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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will not take up too much time. I support the amendments. They are eminently sensible. If I am not mistaken, when we dealt with a similar Bill before Christmas, similar issues were raised. The explanation from the Minister at the time as to why he was not willing to accept them did not seem to be credible, so I would be interested to hear the outline of the Minister of State, Deputy...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is the kiss of death.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State began by saying that the Government does not propose to transfer functions from the Minister to the planning regulator. This means that recommendation 1.14 from the Mahon tribunal report is not being supported by the Government. That proposition is being rejected. At least we know that and it makes matters clear. I am amazed at the degree to which the Minister of...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Every report the Irish Fiscal Council publishes is ignored by the Government.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I fully support this group of amendments. In some sense, these amendments go to the very heart of this legislation and the debates and disagreements Members have had on Second Stage and Report Stage. One thing that has frustrated me since the introduction of this legislation is notwithstanding the very considerable work by the officials and the Minister and notwithstanding the disagreement...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am replying to all four amendments at once. I want to make two points. I appreciate the Minister's willingness, and that of the officials, to look at amendment No. 78, and I am happy to withdraw it on that basis. I am very surprised that the 2014 EIA directive is now fully transposed. I would be happy to have any additional information the Minister can give us about that because it...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: To correct the record, it has not been transposed as yet.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is it the case then, as I asked, that the intention is to transpose it by way of regulations by the August deadline?

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Again, I express my disappointment because it will mean there will be a lower level of scrutiny by Deputies if it is done by way of regulations, but we can deal with that at a later stage. On the Aarhus Convention, and it is the one point I will make, we are a signatory to it so it does have relevance to this legislation. Article 6.4 of the Aarhus Convention makes it very clear that each...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 1:In page 6, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:“4.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the Government’s compliance with the European Union’s Environmental Impact Assessment Directives and the Aarhus Convention.". Without in any way disparaging the good junior...

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The programme for Government commits to reviewing the regulation of the private rental sector. We all know that a chronic lack of supply is pushing up rents and forcing families into homelessness. This week, however, almost 8,000 properties are advertised on Airbnb in Dublin but only 1,200 properties are available to rent on daft.iein the city. Airbnb is a good idea, which we support, but...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to bring forward regulations or legislation on matters (details supplied); if he will consult with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government prior to enactment of any regulations; and his views on the relationship of the large number of matters of this nature and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (16 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 232. 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, were deferred in 2016 or have been deferred in 2017; if so, the projects concerned; the amounts requested and deferred; and the reasons for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (16 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether some or all of households with more persons than rooms are in breach of section 63 of the Housing Act 1966, in view of the release of the latest Central Statistics Office data (details supplied); and his plans to tackle overcrowding, particularly in the private rented and social housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Planning (16 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the national emergency co-ordination group has been convened in relation to the recent large numbers of gorse fires across County Donegal and the gorse and forest fires elsewhere in the State; and the person or body that was overseeing this emergency situation at national level and that was making decisions on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 423. To ask the Minister for Health the health supports currently in place for persons suffering from sickle cell disease; and his plans to provide the influenza injection to all persons with sickle cell disease. [23009/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (16 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 444. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE funds emergency accommodation services; if so, the details and the amount of funding provided to each of these services in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; and if persons resident in HSE funded accommodation are included in the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government's PASS data that forms the basis of the official...

Topical Issue Debate: Rent Increases (11 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, has been in office for a year and on every single indicator his plan is failing. Homelessness for adults, children and families is up 20% and homelessness has increased every month since he has taken office. We have seen continual increases in rent and in terms of supply the snail's pace of social housing delivery and private home delivery is there for...

Topical Issue Debate: Rent Increases (11 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: This week daft.iepublished its latest quarterly rent report. It confirms that the Minister, Deputy Coveney's rent pressure zones simply are not working. Average rents are up 13% across the State to approximately €1,131 per month. Rents in Louth are up an astonishing 18%. In Dublin city, Kilkenny and Laois, they are up 16%; in Longford, 15%; and in Donegal and Galway, 14%. In my...