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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to include a summary at the start of all future social housing construction status reports from quarter 3, Q3, 2017 providing the number of units that have secured planning permission, that have commenced, that have completed and that have been tenanted since the previous quarters reports. [50495/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or local authorities have discretion to offer private developers more than a 10% deposit in advance of the purchase of turnkey developments for social housing; if deposits of above 10% have ever been sanctioned by his Department to facilitate the progress of such turnkey developments; and if he has given...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing (Refurbishment) Bill 2017: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Deputy Cowen for his presentation. Sinn Féin supports the legislation, as we outlined on Second Stage. We have had several discussions at this committee about this issue, particularly when we were examining the vacant homes strategy. As Deputy Cowen pointed out, a range of organisations including industry experts, homelessness organisations and others have strongly advocated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing (Refurbishment) Bill 2017: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have two sets of questions. The first relates to some of the concerns Mr. Sheridan expressed in the written presentation regarding building standards and safety issues. I have heard and read the comments, but I am interested to know in more practical day-to-day detail how Mr. Sheridan believes the provisions of the Bill would negatively impact on safety if they were implemented. Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing (Refurbishment) Bill 2017: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a brief follow-up question. If the planning work is done and the regulations and guidelines for refurbishments changed, one of the attractive things about Deputy Cowen's Bill from our point of view is the idea of the one-stop shop, whereby a person does not have to go to a number of different places to try to get a number of different things to get his or her project across the line,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1358 of 7 November 2017, the criteria used to classify voids. [49710/17]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I was referring to both Galway City Council and Galway County Council.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Moreover, I maintain there is nothing in this legislation that would have any negative impact on Traveller accommodation. It is disingenuous of the Deputy to suggest otherwise. Contrary to the claims of some people, no one chooses to sleep rough. I am pleased no one has made that claim in the Chamber today. However, sometimes in the public debate about homelessness we hear that people...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to share time with my two colleagues, Deputy Dessie Ellis and Deputy David Cullinane.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I welcome the Bill. It is very simple and it is very reasonable because it is not looking to outlaw these devices; it is just placing a requirement on businesses or public bodies who would seek to put them on their premises to justify that through planning permission and to allow the rest of us to engage in that process. The Bill comes down to something very simple. If one thinks it is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with persons (details supplied) following the recent debate on the Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2016 in Seanad Éireann. [49509/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults and children who have been granted their stamp four visa or leave to remain but who remain in direct provision or other non-permanent accommodation funded by his Department on the first day of each month in 2017. [49530/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1527 of 26 July 2017, the calculated value of the non-cash benefits which those in direct provision with status receive. [49468/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1527 of 26 July 2017, if she is satisfied that a payment of €26.10 is sufficient for a person in direct provision to have the means to seek employment. [49469/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (22 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide direction to ensure that emergency needs payments are readily considered to support those in direct provision centres to move on in view of the fact that homeless HAP is not available in most counties and therefore there is a no possibility for those leaving direct provision to access or save the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (21 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons remaining in institutional settings, that is, hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, care homes, nursing homes and so on, longer than their discharge date; if there is a study of instances in which persons are remaining in institutional settings for significant periods of time after their discharge date passes; and if these instances are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (21 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated and drawn down by all local authorities for Traveller accommodation in 2016 and to date in 2017; and his plans for improving the drawdown of local authorities in 2018 as a result of the funding increase announced in budget 2018. [49197/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a place in a special class for children with a diagnosed disability in view of the recommendation by the HSE on 23 October 2017. [48529/17]

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: For me, though, the most disturbing comments were those made by the Taoiseach at the weekend.

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: In response to questions he said: "By international standards, compared with our peers, we have a low level of homelessness. They are the stats and we can provide them for you. Of course it is a good thing that in Ireland we have a low level of homelessness compared with our peer countries." I have in my hand the statistics and the report from the Taoiseach's press office which we all have...