Results 13,001-13,020 of 15,009 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Other Questions: Homeless Persons Data (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will the Minister confirm that there are now more families living in hotel accommodation than when he took office? I understand there were over 800 at the start of last year but that figure dropped to approximately 640 before the Minister took office. He has stated there are now over 700 such families. Will he commit to providing figures for the total length of time families spend in...

Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is precisely why we have so many living in emergency accommodation. In 2014 the credit unions stated they wanted to invest in social housing. In 2016 their representatives appeared before the Oireachtas housing and homelessness committee to plead with us to put pressure on the Government to assist in that regard. In 2017 the Central Bank finally got around to approving credit union...

Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is all very interesting, but I already knew the information on approved housing bodies and credit unions and it was not the question I asked. It was what the Minister was actually doing. Now that approval has been given by the Central Bank, will the Minister of State and the Department bring all of the players around the table to ensure, in as speedy a fashion as possible, that the...

Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the commitment made on page 53 of Rebuilding Ireland to create a special purpose vehicle involving investors including the credit union movement to fund the delivery of social and affordable homes by the approved body sector. [9768/18]

Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister is living in a parallel universe if he thinks Rebuilding Ireland is yielding results. In the months since that strategy was launched, the total number of adults and children in emergency accommodation has increased by a shocking 40%. The only result it is yielding is more children spending longer periods of their lives in emergency accommodation. My question is directly related...

Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: The latest homeless figures have just been published on the website of the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. It is the single largest increase in homelessness since the Government took office. We now have more than 9,000 adults and children living in emergency accommodation. Adult homelessness is up by 329 on last month. Child homelessness is up by 188 and family...

Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is not working. That is the reason 9,000 people are in emergency accommodation.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Stick to the subject.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 732. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the proposed local authority remuneration group will be established; if this group will have an independent chairperson appointed; and if the group will report back in time for recommendations to be implemented ahead of the 2019 local elections. [9545/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the first tranche of 500 public private partnership social houses to be delivered under Rebuilding Ireland will represent value for money and will not contain the type of contractual problems evidenced following the collapse of a company (details supplied). [9687/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he pans to bring forward regulations for the short-term letting sector. [9684/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses available at prices below €280,000 across the State on sites benefiting from LIHAF. [9685/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the ongoing EU Commission and EU Court of Justice legal action against the State for breaches of the urban waste water treatment directive. [9686/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the 45% underspend by local authorities on Traveller accommodation in 2017; and the steps he has taken in 2017 to address same. [9688/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Project Ireland 2040 Launch (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 98. To ask the Taoiseach the details of all newspaper, magazine and online advertisements on the launch of Project Ireland 2040; and the costs associated with each advertisement spot, in tabular form. [9834/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Project Ireland 2040 Launch (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 117. To ask the Taoiseach the full costs of the Project Ireland 2040 launch in County Sligo on 16 February 2018; and the costs associated with web design, document design, media consulting and other costs associated with the event and its preparation. [9057/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Project Ireland 2040 Launch (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 118. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the television, radio and cinema advertisements for the launch of Project Ireland 2040; and the costs associated with each advertisement's spot, in tabular form. [9633/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Qualifications Recognition (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a qualification (details supplied) is not sufficient to allow a contractor to register with the Register of Electrical Contractors of Ireland (RECI); and the qualifications that are recognised by the RECI. [9562/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full time equivalent gardaí stationed in Ronanstown and Ballyfermot Garda stations, by type of gardaí (details supplied); his plans to increase the number of gardaí stationed at these stations in the coming years; if his attention has been drawn to the level of antisocial behaviour in Palmerstown,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Rates (27 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 685. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the class PRSI stamp that secretarial assistants and parliamentary assistants working in the Houses of the Oireachtas pay; and the benefits that accrue from this class of PRSI payment. [9639/18]