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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is what the ESRI recommends. Invest and build the homes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is not populist nonsense. Is the ESRI report populist nonsense?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: In ten years not a single affordable home has been built by the Government. Shame on the Tánaiste.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: In a report published this morning, the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, has called on the Government to double public investment in public housing. It has called for investment in the region of €4 billion annually. It states this would deliver 18,000 public homes to meet not just social but affordable housing need for working families. Of course, Sinn Féin has...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have to say to the Tánaiste that this is no laughing matter. Fine Gael has been in government for ten years and not a single affordable home to rent or buy has been delivered by any Government scheme. Why is that? It is because its policy is all about big investors and big developers. It is about sweetheart deals for cuckoos and vultures and sweetheart land deals for big developers...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 58: In page 11, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(4) Any such directive shall have regard to any City or County Development Plan, Local Area Plan, or any other statutory plan made by a local authority.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: We would like to return to the amendment on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Amendment No. 61 is a straightforward amendment. It has been drafted by the Association of Irish Local Government. It is one of a group of amendments it sent to all Deputies on the committee urging them to support them. It is very straightforward. It is an attempt to have a greater level of transparency and accountability. The Minister of State will see from the amendment that it requires...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to respond to the Minister of State and to speak to amendment No. 70 because it is in this group and then we can proceed. I am genuinely surprised by the Minister of State's response because, on the one hand, he seems to be saying that there is a provision elsewhere in the Bill for annual reports, but the provision that there would be an initial annual report and then a report every...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 61: In page 11, to delete lines 27 and 28 and substitute the following: "(2) The Agency shall furnish an annual report to the Minister and the relevant Oireachtas Committee regarding progress towards achieving the purposes of this Act.".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 70: In page 12, line 3, to delete "as soon as practicable" and substitute "within 30 days".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 71: In page 13, to delete lines 5 and 6 and substitute "establish a non-commercial semi-state agency.". I have two amendments in this grouping, Nos. 71 and 74, which I will discuss together. Amendment No. 71 is one of the most fundamental amendments my colleague Deputy Gould and I have tabled. It is to make the case for a land development agency, if such an entity...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for his response. He indicated that establishing the Land Development Agency as a non-commercial semi-State body would create a considerable expense on the Exchequer. Every single euro the LDA acquires through the ISIF or borrowing and every euro it spends for the next number of years is on balance sheet. That is the current position. If it is the intention of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a question. Could the Minister enlighten us on what "as soon as practicable" means in legislative terms?