Results 12,901-12,920 of 15,009 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a question on local government but that is programme C.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have one question for the Minister. I believe he answered it earlier but he was speaking at the Minister of State, Deputy English's speed so I will ask him to repeat the answer more slowly.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Incidentally, speaking at the Minister of State, Deputy English's rapid pace was a compliment. Under the local government fund, on the first table, the total last year was €365.3 million and this year it is €124.8 million. That is a difference of €240 million. The Minister gave an explanation for that accounting, but perhaps he would repeat it a little more slowly so...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister's statements always add plenty to the meeting.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a couple of follow-up points. I thank the Minister for that update in respect of group water schemes. I met a number of group water schemes in Mayo a couple of months back. These were older and smaller schemes. The voluntary boards are dwindling in terms of age and numbers. They expressed real concern, not on the annual subvention but about the current state of the capital...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I met three or four schemes but they all had similar sets of concerns. It is a general point. To return to the potential impact of the drinking water directive. The Minister has confirmed what I understood. If there are additional capital requirements, the difficulty for Irish Water will be the capacity to deliver them in respect of planning permissions, tendering and all of that stuff....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does the Minister have an update on the infringement proceedings? What is the current status of those proceedings?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not disputing that this is the Minister's view. The point he made was that a lot of people like the option. He seemed to suggest that they had some other option, whereas for the vast majority of people taking housing assistance payment, HAP, it is their only option.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Excellent. I have a final question. Can the Minister tell us on what day this week's homelessness figures will be published? On what day and on what hour?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: To be clear, I complimented the Minister on how he released the figures the last time. It was on the publication of the previous figures that I criticised him, because he had a different media strategy. That is a matter for him and the strategic communications unit.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can the Minister tell us what day they will be published this week?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have two questions. We had a session last week on the draft revised EU drinking water directive, or the directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption, as the European Commission oddly likes to call it. At that meeting, Irish Water's representatives told us that the company had done some initial calculations based on the current draft. Obviously we know that the current...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have three follow-up questions, two of which are related to the issues raised by Deputy Casey. One of the interesting questions about the figures on the number of people who exit from homelessness is the number who end up back in emergency accommodation. Professor Eoin O'Sullivan has produced some interesting research in which he tracks, on a monthly or quarterly basis, the number of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: If the Minister cannot make comparisons, how can he establish value for money? What determines value for money in this scheme versus the other schemes? I will go back to the first question I asked about the public private partnerships. I realise there is some difficulty with them. My understanding is that a public service benchmarking exercise has been carried out. I gather it is held...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: What is the benchmark against which the those involved judge whether the projects are value for money or otherwise?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: What is the mechanism to make the assessment?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: What will they compare it to? With PPPs the costs are compared to the benchmarking exercise. How will it work with enhanced leasing? Is there a comparable measure?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am sorry to press the Minister on this point. The Minister is saying that it will represent value for money. Yet, he is saying that he does not know what they compare it against to make that judgment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister is saying there will be a comparison of some kind. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will that be published in the same way as the public service benchmarking will be published post the awarding of the PPP contract in order that we can assess it for ourselves?