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Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019: Second Stage (20 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I acknowledge the significant work done by Senator Grace O'Sullivan and Deputy Sherlock and I echo the comments the Minister made in that regard. I have I have little doubt that if that work had not been done, we would not be here with legislation which, on the basis of what we have heard so far, will be passed by the House. That is positive and has to be acknowledged. I also acknowledge...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: My thanks to our three guests. This committee takes its responsibilities seriously when it comes to issues of water quality. The representatives from the EPA and the Department will know that we have spent considerable time scrutinising the important report on wastewater treatment, the risk arising from treatment plants and the risk on the private side which the agency publishes annually....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for those answers. We must seriously consider all the information. I hear what the witnesses are saying particularly about promoting public health and meeting our EU obligations. I am not convinced this legislation would require complicated drafting to ensure that whatever licensing regime is in place would have to be compliant with both of those elements. Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Do the witnesses think that the Commission left happier or less happy than when it went in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Was the Commission satisfied when Mr. Ó Coigligh told it that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social Housing Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Chairman and members of the committee, particularly those who have supported the Bill to date. I acknowledge the significant body of work done by the Oireachtas Library and Research Service in the briefing paper that accompanies the Bill. It is a substantial and helpful piece of work. The Bill is very simple and does three things. It seeks to increase the Part V requirement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social Housing Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank members for their support. If a consensus position emerges for a particular percentage, notwithstanding the fact that, like Deputy Barry, I prefer the percentages that are listed in the Bill, I commit to working with that. It is not legally possible to apply these retrospectively. Developments for which planning permission has previously been granted will continue. This is about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social Housing Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Ms Timmons for her presentation. Local authorities are prevented from entering voluntary agreements in standard residential developments and SDZs because developers do not have to enter those agreements if they do not so wish. The point of increasing that is to make it a viable option. Dublin City Council voted to have a 29% social and affordable requirement in the Poolbeg SDZ but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social Housing Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Hogan and Ms Timmons for their responses. To reassure them, I take all of the points very seriously and I appreciate the time they have taken to consider them. I agree with them that we need an evidence base and we need to be mindful of unintended consequences, so I am not disregarding either of those points. I have read the 2012 DMK report which underpinned the review of Part...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is a commitment on page 19 of the programme for Government in respect of ending the homeless crisis. On page 87 of Rebuilding Ireland, there is a promise to ensure access to free public transport for homeless families. Unfortunately, as the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, knows, families are not just homeless during the school term. It is difficult to understand the reason the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Immigration Policy (18 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the review and updating of the Employment Permits Act 2006. [25489/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Investigations (18 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report into alleged planning irregularities in County Donegal will be published; and the action he plans to take arising from the contents of the report. [24851/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Reform (18 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will initiate a report on the issue of spoilt ballots in view of the high level of spoilt votes in the 2019 local and European elections; and if so, if it will include a survey of all spoils (details supplied). [24852/19]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a review of the co-living planning regulations will be conducted in view of the likely unintended consequences of such developments. [24880/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (18 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital assistance scheme, CAS, allocation for 2019 as agreed in budget 2019; the number of applications for CAS funding to date in 2019; the value of the applications; the number of approvals for CAS funding to date in 2019; the value of the applications; the amount of funding remaining from the initial CAS allocation...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for serviced sites funding; the locations and number of units in each application; the value of the applications; the number of applications approved; and the price range agreed with each local authority for the sale price of the properties. [25421/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. A number of us on the committee today are looking to get into the detail of the projects from the Housing Agency perspective. I know the Enniskerry Road project is being developed now. Without straying into policy areas, we also want to try to get a handle on some of the financial modelling on which the National Development Finance Agency, NDFA,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Let us say the Government wants to reduce rents to between €700 and €900 equivalent to rents in cost rental projects in other European capitals. Is that financially possible without a subsidy by stretching a loan over a longer period or mixing a European Investment Bank or EIB loan with a soft loan from the State?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Fifty-five?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 55 what?