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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]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that all 566 outstanding developer-provided water infrastructure projects in residential developments across the State are brought in charge; the estimated cost of funding these works to bring them up to taking in charge standard; and the timeframe within which his Department will provide this funding....

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the expert group on Traveller accommodation and in particular its proposals regarding changes to the Part 8 planning and section 183 land transfer processes in local authorities. [22936/21]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the recent report by the European Committee of Social Rights published in April 2021 (details supplied); and the steps he plans to take to resolve the issues at the heart of the collective complaint. [22939/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (5 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to extend the eligibility period for those currently in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit who remain on reduced hours in their employment but whose entitlement to jobseeker’s benefit has been exhausted. [22836/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Engagement with the Office of the Planning Regulator (4 May 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I confirm I am present in Leinster House. I thank Mr. Cussen for his presentation. I share his concern about some of what I would describe as the attacks made recently on the Office of the Planning Regulator. I want to be very clear about the fact that Deputies and councillors have every right to criticise policy. That is what we are elected to do. What concerns me about the comments,...

National Marine Planning Framework: Motion (29 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The national marine planning framework is a document of enormous importance. It is a statutory plan that will shape the future of our marine, and all the people who use it, for a generation. The idea that something of this importance, equivalent to law in its impact, would only receive a two-hour committee presentation from officials from the Department and a 45-minute debate on this floor...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (29 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 101. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to move from a psychiatric model of transgender healthcare to a model more in line with international best practice as outlined by the World Health Organisation. [22511/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak on this important Bill. While the most pressing and immediate issues facing our society are the Covid-19 crisis and then beyond that the issues of housing, health, childcare and employment, it is fair to say that climate change and tackling the biodiversity crisis are the greatest challenges of our generation. That is not just in this...

Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for his contribution. Sinn Féin will be supporting this largely technical Bill as it is essential to ensure the transfer of all of the necessary powers and functions to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, as it is now called. I would like to use the few minutes available to me to address a number of matters that are being dealt with...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: There has not been consultation in this Chamber or with this House.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: If there are delays to this and if there are judicial reviews, it will be on the Government's head for not doing its job properly.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: One meeting is what we asked for.