Results 11,961-11,980 of 15,723 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: So the EPA would have called out the slippages that we are talking about here in relation to Leixlip in September.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: For the record, the EPA supplies its annual report to this committee as a matter of course. It presents it to this committee and has done so for three years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: I fully support the point the Deputy is making. He said nobody in this room knows about the list but all I am saying, in deference to the EPA, is that at our request three years ago, it circulated the reports to the committee because we have responsibility. Its representatives come in and take questions, following which Irish Water representatives come in and take questions. I do not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: As Deputy Darragh O'Brien said this is having an enormous impact on people right across the six local authority areas affected. Deputy Breathnach is correct that any boil water notice is wrong. This is the single largest boil water notice we have ever had. It is six times greater than the total number of people affected by both boil water notices last year. It is also important that part...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: The respondents can answer because they are very professional and they know how to do their job. What I am saying is that we had an incident where we were told that an alarm system was not responded to over an extended period of time. That had a negative impact on 615,000 people. I would just like to know how that can happen. That is an important question to ask. We got an update on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: When was the purchase order placed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: The Chairman said it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: Perhaps Deputy O'Brien's questions could be answered on his return, if that suits.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: I have three quick questions - I realise the Senator has not got in yet. The first thing is to go back to the question of the alarm. The EPA report in March indicated an issue with responding to the alarms. I am interested to know how Irish Water and Fingal County Council responded. What was done to try to ensure that that issue of non-response to the alarm that occurred in March, which...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: Is that in the capital at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: Will it be compatible then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: But that will be four years away.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: And on the bottled water?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: Does Irish Water have the same self-selecting methodology for vulnerable customers for bottled water as it does for the text messages, or is there some criterion a person must meet?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: What would be vulnerable? The public will be watching this. Who should be ringing Irish Water?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Lemass for the information so far. I am interested to know more of the thinking behind how the Bill is framed at the moment. I suggest that Mr. Lemass might think through some of the issues between now and when amendments are tabled because I am not so sure technical amendments will deal with some of them. We talked the last time about section 38 and in particular the issues...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, in terms of the RTB but not so much with the Department and the local authorities. That is the question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: Let me rephrase the question. This is quite important. The Government sets the policy for legislation. The local authorities are the direct contact with the AHBs in terms of the schemes and so on, but the regulator will have a function around tenancy management, nominations and allocations. What will the regulator do with regard to these functions? For example, if there is an AHB in any...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: As I said to Mr. Lemass on the previous occasion, it would be useful if members were given a briefing note on that matter. Mr. Lemass has just stated that the regulator would set policies. It is my understanding that the Government sets policies. The regulator's job-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)
Eoin Ó Broin: I am just trying to be clear on-----