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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: To correct the record, it has not been transposed as yet.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is it the case then, as I asked, that the intention is to transpose it by way of regulations by the August deadline?

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Again, I express my disappointment because it will mean there will be a lower level of scrutiny by Deputies if it is done by way of regulations, but we can deal with that at a later stage. On the Aarhus Convention, and it is the one point I will make, we are a signatory to it so it does have relevance to this legislation. Article 6.4 of the Aarhus Convention makes it very clear that each...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I fully support this group of amendments. In some sense, these amendments go to the very heart of this legislation and the debates and disagreements Members have had on Second Stage and Report Stage. One thing that has frustrated me since the introduction of this legislation is notwithstanding the very considerable work by the officials and the Minister and notwithstanding the disagreement...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Every report the Irish Fiscal Council publishes is ignored by the Government.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State began by saying that the Government does not propose to transfer functions from the Minister to the planning regulator. This means that recommendation 1.14 from the Mahon tribunal report is not being supported by the Government. That proposition is being rejected. At least we know that and it makes matters clear. I am amazed at the degree to which the Minister of...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is the kiss of death.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will not take up too much time. I support the amendments. They are eminently sensible. If I am not mistaken, when we dealt with a similar Bill before Christmas, similar issues were raised. The explanation from the Minister at the time as to why he was not willing to accept them did not seem to be credible, so I would be interested to hear the outline of the Minister of State, Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is not being built.

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Not one brick has been laid.

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services published its report in April. Central to the report are proposed amendments to the 2007 Water Services Act. The Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, previously indicated that the Bill would be presented to the House in June. Given that he and the Fine Gael Party will be rather distracted in the next couple of months, will the...

Residential Tenancies (Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The first thing all of us are agreed on is that rents are continuing to rise. All of the data from both the RTB and daft.ieconfirm that. It is important to remind ourselves just how much they have risen to. In my constituency in Dublin Mid-West, and this is reflected in many areas, an average two-bedroom or three-bedroom family home is currently going for an asking price of €1,800....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Courses Provision (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is appropriate funding support available through his Department to run an outreach certificate programme (details supplied). [23650/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Courses Provision (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is appropriate European Union funding available to run an outreach certificate programme (details supplied). [23651/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to develop official national planning guidelines to regulate for large scale solar developments or solar farms. [23693/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE funding allocated to each of the 11 Jigsaw projects across the State in each of the years 2012 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and his plans to increase funding for jigsaw projects. [23672/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to tackle gambling addiction; the amount of funding which has been provided by the HSE to gambling addiction support services in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and his plans to increase funding for these services. [23683/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of multiple sclerosis patients waiting for three months, six months and a year or more for an appointment to see a neurologist in tabular form. [23729/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of multiple sclerosis patients waiting for three months, six months and a year or more for an appointment to have an MRI scan in tabular form. [23730/17]