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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rental Sector (21 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of active rent supplement payments that are currently in place. [44644/21]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (20 per cent Provision of Social and Affordable Housing) Bill 2021: First Stage (16 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 to delete the sunset clause which affords an exemption to developers who secure planning permission before 2026 to provide 20 per cent of the relevant land or houses for social and affordable housing. I can assure the Leas-Cheann Comhairle the original Title of the Bill was...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (20 per cent Provision of Social and Affordable Housing) Bill 2021: First Stage (16 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Tailte Éireann Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (16 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I apologise in advance for stepping out of the meeting briefly. I have to introduce legislation in the House in the next 15 minutes, but I will come back as quickly as possible. I thank the witnesses for the detailed briefing documents. There is certainly a kind of a logic to what is being proposed. I have four specific questions. One of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Tailte Éireann Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (16 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise. My question is the length of time it was taking pre Covid to process those applications. Sometimes you would have 12 or 18 months. My question is more this: once we get out of Covid, will there be an attempt to speed up the process and the timeline between application and when the registration is formally logged on the online system?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (16 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the work programme under the arterial drainage scheme maintenance programme; the works that are planned; the dates; the screening processes required; and the publication date of the screening reports. [44321/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (16 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he understands the obligation to publish in a timely manner the appropriate assessments reports for works under the arterial drainage scheme maintenance programme; and if he will undertake to publish them three months before work. [44322/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (16 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the internal processes for conducting appropriate assessment for works under the arterial drainage scheme maintenance programme; if there has been any external review of the adequacy of the reports; and the consultation which has occurred with NGOs regarding screening. [44323/21]

Freedom of Information: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I commend my colleague, Deputy Mairéad Farrell, on both bringing forward the motion and her work with Deputy Clarke on the related legislation. I want to broaden out the debate a little to some direct experiences I have had with FOI that really show why the public and very specific groups of people absolutely have the right to know. These are reflections on my experience struggling to...

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Deputy should at least take himself seriously.

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is climate justice.

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is absolutely untrue. That is dishonest.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: To stop all this coastal fighting, we might have to locate it in Offaly.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: With the same indulgence the Leas-Cheann Comhairle gave the Minister, I will say two things very briefly. On 24 June last-----

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely. This is a clarification of the Minister's clarification because he has not clarified anything, so let us deal with that. On 24 June last year, the Minister said to the House-----

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not entering a debate but I would have made my clarification by now if the Leas-Cheann Comhairle had allowed me the same latitude she gave the Minister. That is all I am asking for. On 24 June last year, the Minister said that the "shared equity scheme is focused on those who need it most. It will work. It has been passed by the Central Bank, has received approval...". That was what...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if short stay family visit visas are currently being issued to non-EU citizens; if not, when the service will resume; and if consideration will be given to granting short stay family visit visas to non-EU citizens who are fully vaccinated. [43199/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 580. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an increase in persons waiting for an appointment with the National Gender Service; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that wait times have lengthened; and the steps he is taking to ensure increased resources and timely access to transgender healthcare for those who require it. [43200/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (LSRD) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is not the usual running order but I am happy to go first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (LSRD) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Sep 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is fine. I thank everybody for their presentations. In particular, the broad approach Mr. Mandal outlined from the Dublin Democratic Planning Alliance is one I have advocated for a long time. If we are able to incorporate the concerns and recommendations of the IPI and CCMA into the legislation, we will end up with a better system than that which existed pre-SHDs. Many of us asked...