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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 no sense is it binding. It is only that the Minister must explain why he or she is not accepting it.

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: On the student accommodation provisions, which I support, is the issue that the definition of an "owner" in the Bill we passed may allow the likes of a shell company, for example, to get some kind of permission and then restructure itself so that the terms of the original Act would not apply? Can the Department give us a little more information about the kind of loopholes that are available?...

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: Can Ms McMahon explain in the most simple terms possible how that loophole could work?

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: Could the same loophole apply in other relevant legislation such as with co-living or to other recent innovations with leased properties? Has anybody checked whether the potential loophole that has been identified in the drafting also exists elsewhere?

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 Ms McMahon certain that type of loophole could not apply in a co-living development, for example, as opposed to student-specific accommodation?

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 Residential Tenancies Board stated in this committee that there would be certain circumstances, even before this legislation was introduced, where certain kinds of licences would have entitled a licensee to claim exclusive occupation and, therefore, would have fallen under some of the provisions of the Residential Tenancies Acts. That has been its view for some time.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State. I have no difficulty with the thrust of anything he has said but I have two questions for clarification on amendment No 15, specifically on the proposed section 20(d). Even though the title is "Power to limit rates income" can I take it to mean this is really to ensure that local authorities do not lose out financially either from losing appeals or from the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: We had a discussion earlier about the length of time appeals are taking, and if there was a significant number of appeals in one local authority area that were lost - and if those appeals take six or 12 months - clearly there would be a net impact on other ratepayers. In order for the local authority to not lose out from losing those appeals and for the overall rates income to be revenue...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not so concerned about the formula, it is more the principle behind the formula that I am trying to get my head around.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Notwithstanding the Minister of State's comments, the amendment is eminently sensible. There are pros and cons to an abatement decision. One of the pros is the benefit to the local businesses or the ratepayers but one of the negatives is the potential loss of revenue to the local authority and the resultant impact. Having a consultation process would allow some of those issues to be teased...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will make two brief comments. I have sympathy with the intent of the amendment but I do not support the mechanism by which this is being done. We must keep in mind that any such exemption could potentially have a significant impact on the revenue coming into a local authority or, more important, it could have a significant impact on local authorities during an economic downturn for...

Home Help: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Ms Muriel Slevin is a constituent of mine and her son, Morgan, is awaiting a home care package. I will read a short extract from a letter she sent recently. It states:I am writing to you once again regarding my son ... who is now 17 years of age. Morgan has been an inpatient in Crumlin Hospital since 7 April 2014. Morgan was granted a home care package earlier this year; only one agency...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Page 38 of the programme for Government commits the Government to implement the plans set out by Irish Water to upgrade our dilapidated water infrastructure, including wastewater treatment plants. As the Taoiseach is aware, another temporary bathing ban was introduced at several of Dublin's beaches due to the overflow of wastewater from the Ringsend water treatment plant. In February, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) employed in a project wholly funded by an ETB qualifies to be treated as working in a public service body as per section 1 of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 under paragraphs (g), (h) and (i) as detailed in appendix 2 of circular 40/2007 for the purposes of being eligible for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the flash glucose monitoring technology available for all persons with type 1 diabetes; and if he has reviewed the survey results from an organisation (details supplied) on current users of the FreeStyle Libre device and the positive impact it has had on their daily lives. [26326/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Homeless Persons Supports (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her role in the funding and issuing of free Leap cards for homeless families; the estimated cost of providing free cards to families in emergency accommodation outside of school term time; and if free cards for homeless families will be extended to include non-term time. [26766/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Prospecting Licences (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 731. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his officials or the relevant State agencies have been consulted on a planning application by a company (details supplied) to build an underground gold and silver mine in west County Tyrone under EU transboundary environmental requirements. [26071/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 18 June 2019, if there has been a reduction in the initial allocation or diversion of a portion of the allocation to other projects in either his Department or other Departments (details supplied); if so, the amount being diverted; the Departments the funding is being diverted to;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the €93 million allocation to the capital assistance scheme, CAS, in budget 2019 is divided regionally; and if not, if it is allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. [26551/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (25 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his role in the funding and issuing of free Leap cards for homeless families; the estimated cost of providing free cards to families in emergency accommodation outside of school term time; and if free cards for homeless families will be extended to include non-term time. [26765/19]