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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is it Mr. Murtagh's view that the import of the Supreme Court judgment, in the context of these heads, will be to restrict or limit some of the transparency in terms of the publication of determinations or the holding of hearings in public?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does the same apply for the publication of determinations, whereby there could be greater levels of redaction, for example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is clear. Turning to Mr. Deverell or Mr. Davitt, I do not see anything in the draft legislation that makes provision for landlords who want to sell vacant. Is that their interpretation or do they read it differently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I did not understand the point being made regarding the fair deal scheme and nursing homes. There are approximately 22,000 people in the fair deal scheme. Not all of those properties are vacant, some of the people have surviving partners. As of November, only 44 households in the scheme had availed of the changed tax status. If someone is in a rental property and happens to be in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Before Mr. Deverell moves on, let me come back to the original question. Let me get this right. If the owner of the property, who happens to be in a nursing home, decides to sell the property, then is Mr. Deverell saying that he does not think this scheme should apply? If the person passes away and bequeaths the property to a family member, for example, they do not have to adhere to this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Let us take a real life example. My mother passes away in a nursing home and I inherit the house. If I am then going to sell the property why should I not be required to adhere to this process? I am selling the property so it seems to me there is no reason I should not. Obviously, if I have inherited the property and I want to move in, then I issue a notice of termination on grounds of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (30 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how much renewable electricity was used here in the years 2019 to 2022 expressed in terra watt hours, in tabular form. [52913/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (30 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 308. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the amount of electricity for which relief is claimed from the electricity tax for 2022 for each of the categories for which relief is available, in tabular form. [52961/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (30 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 309. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the basis in EU law for offering relief from the electricity tax based on the fuel mix disclosure, as outlined in Section 63(3)(c) of the Finance Act 2008, as amended. [52962/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (30 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 310. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 23 November 2023, of the 15.6 terawatt hours of renewable electricity for which relief was claimed from electricity tax in 2022, the portion claimed with recourse to the fuel mix disclosure; and the portion claimed by other means. [52963/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (30 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 321. To ask the Minister for Finance whether some or all of the electricity tax has been refunded to producers of renewable electricity in line with article 15(2) of the Electricity Tax Directive in any year. [53174/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (29 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide, in tabular form, the number of section 179A social housing planning exemptions that have secured stage 1 approval from his Department, broken down by local authority, and including location and number of units in each scheme; and further, to indicate how many of these schemes have commenced construction. [52731/23]

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: First Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make emergency provision to defer the termination dates of certain tenancies that fall, or would fall, during the period beginning on the day after the date of the passing of this Act and ending on 31 March 2024 in order to mitigate the risk that persons whose tenancies would otherwise be terminated during that period...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: First Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise for being late; I was introducing legislation in the Dáil. I am sure it has been said but it is great to have the Electoral Commission before us. We know from the passage of the legislation through the Oireachtas there was cross-party universal support for the establishment of the commission. With the exception of one area of the legislation, which I will come to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will cut across Mr. O'Leary because I have only a minute left and I am keen to get an update on what is happening with the European Commission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise for cutting across Mr. Ryan but time is running out. Will we need amending legislation on foot of the engagement with the Commission for these two sections of the Electoral Reform Act? I presume the answer is "Yes".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is there a timeline for this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes but I mean specifically. There was limited discussion on the detail of those two Parts of the Bill. The difficulty is that very little work can happen until the outstanding issues between the Irish Government and the Commission with respect to those two Parts can be resolved and the legislation amended, if required. What does "as soon as possible" look like? Will it be in time, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does that mean two sets of amendments might be needed? One would arise from the concern the Commission had with the original Bill as presented to us. The other would relate to any other or separate matters that arise out of the directive.