Results 1,021-1,040 of 15,009 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (28 Mar 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 598. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the ongoing discussions between Tusla, a centre (details supplied), and South Dublin County Council regarding the provision of a new child and family centre in Clondalkin, Dublin 22. [14814/17]

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank People Before Profit for putting this matter on the agenda today. I will reflect on my experience as a Deputy in Clondalkin. Clondalkin Towers, one of the largest direct provision centres, is in the constituency. Like many politicians, we work very closely with the residents at that location. Over the five or six years that I have been a public representative in the area, what has...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Freedom of Information Remit (30 Mar 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if business improvement districts established under the Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006 will be brought under the Freedom of Information Act. [15880/17]

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 (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am also keen to get an update on the implementation of fast-track planning. That would be useful. I would like to raise three other issues. Obviously, one of the actions under this pillar is the report into the overall cost of private housing construction - not just construction but the all-in costs. Can we get an update on the progress of that work? Could we also have an indication of...

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 (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: My question is for Mr. McCarthy and it relates to completions. The answer he gave was the same as the answer the last time I asked the question. My problem is twofold. On the one hand, the Government plan is setting up the figure of 25,000 units annually as one of its major delivery targets. At the same time, the Department website, which I have before me, tells us that the figures Mr....

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 (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have six areas of questions. The first concerns public private partnerships. We had a long exchange on this at the end of our previous meeting. Since then, I have met the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, the Department and Dublin City Council, DCC, and have spoken to the county manager of South Dublin County Council and to the Sinn Féin councillors in the councils...

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 (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: If they were, I would not support it. In the two models being discussed in Dublin city and south Dublin they are not getting land for free. My concern is that if cost rental does not happen, there will be a 70:30 split, 70% private and 30% affordable, which I would not support on public land. I am open to consideration of 30% social housing and 20% cost rental. My preference is cost...

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 (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: We do not know the outcome of that exercise and I presume the Department would like the designation to remain as it is. If that were not the case, it would create a difficulty in the Rebuilding Ireland targets from the approved housing body sector. For example, Housing Finance Agency funding would go on balance sheet. Is there a worry about that or a plan B in case that happens to ensure...

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 (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sure.

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 (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I know it is only a small point and not relevant to the current Department configuration but I was on the council when we heard of all these sites with an announcement by the previous Minister. There had been no consultation with elected members. My understanding is there was not an exhaustive process with the housing managers. I should be clear for the record. We desperately want those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. By way of background, the reason for this hearing and the hearing next week is that several of us in respect of our constituencies but also through discussions in the committee are concerned that we need to better understand the new regulations and the important issues raised by cases that have gained a high media profile. The purpose of these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank all the speakers because the information we are getting is exceptionally useful. I have a number of specific questions. To go back to the issue of the defects insurance about which Mr. Fitzpatrick and Ms Ní Fhloinn spoke in the first round of answers, if I understand it correctly the liability for the cost of the repair still rests with the homeowner, albeit they have an...

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Not yet.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homelessness Strategy (6 Apr 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that levels of homelessness have increased by 27% in the past 12 months, and that February homeless figures show that increases in individual family and child homelessness have reached historic highs, the way in which he intends to meet his target date of July 2017 to ensure that no families will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homelessness Strategy (6 Apr 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Minister for their flexibility. Despite our best efforts at the water committee, the committee has just voted not to take a decision until next week. This is why I was delayed. The Minister knows what the issue is and I am looking for very specific answers to the question. How many of the 1,239 families in the most recent homeless figure...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homelessness Strategy (6 Apr 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is all very interesting, but none of it answered any of the questions I asked so I will go through them again. What we all want to hear is not the aspiration because we support that. What we want to know is specific information, as follows. How many of the 1,239 families recorded in emergency accommodation are in hotels, and of those in hotels how many does the Minister expect to have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homelessness Strategy (6 Apr 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister for the figure of 850 in accommodation. It is clear that he is not willing to give a commitment that those families will be moved into permanent tenancies. If I understand him correctly, he is saying that they will only be moved into other emergency accommodation if that is what is in their best interests. If somebody does not need supported temporary accommodation and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homelessness Strategy (6 Apr 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am trying to get a commitment.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homelessness Strategy (6 Apr 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is a clear commitment that the Minister made some months.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homelessness Strategy (6 Apr 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister is rolling back on it because he is failing to meet-----