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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: My question is about the building control (construction industry register Ireland) Bill 2017, CIRI, which the Minister of State, Deputy English, has described as critical for the development of a culture of confidence and compliance in the construction industry. A story in The Irish Timesby Niamh Towey today reports on how the developer of an apartment block, Cathedral Court in Dublin 8, has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (2 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 374. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with an appropriate homecare package to allow the person to be discharged from hospital and return home. [27487/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (2 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social housing build and acquisition targets for 2020 and 2021. [27470/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (2 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a report (details supplied) published by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission which highlights the way in which the Workplace Relations Commission process cannot be the solution for dealing with discrimination against persons on housing benefits; and if further initiatives to deal with the problem will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. They know my position. I strongly support anything that takes the AHB sector off balance sheet as long as it does not in any way affect the not-for-profit and voluntary sector ethos of the sector. I know the witnesses' organisations share that view. I share and hear their frustration that, 18 months in, there does not seem to be much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: The ICSH has had three meetings with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and one meeting with the Department of Finance in 18 months.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: So the ICSH has not even had a meeting with the Department of Finance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: There are different players on the pitch here. If credit unions created a lending vehicle which was ready to go tomorrow, would housing bodies be in a position to borrow from it, depending on the interest rates and commercial viability of the loan offering?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: They are ready to go.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can the witnesses share information as to which credit union body made the offer that has been received?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have two quick supplementary questions, but, first, it would be worthwhile comparing the number of meetings the delegates have had with relevant Departments with the number the inter-departmental Clearing House Group have had. That is a group that was established by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government to examine ways by which private sector real estate trust investment...

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...