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- Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister is in charge and he is making a conscious decision. He has been in charge for two and a half years and he is making it worse.
- Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: It will be worse in April, May and June for him and his colleagues.
- Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the State remains in the midst of a housing emergency; — the Government has chosen to end the emergency ban on evictions on 31st March, 2023; — the Government, in making this decision, has increased the stress and insecurity experienced by the 750,000 people, including working families, living in private rented...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank everybody for their presentations. One of the discussions we have been having both in the Oireachtas and publicly since the winter ban on evictions was introduced is why we have not seen the level of reduction in men, women and children in emergency accommodation as we did when Eoghan Murphy introduced his ban on evictions in 2020. Of course, we know the reason. It is because the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: From when a landlord makes contact to say they are interested in possibly selling to when it is purchased, is it three to four months?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. O'Reilly for that. With regard to understanding the direction that has been given to local authorities, obviously, the circular talked about "delegated sanction". In plain English, what does that mean? At the nub of a lot of the difficulties is what the Department intends by that, and then how that is being interpreted differently by different local authorities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: In addition to those financial controls, with regard to the application of the scheme of letting through the allocation system, is there or has there been a direction from the Department to give guidance to local authorities on how the allocation scheme applies? We know that when the previous tenants in situ scheme was in place, Dublin City Council kind of applied roughly a five-year rule....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: To come back to Mr. O'Reilly, not just in terms of his own local authority, but in terms of his colleagues in different local authorities, how are local authorities applying the scheme of lettings and the allocation scheme? We are hearing stories, for example, of tenantsin situapplications where there might be an extra bedroom, or somebody who is only a short number of years on the list, not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: Is Dublin City Council applying a notional length of time on list, or which bits of its allocation system is it applying when making a decision on a tenant in situ?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the delegates for all the answers to date. "Moral hazard" is probably the wrong phrase in that it means incentivising high-risk behaviour because the consequences of the risk are being taken away, which is not the case here. I accept the argument about fairness in ordinary times but we are not in ordinary times. Even if the arrangement is for a defined period, there is a case for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: That is good to know. I thank Ms Stapleton.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: At this stage, no additional finance has been provided.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: What about the cost-rental equity loan scheme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to press Ms Stapleton on the administrative arrangements. I presume that in the context of the backstop possibly being available before the first-refusal legislation is in place, "administrative arrangements" simply means an amendment in policy terms to the cost-rental equity loan, whereby an approved housing body could, on a rolling basis, approach the Department for acquisitions. Is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: When will that be available to AHBs and tenants to consider?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: I fully accept that. For example, with the casual re-lets, which people still call voids but, in real terms, they are just casual re-lets that cost a bit more, will there be a notional upper limit? Will there be an upper limit in the context of what the Department is willing to provide or some indication for the local authorities on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: But there is nothing within that in terms of the portion that would be refurbishment.