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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 the social housing output and it does not include standard re-lets.

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: Just a very quick question. I am listening very carefully to the Minister's explanation of the affordable housing streams and how they interact. My question is a straightforward one. Given what the Minister has said, can he confirm that not a single affordable housing unit will be delivered this year through any of those schemes?

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: Does he have an expectation that any affordable houses will be delivered through those schemes this year?

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: Which means that the Minister does not expect the completions to this year.

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: However, it is unlikely that anything will be completed this year, given that there is no construction on any of those sites.

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: Realistically, we are not looking at any of it being delivered this year. Some of it might start but, realistically, the Minister is saying that it will not be delivered this year.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 5:In page 7, line 40, after “assess” to insert “and make legally binding determinations on”. It is such a long time since we last dealt with this Bill that it is worthwhile to remind ourselves of the core issues dealt with by the Bill, and particularly this group of amendments. As Members will know, this legislation arises out of the Mahon...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: It would be more up-front if the Minister of State said the Government was not accepting the core recommendation of the Mahon tribunal report. I refer to the quote I read. Judge Mahon talked about an over-centralisation of power in the hands of the Minister and the Department. Perhaps I do not understand this well. Will the Minister of State outline where in the legislation there is an...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The balance between this House and the regulator is that it is for this House to set legislation, policy and guidelines, while the purpose of the regulator is to ensure that, where another public body - a planning authority or regional authority - breaches those guidelines, action will be taken. That is what the clear distinction should be.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The problem that the Mahon report rightly acknowledged is that there was not a proper balance or separation of powers. What the Mahon report proposed was not that there should be the power to investigate. That is in the Minister of State's Bill. That is not in dispute. It proposed the ability to give directions to regional authorities and planning bodies. It is that ability to give...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 8:In page 8, line 7, to delete “observations and” and substitute “observations,”.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 9:In page 8, line 8, after “recommendations” to insert “or legally binding determinations”.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 10:In page 8, line 8, to delete “authorities and” and substitute “authorities,”.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 11:In page 8, line 8, to delete “assemblies,” and substitute “assemblies or the Minister”.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 12:In page 8, line 12, to delete “and”.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 13:In page 8, line 13, to delete “recommendations,” and substitute “recommendations or legally binding determinations”.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 14:In page 8, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:“(c) to conduct investigations into allegations of planning corruption, impropriety or negligence so as to make findings of fact which can used by the relevant authorities to prosecute breaches of law. The Office shall have the legal power to secure any documentation and to call any witnesses which it...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State. I do not oppose the amendment. Although it is modest, I welcome it. I have two questions. When we were dealing with the emergency legislation granting a second period of extension, this was one of the issues some of us raised at the time. We did not want to stop the granting of a second period of extension if it allowed a development, but we felt that a...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move:That Dáil Éireann notes that:— since taking office in 2011, Fine Gael have not delivered a single affordable rental or purchase home through any Government scheme; — the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness contains no targets and no clear funding stream for the delivery of affordable housing; — the Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Deputy Casey is a sensitive fellow.