Results 11,461-11,480 of 15,009 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: Is that retrospective?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: Given there is consensus, the committee should do something about it. A previous meeting of the committee was attended by the witnesses as well as officials from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. The expertise relevant to the issues to which Dr. McManus referred rests within the Department of Finance. If something is new to the AHB sector, it is also new to officials...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Vice Chairman.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Accommodation Provision (27 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: Are they dorms or single beds? Is there the same distribution of-----
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Accommodation Provision (27 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: And the male-female split as well.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Accommodation Provision (27 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: Brú Aimsir was opened as a temporary facility in 2015 on Thomas Street in Dublin city centre. The building is owned by the Digital Hub Development Agency and it was always envisaged it would be a temporary facility. I raise the matter not to argue that it should be a permanent facility but to give the Minister of State the opportunity to put on record the arrangements being made for...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Accommodation Provision (27 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: The DRHE put it on record earlier this week that nobody would be left without accommodation. The questions I hope the Minister of State will answer are a little more detailed so perhaps I will go through them again. We know the facility is closing but when will that happen? It is an important piece of information. My understanding is that prior to it closing, it will have approximately 95...
- Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown: Statements (Resumed) (27 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle should close it quickly.
- Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown: Statements (Resumed) (27 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: The specific part of the Government’s action plan I wish to address is that related to the built environment, specifically the residential housing sector. As the plan rightly points out, approximately 30% of our emissions come from the urban environment and a very significant portion of those come from our housing stock, which is using approximately 60% more energy than the EU...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (27 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Housing First tenancies created and sustained in 2018; the housing first targets for 2019, 2020 and 2021; and the associated costs of funding one housing first tenancy in tabular form. [27206/19]
- Social Housing (Real Social Housing) Bill 2019: First Stage (26 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing Acts 1966 to 2009 by providing a definition of social housing and social housing support. The Act makes a distinction between the provision of real social housing, a dwelling owned by the local authority or an approved housing body, and social housing support which can include Housing Assistance Payment,...
- Social Housing (Real Social Housing) Bill 2019: First Stage (26 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Quinlan and our other guests for their attendance. While I do not mean to criticise anyone, there is a certain degree of dissatisfaction among committee members. Yet again, we have been notified of Report Stage amendments that we will not have a chance to scrutinise in committee. I appreciate that the idea in Mr. Quinlan appearing before the committee is to fill in at least...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: Does the amendment only deal with protected structures rather than the generality of the pre-1963 structures?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: Does that mean the requirements under the recent amendment to legislation will not apply at all but the 12-month rule will apply?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: If the property has not been let for the previous 12 months, what are the other requirements?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: I get that. So none of the other stipulations of substantial refurbishment would apply to such a property. The only criterion would be if it had not been let for the previous 12 months, it would then be exempt.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: Is that because it is not just that the BER is a legal requirement but there are issues relating to the disabled access and floor space because of the protected nature of the structures? Is that the rationale for doing so?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: There is no statutory definition of what a substantial refurbishment is for those properties.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: Sure.