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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Perhaps. It is on the same subject.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have two supplementary questions. First, can the Minister clarify whether the regulations he has been speaking about will cover the cost-rental model, as well as affordable purchase? I have a genuine concern with the way he is structuring the financing of cost-rental projects. Because the model involves paying down the loans over 25 or 30 years, the starting rents are simply too high....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new affordable housing scheme will be published; the income limits of the new scheme; the local authorities which will be using the scheme; when it will be available for applications; the targets for the number of affordable rental and affordable purchase homes to be delivered in 2019, 2020 and 2021; and the number...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will the Minister give the House an update on the affordable housing scheme that his Department officials have been working on? I ask, in particular, for as much detail as possible of income limits, eligibility, price, if such information is available, for renters or purchasers, and a timeline as to when the scheme will be introduced. There is a degree of frustration among councillors in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Last year, the ESRI, in conjunction with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, published important research on housing affordability. While it was found that overall 32% of renters and mortgage holders were having affordability issues, in the bottom 25% of income earners, it was found that 75% of those households were struggling with rent and mortgages. That demonstrates...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (20 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the efforts being made to have approved housing bodies reclassified as off-balance sheet. [8453/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (20 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the reform of water services including the creation of a single utility and a referendum to enshrine water in public ownership. [8451/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (20 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the quality standards framework inspection regime for emergency homeless accommodation; and when the framework will be in place. [8450/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (20 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the recently initiated infringement proceedings by the EU Commission against Ireland for breaches of the water framework directive; the nature of the infringements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8525/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (20 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering or has decided to suspend the social housing applicant file for five years for persons who have refused two offers of accommodation; and if so, the basis on which this decision was made. [8548/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Fund (20 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding within the Local Government Fund in each of the years 1999 to 2018, in tabular form; and the details of each component of the funding in gross and percentage terms. [8650/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Fund (20 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding to the Local Government Fund in each of the years 1999 to 2018, in tabular form; and the details of gross increases or decreases in funding and the real terms percentage expression of year-on-year increase and decrease. [8651/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (20 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to local government by funding from the Local Government Fund, commercial rates and other sources of funding in both gross and percentage terms. [8652/19]

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will be sharing with Deputy Ellis. As Deputies are aware, Sinn Féin is opposed to the LPT. When one considers the LPT, one realises that it is probably one of the worst or most poorly designed taxes in the history of the State. It is a tax not only on assets but also on debts. Anybody who was or who continues to be in negative equity is still charged the same as if he or she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports available to support a person with special needs (details supplied). [8191/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the eligibility criteria for accessing free legal aid for repossession cases; the average time persons are waiting to access the service for repossession cases; the amount of funding allocated to and drawn down by the Free Legal Aid Board in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the amount that has been...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 504. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of amendments tabled at the European Council relating to the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment. [7768/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a protocol or guidelines for his Department regarding sharing information, including amendments that are not available to the public with lobbyists, industry officials, NGOs and others during EU interinstitutional negotiations; and his views on the sharing of such information with a company (details...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to revise Ireland's nationally determined contribution for 2030 in respect of the Paris Agreement; and the percentage of greenhouse gas reduction compared to 2005 levels he would endorse. [7769/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 507. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the communication from the European Commission, A Clean Planet for All, a European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy. [7771/19]