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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, and they are very welcome. I had not thought of it until I read the Bill,but I like the idea of notification of an appropriate authority to give them an instigation to compulsorily purchase. Whether or not the Minister is the most appropriate, or the Minister and the local authority, ultimately the Minister does not CPO, it is the local authority. It may well be of course that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: They could absolutely because there are different sections of a local authority.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Already there would be a situation where a housing department, for example, might notify the planning department orvice versa. It is not a criticism because I like the principle of it. It is just the most effective way of doing that in terms of who and what obligation is then on them to act. Clearly that is what we want.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: My point is slightly different. People often think a local authority is a single entity but, of course, it is not. It is different departments, many with different functions. Invariably, whether it is the land management development or planning function of the local authority, the individuals responsible for the register sit on one side of the building and on the other side there are the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: And by the way, I do my own site visits. I know I do not generally come on the ones organised by the committee, but people should go to see Ellis Court. It is the best example I have seen of that kind of reuse of existing buildings. I had a long conversation with a pensioner who lives there and who had lived in residential accommodation somewhere else. It is life-transforming stuff. Not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is doing the Townsend Street at the moment. Again, it is one of the 19th century or early 20th century social housing projects that was derelict for a very long time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is no more difficult to do than demolish and rebuild, which is the default option. Again, Ellis Court is the example. When I asked what was the all-in development cost, they had to go away and get the agreement of the chief executive to agree it, I thought it was going to be astronomically expensive over and above a standard development. It was tenanted earlier this year and late last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: And it is on the Luas line. If you think inner city sites are difficult that is literally where the Luas passes before you get to Croppies Acre. Sorry for going off.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: No, the issue is what section of a local authority is going to compulsorily purchase a building. Obviously, the housing department can do it . If there is a development department or if it is a local authority with economic development functions, they might do it for commercial reasons. If we are talking about compulsorily purchasing properties by the housing department for either social...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can I just confirm we are still meeting in private session on Tuesday, 11 January just to do the pre-legislative scrutiny report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Here, here. And for putting up with us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to make two very small observations. It would not be possible to compel a local authority to impose a CPO in legislation. First, it is a reserve function of the executive because it is capital expenditure. More importantly, a local authority can only impose a CPO on a building for social housing with the approval of the Department and with the necessary funding. The capital funding...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, you can.

Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Not too long ago, my constituency colleague Deputy Ward and I met with approximately one third of the school principals in our constituency. Those people represent 20 separate schools of all types of patronage and children of all ages. The purpose of the meeting was to ask the principals about they face. Every one of those principals stated that they had permanent contracted positions in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (18 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of the contracts that have been awarded by the SEAI to a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form and for each contract to detail the service provided and the total value of the contract. [2226/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (18 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the number of 100% community-owned renewable energy projects and number of 51% community-owned renewable energy projects from RESS 1 that have received the enabling grant. [2252/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (18 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant and derelict home refurbishment grants drawn in 2023 and the average value of the grants drawn down. [2227/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (18 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority mortgages that were drawn down in 2023 and the average value of the mortgages drawn down. [2228/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (18 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of first home scheme shared equity loans drawn down in 2023 and the average amount of the draw down. [2229/24]