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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister is correct that investment in wastewater treatment was very low under the Fianna Fáil Government, but it was the actually the Fine Gael-Labour Party Government that cut capital investment in wastewater treatment to historically low levels. That was the reason the European Commission initiated the infringement proceedings. That is why there was a case brought to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is not true. It is the failure to comply with the Water Framework Directive.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, assessment concluding that the Ringsend water treatment plant is not big enough to properly treat all the wastewater that it receives; the conversations he has had with Irish Water on the recent discharges of large volumes of untreated sewage into Dublin Bay; the steps...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister. The problem is this. Irish Water's explanation of the discharge of raw sewage into Dublin Bay is that the wastewater treatment plant is functioning properly. That is, when one gets an adverse weather event and in order to cope with the additional water flow and the mixing of surface water and sewage, there is a natural discharge into the sea. The problem is that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Development Agency (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: If the active land management functions of the LDA are to work, it has to have strong compulsory purchase order powers. According to a story in the newspapers in July, there was a view in the Department, on foot of advice from the Attorney General, that state aid rules would be breached. As a result, although we have only the heads of the Bill, the final version will contain greatly...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Regulations (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Given that the Minister of State said he is conscious that I raised legacy issues he spent more than two thirds of his reply speaking about the present rather than the past, which has become the stock response of the Government to avoid dealing with the real issues. Nobody is asking the Minister of State to take on full liability for the cost of latent defects. Here is the problem: the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Regulations (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: The State does have responsibility in this. It was the failure of Government regulation of the building industry prior to 2014 that allowed this to happen. It happened on the Government's watch. It happened because of self-certification. Most of what the Oireachtas housing committee has recommended does not lay any liability on the State. It has recommended a one-stop-shop where a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Regulations (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is of no benefit to the people with latent defects.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Regulations (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will reconsider supporting the recommendations made in the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government report Safe as Houses which recommends establishing a latent defects redress scheme (details supplied) in view of recent revelations in the media that homeowners in counties Dublin and Kildare...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Regulations (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Over the past number of weeks, Niamh Towey and Jack Horgan-Jones have been reporting in The Irish Timesabout new stories of latent defects. Homeowners in Sandyford have had to pay €10,000 to rectify defects while homeowners in Blackrock have had to pay €25,000. One homeowner in County Clare must foot a bill of €62,000 for latent defects for which the homeowner had no...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the new homeless policy initiatives he will introduce to prevent the rise in homelessness in and outside Dublin in view of the fact that outside Dublin the number of adults in private emergency accommodation has increased from 40 in June 2014 to 1,200 in July 2019; and if he is considering allocating additional funding to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional interventions he is considering such as increased service site fund allocations and longer loan maturities to ensure entry level rents for a site (details supplied) are at affordable levels of between €700 and €900 per month. [37635/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of wind farm planning regulations; when the new draft guidelines will be published; if there will be a public consultation on this issue; and when he plans to introduce new guidelines. [37634/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contact he has had with local authorities regarding the implementation of the short-term letting regulations since 1 July 2019; and his views on the level of exemptions and planning applications to date. [37637/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Chairman. I have three questions in this round and will come back to the other pillars in the second round. I want to pick up on the Minister's exchange with Deputy Darragh O'Brien on the speeding up of social housing delivery and this issue of whether the Government was going to raise the threshold for local authorities to use the one track or one stage planning process. Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I was genuinely surprised by two comments made by the Minister in our discussion around affordability. He should correct me if I misrepresent what he said. He seemed to indicate that he thought rent of €1,200 per month is affordable and to suggest that €310,000 as the purchase price of a house is affordable for a two-income couple on the average wage. In the most comprehensive...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (17 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties availing of the tax relief available under section 50 of the Finance Act 1999; the number of properties that have converted from student purpose-built accommodation to private rented accommodation following the end of the ten year stipulation for section 50 builds to remain as student accommodation; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (17 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy tax reliefs provided to home buyers since the scheme was introduced by house price ranges (details supplied) in tabular form. [37472/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (17 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is on the waiting list of a school for the 2020/2021 academic year; if so, when they will be given a place; and the number of children ahead of them on the list for same. [37105/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (17 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the improved funding scheme for onsite wastewater treatment systems that was announced in February 2019 is open for applications; and if circular letters have been issued to local authorities. [37244/19]