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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2017: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Doing so would not preclude the Minister, if he so wished and having consulted the Comptroller and Auditor General, from introducing an alternative wording on Report Stage?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2017: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: To be clear, does the same apply if I press the amendment?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2017: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes. I do not understand what is proposed in sections 54, 55, 56 and 57 in terms of the transfer of local property taxes to the local government fund and in regard to the other financial transfers. Perhaps the Minister would explain each of them.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2017: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is about where the money goes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Message to Dáil (25 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Do we not vote on the Bill as amended?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Message to Dáil (25 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Do we not get to vote on the Bill, as amended, proceeding to Report Stage?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Message to Dáil (25 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can we do it if members request it?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Message to Dáil (25 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I would like to know if it is permissible for a member to call a vote at this point on the Bill, as amended.

National Planning Framework: Statements (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: May I begin by expressing a certain degree of frustration? We have had to adjourn the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government for half an hour to give our statements in the Chamber. While that is not the fault of anyone currently in the room, it means that those of use who are on that committee and involved in this particular debate are put in an awkward position. We will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the target number of affordable units (details supplied) to be delivered in 2018 via the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, Home Building Finance Ireland, HBFI, and the forthcoming affordable housing scheme. [45427/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: This question centres on the need for affordable housing. There seems to be confusion about what we mean. Affordable housing means housing that is available to purchase for families on gross incomes of between €45,000 and €75,000. That means houses for sale at somewhere between €173,000 and €288,000, including deposits. How many units in that price bracket will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister for the information, none of which, of course, answered the question, which asks for the number of units that would be within that affordable bracket. In fact, when the Minister talks about the bands identified by me, he did not use the bands I just read out - €173,000 to €288,000 - but, rather, the bands he provided in a reply to a parliamentary question I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is real confusion here. Housing units at €320,000, €310,000 or €300,000 are not affordable either in or outside of Dublin. I say that because it is only possible to borrow 3.5 times gross household income under the Central Bank's mortgage lending rules. The people who need affordable housing are on incomes of between €45,000 and €75,000. The band...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homelessness Strategy (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: All the three categories of homelessness - adults, child and family - are up on the previous month. The Minister should tell the truth.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homelessness Strategy (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The truth is that all three categories are up.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homelessness Strategy (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The September figures for all three categories are up on August.

Other Questions: Private Rented Accommodation (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I seek a clarification on the circular. I welcome the Minister's comments, particularly those in response to the committee's report. There is something I am not clear about in the circular. I refer to the conditions outlined for an individual applying for a change of use for short-term letting in an existing single apartment. Does the circular imply that all such persons in such...

Other Questions: Regeneration Projects Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a project (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will be funded directly through Exchequer revenue rather than a private sector-led land initiative. [45348/17]

Other Questions: Regeneration Projects Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State knows Sinn Féin's strong concerns about the funding model that is being used for the land initiatives at O'Devaney Gardens and St. Michael's Estate. Given the long history of failed and collapsed regeneration projects at this location and in light of the very active involvement of the local community, will the Minister of State not consider taking this out of the...

Other Questions: Regeneration Projects Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is important to remember that the origin of these schemes does not come from the councils but from a time when there was no central government funding available for any kind of scheme, whether mono-tenure or mixed. The difficulty with the funding model the Government is essentially imposing on the local authorities is, first, it does not allow the right quantity of social, affordable...