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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The new Deputies and Senators might not understand the difference between a political charge and a challenge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have the floor. The consequence of the kind of politics that the parties opposite have implemented in government and local authorities has been to make housing so unaffordable that even people on good incomes cannot afford to live in the city. The parties opposite are going to allow that to continue into the future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: That does not speak-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I support Senator Moynihan on this. One thing that we discussed at the committee was significant ESRI housing research which was published in summer 2018. It asked a simple question, which is how many households not eligible for social housing support, including people who cannot get HAP, RAS or social housing, have high housing costs. It did extensive research, going right back to 2002....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 9: In light of the serious concerns expressed by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Economic and Social Research Institute and the Central Bank regarding the impact of the proposed Shared Equity Loan Scheme on house price inflation and in the absence of details on the scheme including whether private banks will be participants in the scheme, whether...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a right to reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: A number of charges have been made against the party and I have a right to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: We are already over time so another two minutes will not hurt us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I can. Deputy Higgins is wrong to suggest that under Sinn Féin's affordable housing plan, people will not own their own home. They will. The benefit of our plan is that home will remain permanently affordable but under the Government's plan, people will not own their own home because they will have a debt of €150,000, €175,000 or €200,000. Senator Fitzpatrick...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is. I am trying to be brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Perhaps the members on the other side could just listen. There is €75 million for the shared equity scheme and that will be doubled with an extra €75 million from the banks. That is €150 million. The cost rental equity loan has funding of €35 million and only €50 million will be spent this year on the serviced sites fund. The Government will spend almost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: They come here and show crocodile tears for the working people, who they have forced into the rental trap. These are the people that the Government has forced into unaffordable housing. It is the Government's housing policy failures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is a result of decades of bad housing policy by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael that has created generation rent. It is on the Government members.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she plans to announce the details of the music entertainment business assistance scheme for the live music industry. [20997/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Data (21 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Irish SMEs that have a subsidiary in Canada. [19064/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if businesses providing window cleaning for residential properties are allowed to resume their services on 12 April 2021 in line with the restart of residential construction. [19292/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Reports (21 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 218. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Mercosur impact report will be published, given that it was expected to be published in spring 2021. [20830/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (21 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to amend the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 to make the Government a relevant body under section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19630/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Court Judgments (21 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the impact of the recent judgement (details supplied) delivered on 30 March 2021 on the upcoming Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19631/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 443. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that essential workers who do not have a driver test booked are unable to continue with driving lessons; and his plans to address the matter. [20575/21]