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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is really important. There is no threat to small AHBs in this but what if a situation arises where, in the view of the regulator, an AHB is no longer able to operate, for example if the stock is not being maintained and there are issues? These are real things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is in respect of those cases where the regulator takes a view that there is a problem with an AHB and certain of its stock; the funds that are available may not cover the cost of that. I only say this because I had a live case in my own constituency a number of years ago of approximately 100 units. I am not saying it should be as complex as the credit unions but a resolution process and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: We can follow the answers in the Official Report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: My point is a different one, because I accept that. The issue is what is the threshold against which the regulator is allowed to take those various steps, particularly in terms of the investigations etc.? To simply use language, as it does in another section of the Bill, to the effect that the regulator is "of the opinion" is very broad. Surely, if the regulator is going to instigate an...

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 not arguing that third-party complaints would be specified. I am suggesting "reasonable suspicion" would be a better formula for the legislation than "of the opinion".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does that then mean the Minister is not legally obliged to go through the Public Appointments Service because it is not specified in the legislation? Is that the impact of that decision?

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 accept that but if the use of the Public Appointments Service is not stipulated in the legislation, does that not allow the Minister to legally make appointments outside of the Public Appointments Service process? The answer is "Yes" is it not?

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 accept that but I am saying that notwithstanding the general practice, because we have had cases in the previous Oireachtas where the general practice was not adhered to in another Department and it caused some controversy if Mr. Lemass remembers, if it is not stipulated the Public Appointments Service must be used, a Minister is then free to appoint somebody outside of that if he or she so...

Developments in Spain: Statements (22 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: In October 2017, I had the great privilege of observing the Catalan independence referendum first hand. I was one of a large group of parliamentarians from across Europe who travelled to Barcelona and the surrounding districts to witness the vote. Some of us, myself included, were clearly sympathetic to the cause of Catalan self-determination but others in that delegation were not, yet...

Latent Defects Redress Bill 2019: First Stage (22 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Latent Defects Redress Bill 2019: First Stage (22 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to establish a Latent Defects Redress Board, the functions of which shall be,inter alia, to provide resolution to ordinary owners who purchased homes in good faith, in order that such owners have an opportunity to seek mediation or adjudication in relation to non-compliance with building regulations. As Members of this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (22 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an investment package will be sought from the European Commission and additionally funded by the British and Irish Governments for the north-west city region of counties Donegal, Derry and west Tyrone in a post-Brexit scenario. [43523/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (22 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 24 July 2019, the proposals developed by his Department in relation to the training of school staff in the use of EpiPens following the publication of the comprehensive review of the special needs assistant scheme. [43055/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision (22 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 418. To ask the Minister for Health if the €1.5 million funding required for core funding and rehabilitation services provided by an organisation (details supplied) will be allocated. [43515/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision (22 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 419. To ask the Minister for Health if €5 million will be invested to fund the start-up, staffing, programme and infrastructural development for a regional rehabilitation centre for an organisation (details supplied). [43516/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (22 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the allocation for rent supplement for 2020. [43532/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architects Register (22 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the introduction of an architectural technologists register; the legislation which will deal with the register; when the legislation will be introduced; and the timeframe for the operation of the register. [43020/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (22 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the €40 million allocated under the budget 2020 allocation to families with pyrite affected homes will now be available to families in Dublin, north Leinster, County Mayo and Limerick city and county in addition to families with mica affected homes in County Donegal; if these are demand-led funding schemes; and if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Development Review: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I have always been of the view that the purpose of the strategic housing developments was not in the first instance to speed up the planning process, and I will explain why in a moment. Their primary purpose was to bypass democratically agreed city and county development plans. There is a mounting body of evidence, to which I will come in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Development Review: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Are those quotes reflective of the corporate thinking of Dr. Duffy's organisation? Are they a fair reflection of what PII was up to at that time?