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Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Tonight, as many as 13,000 adults and children will sleep either on the streets or in emergency accommodation funded by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Tusla or the Department of Justice and Equality, or, indeed, not funded by any Department. Contrary to what the Minister stated, the Oireachtas committee did not under any circumstances accept that his removal of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I have four areas of questions. On the EPA reports, we in the committee have given a commitment over three years that every time the reports are published, one of the important steps we want to take is inviting all the stakeholders to interrogate the reports, not only to give the EPA another platform to raise the issues but also to hear...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does Mr. O'Leary have a breakdown of the spend on wastewater and on drinking water from last year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: With regard to the judgment on urban wastewater which was decided against us, is the programme sufficient to avoid fines if those targets are met by 2021?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I certainly get the sense from the engagements we have had of this nature over recent years that there is far greater co-ordination between the different bodies. I want to acknowledge that. I want to go back to the appendices in the EPA's 2017 report. There has been a significant improvement in terms of urban wastewater treatment directive non-compliant locations, as can be seen in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Mr. O'Leary said it was 132 by the end of 2018. I thought it was 132 by the end of 2017.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: There are 24 counties included in that figure of 132 plants. At what point in the Irish Water programme does it expect that number to start to reduce significantly?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (13 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will end pay inequality among teachers. [7236/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving adequate educational supports to meet special needs; and when adequate educational supports will be provided. [6500/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the tender process for the new direct provision centre within a 40 km radius of Newbridge, County Kildare, has concluded; if so, the contracts that have been awarded for same; and the way in which this affects the status of a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [6278/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 393. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated additional home care hours. [6465/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 2018 sports capital grant application decisions will be made in the case of a club (details supplied). [6437/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 755. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he has taken to remedy the five grounds of the European Social Charter violated by Ireland in terms of the provision of Traveller accommodation highlighted by the European Committee of Social Rights in May 2016; and his views on the recent monitoring report by the committee published on 23 January 2019 that found...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Let us take a step back from the very technical stuff for a second. It is important for us to reassert at a very basic level why this committee has spent so much time on this issue, partly at the request of Senator Grace O'Sullivan and Deputy Sherlock at earlier stages and now at the request of the Minister. We are all concerned as a result of our growing knowledge of the impact of plastics...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a final question. I take the point that everyone has made about second-generation microplastics. I do not think anyone is disputing that. Have any of the other EU member states that have started to look at this issue introduced legislation or regulations? If so, could those of us who are interested in this matter be pointed in the direction of those measures? I know this aspect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is very important for us to understand whether Ms Dean is concerned that categories of products which are not included in the phasing out will be caught by this legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Such as-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: For the purposes of clarity for those of us who are not scientists, will Mr. Chave give examples of some everyday non-plastic polymers? This is so we are clear on what we are talking about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: How many days are left?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Do the witnesses have any thoughts on exceptions?