Results 12,061-12,080 of 15,009 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 694. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown by each local authority and by year of the 48 homes brought back into use and tenanted under the repair and lease scheme. [3090/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Energy Rating Compliance (16 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a progress report on the efforts to meet near zero energy building requirements in 2018; if all public buildings, whether owned or leased by the State, are now fully compliant with the relevant EU directive; if not, the level of compliance; when full compliance will be achieved; the measures implemented...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Building Control Management System (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: There are thousands of families who bought properties before 2014 that have substantial latent defects, including fire safety issues and water ingress. The State is partly responsible for this. The non-existent regulatory regime allowed unscrupulous builders, developers or architects to build those homes. We asked in the "Safe as Houses?" report by the Oireachtas committee for the Minister...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Every new home that is built is welcome. Any increase in supply is also to be welcomed. I think the Minister is guilty of presenting too rosy a picture. I would appreciate it if he could address two specific issues, the first of which is private housing output. One of the most worrying aspects of the recent report of the Housing Supply Coordination Taskforce for Dublin is the indication...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: The quarter-on-quarter comparisons are a valuable way of looking at this issue, particularly because building is affected by the climate. That is one of the reasons the task force report makes such comparisons. It is a concern that the total level of construction in the city of Dublin, where housing need is greatest, is 50% lower than it was this time last year. I am not clear on why that...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to increase the delivery of both social housing new builds and affordable private market homes for 2019 (details supplied). [1627/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: The housing supply co-ordination task force report for quarter 3 was published on 20 December last. While it indicated that there were some positive signs, there were also worrying data contained in the report, in particular a 50% reduction in the number of houses under construction in Dublin city compared to quarter 3 of 2017. The reduction was 20% when the city and greater Dublin region...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: In March 2018, the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government decided to give the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, time to introduce amendments to the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016 and he was to come back to the committee with these amendments within two months. We wrote to him on 13 November seeking an update. He...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rapid build properties constructed under Rebuilding Ireland to date; the number tenanted to date; the number of properties delivered to date via the vacant housing funds including the rolling €70 million allocated to the Housing Agency, the repair and lease scheme and the buy and renew scheme; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constitutional Amendments (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his amendments to the 35th Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) Bill 2016; and if a referendum on this issue will be held in 2019. [1435/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing first tenancies created in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018; the target for 2019; and the rationale for the regional targets for 2019. [1436/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the recommendation of an institute (details supplied) that rent pressure zones should be extended nationwide; his plans to remove the exemption for new properties and those that have not been let for two years; and if the zones will be extended when the deadline arrives at the end of 2019. [1437/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will recall the housing consultative committee data sub group to undertake a review of the monthly homeless report to review the methodology used in the production of the reports; and if the Departments of Justice and Equality, Children and Youth Affairs and Tulsa will be included to determine the best way to capture...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 727. To ask the Minister for Health the private companies and-or voluntary service providers that are contracted by the HSE to provide home care packages to persons with severe physical and mental disabilities; the qualifications staff working for these agencies are required to have under the law to provide such services; the funding allocated to these providers; the allocation made to each...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (15 Jan 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications by local authority; the number of such loans approved by each local authority; and the number of loans drawn down by each local authority in 2018, in tabular form. [1154/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the emergency funding for repair work at a centre (details supplied); the reason his Department has not yet replied to the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board report that was submitted in October 2018; and when the funding will be approved and provided. [52721/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (18 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units in secondary schools in Clondalkin for the school year commencing September 2019; if the existing units and available places within them meet the demand for the number of young persons diagnosed with autism in the area; and his plans to provide new ASD units in secondary schools in the area in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (18 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Irish Rail and the NTA and agree to abandoning the Iron Hills rail line formally in order that the south Kildare to Athy distributor road meets its timeframe for delivery. [52722/18]

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is nothing the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan has said with which I would disagree. I do not believe that anybody is arguing for it simply to be referred back to the two local authorities to do what they have not been able to do up to this point. I believe there should be urban area committees with a structured, formal mechanism for councillors from the municipal districts who are...

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Like a number of colleagues, when these amendments were tabled late on Monday of last week, I was quite critical of them, given that they are substantive, that they propose significant changes to local government structures and powers, and that we were given them at such a late stage without adequate time for pre-legislative scrutiny or proper consideration. I acknowledge, however, the...