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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Irish League of Credit Unions (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Sibley for his presentation. I have a general comment and a couple of short questions. It is always funny when one repeats to the second set of witnesses the same general context as given to the previous delegation. There is huge frustration for those of us in the Oireachtas who are dealing with the housing policy agenda. This frustration is borne out of a number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Irish League of Credit Unions (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: As a memento of the occasion.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies Data (5 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of times the working group established to review the 2005 sustainable rural housing guidelines for planning authorities has met; the engagement it has had with the European Commission; and the position regarding the progress of the working group to date in 2017. [31646/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Irish League of Credit Unions (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Many of us are enormously frustrated, as is the Irish League of Credit Unions, with the fact that for two years the league has made a series of presentations to the relevant authorities but we are still here discussing it. Many of us in this committee, and across the House, share this frustration. Our party has advocated, in the Committee on Housing and Homelessness and previously, that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Irish League of Credit Unions (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their answers. I have two follow-up questions, the first of which relates to the possibility of 70% loans, as opposed to 100% loans. The approved housing bodies have an availability agreement that is guaranteed by the State. They also have the step-in clause that has been mentioned, which means that the local authority can step in if something happens to an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Irish League of Credit Unions (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: With the payment and availability agreement being linked to a percentage of market rent, does this create an uncertainty? In Mr. Farrell's view, would it be better if the way in which the payment and availability agreement was calculated was the paying down of the loan plus something additional for the maintenance of the property? Credit unions would then not be dependent on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Housing Supply Alliance (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Brennan for his presentation. At the risk of us boring other committee members, some of us will probably repeat some of our comments from the start of the previous session so that the witnesses can know where each of us stands. Sinn Féin supports the work being done by the witnesses' organisations and their efforts to access credit union and other sources of funding. As...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Housing Supply Alliance (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their answers. I have a couple of follow-up questions. How do the housing bodies envisage that the special purpose vehicle fund will emerge if the Central Bank and the Registry of Credit Unions consent to change the rules to allow credit unions to provide such funding? Do they envisage that funding from the HFA will form part of that fund, or will funding from the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Sector High Level Forum (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a report on the work of the high level forum on the community and voluntary sector which is led by his Department; the names of those on the forum; the number of times the forum has met; and the specific issues the forum is currently working on. [31073/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the place finders service that was promised to assist programme refugees find private rented accommodation has been established; and if so, if he will allow the 399 persons with a form of status that reside in State provided accommodation to access the place finders service in order to find private rented accommodation....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 855 of 20 June 2017, the number of adults and children that are part of the group of 399 persons with a form of status that reside in State provided accommodation. [31052/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the regulations in place regarding accessibility in private sector housing developments to ensure the needs of persons with disabilities are met in the provision of private sector housing; and if he will provide copies of relevant regulations or legislation. [31033/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 2,100 of 20 June 2017, if these persons will now be included in his Department's monthly homeless statistics in view of the fact it is now sourced and funded by Dublin City Council under section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 (details supplied). [31037/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the place finders service that was promised to assist programme refugees find private rented accommodation has been established; and if so, if he will allow the 399 persons with a form of status that reside in State provided accommodation to access the place finders service in order to find private rented...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Legislative Measures (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to publish the Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2017 in June or July 2017 and to seek to have the Bill passed before the 2017 summer recess; and if not, the implications for the current suspension of domestic water charges. [31074/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of the 1,552 social housing acquisitions in 2017 that were purchased by local authorities and approved housing bodies respectively. [31373/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (4 Jul 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the annual allocation under the housing adaption scheme made by his Department to each local authority in each of the years from 2002 to 2016, and to date in 201, in tabular form. [31428/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: A number of weeks ago, the Taoiseach said that the water services (amendment) Bill 2017 would be published at the start of June. July is almost upon us and that has yet to happen. Will the Tánaiste inform the House if it is still the Government's intention to publish the Bill and have it passed before the recess? If it is delayed, will the Tánaiste explain the reasons?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (29 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the proposed and approved rapid build housing developments; and the timeframe for each development in respect of the publication of part 8 application, the decision on part 8 approval, the contractor on site and the units tenanted for each site. [30555/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their submissions. They are really helpful. This committee is looking at two issues which are separate but related. The first is what is the best way, in our view, for the short-term letting sector to be regulated for its own benefit, both in terms of hosts and people availing of the services. We are also concerned, however, with ensuring that those regulations...