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

Eoin Ó Broin: I want to respond to the claims of both Ministers that the actions they have been taking are tackling the crisis. We are told the fast-track planning process could deliver up to 10,000 homes. There is no guarantee that a single one of those will be delivered at an affordable price and I suggest they will not. The Minister told us that the local infrastructure housing activation fund will...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Vótáil.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Closures (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Garda stations closed in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2007 to 2017; the sale price listed for each Garda station; and the amount the station was actually sold for, in tabular form. [4463/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí serving in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2012 to 2017, in tabular form. [4464/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of registered general practitioners in counties Longford and Westmeath; the waiting times for occupational therapy, psychology services and mental health services in counties Longford and Westmeath; and the number of staff working in these respective areas. [4467/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Data (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families claiming family income supplement in counties Westmeath and Longford in 2016 and 2017, by month, in tabular form. [4465/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new local authority first-time buyer loans issued in 2017; and the value of these loans. [3975/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual general funding allocation paid to Longford and Westmeath county councils in each of the years 2012 to 2017, in tabular form. [4462/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (30 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons claiming HAP in counties Westmeath and Longford. [4466/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (31 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he has taken since the broadcast of a programme (details supplied) in November 2017; his plans to amend the legal definition of "overcrowding"; his further plans to make it an offence to advertise substandard rental properties including on social media; if increased targets for local authority inspection will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (31 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: We were all shocked by what we saw in "Nightmare to Let", the RTÉ "Prime Time Investigates" documentary which was televised last November. What actions has the Minister taken in the period since then? While the primary responsibility rests with local authorities, they are dependent on legislation. There have been calls for stronger legislation to define "overcrowding" and for greater...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (31 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I assure the Minister that this is an issue on which we all want to work on a cross-party basis. In the debate we had last year, there was very strong agreement across the Chamber on the actions required. While I understand fully the provisions of the 1966 Act, we are being told by city and county managers that they are simply not strong enough. I sent the Minister and the chief executive...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (31 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister. In The Irish Timestoday, Jack Power has a very good article listing a range of properties which are being advertised this week on a variety of social media websites primarily targeting foreign language students and migrant workers, although the substandard accommodation issues do not only occur in those sections of the rental market. I recommend strongly that the...

Other Questions: Housing Provision (31 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the €25 million affordable housing fund; the details of his announcement of local authorities taking out an equity stake in affordable housing developments; the location in which the announced 3,000 affordable homes are to be located; and when construction will commence. [4586/18]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: We heard the Minister of State.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: On a point of order-----

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is that the only way to do it?

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 94: In page 53, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 7 (requests to Board after consultation meeting has been held) of Act of 2016 27.Section 7(3) of the Act of 2016 is repealed.”.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: On a point of order, if I want to call a vote on the Bill before it passes is this the point at which I do it?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (31 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units to be developed in schemes benefitting from LIHAF; and the number of these units that will be sold in ranges (details supplied) by Dublin and outside Dublin respectively. [4584/18]