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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (11 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate for purchasers of homes availing of the help to buy scheme to be asked by the seller of the property if they are eligible for the scheme before the price of the property is revealed; his further views on whether such practices could be used to inflate house prices; and if an investigation will be carried out into this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Cases (11 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific judicial review cases that he was referring to in his closing address to Seanad Éireann on 22 March 2021 when he asserted they were simply used to stall projects given he told Seanad Éireann such cases were informing significant changes in relation to judicial review (details supplied); the basis on which he has...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of orders issued under section 10 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 during each of the past five years by specific local authority, public authority and type of order issued, respectively. [24421/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (11 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider increasing the cap on the annual ancillary services grant for schools with over 500 pupils enrolled; and if consideration will be given to this grant being paid on a per pupil basis with no cap. [23870/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Councillors Sheahan and Hoade for their presentations and written submissions. It is very significant that both LAMA and the AILG have come out with some very strong and reasonable concerns about the legislation. I share many of those concerns and I will happily table all 14 of the amendments. I urge other Senators and Deputies to do likewise. If we had a cross-party approach to...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Repeal of Part V Leasing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I commend Deputy Cian O'Callaghan on introducing this valuable legislation today. I thank his Social Democrats colleagues for making way for the Bill in Private Members' time. The Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, urged us not to use emotive language. He said it was unhelpful. I will use some straight language. Long-term leasing of social housing in Part V developments is the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is increasing the serviced sites funds allocation for a site (details supplied) to €100,000 per unit; and if his Department has had discussions with Dublin City Council, the European Investment Bank and the Housing Finance Agency to lengthen the maturity of the loans to ensure the entry level rents are below...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (6 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if discussion is taking place or has taken place involving his Department on the acquisition of a site by the Land Development Agency (details supplied). [23322/21]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: House Prices (5 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister is being wildly optimistic about the impact of the Land Development Agency on the price of private land in the private sector. We will have a row about the Land Development Agency when the Bill comes before the select committee in two weeks. The real problem here is that the Minister does not seem to understand the question. Due to high levels of speculative investment,...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: House Prices (5 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he plans to take to bring down the all-in cost of residential development in order to make homes more affordable for working persons in view of the 2020 and 2021 reports by an organisation (details supplied) on the real cost of house and apartment delivery. [22934/21]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: House Prices (5 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Minister knows, the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, SCSI, has produced two reports on the real cost of housing and apartment developments last year and this year. These have confirmed the growing gap between the all-in development costs of residential developments in the private sector and the sales price. Separate from specific measures targeting eligible affordable home...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: House Prices (5 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: This issue has a wider relevance than just first-time buyers. Last year, only 1,000 of the 5,000 or so real social homes that were delivered were directly delivered by local authorities and approved housing bodies, and more than half of them were turnkey properties. I do not object to turnkeys. They deliver social homes but the price paid is far higher if they are acquired when all-in...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (5 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether costs of between €18,000 and €28,000 per unit per year for 25-year long-term leases represent value for money for the taxpayer in view of the rising cost of long-term leasing and Part V long-term leasing and given that building or buying social homes by local authorities and approved housing...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (5 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: As I am sure the Minister is aware, 48 leasing projects have been approved by his Department so far this year, totalling approximately 603 leased units. The average cost of those leases is €18,000 per year. That is €451,000 per unit over the lifetime of the lease. Does he believe that represents good value for money and the best way to deliver long-term social housing to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (5 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister. The data to which I referred is from this year. He is absolutely correct about the average cost last year. The difficulty is that the origin of leasing is back in 2008, 2009 and 2010, when there was no capital funding. We know from a report published by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service, IGEES, in 2018 that long-term leasing represents very bad...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (5 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Part of my concern is that, as we know, the Government's previous targets for leasing were always significantly behind. For example, 2,000 were to be delivered last year according to the target set the year before but, of course, only half of that figure was delivered. What has changed, however, is market sentiment. There has been a significant increase in the desire of institutional...

Private Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I would be embarrassed to read a statement like the Minister of State's to the Oireachtas because it was filled with so many factual inaccuracies. He has said that his Government is giving local authorities enough funding to allow 25% of private rental properties to be inspected every year. In 2019, the year before Covid, only 10% of rental properties were inspected. In fact, the...

Private Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the rental crisis continues to spiral out of control; — rents across the State have increased by 2.5 per cent in the last 12 months; — rents in the commuter belt counties increased by 5 per cent during the same period; — rents in Leitrim, Longford, Carlow, Kildare and Limerick have increased by 11 per cent,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a commitment will be made not to extend the strategic housing development planning process and to allow for a return to a two stage planning process with the local authorities as the primary planning authority and An Bord Pleanála providing for an appropriate appeals mechanism. [22937/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (5 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reverse the sharp increase in single person homelessness evidenced in recent months. [22935/21]