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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will continue the conversation about cost rental and CREL. I am not sure I agree with Ms Timmons that the concept is proven, in the sense that there is a concern, as she knows, because a lot of the cost rental that is being delivered at the moment is turnkey and has construction costs arising. Then, rents are rising. Some of the most recent cost rental developments, both in Delgany and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Given that construction costs are what they are, has consideration been given to changing the overall financial structure? At one point, when Enniskerry Road was being developed as a pilot, the financing was for 25 years. That offered a rent of €1,600, so the financing was stretched out to 40 years. Is the review looking at the potential benefits of even longer term finance to bring...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: In terms of the cost rental we have to date, one of the things we are beginning to hear is that there is a cohort of people who are taking up cost rental who are quite close to the point of purchasing or saving for a deposit, and that is leading to a higher than expected exit rate from the existing cost-rental schemes that have been tenanted in the last year. Is that something the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Just so I am clear: I like the sound of the Housing Agency portal, is it the hope that the portal will also then have a central point where all of the cost rentals would also be advertised on it, and not just on the individual landlords' cost-rental sites? One of the challenges for people at the moment is that they have to chase the LDA site, the Tuath site and the Respond site. Having one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: One other solution to that, in particular in the larger local authorities that are carrying a lot of the cost rental, is for the local authorities to have a portal. South Dublin County Council had a portal at one stage but it has been closed. The council only advertises the small number of discounted market units that it is delivering. Even within a local authority area if there is a way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not in any way being adversarial. If we go onto the website, none of them meet the criterion of 150 units, in particular in Archers Wood, which has houses, duplexes and apartments, which is sub that number. What is more concerning about Archers Wood is that it was a Cairn Homes development. Cairn Homes does not need the LDA to activate. It was building out and ready to sell. It does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: But it is what is happening.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Commission for Regulation of Utilities has had any engagement with utility providers regarding a reduction in the prices they currently charge household customers, given the fall in wholesale energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17401/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide advice to households that have already significantly reduced their energy usage but who are still experiencing difficulty in meeting costs; if further supports are to be made available to households in order to assist in meeting these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17402/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline plans for the further development of the rail network over the next five years; if his Department intends to increase investment in new stations and routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16828/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 403. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the practice of a bank (details supplied); his views on whether this practice is correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17598/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made by her Department to ensure special school placements are available to all children who require them; and if she will provide advice for parents who cannot secure a place for their child for the coming school year. [16962/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a place in a special school or class suited to their specified educational needs; and what assistance can be provided to the person's parents in navigating the application process to special schools and mainstream schools with special classes. [16963/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain why leaving certificate language oral exams take place at Easter; if the impact on students was taken into account when this change was made; and if she intends to review this decision. [18026/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 751. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out in tabular form a list of all notices of intention to direct local authorities under Section 31 of the Planning and Development Act to amend their draft development plan or other plans with a brief summary of the direction; and to further to set out in tabular form all cases where a recommendation of the Office of...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have any flexibility when applying the underaccommodation rule in assessing tenant purchase applications. [16088/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 789. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional funding that has been made available to local authorities to ensure that their vacant homes officers are full-time; the amount of additional funding that was made available; the local authorities that have availed of the funding; and to provide a list of local authorities that have full-time vacant home...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 752. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of croí cónaithe town grants drawn down to date and to explain why data for drawdowns is not included in the quarterly updates published by his Department. [16400/23]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm the total spend on the housing assistance programme and the rental accommodation scheme for 2022. [16727/23]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm the total spend via the social housing current expenditure programme in 2022 broken down by lease types, including: approved housing body, AHB, or capital advance leasing facility, CALF; mortgage-to-rent; Part V; private long-term lease; private enhanced lease; and any other type of lease providing expenditure for...