Results 12,041-12,060 of 15,009 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Local Government Bill 2018: From the Seanad (23 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a quick question which the Minister of State may be able to clarify. When this section was originally amended by way of a Fianna Fáil amendment, which we supported in the Dáil, it aimed to compel the Minister to introduce legislation in line with the outcome of the referendum. Obviously I was not in the Seanad when this amendment was made but it seems tighter than the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish National Election Study: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a few practical questions which will give the committee some more information. It would be useful if the witnesses could put on record more detail about the most recent study they carried out. Will they tell us about the mechanics of setting it up, for example, deciding what would be asked and who would be asked, as well as costing the particular study? What were the key findings?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish National Election Study: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a supplementary question on the cost. Let us take an ideal scenario where there was a blank cheque. If a number of elections are held in one year, that obviously pushes up costs. Do the witnesses have a notional cost per election or per referendum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish National Election Study: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: As a small aside, there were a number of hustings of candidates in schools in my constituency during the last general election and there seemed to be an interesting correlation between the result of the election in the school and the tally results for the catchment area. For example, an independent candidate who did not get elected and who fared quite poorly had a strong electoral base in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish National Election Study: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: To translate into today's money the figures the witnesses quoted earlier, they are talking about a set-up figure for the new panel of between €250,000 and €300,000 and then some €100,000 to €150,000 for every election after that. If that is the ballpark figure, it is small money whereas the benefits are clear. Everybody here has made clear their support for it....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral and Referendum Reform: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (23 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Ms Quinn for the presentation. Our party will make submissions to the public consultation. We have long argued for an independent commission and modernisation of the register so that is welcome. I will not ask any questions about the detail of it because Ms Quinn cannot answer that until after the consultation. The question I will ask is perhaps unfair. Does she have a notional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral and Referendum Reform: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (23 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is a relatively short timeframe months rather than years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral and Referendum Reform: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (23 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: To pick up on Deputy Barry's question, the witnesses caught the tail end of the political scientists' presentation and they know them all well. My question is not about the consultations and whether we get an electoral commission; it is about the meantime as we wait for those. Is the Department, and this section in particular, considering whether to fund some form of electoral research this...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (22 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Do not worry about it. I thank the Minister for the Bill's outline. Sinn Féin opposed the RPZs when they were introduced in 2016 because we believed that a 12.5% rent increase over three years for tenants who were already paying rents that were too high was unsustainable. We also argued that RPZs would create perverse incentives for landlords outside the RPZs to jack up rents even...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for increased current and capital investment in the provision of special autism units in schools in Clondalkin, Dublin 22 and Lucan, County Dublin to meet the significant level of need in those areas. [2644/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the gap between the provision of and need for social needs assistants in classrooms in schools especially in Lucan, County Dublin, Clondalkin and Dublin 22; and his plans to increase investment in 2019 and 2020 to meet current need. [2643/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Building Energy Rating Compliance (22 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 521. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 16 January 2019, the percentage of new buildings that have an A2 energy rating as required by the nearly zero energy building standard requirements; the percentage of public buildings owned and leased by the State are fully compliant with the standard requirements as of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 588. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the accusation that her Department and Tusla are using an outdated methodology to calculate the adequacy or otherwise of provision of domestic violence refuge places and supports as reported in the media (details supplied). [2665/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Applications Data (22 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new housing applicants that have come onto local authority housing lists on an annual basis in each of the past three years; and if he will direct the Housing Agency to include these data in the summary of housing needs assessment in 2019 and all future years. [2670/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (22 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration is being given to the idea of a housing list passport as suggested in the Social Housing Strategy 2020 to allow persons to move from one local authority area to another for specified reasons (details supplied) without losing their time on the housing list. [2671/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Investigations (22 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the report into alleged planning malpractice in Donegal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2672/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (22 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of casual vacancies relet by local authorities each year since 2014, in tabular form. [2754/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (22 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedure by which local authorities may amend their differential rent scheme; and if it is an executive or reserve function. [2821/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Energy Rating Compliance (22 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 16 January 2019, the percentage of new buildings that have an A2 energy rating as required by the nearly zero energy building standard requirements; the percentage of public buildings owned and leased by the State that are fully compliant with the standard requirements as of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (22 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown by each local authority and by year of the 250 homes brought back into use via the buy and renew scheme. [3089/19]