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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Deputy Kehoe should be honest in representing what I said.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is simply not the case.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Minister of State knows, I like to think of myself as a very reasonable person and as somebody who will genuinely listen to the arguments the Government puts forward for the various measures it introduces. When it does something right, I will support it, when it does something poor, I will not oppose it, but I will highlight the inadequacies, and then, on many occasions, when I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Do not tempt fate.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The programme for Government committed to examining the issue of latent building defects within the first year. A working group was set up and the expectation was that it would report to the Government in June of this year. Unfortunately, that deadline has been missed. As a consequence, tens of thousands of homeowners across the State will tonight sleep in homes with significant fire...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: House prices, as the Tánaiste knows, are out of control and homeownership continues to be in decline. He and his partners have been in government for ten years and during that period, house prices have increased by 42%. In Dublin city the increase is a shocking 88%. Thanks to Fine Gael housing policy it is now more difficult to buy a home than ever before. Fine Gael claims to the be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Tánaiste. What he does not seem to understand is the KPMG report is based on this Government meeting the targets outlined in its recent housing plan. What the report, which is based on the most up-to-date information from the CSO and ESRI and all the Government's target projections for social, affordable and private housing, is saying very clearly to the Government is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State and the officials for the briefing. I have two sets of questions. First, let me dissent from the general consensus that seems to be that we adequately fund local government. We absolutely do not. Local government is chronically under-funded. Our housing departments and planning departments are stretched beyond belief. Covid-19 has exposed that probably more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Not arriving is better than arriving in that world.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is a separate point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Since Mr. Sheridan’s ears have just pricked up there, could I ask if the committee could get a note with further explanation on exactly how the fee structure will work, particularly on that upper limit? I presume there has been some assessment on what level of fees the board has gotten in the last year. This goes to Deputy Higgins’s point that Dublin, the commuter belt and a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister for the explanation. There has been a significant carryover of more than €200 million into the local authority social housing investment programme. Can the Minister give an indication of how the underspend this year has impacted on the projected targets for social housing output? That would be helpful for us to understand. It is important we support local...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to make a quick clarification on this amendment. I do not wish to comment on it.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I should have asked this earlier and thank the Ceann Comhairle for his indulgence. Will the Minister of State explain why "colocation" remains? The purpose of coexistence is the language from the directive. What is the value of this? I do not oppose the amendment, but I would like clarification on why "colocation" is being left in rather than replaced with "coexistence" which was agreed...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 16: In page 35, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “(3) Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this Act, the competent authority (D) shall prepare a DMAP, or any amendment to a DMAP, in accordance with the following sections, and as if the reference to “MSP” in those sections was construed to read “draft DMAP”, and the...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Those of us with more Members are struggling with the schedule. It is not your fault.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Not this time anyway.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I think we had established that quite clearly and accept it with good grace. I have one question. Is the Minister of State saying that there will be no additional interim protections in those areas where legacy projects are going to advance beyond the requirements within the existing planning regime in this Bill for environmental impact assessments and appropriate assessments? While I...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is correct. Clearly, there are protections in the planning process in advance of the designation of marine protected areas. The challenge is that they are not strong, particularly as they do not have to take into account to the same extent the ecosystems approach, which is crucial both to the maritime special planning directive and the marine protected...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have seven seconds left.