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Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Taoiseach. I was hoping he would mention Hansfield in Fingal. I watched the Twitter clip yesterday of the Taoiseach in a hard hat. Initially I thought it was a "Callan's Kicks" satire because the Taoiseach was standing beside houses, the sale prices of which are €315,000 to €395,000. One would need a combined household income of between €81,000 and...

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will be brief and stick to the Bill. Anybody who thinks that the issue of water will be put to bed by this Bill is mistaken. Irish Water has published a proposal to move towards what it calls its single utility by 2021 at the cost possibly of 1,000 jobs and seeking to bring to an end the service level agreements with the local authorities four years early. That is going to have huge...

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will respond briefly to some of the points made in the debate. When I was writing my opening speech, one of my questions was about how widespread breaches of minimum standards in the private rental sector are. I live in that sector and have done for 11 years. I have had three very good landlords. The straight answer, however, is that we just do not know. The reason is that there is an...

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move:That Dáil Éireann: notes, with alarm, the revelations regarding breaches of minimum standards in the private rental sector contained in last weeks RTÉ Investigates documentary ‘Nightmare to Let’; further notes that:— in 2016 only four per cent of private rental properties were inspected by local authorities; — in 2016 two thirds of inspected...

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Acting Chairman is only prolonging our pain.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: One reason we just had the argument about the amendments that had been ruled out of order is the deficiencies in the Bill. I wish to put my comments on the three amendments into context. A number of us in the Chamber spent a very long period as members of the special water committee. We did so to go through a range of issues concerning the future funding of domestic water services. Some...

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: We will see about that.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: If Deputy Barry Cowen spent more time scrutinising-----

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am trying to speak through the Chair.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: If the Deputy spent more time doing what he was paid to do - scrutinising legislation - than spreading untruths to journalists about delays in passing legislation, perhaps he might know what we are talking about.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: All of my amendments have been ruled out of order, as the Deputy well knows.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I believe it is the job of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle to tell me to what I should speak, not the Deputy's.

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am more than happy to support the amendments. I will talk about the other groups of amendments when they are under discussion.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible under EU VAT rules to apply selectively a reduction on the current rate of VAT to certain categories of house purchases, such as those bought by first-time buyers, houses on sale below a specified affordability level or houses sold at a price below a specified affordability level; and if VAT can be refundable or rebatable in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 636. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Rowlagh primary care centre, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; the status of project discussions with a college (details supplied) for a shared campus; the timeframe for submission of a planning application; the services that will be transferred from Rowlagh health centre to the new campus; and the new services being considered or agreed for the new...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 963. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the aftercare costs, some in excess of €35 million, facing some local authorities for closed landfills; and if these costs were recouped in full from the waste operators that used these landfills. [46285/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 964. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if local authorities subsidised waste operators for the aftercare costs incurred by the authorities due to closed landfills; and if they applied the polluter pays principle and other relevant national and EU legislation when calculating full cost recovery. [46286/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 998. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason applicant taxi drivers that fail their theory and or knowledge tests must pay the full fee to repeat the exams; and his plans to review the regulations with a view to reducing the charge for repeat exams or allowing a combined grade from both sets of exams to ensure fairness for those applying. [45732/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1133. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the family resource centres funded by her Department; the number of full-time equivalent staff in each centre; and the level of core funding for their activities, in tabular form. [46862/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (7 Nov 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1134. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the increase in funding allocated for resource centres for 2018; the number of new family resource centres that she expects to fund with this allocation; the number of core full-time equivalent staff that will be allocated to these new centres; and the core funding allocation expected to be made to each of these new centres. [46863/17]