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Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 2 to Seanad amendment No. 2: After subsection (3), to insert the following: “(4) Except in the case of Part 24, and any provision where it is otherwise expressly indicated that the provision comes into effect on enactment, the Minister, at least 6 weeks prior to the Minister commencing any provision of this Act under subsection (3), shall— (a) lay...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 5 to Seanad amendment No. 2: To delete subsections (3) and (4) and substitute the following: “(3) No part of this Act shall be commenced prior to— (a) the laying before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report by the Minister explaining how compliance with the Aarhus Convention has been assured in the entirety of the Act, and (b) the passing of a...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 6 to Seanad amendment No. 2: To delete subsections (3) and (4) and substitute the following: “(3) No part of this Part of this Act shall be commenced until a resolution by both Houses of the Oireachtas is passed in respect of any section, Chapter or Part that the Minister proposes to commence, following a debate in both Houses of at least one hour. (4) A...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 7 to Seanad amendment No. 2: To delete subsections (3) and (4) and substitute the following: “(3) No part of this Part of this Act shall be commenced until a resolution by both Houses of the Oireachtas is passed in respect of any section, Chapter or Part that the Minister proposes to commence, following a debate in both Houses of at least six hours. (4) A...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will deal directly with the Minister's response to my queries, specifically in respect of amendment No. 2, but it is important to correct the record of the Dáil on the Minister's timeline. He gave the impression some of us on this side of the House said the legislation had been rushed. In fact, in my remarks I made it very clear Committee Stage was done entirely appropriately...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: On a point of order, to be helpful, when speaking on the Government amendments, the Minister might address our amendments to the amendments. That will allow us to get through the work a bit more quickly.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have submitted a number of amendments to Seanad amendment No. 2. We have three hours to go through 175 pages of amendments. Some of the amendments are relatively straightforward and technical in nature but many of them are not. Many substantively change key aspects of the legislation. Late last night, we received another eight pages of substitute amendments, one of which is the second...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: No. We are a very reasonable bunch of people on this side of the House.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is one of the sections of the Bill I was referring to yesterday when I said it would have been preferable if this had gone through the ordinary legislative process. If I may, I will take a second to highlight the particular concern. Why have cost rental landlords like the LDA asked for this provision? It is something they have been very open about in their conversations with many of...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will not stop on each of these sections but I would like to ask a couple of questions further to my comments yesterday around the allocation scheme. I appreciate there is a lot of work to do on this with respect to the regulations. Subject, of course, to the Oireachtas still being sitting, perhaps there could be some mechanism for the Oireachtas joint committee to be consulted even...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Minister is aware, yesterday on Second Stage I indicated that I am not opposed to the Bill in principle, but I raised a concern about whether it could lead to involuntary sharing of accommodation after an initial period of sharing. Is that something the Minister looked at or considered during the drafting and consideration of this section? If not, is it something he will give serious...

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to share time with some colleagues.

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Rural Independents for tabling this Bill and giving us an opportunity to have an important debate about housing and planning in rural Ireland. The housing crisis is as deep in rural Ireland as it is in urban Ireland. Deputy O'Donoghue and I often speak about this in committee. There is a real challenge in islands, rural Gaeltachtaí, and in those rural areas experiencing...

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am genuinely making these comments respectfully, as I accept the Deputies are raising these issues because they passionately believe in fixing planning and housing in rural Ireland, as I do. In fact, the Bill will not affect An Taisce's funding, because the funding it gets from the Government is not for its planning work. It gets no direct funding from the State for any of its planning...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any plans to change the eligibility for fuel allowance and the household benefits package for those on State pensions who have a family member living with them. [40634/24]

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (8 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister for his opening remarks. As I am sure he knows, Sinn Féin will not be opposing the Bill. We certainly feel that the proposed changes to the registration regime for approved housing bodies are necessary and appropriately drafted, and need to be introduced as a matter of urgency. It was on that basis that our committee unanimously agreed to waive pre-legislative...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (8 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is okay.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (8 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of a request from a family for an urgent meeting (details supplied); if he intends to meet the family in order to discuss their experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39974/24]