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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: With the greatest of respect Minister, any arrangement concerning management fees is not going to deal with the central problem now being experienced by Dublin City Council which, of course, is the cost of units that are acquired. Whether those turnkeys are developed from the ground up or are at any other stage of development, the cost is more than €400,000. As the Minister is aware,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his response to the rising levels of homelessness and, in particular, the rising levels of family homelessness caused by an increase in vacant possession notices to quit and the collapse of homeless exits in the past 12 months. [12315/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage published the monthly homeless figures on Friday. They showed another significant increase in the number of homeless adults, children and, in particular, families. Will the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage outline the actions he will take to reverse this clear trend since August of last year?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The difficulty with the Minister's response is it does not suggest that the Government will do anything different in the short to medium term to deal with the two specific problems causing this increase in family homelessness. First, we are seeing a significant exit of landlords from the market. The Minister is right about that. They are going and will not stay. They are availing of high...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: There are three measures the Minister could take as a matter of urgency. First, he could lift the effective prohibition on local authorities purchasing properties where HAP or RAS tenants are in situand have been given notices to quit. The problem, as the Minister knows, from the circular is that the councils are asked to prioritise vacant one- and four-bed properties and properties with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the eligibility thresholds for social housing. [12048/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of developer provided infrastructure that has not yet been taken in charge by Irish Water [12049/22]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Minister of State may or may not be aware, the idea of a statutory register is older than he is. It started its life in a Law Reform Commission report recommending its creation in the 1970s. The proposition was strongly resisted by the Construction Industry Federation, CIF, and not only by its equivalent at the time but also by architects, engineers and chartered surveyors. It died...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The timeline for the statutory register is clear in the Bill but it does not address the question both Deputy Cian O'Callaghan and I are raising as to why a parallel skills register would not enhance what is being proposed in the Bill and would not be good for the industry overall. The idea of a skills register is that it makes clear what the skills requirements are, and the register will be...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Perhaps if, at a later stage, the Minister of State is in a position to share a note with the committee on that work, that would be very helpful for us.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 3: In page 10, to delete lines 12 and 13 and substitute the following: “(4) The Minister shall appoint the National Building Control Office as the registration body under subsection(2):” These amendments probably relate to one of the most significant aspects of this Bill and probably one of the most significant disagreements between some of us in the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I like that word "envisaged". If the Deputy had said "decided", it would have been more accurate because we know it has been decided but I will not quibble over that word. The problem is this register will be located in the same building as the Construction Industry Federation. It will be staffed in the main by staff from the CIF. If people have to make telephone calls to the registration...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for the clarification on section 9(1). In order that I am clear, from a purely legal point of view, "person" does not just mean an individual person. It can be a corporate entity or body. Is that what it will be? It will be a consultancy of some kind.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: On that basis, I am happy to withdraw amendment No. 6. In terms of the other three amendments, what is the Minister of State suggesting he may return with?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: What the Minister of State is saying is that at least at this stage, he is willing to discuss the possibility of his own amendments to address that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: On that basis, I am more than happy to withdraw all of these amendments but I reserve the right to return to the latter three on Report Stage.