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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I understand but wayleave and ownership are two separate things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Wayleave is a right to access. Under law, there are public assets, that is, things that the public owns and there are private assets, that is, things that private property holders own. In the Department's deliberations to date, is there anything in Irish or European law that suggests that this is confused and that we do not already have clear legal definitions of what is public and private?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, but that is more to do with the registration of the assets rather than the legal definition.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: My second set of questions is for both presenters and goes back to the issue of privatisation. The 2014 Act makes it very clear that privatisation in the context of those additional protections is to do with the sale of shares but of course, as other members have said, privatisation is also to do with the sale of assets. It could also relate to extraction rights or the privatisation of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: For the benefit of the committee, I ask Ms Graham to explain what those restrictions are -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The constitution of Irish Water suggests the organisation has the ability to transfer assets with ministerial approval. How does that tie in with section 31(12)(a) of the 2007 Act?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I asked a question about the alternative legal view and another question to which I sought a "Yes" or "No" answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does that mean that Mr. Ó Tuathail is disputing Ms Graham's interpretation of the Act?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does that mean that Mr. Ó Tuathail's interpretation of the legislation is that Irish Water could sell off assets with the approval of the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (25 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults and children that have been granted their stamp 4 visa or leave to remain but that remain in direct provision or other non-permanent accommodation funded by her Department on the first day of every month in 2016. [3441/17]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the persons and or the groups on the departmental working group on vacant properties; the number of times this working group has met; and when the the working group is going to report back. [3531/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Emergency Accommodation Data (25 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of adults and children in emergency accommodation funded by his Department on the first day of every month in 2016. [3442/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (25 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 283. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children in Tusla funded domestic violence refuges and the number of adults and children in Tusla funded domestic violence step down accommodation on the first day of every month in 2016. [3443/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The owners and residents of 600 apartments in Beacon South Quarter in Sandyford have been told they face a bill in excess of €10 million to provide for remedial works for properties they bought which, unbeknown to them, were of a substandard nature. We can now add this development to names like Priory Hall, Aras na Cluaine and Longboat Quay. The legislative programme provides for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (24 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 5,280 social housing units provided in 2016 (details supplied); if he will provide a further breakdown of the leased units in terms of whether the units will be owned by councils or AHBs at the end of the lease term or if they will be owned by the private sector; if all 5,280...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Construction Contracts (24 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the procedure whereby contractors, whether commercial or not for profit, can bid for contracts for the delivery of rapid build housing in Dublin, as outlined in the Government's housing action plan. [3059/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Services (24 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost to the Exchequer if the existing subsidy to domestic group and private water users were to cover the full cost of those schemes to their users. [3166/17]

Other Questions: Water Charges (19 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: While I accept the Minister's point about the inference he mentioned, it comes from the headline of the article rather than from my interpretation of the article. This is not a question of whether the committee decides to set a level; it is a question of what the revenue would be and what the cost of administration would be.

Other Questions: Water Charges (19 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: Those of us who do not want any water charges have made that clear. It would be very useful for the committee's deliberations if the Department or Irish Water were to provide indicative figures so that we can know how much money these charges would bring in if the average usage were set at a certain level and how much it would cost to administer these charges in such circumstances. Many of...

Other Questions: Water Charges (19 Jan 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister has now failed to answer my question on two occasions. Many of the points he raised are relevant and can be debated. However, I want to ask my question for a third time. Will the Minister, directly through his Department or indirectly by making a request to Irish Water, assist the committee in its deliberations by providing it with information on the revenue that could be...