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Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The first political campaign I was involved in was the referenda in 1992. I was the chair of the Irish Society in the University of East London and ourselves and the Women's Society decided that we would come over and play an active role in that campaign. We did so, obviously, because we had strong views that there should not be restrictions on the right to travel or the right to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties Data (24 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 9,113 voids, derelicts and 2 into 1s that have been delivered under the voids programme by length of time vacant (details supplied). [3615/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties Data (24 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 9,113 voids, derelicts and 2 into 1s that have been delivered under the voids programme that cost amounts (details supplied). [3616/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (24 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost per unit of the first tranche of 500 social housing units to be delivered through public private partnerships under Rebuilding Ireland; the length of time this cost is to be paid down; the public service benchmarking exercise underpinning the agreement; and when the five separate developments will commence....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (24 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses to be delivered in housing developments benefitting from LIHAF funding that will cost in ranges (details supplied). [3618/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (24 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the working group on short term letting; when he plans to bring forward legislation or regulations for the sector; and the content of those regulations and-or legislation. [3619/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (24 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the cost rental expert group; the membership of same; the number of times it has met; and the nature of the work to date of this group. [3620/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a report received by his Department on allegations of planning corruption in County Donegal; when he will publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3621/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (24 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has communicated to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council it's plan to fund a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3622/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (24 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of affordable housing on the Poolbeg SDZ site. [3623/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (24 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of repair and leasing units and buy and renew units delivered to date. [3624/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (24 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing acquisitions for Q3 and Q4 2017, by local authority. [3625/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (24 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to put the new substantial refurbishment guidelines for the private sector on a statutory footing. [3626/18]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for the further information. Sinn Féin has no difficulty with regulation 1 and 3. I will make some comments on the second one. We absolutely support the intention of the regulation. All of the parties in this House want to see over-the-shop commercial units, in particular, brought into residential use particularly in rural towns and inner city areas as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise for being late.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: To thank him for his congratulations on the Minister's sterling work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a few questions on Pillars 4 and 5. On Pillar 5, I am disappointed that there has not been a publication of a vacant homes strategy. The Minister has decided to do rolling announcements of policy changes but a considerable amount of work was done by both us and external bodies in order to make submissions. A considerable body of work was also done by Minister's officials and his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Two to three month deposits-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----or a mixture of two to three months deposits and rent in advance are becoming the norm in many parts of this city. It is being used by some landlords to circumvent the good regulations that were introduced to make it illegal to refuse to accept housing assistance payment, HAP, and rent supplement tenants. I am not surprised people are not complaining to the Residential Tenancies Board...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is a genuine question but would it not have been better to include those certification requirements in the statutory instrument because a concern we have is that the statutory instrument is silent on the issue of compliance.