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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 was an interesting exchange. The officials said that they had gone out to see if that was the case and they found that there were none. However, there is a policy of encouraging people to use suntan lotion. If a product were to become available, the officials did not want the legislation to act as a disincentive to using it. Those were the general thoughts about it.

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: The discussion was about suntan lotions.

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: If that were the case, then those products would be covered by the medical exemption because they serve a medical purpose.

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: Yes, it stops people getting cancer.

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 imagine parents would disagree when they are putting suntan lotion on their children, but I take the point.

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 want to make it clear that this is not the only Bill of this kind that is being advanced. This is not the only debate about plastics that the Houses are having. We are all very clear on the fact that this legislation is a small piece of a larger approach. As it is the first Bill in this sphere, it sets the tone. If it is passed with the approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas, it will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (7 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there were 2,002 PEA beds and 2,162 STA beds occupied in November 2018, while in December 2018, the PEA beds had decreased by 877 to 1,125 and the STA beds increased by 876 to 3,038 [6106/19]

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Two out of three is not bad.

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: We can have a debate about Stormont but this is about a serious proposition to ensure that Irish citizens in the North of Ireland, no matter what their political opinion, have some representation. I would have thought that is something Fianna Fáil would have at least liked to discuss as opposed to dismissing it in order to score political points but that is its own business. The...

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: No, in fact in the last election-----

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: In the last election our vote increased.

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I would be more than happy to contest elections against Fianna Fáil in the North of Ireland-----

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----whenever Fianna Fáil-----

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----whenever Fianna Fáil-----

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----grows a backbone and decides to actually contest in the North of Ireland. I have no difficulty in its arguing the case for taking its seats in Westminster and then taking them up if elected but while it stands on the sidelines of electoral politics in Northern Ireland I do not think it is in a position to question anybody's integrity or the representation any political party provides....

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is my point exactly, a Cheann Comhairle. This is a serious and credible proposition to try to find a way to ensure that at least Irish citizens in the North of Ireland, the overwhelming majority of whom want to remain in the European Union have a voice and have representation. I am absolutely amazed that Fianna Fáil does not even want to discuss it or consider the proposition but...

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is correct. In the ordinary course of events this would be one of those very dull debates where we give our comments on the Constituency Commission's proposals before accepting them. In the debate on the recommendations of the previous Constituency Commission, that was my position. I will address the missed opportunity of giving some recognition to the North of Ireland and I will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his predecessor supported the 90% separate collection target by 2025 for plastic beverage bottles contained in Article 9 of the single-use plastics directive at European Council meetings. [5879/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amendments tabled at European Council meetings on the proposal for a directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment regarding Article 9 of the single-use plastics directive. [5880/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the regulations for the new affordable housing scheme will be enacted; and the way in which the scheme will work. [5781/19]