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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I would like to make a brief comment and a suggestion. Something very significant has happened in this meeting today. This is the first time in my five years in the Oireachtas that a clear majority of the housing committee has spoken in favour of the holding of a referendum to enshrine the right to housing in the Constitution. That is really significant. I say that while not in any way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will the Chairman support my suggestion?

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, line 6, after "regulations" to insert the following: ", including restrictions on the number or type of persons who can enter a dwelling, in order to limit the spread of Covid-19 or". As I said at the outset, one of the weaknesses of the Bill is that the eviction ban is limited in its applicability to the triggering of the 5 km travel restriction by...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will be pressing the amendment.

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: No, we can wait. That is okay.

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: The amendment seeks to do what the very eminent Deputy O'Dowd proposed, and what Deputy Cian O'Callaghan and I are seeking to do, which is to introduce a six-month ban on evictions. I want to briefly address the issue of the Constitution and the advice of the Attorney General. As you will know as a legal professional, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, there is not a unified school of thought on...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “(4) Notwithstanding the interpretation contained in section 1(2), sections 2, 3 and 4 shall also apply to such persons living in dwellings with written license agreements, verbal license agreements and informal rent-a-room arrangements.”. This is a straightforward amendment. One of the...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “2. (1) An emergency period in relation to the tenancy of a dwelling shall be a period of at least six months from the enactment of this Act.”. Again, this amendment is self-explanatory.

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: It seeks to do what the eminent and-----

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Second Stage (22 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: For several years, many Deputies have been calling for a legislative ban on evictions in order to prevent homelessness. The Focus Ireland amendment, legislation very carefully crafted by one of the country's leading homeless charities, was tabled on up to five separate occasions during the previous Dáil but, each time, it was voted down by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. For several...

Latent Defects Redress Bill 2020: First Stage (22 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Latent Defects Redress Bill 2020: First Stage (22 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to establish a Latent Defects Redress Board, the functions of which shall be, inter alia,to provide resolution to ordinary owners who purchased homes in good faith, in order that such owners have an opportunity to seek mediation or adjudication in relation to non-compliance with building regulations. As Deputies are aware,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) can be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32150/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (22 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has provided guidance or instruction to language schools teaching English to overseas students that prevents them from providing language classes virtually to protect the health of staff and students. [32121/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (21 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project. [31816/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (21 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation of serviced sites fund by project for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; the amount allocated and drawn down; the location of the development; the number and typology of homes per project; if the project has planning; if the project has commenced construction; and the estimated target date for completion. [31817/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (21 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Dublin City Council has submitted an application for the serviced sites fund for St. Michael's Estate, Inchicore, Dublin 8; the amount requested; and when a decision will be made on the issue. [31818/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (21 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount, interest rate and maturity on the European Investment Bank loan provided for the cost rental apartments in St. Michael's Estate, Inchicore, Dublin 8. [31819/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (21 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has sought the advice of the Central Bank on the shared equity loan for which €75 million of funding was provided in Budget 2021; and if so, if the advice will be published. [31820/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (21 Oct 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has sought the advice of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the shared equity loan for which €75 million of funding provided in Budget 2021; and if so, if the advice will be published. [31821/20]