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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Although all very interesting, it does not answer the simple question that I asked. Here is the problem. Over the last number of years, under the previous Government's plan and the Minister's plan, we know the target for social housing delivery each year. In fact, not only do we know the target for social housing delivery, but it is broken down by local authority and by delivery stream...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: This year?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister has answer a quarter of the question I asked. Maybe, in his final response, I will get the other three quarters. The question is simple and I am not trying to catch the Minister out. The Minister has told us - this is the first time I have this information - that he is hoping to get 1,200 affordable purchase units from the affordable housing fund. How many is the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: How many?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does the Minister have a target for this year? It is a fair question.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Are those 200 included in the 1,200?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is a genuine question. I am not interrupting the Minister.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Are the 200 local authority cost rental included in the 1,200?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Given that I asked the Minister the question today, surely the Minister can give me the answer today.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister does not have the answer today.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister just will not give it to us.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Expert Group on Traveller accommodation. [23331/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the review of Part B of the building regulations and related technical guidance documents. [23333/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the tenant-in-situ scheme for both social and cost rental tenants, including information on the total number of applications for the scheme, applications rejected and applications being processed; and number of homes bought or with offers made. [23334/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on funding being provided to local authorities to cover the anticipated costs of moving to a single water utility. [23332/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the delays being caused to social housing developments funded via SHIP, CALF and CAS arising from delays in his Department approving revised cost estimated caused by construction sector inflation. [23335/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Dr. O’Leary for his presentation which is very helpful. I have a question on each of the sections of the Bill. Who ends up paying for the cost of betterment? It seemed from our question to the Department in the past week that there were two schools of thought. Obviously, this charge will not impact on any land that currently has an active planning permission as it is only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: On that point, when developers are submitting Part V figures to the local authority, they include Part V as a cost which needs to be distributed around. I have heard other active land management experts argue that in fact 20 years on from the passing of the Act, Part V brings down land values because it is being purchased in the knowledge that 20% as it was originally, and 10% as it is now,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have said before that I am a very strong supporter of SDZs. I went through Clonburris and have a good knowledge of Poolbeg. Exactly as Senator Cummins and Mr. Jones stated, where they work to provide clear frameworks for people to operate in, everybody benefits. That is not to say they are without problems. I want to go back to a question I asked earlier that was missed. I am not...