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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 799. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the funds that will become available within his Department's expenditure profile in 2018 due to changes in demand for services and goods and or changes to costs within his...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 803. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the ringfenced funding of €10 million in 2016 under the CAS, specifically for the provision of accommodation for persons with disabilities transitioning from congregated settings as mentioned on page 55 of Rebuilding Ireland; the areas in which this funding was utilised; and the number of...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 805. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the homeless families accommodated in the family hubs are recorded on the PASS system; and if they are included in his Department's monthly homeless report. [32366/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 806. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the allocation for Traveller accommodation in 2017; the amount of funding drawn down from this budget to date; and the amount his Department expects to draw down by the end of 2017. [32367/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 807. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount allocated from his Department to fund homeless services in 2017; the additional allocation to homeless services allocated by the local authorities; the amount spent to date on homeless services; and the expected final expenditure on homeless services by the end of 2017. [32368/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Agency Portfolio (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 811. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of the €70 million allocated by his Department in 2017 for the Housing Agency fund to purchase vacant houses which has been drawn down to date; the number of units which have been purchased with this fund to date; the number of these units which have been sold onto local authorities and-or...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 812. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of units brought into use via the buy and renew scheme pilot in Louth County Council by unit size; and the average cost of returning these units to use. [32400/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 813. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the detail of his Department's capital expenditure allocation in 2016 of €534 million and in 2017 of €732 million by programme or project type, in tabular form. [32486/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 814. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the 30% capital advance leasing facility, CALF, payment to approved housing bodies for social housing projects funded with Housing Finance Agency, HFA, or private finance comes from his Department's current or capital budget. [32489/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 817. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the detail of his Department's expenditure allocation in 2016 of €401 million and in 2017 of €566 million by project or programme type, in tabular form. [32576/17]

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Tánaiste is aware that in May, 1,300 families were living in emergency accommodation funded by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. That is almost 3,000 children who are living in hotels, hostels and bed and breakfast accommodation. These figures do not include the hundreds of adults and children living in Tusla-funded domestic violence emergency and...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Tánaiste for the response although she did not answer the question I asked. I did not ask what the Government is doing in other aspects of housing policy, and I would have much to criticise in that regard, but what the Government will do specifically to ensure family hubs do not become long-term institutionalised settings for the families there. The problem is that...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is a promise in the programme for Government regarding the provision of €42 billion in capital investment, including in respect of infrastructure. While this is obviously good news, too many construction workers are being forced into bogus self-employment contracts. In March, a full four months ago, I asked when the report led by the Department of Finance on bogus...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Here we are again. As we did in December 2016, we are rushing legislation that will have a significant impact on the planning system through the Dáil on the second last day of term. I had huge sympathy for the officials who were dealing with Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 late last year because they were expected to draft complex legislation...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 2:In page 3, line 16, to delete "shall" and substitute "may". A number of times the Minister talked about the technical nature of this second extension. Part of the concern that this and other amendments are trying to address is that ten years is a long time from the original grant of permission and a range of things may have changed. Therefore, I think it is too...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I may not understand the legislation fully, but from the argument the Minister just made, it makes eminent sense that if a development is under construction today that we would allow for a technical extension rather than a substantive reconsideration of the original plan. I get that point. However, if I understand the Bill correctly, for example, a major development could have been planned...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is being pressed.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 5:In page 3, line 22, after “authority” to insert the following:"setting out the reasons why the development cannot be reasonably completed within the appropriate period". I will speak to amendments Nos. 5 and 6 if that in order. While it is not in this grouping, my intention was that amendment No. 17 would be connected to those two amendments. I will...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Briefly, the intention of amendment No. 5 is to place an additional responsibility on the applicant to set out the reasons the development cannot be reasonably completed within the current timeframe. We need to find ways of strengthening the Bill as it stands to force developers to justify the reason they need the extension. That is the basis upon which the amendment is proposed. ...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will speak to amendments Nos. 10 and 16. The argument is similar to the one made on earlier amendments to the effect that ten years is a long time. There may have been significant changes in the period following the original decision as to whether an EIA was required. It is not to say that an EIA or AA will be required in all circumstances but it will give the local planning authority...