Results 14,121-14,140 of 15,009 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Commission for Energy Regulation and Irish Water (14 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: At the last meeting with Scottish Water, Deputy Brophy raised the question of Scotland's allegedly high average water charges. The representative from Scottish Water said he did not recognise the figures. When I checked it later, I found the average household charge for domestic water in Scotland is €406 a year and it has one of the lowest average household charges of all northern...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Commission for Energy Regulation and Irish Water (14 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: That was short for me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Commission for Energy Regulation and Irish Water (14 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: We are, however, at the low end in terms of OECD figures.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Procedures (14 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current policy for gardaí when called to domestic incidents by a family member whereby the incident involves a child or young adult with mental health and behavioural issues such as adult ADHD and high anxiety; and the specific training gardaí receive for dealing with such incidents. [6726/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (14 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance if help-to-buy scheme applicants can claim the rebate retrospectively in the event of the contractor not being registered for the scheme with the Revenue Commissioners at the deposit stage of a home purchase. [7430/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (14 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the low level of contractor registration for the help-to-buy scheme, his plans to address this problem; and the reasons a contractor may not register for the scheme. [7431/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (14 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to specify the person or body that is responsible for providing and funding readers for children with dyslexia who are undertaking State examinations, such as the leaving or junior certificate examinations or mock examinations; and the procedure for securing this vital support. [6724/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (14 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be provided with a reader funded by the relevant authority to facilitate the taking of State examinations in 2017. [6725/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (14 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if revenue raised by Irish Water through domestic water charges is used to fund the operational costs of the provision of water services or the rolling capital programme, as detailed in page 23 of Irish Water's business plan; and if some or all of the revenue raised from domestic water charges is allocated to Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 379. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a rescheduled appointment for surgery at St James's Hospital following the cancellation of an appointment on 31 January 2017 due to the ongoing trolley crisis. [6768/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: In 2014, the Constitutional Convention recommended by a margin of 80% that the Government should enshrine the right to housing in the Constitution. A commitment in this regard was included in last year's programme for Government. I am sure the Tánaiste is aware that the Dáil Committee on Housing and Homelessness has also made a recommendation on this issue. Will the Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a specific question for Mr. Millican first and then some questions for both witnesses. Scotland is unique in a European context in that it does not have domestic metered household charges based on consumption. To further tease out Deputy Brophy's questions, I am interested to know how much of the local authority charge goes to the water component. Is it a percentage depending on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Did that include the staff?

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: In the programme for Government, there is a commitment to strengthen the social inclusion and community activation programme, SICAP, as well as to reactivate increased funding to rapid area projects throughout local authorities. My constituency, like many others, has seen projects funded through these streams - Traveller projects, youth projects, addiction projects and women's projects -...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: NewERA, National Treasury Management Agency (7 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. Irish Water's capital investment programme as outlined in the business plan year-on-year includes revenue funding but the majority is borrowed from private sources or the Irish Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF. If Government was to move to option three for cost reasons, as has been outlined, I presume that the balance between the smaller portion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: NewERA, National Treasury Management Agency (7 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is no additional fiscal impact for Government from shifting that borrowing from private or ISIF to Government borrowing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: NewERA, National Treasury Management Agency (7 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The interest that is being charged is still being charged to Irish Water and while it is a lower level of interest, it still has to work out where that comes from within its existing business model.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: NewERA, National Treasury Management Agency (7 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: We know the parameters within which borrowed funding for Irish Water has operated and I am very clear on the cost of the short-term borrowing as the €20 million figure that is in the report, but what is the projected cumulative cost of the borrowing from 2014 to 2017? According to Irish Water there is additional borrowing from 2018 to 2021 and I would like to know what the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: NewERA, National Treasury Management Agency (7 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Some €35 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: NewERA, National Treasury Management Agency (7 Feb 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Assuming nothing is changing this year, what will the annual cost be?