Results 881-900 of 14,941 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister might get one of the officials to show it to me after the meeting, if that is okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister mentioned the first home scheme. On the capital funding for local authorities, namely CAS, the affordable housing fund and CREL, on the basis of what the Minister has seen so far, is he saying this will be the first year that what was allocated in the AEV and REV will be spent in full?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Across all the subheads.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Thank you.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister said the document did not exist and then we got it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Minister, it was the abridged Estimates. We know it is a working document, but the document existed and-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----the Minister stated in a letter to the Ceann Comhairle that it did not.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: For someone who writes a lot of letters to people, the Minister has been very slow in responding to the Ceann Comhairle.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I only reply to serious letters.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: When can the Ceann Comhairle expect the response?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I look forward to reading it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister for his opening statement. The facts are that his plan is not working and that he carefully avoided all the evidence which shows that it is not. House prices have never been higher in the history of the State, making it increasingly difficult for people to buy their own homes. Interest rate cuts that we expect to come quite soon are likely to fuel further house price...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----unable to access social housing or market housing. These were households on incomes between €50,000 and €70,000. However, in terms of the affordable housing fund, the cost-rental equity loan and the LDA, increasingly, those people are being priced out of the Department's schemes. Is the Minister concerned at the rising cost of affordable rents and affordable purchase...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I ask the Minister to address the question please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is the Minister concerned about the cost of the homes under the Government's scheme? Has he any proposals to bring those costs down? It is a reasonable question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The prices I outlined include an equity charge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is the Minister concerned at the costs under his schemes? Has he any new proposals to bring those costs down so people on between €50,000 and €70,000 can get onto them? Those people are being blocked at present because the costs are too high.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: My questions are about specific schemes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am asking about these schemes. I am asking the Minister to address a very specific question. He has not addressed it yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister is avoiding the question, with the greatest of respect. I do not want to interrupt him-----