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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (16 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all reports commissioned by his Department or reviewed by his Department on defective buildings in the past five years including the authors of the report and if the reports have been or are due to be published. [56080/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (16 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of local authorities that do and do not have biodiversity officers; the local authorities that have funding requests pending for such officers; and the efforts he is making to ensure that all local authorities have such officers as soon as possible. [56148/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time it is currently taking for initial assessments of applications to the INIS; and the measures being taken to address the backlog created by level 5 restrictions. [56154/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application to the INIS in respect of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect to receive a reference number. [56155/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application to the INIS in respect of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect to receive a reference number. [56157/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authorities (11 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Deputy Ó Laoghaire and I recently met officials from the Department on this. We had a detailed discussion and one of the key problems is that where somebody's employment circumstances have changed in the past 12 months and their income has fallen, local authorities rigidly state it is the 12-month average irrespective of a change. This is not the flexibility provided for in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (11 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Again, the Minister of State's answer was very interesting but it did not address the question. I am not asking about the implementation of the 101 recommendations of the 2016 review, nor am I asking about the more comprehensive review of the planning system by the Attorney General. I am asking about a specific trend. In fact, the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, raised similar concerns in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Derelict Sites (11 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 5. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the support his Department is providing to local authorities in the collection of derelict site levies in view of the fact that less than 3% of possible revenue was collected in 2020 nationally. [55417/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (11 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 3. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will initiate a review of An Bord Pleanála in view of the recent High Court decisions against An Bord Pleanála with respect to the docklands strategic development zone to ensure its future decisions are consistent with the principles of good policymaking and democratic planning. [55416/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (11 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Minister of State is aware, Dublin City Council, DCC, sought to amend the docklands strategic development zone, SDZ, two years ago to increase building heights and residential and commercial densities in that part of the city. After deliberating on the proposal for two years, An Bord Pleanála rejected the proposal, but that has been struck down in a recent High Court decision....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (11 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: That response was interesting, but it did not deal with the central point that I asked the Minister of State to address. I will repeat it, therefore, but I will also give some more context. We have now had three, if not four, High Court judgments where decisions made by An Bord Pleanála on planning applications for material alterations to the docklands SDZ have been struck down. We...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Real Estate Investment Trusts (11 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to attend the proposed investor roadshows to attract large institutional investors into the Irish residential market; the number of these roadshows that are planned; the location and when they will take place; and the sort of investors he plans to meet if new incentives are being offered to these funds. [55415/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Real Estate Investment Trusts (11 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister might help us clear up some confusion the Taoiseach has caused in recent days. Will he confirm that on foot of engagement from his Department, the Department of Finance is to organise a roadshow for institutional investors in the residential property market, including so-called cuckoo funds, to "reassure" those investors, in the words of the Department of Finance, following...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Real Estate Investment Trusts (11 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am quite confused. When the Minister was in opposition, he was very vocal, and rightly so, about the impact of certain categories of investors, which he called cuckoo funds, and the impact they were having on the affordability crisis. This question is about affordability because the Government continues to pursue the same policies as the previous Government, incentivising the wrong kinds...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Real Estate Investment Trusts (11 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is clear the Minister has absolutely changed his position now that he is in office compared with when he was in opposition. When he was in opposition, he rightly highlighted the distorting impact of certain categories of investors, which he called cuckoo funds, on people's ability to buy homes. The mealy-mouthed measure the Minister introduced earlier this year, of a mere 8% increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (11 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional support and finance that will be put in place for Irish Water to remedy the ongoing issues with the waste treatment systems in 34 towns and villages as outlined in the EPA report on Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2020. [55103/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (11 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the Independent Working Group to examine defective housing. [55107/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (11 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he plans to take to address the alarming increase in homelessness as reported by his Department’s monthly reports. [55105/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Budget 2022 (11 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for reducing estate regeneration and refurbishment funding in Budget 2022 to €50 million from the €73 million that had been allocated for 2021. [55106/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his work with Dublin City Council to deliver affordable homes on the Poolbeg Strategic Development Zone site. [55104/21]