Results 11,521-11,540 of 15,060 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin
- 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.
- 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 Ms McMahon.
- 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: For the Minister?
- 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: Obviously, the reason one wants to do this is in anticipation or in case of something in one of those spatial plans that the Minister or the Department feels is not consistent with the national planning framework, NPF, or other Government strategies.
- 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 one does not do this, is Mr. Hogan saying that if one of the spatial strategies is not consistent in the view of the Minister or the Department the only recourse for the Minister would be a judicial review?
- 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 Mr. Hogan anticipate any such gaps between what he expects to be in the plan and the NPF and existing Government strategies?
- 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: It is more than a timing issue. It is quite a significant provision. Clearly, it is a provision that was intended in the original legislation that was published in 2016. So that we are clear, if the Minister or the Department is concerned that the content of one of these plans is a problem, this gives the Minister an avenue to resolve that problem in line with the national planning...
- 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: The Minister would then request the planning regulator to go in, produce a report and make recommendations to the Minister as per the legislation, and the Minister would then be legally entitled to act to say to the regional authorities to amend their draft plan in line with Government policy. Am I wrong in that?
- 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: My point is, because the Minister is only able to - I will use the word "intervene" but Mr. Hogan might have a more polite word - intervene in this process through the office of the planning regulator, this is the mechanism through which the Minister and the Department is allowed to intervene if the Minister or the Department feels there is a problem with one of those spatial strategies.
- 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: In the planning regulating legislation, it is not binding. It is only that if the Minister chooses not to accept that advice, he or she has to lay on the record of the Dáil the reasons.