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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Report: Dr. Mary Murphy and Dr. Rory Hearne, NUI Maynooth (20 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for the presentation and report. Dr. Hearne's focus was on the longer-term solutions on the best way to meet the social housing need that exists. The Government keeps telling us that it is spending more money on social housing delivery than ever before, that money is no object and that the programme for newly built social housing is very ambitious. This year, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Dublin Regional Homless Executive (20 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a few questions. When we are discussing hubs, it is important to note the concern that not all of the hubs will have the level of service and quality of Mater Dei, which many of us have visited. I refer particularly to the hubs that will be in refurbished commercial units. I think that concern is part of what is driving this conversation. There is also a fear that the significant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Dublin Regional Homless Executive (20 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will conclude with two quick questions. First, can the departmental officials tell us where the Department is at with the resourcing of the quality standards framework office? Second, the crucial problem with HAP in all local authorities other than South Dublin County Council is that it leads to families being taken off the principal choice-based letting allocation system. One local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 108 and 421, of 5 May and 20 June 2017 respectively, when funding will be approved for the new purpose school at a school (details supplied); when the project will move to the next stage of the process; and when the new school will be complete. [39375/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties Data (20 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 773. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant properties offered by the Housing Agency to the local authorities for purchase, by local authority; the number purchased by each local authority; the number rejected by each local authority; the number under consideration by each local authority; and the reason these properties have been refused, in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (20 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 774. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 8,657 Dublin City Council homes are awaiting insulation as part of the phase 2 of the insulation programme (details supplied); when it will be confirmed that this funding is available to Dublin #City Council; and if it is not available in 2017, if he will include it in his...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (20 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 775. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce an affordable housing model which will ensure Dublin City Council will be in a position to proceed with the construction of affordable homes on agreed sites in Dublin city. [39402/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (20 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 776. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress which has been made with the introduction of an affordable or cost rental model of housing. [39403/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (20 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 777. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a group was established to explore the introduction of an affordable or cost rental model of housing; and if so, if the group has met and made progress on the matter. [39404/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 778. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant houses offered to the Housing Agency and/or his Department to purchase; and the number of those houses offered by banks. [39409/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (20 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of RAS tenancies in each local authority area, in tabular form. [39410/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress in the Rebuilding Ireland target of rolling or choice-based letting, CBL, in each local authority area; the local authorities that are using CBL; the local authorities that are in the process of installing the system and training staff in its use; and the timeframe for the completion of this work. [39411/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (20 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 795. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of shared ownership loans and first-time buyer's loans in each local authority issued since these schemes came into existence, in tabular form; the number of each category currently in mortgage arrears of less than and more than 90 days; the number of properties repossessed as a result of mortgage arrears; the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (11 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce legislation to regulate the use of au pairs in order to facilitate genuine cultural exchanges while ensuring that au pairing cannot be used by unscrupulous employers to avoid adhering to their legal obligations to their employees. [37105/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility (11 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanism in place for those seeking to recoup their first-time buyers' grant following an eligible house purchase if the builder or developer is not registered as a qualified contractor with the Revenue Commissioners and refuses to engage with the householder. [37458/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (11 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the practice whereby car insurers charge different premiums on the basis of postcode, resulting in charge variations of hundreds of euro for car owners who live only minutes apart; if this practice is lawful; if not, the actions he will take on the issue; and if he will review the matter to make such practices illegal in view of the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (11 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 474. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a person that has changed their name by deed poll into Irish must wait for two years before being able to apply for their passport using the Irish version of the name; and if he will reconsider this practice to facilitate persons who wish to have their official papers in Irish to be able to do so in a shorter timeframe. [37104/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 489. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports his Department provides to Irish citizens with children holding Irish citizenship who are involved in custody battles involving ex partners in other jurisdictions within the EU and outside the EU; and his plans to improve these support services. [37931/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy (11 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 856. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for facilitating home births and for ensuring that professional midwives that support women to have home births are facilitated in doing so. [37106/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (11 Sep 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 860. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include Crohn's disease under the terms of the long-term illness scheme [37111/17]