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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am happy to wait until after somebody else contributes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: No, the other speakers can go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will speak after them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: If one thought that the Putting People First reforms were a good idea, then one would not support this Bill. Many of us are supporting this Bill because we did not support those reforms in the first instance. When something is not functioning well, we have a terrible habit in this State of scrapping it and devolving the powers upwards. Nobody was saying during the debate we had earlier,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Health and Safety Regulations (14 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Question No. 520 of 14 November 2017, if he will consider amending section 239 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to include bike parks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53537/17]

Child Homelessness: Statements (15 Dec 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: In all of our minds today are the people who will spend Christmas in emergency accommodation and, in particular, the more than 3,000 children who will wake on Christmas morning in hotels, bed and breakfast accommodation, hubs or other forms of emergency accommodation. I acknowledge the very hard work of departmental officials and local authority staff, particularly those operating on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Visiting Committees (16 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish the 2016 visiting committee's reports on Irish prisons. [1333/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1710. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has concluded his negotiations with a group (details supplied) on the issue of increasing the subventions to the schemes; and if so, his plans to include the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government in this discussion prior to finalising changes to the existing scheme. [54477/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (16 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1722. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the stock of social housing in each of the years 2010 to 2017, by local authority; and the stock owned by local authorities and approved housing bodies respectively, in tabular form. [54642/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (16 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1744. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the impact that reclassification of tier 3 approved housing bodies as on the Government balance sheet in early 2018 would have on the Government debt, Government expenditure and capital spending plans in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and social housing construction and acquisition targets in each of the years 2018 to 2021;...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am pleased to be able to speak in support of this important legislation. To give some background on where I stand, I do not know much about transport policy as it is not an area in which I have expertise or experience. I do not have a driving licence or drive a car, I am not a publican and I do not live in a rural area. However, I have closely followed this debate since the issue entered...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Genuinely-----

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (17 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 199. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the funding difficulties being faced by a centre (details supplied) and the difficulties the centre faces in 2018 operating on its budget; and if she will request Tusla to re-examine the funding allocation for the centre for 2018 and 2019 with a view to increasing the funding level to a more appropriate...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018 Second Stage: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sinn Féin is more than happy to support this legislation from the Social Democrats. I thank them for the introduction of this Bill. It is eminently sensible. I cannot see any reason, nor have I heard any reason on the floor of the Chamber tonight, why anybody would not support it enthusiastically and see it passing into legislation. The extended notice to quit periods should be in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (23 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he met with persons (details supplied) to discuss their campaign for legislative reform; the outcome of the meeting; and if he will raise the matter directly with the Minister for Health. [3335/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (23 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 477. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the properties and areas in South Dublin County Council to be included in a project (details supplied); the timeframe for the provision of improved broadband to these properties and areas; and if he will provide the same information regarding the additional 90 properties that were forwarded by South Dublin County...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Assets (23 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the hectarage of land owned by local authorities and zoned for residential development; and the number of hectares by local authority. [3048/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (23 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of additional emergency accommodation beds made available in the emergency accommodation system in Dublin city and county between November and December 2017; and if these beds will remain in the system after the cold winter initiative ends. [2937/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (23 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation. I am in two minds on these regulations and the questions I have are very similar to those I raised in the context of Deputy Pat Casey's Bill on over-the-shop developments. Specifically with regard to the water infrastructure and the over-the-shop developments regulations, I absolutely understand the need to have exemptions for emergency...