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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: From the pre-application stage-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Plus the 16 weeks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: This proves Deputy Casey's point that when there is a tough statutory deadline it is hard to miss it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: How many pre-application strategic housing developments have not gone to formal application?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is that the total since the legislation came in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is an important issue, on which I ask the Chairman to indulge me. He knows where I am going with this. On the basis of what Ms Kenny has said, Mr. Walsh's answer did not compare like with like. The previous 48-week period was all in from the day the pre-planning application was made until the final board decision. It included developers submitting badly done applications and having...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is Ms Kenny saying that in the nine weeks between the pre-application and the formal submission of the application to the board there could be a gap there that is not counted in An Bord Pleanála's 25 weeks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I get that but one of the biggest delays in the 15 case studies was the delay in the applicant coming back due to the request for further information. In some cases it was six months or nine months and so on. That was not something the local authority could control although it had asked for the additional information. If I was to ask what is the actual average time for the processing of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: We had this conversation when representatives of the Department originally came before the committee for discussion on strategic housing development, SHD. It had some average figures, but they were hokey as hell. We fought tooth and nail for the spreadsheet and we got the spreadsheet that mapped out all of those 15 cases. While I do not seek a spreadsheet for all 117 initial contacts, a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (5 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the provision of additional second-level school places and additional second-level schools, or both, in Lucan, County Dublin; and the capital allocations for the next five years. [5049/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (5 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a latent defects redress scheme to help those living in badly built properties bought during the Celtic tiger period (details supplied). [5098/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (5 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a requirement on An Bord Pleanála to publish applications on its website which detail the student accommodation providers of 200 bed spaces or more seeking planning permission. [5099/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (5 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the housing supply and demand report will be published. [5110/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (5 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names of the persons appointed to the board of the Land Development Agency; the process by which they were appointed; and the measures put in place to ensure there are no conflicts of interest for the members of the board that have business or financial interests in land, commercial property or residential property...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I will make some opening comments and then put questions to each of the presenters. This is probably one of the most important issues that this committee will consider this year. Alongside meeting social housing need, affordability is an issue of great importance. The committee will hold a number of these sessions and, ultimately, report with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: By way of a brief follow-up point, I wish to draw out the main implications of the points made by Mr. O'Connor and by Dr. Roantree and Dr. O'Toole from the ESRI. I agree fully that we need to move to a public housing stock of between 20% and 30% to meet the structural demand within the social and affordable housing need. Nevertheless, if the State has a commitment under the national...

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Second Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: In common with other colleagues, I welcome the Bill. While its provisions are limited, they are broadly very sensible and Sinn Féin, like others, will be supporting the legislation. On one of the most obvious areas, the idea people could not pay their rates in instalments made no sense. Like others, when I was on a council, I was trying to negotiate for an individual ratepayer who was...

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Second Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is a tricky thing to do. If we sat down at committee and worked our way through it in that collegiate spirit in which we have been working on a number of issues with the Minister, we might find some good suggestions and good ways. Even if we cannot deal with some of the bigger stuff in this Bill, and I am of the view that we probably cannot, I would like to see the committee and the...

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Second Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Too long. The Minister of State definitely has more time than he needs.

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Second Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State does not have to use all of it. We will not use all of ours if he does not use all of his.