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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I would like to go back to what the Minister of State said at the outset. He suggested that countries will have the ability to opt in or out of certain provisions. When he spoke about why we might opt out of certain provisions or make certain choices, he said that the options we are not adopting "are primarily technical in nature and not relevant to Ireland's tax systems". If Article 12,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am happy with the Chairman's suggestion.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: One of the many design flaws of the local property tax is the 4% annual interest charge for people who seek the deferral and it always seemed to me to be one of the most punitive elements of the legislation. We have a system where the State recognises there are people who simply cannot afford the tax. We have a mechanism for deferring that tax and yet we charge them a 4% annually accruing...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is the Minister of State suggesting the Government may be open to removing that charge?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 3:In page 7, line 25, to delete "State." and substitute the following:"State, and(iii) prioritise builders who have financially viable development proposals but who are unable to access sufficient finance.". While I know it is not the fault or responsibility of anyone in this room, I have had a very long conversation with the Ceann Comhairle's office on the amendments...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: My only disagreement with Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett is that, unlike LIHAF, this is not a giveaway to builders. Importantly, it is a loan facility, on which there is a commercial rate of return. Therefore, it will profit from these loans. My concern is not about that matter; rather, it is about whether this is the most appropriate use of the money in trying to tackle the housing crisis. ...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: To be clear, we are dealing with amendment No. 3. We are not dealing with the amendments concerning social and affordable housing because they have been ruled out of order. There is nothing in these amendments that is being prescriptive. What it is saying is if this vehicle is going to lend it needs to target people who cannot access finance elsewhere and it needs to target the delivery of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I cannot support this amendment. This involves €750 million of taxpayers' money. It is not the same as private commercial investments and there has to be a mechanism to allow Members of the Oireachtas or members of the public to properly scrutinise it. Increasingly in the housing funding area we are seeing exclusions of this kind, either in practice or in legislation. For example,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is a vote in the Dáil.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Commission Establishment (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the establishment of a permanent electoral commission as committed to in the programme for partnership Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38092/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Commission Establishment (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to collate or mandate a public body to collate voter turnout statistics by demographic particularly by age to improve voter accessibility and information as collated by the CSO until 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38096/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rental properties nationally that have been sanctioned for overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38093/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Register (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of scoping exercises by his Department on reform of the voter registration process including online voter registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38094/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Members (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to facilitate councillors to take six months maternity leave without a sanction for non-attendance by their local authority; his further plans to amend section 18(4)(a) of the Local Government Act 2001 in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38095/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (20 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all purpose-built student accommodation complexes opened in the past 12 months nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38097/18]

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: BusConnects is a complex proposal involving a profound reconfiguration of our bus services. For many, it is very difficult to understand. I say that as a daily bus user. There are positives and negatives in the plan and it raises many questions. In much of the public engagement on the issue, the questions are to the fore. I share the concerns of my colleagues regarding the limited nature...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Education Funding (19 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State and the Minister for the very positive answer. In her previous career, the Minister of State was aware of the challenges faced by teachers in schools. Having met some of the teachers in the Carline learning centre, I am aware that they go beyond what would normally be expected of teachers to ensure that the very vulnerable young people with whom they work get...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Education Funding (19 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Carline Learning Centre in Lucan, County Dublin, has been providing a unique educational social care and psychological service to young people for more than 25 years. It works with young people who, for a variety of reasons, are no longer able to remain in mainstream schools. They are often young people with complex needs and issues in their families or in their communities. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Advisory Body: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise for not being present earlier but I had to attend another event. I thank the witnesses for the brief presentation. The quarterly reports mentioned by them will be important for the committee's work. I wish to flag a few issues so that when the first of those reports comes in, they might be addressed. One of the big issues, particularly in the context of water shortages caused...