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Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: We could have a Dáil tap-----

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----because the average household charge will be based on the dwelling.

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will come to that in a second, but that was not the argument Deputy Cowen made during the committee. He wanted the basic threshold to be on average usage per person, not per household. Fine Gael has clearly won that and I believe Deputy Cowen has some explaining to do, particularly to his own colleagues who he marched up to the hill on two or three occasions during the committee-----

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----and back down again over this very issue.

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: He was, when he could not get what he wanted from Fine Gael, although now he is conceding to its central point at the start of that row. With regard to an allowance for households of five or more, where does that leave the four-person household, which is particularly disadvantaged under this proposal? It also creates perverse incentives for the one-person household which, if I read the...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Deputy Cowen seems to have forgotten some of the more heated sessions at the water charges committee, to which I will return to refresh his memory and point to the difference between what he claims to have got at the end of the process and what is included in this legislation. The Bill before us is the latest in the long and sorry saga of Fianna Fáil's and Fine Gael's water charge...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I listened very carefully to the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and to the Minister of State, Deputy English. I am genuinely surprised that the Minister said the Government's plan does not overly rely on the private sector. According to the social housing plan in Rebuilding Ireland, 130,000 families were to have their social housing needs met. Of those, 93,000 were to have them met...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move:That Dáil Éireann: notes that:— the social and affordable housing crisis has now reached the level of an emergency; — growing numbers of people do not have access to affordable, secure and safe homes; — 8,000 people, including 3,000 children, are being forced to live in emergency accommodation; — 90,000 households are on council waiting lists,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (27 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to and drawn down by all local authorities for the caravan loan scheme in each of the years 2012 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [40821/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (26 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I welcome the very positive response from the Minister. I want to clarify the nature of the information that is being asked for. An email that was sent by the principal of the school in response to my last parliamentary question on this matter makes it clear that as far as the school understands, the information sought by the Department - a letter from South Dublin County Council with...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (26 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Minister knows, Scoil Mochua is a Central Remedial Clinic, CRC, school in Clondalkin. It is unique in that not only is it a school but also has on-site therapeutic support and interventions provided by the CRC. There are 74 pupils from a wide range of localities, electoral constituencies and counties. The pupils are children with special needs including those with multiple...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fire Safety (26 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to undertake a comprehensive fire safety audit of all high risk buildings within the State’s property portfolio including historic properties. [40606/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fire Safety (26 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to undertake a comprehensive fire safety audit of all high-risk buildings, including temporary structures and especially schools, that are under the remit of his Department. [40602/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fire Safety (26 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to undertake a comprehensive fire safety audit of all high-risk buildings, including Garda stations, which fall under the remit of his Department. [40601/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Fire Safety (26 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 371. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to undertake a comprehensive fire safety audit of all high risk buildings, including temporary structures, that are used to house hospitals and health care facilities that fall under the remit of his Department. [40600/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fire Safety (26 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to undertake a comprehensive fire safety audit of all high risk buildings, including sports campuses, clubhouses, leisure centres, swimming pools and stadia, that are under the remit of his Department. [40603/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fire Safety (26 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to undertake a comprehensive fire safety audit of all high risk buildings, including train stations, bus stations and airports, that fall under the remit of his Department. [40604/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (26 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and cash value of new CALF loans provided to approved housing bodies in each of the years from 2000 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [40193/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Fire Safety (26 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 549. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to undertake a comprehensive fire safety audit of all high-risk buildings, including Army barracks. [40605/17]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I warmly welcome the Bill and state very clearly that Sinn Féin will support it today. Listening to part of the debate, it seems people just do not understand the purpose of a constitutional right to housing and the positive role it can play in addressing our housing crisis. To fully understand that, one must fully understand why we are in our current emergency. I agree with the...