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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if large scale housing funding projects proposed to his Department by local authorities, approved housing bodies or the Housing Agency, including acquisitions or new builds which were deferred in 2016 have been deferred in 2017; if so, the projects concerned; the amounts requested and deferred; and the reasons for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be approved for the new purpose school at a school (details supplied); when the project will move to stage one of the process; and when the new school will be complete. [25116/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (24 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the annual capital investment spent on wastewater treatment from 2000 to 2021 in tabular form; and the figure for the portion of this investment each year targeted at those agglomerations listed by the European Commission in its urban wastewater directive infringement proceedings from 2013, including the 38...

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The legislative programme includes a rates Bill, which is due to be published shortly. Currently, rate revaluations are taking place in south Dublin, Kildare and elsewhere. Some small employers have been hit with rate increases of between 50% and 100%. These are businesses that weathered the storm of recession and are just about to consider hiring new staff or restoring wage cuts that were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the regulation of a company (details supplied); if he or his officials have met with the company and if so, when; the topics discussed; and his plans to bring forward regulations clarifying in law the position in relation to short term lets. [24128/17]

Residential Tenancies (Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The first thing all of us are agreed on is that rents are continuing to rise. All of the data from both the RTB and daft.ieconfirm that. It is important to remind ourselves just how much they have risen to. In my constituency in Dublin Mid-West, and this is reflected in many areas, an average two-bedroom or three-bedroom family home is currently going for an asking price of €1,800....

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services published its report in April. Central to the report are proposed amendments to the 2007 Water Services Act. The Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, previously indicated that the Bill would be presented to the House in June. Given that he and the Fine Gael Party will be rather distracted in the next couple of months, will the...

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is not being built.

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Not one brick has been laid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. This meeting stems from a previous appearance by representatives of the Environmental Protection Committee at the Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services on 15 February, the day on which the European Commission announced it was initiating a court action. This issue has been ongoing for a long time with little Oireachtas...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: When I requested this meeting I asked that officials be invited to attend. It is regrettable that officials are not in attendance. They should be present at the next meeting we have on this issue because it is vital that the Department is part of this conversation. One of the frustrating aspects of this issue is that, as Mr. Flynn stated, it is 26 years in the making and is clearly not a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: What was the cost of the fines in that particular case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Was that for Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive infringement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I asked were the investment levels going up or down. What is Mr. Flynn's reading of the picture?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: One of the frustrating things for us, and more so for the EPA, is that if we were talking about water charges, as we have spent many hours doing, and the Water Framework Directive, and there was a discussion of fines, it would be on the front page of most of the newspapers tomorrow. I would be amazed if we get any coverage of this, or it will be very limited coverage, despite being in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Are they annual reports that the EPA produces?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Therefore, between 2007 and 2013 when the current infringement proceedings started, there would have been annual reports to the Department telling it there were problems with the levels of compliance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is across all the areas of capital investment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is the same consequent increase applicable to investment in wastewater treatment facilities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Over what period of time?