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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: No, absolutely not. We do not employ any of those services. It refers to the people who do the hard graft of getting other people, such as me, elected, including canvassers and volunteers as well as members of the election directorate of the individual candidates at a general election or local election level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Whoever wrote that needs to learn how to construct English language sentences properly. My understanding is that when one is entitled, as we are under section 48 of the Act, to gather certain forms of information about voting intentions for the purposes of contesting elections - and that is what this is all about - one can do so for a specified period and, therefore, see, for example,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I do not think I could be more clear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is a completely fair question. That is the sentence on which I have commented publicly to say it is very badly worded. To be clear, if somebody engages with me on social media in the course of an election campaign, what I would like to be able to do is canvass that person on the doorstep. If I engage with the person and he or she consensually lets me know where he or she lives, then...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: We will first seek advice from the Data Protection Commissioner. Subject to her advice, we will absolutely assist the committee in whatever way possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does the Chairman wish for me to respond?

Financial Resolution 2021 - Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties (19 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 13: After section 31E, to insert the following new section: "Report on Application of a 17 per cent Stamp Duty Charge on the Purchase of Residential Property by Investment Funds 31F. The Minister shall within 14 days from the passing of this Resolution prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the imposition of a 17 per cent stamp duty charge on the...

Financial Resolution 2021 - Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties (19 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yesterday evening, I received a message from a struggling first-time buyer. She asked me to read her message into the Dáil record today. It states: Dear TDs, those who have a controlling hand over our future. I am a 27 year old woman living with my parents. I am lucky enough to have a high paying job. However, I am a single woman, with friends who are in relationships and in...

Water and Wastewater Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Regional Group for introducing this important motion which Sinn Féin is more than happy to enthusiastically support. Let me start by saying that the provision of genuinely affordable homes for working people in our towns and villages should be a priority for Government. It is absolutely essential not only for the revitalisation of those towns and villages but also for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the housing need and demand assessment; and the household and new home completion targets for each local authority for the new county development plan process in tabular form. [26863/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the price offered by NAMA to Dublin City Council and his Department for the purchase of land in the Poolbeg SDZ for the delivery of affordable homes; the discount on market price offered by NAMA in relation to same; and the reason his Department refused to provide funding to Dublin City Council to purchase the land. [26864/21]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: In the past half an hour the Cabinet has concluded its deliberations and has announced its plan to address the issue of investment funds bulk-buying family homes. Having just read the press release it is an absolute cop-out. The Government plan will do nothing to stop investment funds from bulk-buying family homes. The proposed planning changes will not apply to existing planning...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — housing in the State has become unaffordable for most ordinary workers, putting homeownership out of the reach of a whole generation of young people; — it is becoming increasingly difficult for first-time buyers, and those trying to buy a home, to buy a house, as the cost of housing has increased by 30 per cent across the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (18 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to adding climate change as a subject to the curriculum for primary and secondary school students. [26324/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (18 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 579. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there has been any follow-up by his Department to ensure that period products are being provided free of charge at all direct provision centres. [25513/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (18 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 580. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of direct provision centres that have invoiced the International Protection Procurement Services in relation to the provision of period products. [25514/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (18 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 581. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if notification of the provision of free period products was included in the March 2021 edition of the resident’s newsletter. [25515/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (18 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council paid her Department for the purchase of the Shanganagh Castle site and its surrounding lands. [26468/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (13 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the disbursement of the €50 million live entertainment sector support scheme announced in Budget 2021; the amount disbursed to date; the recipients of that funding; the dates they received the funding; the amount of this fund that has not yet been disbursed; when decisions will be made on the recipients of...