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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (11 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 265. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of the new primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; if there is a timeframe available for completion of the project and the opening of the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22206/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (11 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 266. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the lack of available GP services in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if the HSE is taking any action to promote the provision of GP services to the growing population in the area. [22207/23]

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Rural Independent Group for tabling this motion today and allowing us to have a very important debate. Sinn Féin has long argued on the floor of the Dáil and Seanad that the housing crisis is not just an urban phenomenon. It is not just in the cities or the larger towns. It affects every town, village and rural parish in the State. It is important to understand why...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Government must do much more on high-grade timber products. We would like to see it do much more and we would like to see it's action on that.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (10 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the assistance being provided to a person (details supplied) by his Department regarding a complex case. [22094/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (10 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all organisations and individuals consulted in advance of the publication of the general scheme of the Planning and Development (Land Value sharing and Urban Development Zones) Bill 2022; and a list of all submissions received by his Department during the preparation of this general scheme. [22008/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (10 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm the allocation of the affordable housing fund for the cost rental homes to be delivered by Dublin City Council in St. Michael’s estate, Inchicore; and if he will commit to meeting local and other opposition Deputies once the planning is granted to discuss how the pre-construction phase of approval...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the maximum level of affordable housing funding under the latest iteration of the scheme; and if he will list which projects with approval have been allocated this upper limit. [22012/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the regulations for the enhanced defective block remediation scheme. [22013/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the building defects redress scheme and the provision of funding for interim and emergency works. [22014/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (10 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the recently issued €200 cost-of-living payments were not made to qualified adult dependents whose spouse was in receipt of a State pension; and if she will review the matter in the interests of fairness. [22015/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank our guests for their presentations. Sometimes when we are discussing very technical matters, we can sound very dull. That is a mistake in this instance because I think the conversation we are having today, and the one we had in our most recent meeting, are an enormous opportunity. We need to reignite some of the excitement about it. Deputy McAuliffe is absolutely right that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Mr. Parlon has given Mr. Downey the hard question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: We have spoken about cross-laminated timber. There are Irish companies which have developed their own products that are fully timber with low-carbon based insulation. Lidan in County Roscommon, for example, has a very good product. It has been used by the Department of Education and some local authorities, as well as the private sector. It is just one of a number of companies. Their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: To pick up on that, it could be made even easier, rather than asking a company to deal with two State agencies. If we are creating multi-annual framework agreements for companies – for the building of public homes, for example – such agreements could include seed capital to allow the companies to get themselves up and running or expand instead of staged payments or payment at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Let us say I am very serious about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will make a closing comment related to fire safety and Grenfell. It is important to remember that Grenfell was not only about the cladding system but also the failure to maintain the building properly, particularly the systems to ensure the exit doors closed in time as people fled from the building. There was also an outdated stay-put policy for high-rise buildings which does not exist...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Not to put words in anyone's mouth, but that is the framework agreement that Mr. Downey mentioned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: There could be a combination, though. One of the reasons the State wants to have staged payments is because it wants to ensure that work gets done. If there was a multi-annual framework agreement with an element of upfront payment plus the built-in incentive to maintain the relationship with the client over the five years, would that not fix the problem?