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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: That would be one set of amendments to deal with both sets of issues.

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: We all have different experiences in the electoral contests in which we participate. I must say I have never experienced any of the challenges Senator Fitzpatrick has raised. I am not in any way suggesting her experience is not valid. I would hate for there to be a suggestion that there is a widespread problem with the competence and ability of people in polling stations. I have fought a...

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: If we were having a conversation say about short-term letting, those issues would very much be live because the latter is a commercial activity and the EU has very specific competence in areas of that nature, which is why we have the e-commerce directive. The European Union has no competence in the context of how we manage and run our electoral system. Again, I am aware Mr. Ryan cannot tell...

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: And that was legal advice the Department sought and received.

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: We know that the Commission will argue for whatever it wants to do. We also know that it has a long history of mission creep. Is the Irish Government satisfied that that proposition is legally appropriate?

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: Was that advice from the Office of the Attorney General or was it independent legal advice?

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: This regulation may not have the same level of applicability during an election period as outside one depending on how primary responsibility for the competence of election regulation is ceded. The only reason I am raising this matter is because it will become increasingly important for the Electoral Commission as well.

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 suppose my question was whether subsequent legal advice was sought by the Department post the recent opinion on those related matters.

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: That sounds like a very diplomatic answer. Not a "Yes" and not a "No".

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: Did it seek legal advice on the specific legal questions about which I am asking?

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 thank Mr. Ryan.

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: How could we forget?

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: Do not forget the Údarás na Gaeltachta elections next year.

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: That is the most diplomatic use of the word "perhaps" that the committee has heard in quite some time.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Tax Code (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 75. To ask the Taoiseach whether the Central Statistics Office considers tax incentives for vehicles that are directly operated by fossil fuels under the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland-administered triple E programme to be a fossil fuel subsidy. [51661/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline what legislative basis the Revenue Commissioner has for using the fuel mix disclosure, as published by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, when making a determination on the percentage of electricity that is from renewable sources and therefore eligible for relief from the electricity tax. [52480/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of meetings between his officials led by organisations (details supplied) in 2022 and 2023 on the issue of the financial sustainability of homeless services and the review of funding arrangements in the homeless sector; the dates on which those meetings occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the proposed review of section 10 funding for homeless services that was agreed in 2021 did not proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52059/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the detail of the review of homeless services recently initiated in the wake of the revelations regarding funding issues at an organisation (details supplied); who is conducting the review; the terms of reference of the review; the timeline for the review; and if he will consider the Oireachtas Joint Committee on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: International Protection (28 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total annual expenditure on the daily expenses allowance paid to international protection applicants each year since 2020; the expenditure for 2023 to date; the estimated expenditure by year end 2023 and for 2024; and to identify the relevant programme sub-head in the Revised Estimates. [52373/23]