, however, there will be electoral divisions that have a high concentration of rental properties where I guess it should be possible to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: It is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: Before the day is out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: Apparently they have a better standard of debate in the Senate so I will never make it in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I presume we will continue until 4.30 p.m. as scheduled.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: The Chairman should not give me that kind invitation or otherwise we will be here all night.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I have some questions on other areas, but I know other members will want to discuss those. May I ask questions on those now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I am not suggesting we go on to other areas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I am going to be cheeky and break my own proposal because I have two questions on financing that are somewhat time bound. Is that okay?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I have a question on public private partnerships, PPPs. I would very happily see the 100 units in the Grange in Clondalkin as part of the scheme. Is it a section 85 agreement that is currently going to the four different local authorities? What is it called when one local authority is the lead?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: Yes. Am I correct that it is section 85?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: I understand that a value-for-money exercise is required as part of that. That value-for-money exercise must determine that the prices that come in for delivery of those units are better value for money than the traditional means of undertaking the same piece of work. I believe that is how it is worded. Unusually, this PPP is not just for design and build but also for the management and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)
Eoin Ó Broin: That makes sense to me. Is it wise for the Minister---- sorry. The Secretary General is not going to answer if I phrase it that way. Is it wise as a general operational principle to announce the approved budget for a specific scheme in advance of tendering? Does that not give the applicants commercially sensitive information which it would be better if they did not have, or is that...