Results 7,441-7,460 of 15,009 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1871. To ask the Minister for Health if community swabbers who worked in Covid-19 testing centres from January 2021 onwards have been excluded from receiving the pandemic bonus payment; and if so, the reason for same. [30600/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for the documentation and the presentation. I apologise for not being able to remain for whole session last week, but I have read back over it. Therefore, a few of my questions may refer to the some of the subsequent comments made in response to other members. Starting with Ms Graham, I have some initial thoughts or feedback on the questions, because, in some sense,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will follow up on a few of the exchanges and then I want to add a few more issues into the mix. Clearly, there are two types of enforcement. One is where there is a serious egregious breach, where somebody has done something that the person clearly should not have done and the person knew he or she should not have done it. Then there are much more minor breaches or breaches which,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I might add a supplemental point to that. Some of these things may be part of the review but a decision may be taken that it is too early to put it in the legislation There is a value in at least having those under consideration. Unlike the Land Development Agency or other areas, this is an area where we have legally binding reduction targets. Embodied carbon is responsible for 10% of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Those are words that send shivers down my spine; task forces and working groups. No, I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is the issue of section 5 referrals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is part of this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: She is confident in the Attorney General.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will pick up on Deputy Flaherty's points about the regulator and planning. As Ms Graham will know, I was very critical of the weakness of the legislation. There is a lot of confusion in the debates. This is not just a rural battle because the good people of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council have been in battle with the regulator on a not dissimilar point. However, the regulator...

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: We are listening intently.

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is true.

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Chairman of our committee, Deputy Matthews, not only for chairing the sessions that led to this report but also because it was, in fact, his proposition to the committee to do a dedicated series of public hearings and to produce this report, not only because it is an important matter for him but also because he knew it was also an issue of significant concern to ourselves. I...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (1 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the long-term Climate Action Strategy which was to be completed in quarter one 2022 as set out in the Annex of Actions of the Climate Action Plan 2021, has not been completed. [28240/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (1 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if information will be provided regarding the process by which a person (details supplied) can obtain a PPS number.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28443/22]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: During pre-legislative scrutiny, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, engaged with many of us on this and most of us probably had conversations with its representatives directly. I fully support the spirit and intention of Deputy O'Callaghan's amendment. We need to make sure that however this is resolved, it does not create opportunities for other interests to influence our...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 69: In page 90, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 17 of Electoral Act 1997 105. Section 17 of the Act of 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4B) (inserted by section 42 of the Act of 2012): “(4C) (a) The Commission shall, no later than one year following its...