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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Defects: Discussion with Construction Defects Alliance (1 Dec 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: To bring us back to basics, if any of us buy anything and we take it home and it is defective, the following day we bring it back to the shop and we either get it replaced or get our money back. This is a basic rule but not for the single most expensive purchase in people's lives. It beggars belief that we are even having this discussion. I am not at all criticising anybody here because...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: Three weeks have now passed since the Tánaiste stood in this Chamber and told the House that he would be happy to provide any and all records relating to his passing of the IMO contracts to his friend and member of a rival organisation, the National Association of General Practitioners. In the same week, the Taoiseach told my party leader that his Department had an open door and that he...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yesterday, we learned of two more tragic deaths in our capital city. In the early morning, a man in his 40s living in a tent in the shadow of Leinster House was found dead. He had been living there for some time. Later in the afternoon, another man died in accommodation run by a well-known charity. We do not know the full circumstances of these tragic deaths but it is clear that both men...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Tánaiste for his response. We all remember that Mr. Jonathan Corrie died on 1 December 2014 while sleeping rough in a doorway opposite Dáil Éireann. The tragic death of the 43-year-old father of two caused widespread public concern and anger. His daughter, Natasha, told RTÉ in an interview that, in her view, those in power failed her father. She said: "He...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (26 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average turnaround for refurbishing vacant houses owned by local authorities in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Meath, Louth, Longford and Westmeath on an annual basis since January 2018 to October 2020; the annual budget available from January 2018 to October 2020 made available to these counties for restoring council-owned...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (26 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount requested from counties Cavan, Monaghan, Meath, Louth, Longford and Westmeath from the repair and lease scheme and buy and renew scheme since January 2018 to date in 2020; and the number of private properties that have been bought by local authorities to rehouse persons in these counties through the repair and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (26 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual budget allocated to counties Cavan, Monaghan, Meath, Louth, Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2018 to 2020 to provide for Traveller housing accommodation; the percentage of that funding spent annually in each of these counties on the provision of accommodation for members of the Traveller community; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (26 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the report of his Department into alleged planning irregularities in County Donegal; and the action he plans to take on foot of its findings. [39452/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (25 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names and biographies of the two recent appointees to the board of the National Oversight and Audit Commission. [39078/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (25 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a PPS number application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin city. [39172/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (25 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 150. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which each direct provision centre or emergency centre contract expires. [39128/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (25 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 151. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to increase the provision of direct provision accommodation in the Dublin 22 area and specifically with respect to an address (details supplied). [39144/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Persons Data (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to deal with the rise in the number of deaths of persons who were accessing homeless services and or sleeping rough. [38309/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Persons Data (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister will be aware that I have raised this issue previously and I fully accept the seriousness with which he has been responding to it but since we last raised it, we have seen a number of very significant tragic deaths of people who were either rough sleeping or engaging the homeless services in Dublin, Galway and Cork. I have heard some very concerning figures, particularly from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Persons Data (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I welcome the study because we have to have an informed and evidence-based approach to this. In many cases what we are seeing is the overlap of three sets of issues - homelessness, mental health and addiction - and the lack of adequate provision of those three services at the right time and place to meet the needs of individuals ,which in many cases, unfortunately, puts them at greater risk...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Persons Data (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I again acknowledge the fact that the programme for Government has a commitment to increase this provision. The original Housing First strategy introduced by the previous Government only committed to approximately 600 Housing First tenancies up to next year. We need in the region of 3,000 to deal with the current number of individuals who need that particular support and that is where we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Persons Data (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: A person who has previously engaged with homeless services, and who has moved on to a stable tenancy, and, for example, as in a number of cases that have been quoted by the DRHE have died from other tragic causes need to be treated as a separate category because their vulnerability is very different. The Minister probably agrees with that point and I look forward to the report and to his...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Government does not fund them.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: It does not control the purse strings. The Government controls the purse strings.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: One application as a result of that big change-----