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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: I understand that. The other factor which already mitigates that having a negative impact is a significant amount of the approved housing bodies' borrowing is already factored into the debt because it is coming from the housing finance agency. It is only the additional bit that is coming from the private banks or, I presume, the credit unions.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: On 5 December 2017 the Taoiseach told the House that rent pressure zones were working and that 60% of renters had had the assurance that their rent could not rise by more than 4% per year. He also made the astonishing claim that rent pressure zones had never been designed to cover new tenancies and that they did not apply to them. The latest daft.ierent report was published this morning....
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: I know the Taoiseach has difficulty with counting when it comes to housing. In fact, given that he cannot even tell us how many new homes were built last year, I can understand why he is struggling with the rent-pressure zone figures. He is right that the daft.iereport only considers the asking rents for new tenancies. However, the ESRI-RTB reports look at all tenancies. In quarter one of...
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: We expect the national planning framework to be published this year. As the House knows, it is to be placed on a statutory footing. I am a little confused on the procedure so maybe the Taoiseach can enlighten us. The legislation to underpin the statutory nature of the national planning framework clearly states that it should be placed before the Houses, as it states in the legislation, for...
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: That was done without the approval of the House.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Yesterday the National Cyber Security Centre issued a statement on a cyberattack on Departments and agencies over the weekend. According to a report in The Irish Times, the affected websites include those of the HSE, the Oireachtas, safefood and some local authorities. According to the report, cyberattacks have become increasingly common in recent times, particularly on Government websites...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: I will be brief. I support Deputy Micheál Martin's point of order, which is well made. Estonia is a country with a history not unlike our own. It has endured centuries of occupation and, as the Taoiseach said, celebrates a very significant centenary this year, which is the anniversary of its declaration of independence. We have a relatively small but very vibrant Estonian community...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (13 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: 660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1971 of 11 September 2017, the status of plans to sell the harvesting rights of kelp disk seaweed to a company (details supplied); if this deal has already gone through; and the way in which it will affect the County Clare coastline. [6708/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: 675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will initiate a meeting between the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the chairperson of the board of Horse Racing Ireland and the chief executive of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council with a view to releasing an unused vacant site (details supplied) to the local authority for the provision of...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Will the Taoiseach answer the question?
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: The Taoiseach has not answered the question.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: The Taoiseach is no longer answering the question.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: The legislation should have been published long before now.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: It is democracy.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Answer the question.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: The Taoiseach is misleading the House.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Focus Ireland and the researchers. These are two really important reports, which is one of the reasons we agreed to bring the witnesses before the committee today to discuss them. It is not just important to give the witnesses the opportunity to put them on the record, but that after this meeting the committee would write to the Minister specifically requesting him to respond to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: I ask the Senator to bring her questioning to a close.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Eoin Ó Broin: Senator Murnane O'Connor wishes to make a brief supplementary point.