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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Housing Supply Alliance (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Brennan for his presentation. At the risk of us boring other committee members, some of us will probably repeat some of our comments from the start of the previous session so that the witnesses can know where each of us stands. Sinn Féin supports the work being done by the witnesses' organisations and their efforts to access credit union and other sources of funding. As...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Housing Supply Alliance (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their answers. I have a couple of follow-up questions. How do the housing bodies envisage that the special purpose vehicle fund will emerge if the Central Bank and the Registry of Credit Unions consent to change the rules to allow credit unions to provide such funding? Do they envisage that funding from the HFA will form part of that fund, or will funding from the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies Data (5 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of times the working group established to review the 2005 sustainable rural housing guidelines for planning authorities has met; the engagement it has had with the European Commission; and the position regarding the progress of the working group to date in 2017. [31646/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Irish League of Credit Unions (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Carville for his presentation. By way of context, we are in the middle of the worst housing crisis in recent history. The ability of the State to invest in social housing to meet growing housing need is limited because of the financial constraints. Capital investment from central government in social housing remains at historic lows, even with the increases in the past two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Irish League of Credit Unions (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Mr. Carville provided probably the most positive read of where we are at that I have heard in a long time. That is good news and gives me much more hope that we may see progress on this issue. While I acknowledge that the Central Bank is independent and makes the decisions in this matter, the statement from the Department is very positive. My question follows on from Deputy Casey's. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Irish League of Credit Unions (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: To be clear about the question, I am not asking Mr. Carville to comment on the discussions in respect of the possible redesignations. He should park that. Perhaps if I phrase the question differently, I will get the answer I am seeking. If, for example, a local authority was today to borrow money from the credit unions or the Housing Finance Agency, because a local authority is on-balance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Irish League of Credit Unions (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Perfect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Irish League of Credit Unions (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Sibley for his presentation. I have a general comment and a couple of short questions. It is always funny when one repeats to the second set of witnesses the same general context as given to the previous delegation. There is huge frustration for those of us in the Oireachtas who are dealing with the housing policy agenda. This frustration is borne out of a number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Irish League of Credit Unions (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: As a memento of the occasion.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: For the record, the specific-----

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----provisions of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017 have not been discussed by the committee. The general issue was raised. We have no difficulty with the intention behind the Bill. The problem is that we do not have enough time to scrutinise the legislation properly to ensure that there are no unintended consequences and that it cannot be abused. It is not...

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Not agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the expenditure benchmark and expenditure ceilings for 2018 and each subsequent year arising from an increase in local government borrowing of €100 million to €500 million, respectively, in 2018 for the purposes of the provision of affordable housing. [32490/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the Government debt and the Government's agreed debt reduction targets as required under the stability and growth pact and fiscal treaty rules for 2018 and each subsequent year arising from an increase in local government borrowing of €100 million to €500 million respectively in 2018 for the purposes of the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services Funding (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 713. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocated to the domestic violence support service in 2017; the spend to date; and the expected final spend by the end of 2017. [32361/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Remuneration (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 788. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated full year cost of positions (details supplied) by pay, employer's PRSI and allowances, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32622/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities Provision (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 802. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the actions that have been implemented to date as a result of the framework laid out in the national housing strategy for persons with a disability (details supplied); the length of time this strategy will be extended to; the persons or organisations that make up the implementation monitoring group; and the number...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities Provision (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 809. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the access guidelines for persons with disabilities in place for local authorities in relation to the provision of part 5 or part 8 local authority houses. [32370/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tribunals of Inquiry Data (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 791. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the policy in relation to third party submissions to the Mahon tribunal; if there is a list of all the submissions that have been kept or archived by the tribunal; and the location in which these submissions are stored. [32113/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 808. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress to date of the repair and lease scheme; the number of properties currently involved in the scheme; and the average amount required up front by the property owner to bring the unit back into stock. [32369/17]