Results 14,421-14,440 of 15,009 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Message to Dáil (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Some of us gave the staff a very significant number of amendments so I thank the departmental staff who came back to us with the information, our clerks and, in particular, the Bills Office. Perhaps the Chairman could write, on our behalf, to the Bills Office to thank them for turning the amendments around so quickly.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Agency Portfolio (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the low take-up of house purchases by the Housing Agency from banks (details supplied) as detailed in Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 1 December 2016; and if he will provide additional funding to the Housing Agency to increase the number of these properties to be purchased as a matter of urgency....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to meet with representatives of the Ringsend Glass Bottle Site Housing Action Group (details supplied) to discuss their plans for the old glass bottle site portion of the SDZ in Ringsend, Dublin; and if he will consider their proposals for maximising the provision of social and affordable housing in that...

Social and Affordable Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: On behalf of Sinn Féin, I am very pleased to be able to support Deputy Jan O'Sullivan's Bill. As with much of the work many of us have been doing, including the Deputy, this Bill is about trying to increase the supply of social and affordable housing to tackle the acute levels of housing need and homelessness. The Minister said earlier that the November homelessness figures indicate...

Social and Affordable Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I look forward with great interest to Deputy Cowen's rent certainty legislation. Unlike him, I believe that if legislation is worth supporting, even if I would like to see some technical changes, I will vote for it if it is the right thing to do, irrespective of how it makes me look politically. On some of the other changes to the Residential Tenancies Act, including the termination of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers Conciliation Council (8 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher who teaches in a Catholic school in the US for 13 years is only entitled to seven years incremental criteria under the provisions of circular 10 of 2001 while a teacher teaching in a comparable school in the UK for a comparable period of time is awarded credits on a year for year basis; his views on whether this practice is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (8 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will publish the membership of the rental strategy working group; the number of times it has met; and the persons or bodies it has met and received submissions from. [39327/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal Charges (8 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the pay by weight waste collection system will commence; if he has satisfied himself that the necessary preparations have been undertaken across the State; and if he is considering scrapping plans for its introduction. [39263/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Correspondence (7 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason he has not replied to e-mails of 3 October 2016, 17 October 2016, 11 November 2016 in respect of persons (details supplied) and a grant for a housing adaptation that requires approval of his Department. [39130/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (6 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if all pre-2011 RAS tenants are eligible to remain on their local authorities housing lists and have access to allocations from the primary housing list or choice based letting systems. [38362/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: International Conventions (6 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he sought legal opinion from the Attorney General on whether the strategic housing section of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 complies with Ireland's EU and international obligations under the Aarhus Convention; and if so, if he will publish this advice. [38444/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Homeless Persons Data (6 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department provides the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government with the number of homeless adults and children in his Department's funded accommodation services; and if he will engage with his counterparts in the Departments of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Children and Youth Affairs...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Persons Data (6 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 488. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department does not provide the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government with the number of homeless adults and children in Tusla-funded accommodation services; and if she will engage with her counterparts in the Departments of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Social Protection and...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (1 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I need about four minutes extra.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (1 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and Deputy Jan O'Sullivan. The threshold of five applies to less than 10% of landlords and less than 25% of tenancies. That means we are creating a two-tier protection for tenants who are at risk of homelessness, one for those in that 25% of tenancies and then everybody else. I just cannot support it and I will be tabling an amendment to reduce it to one....

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (1 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I may not need the time and I thank the Deputy for that. This is significant legislation. I acknowledge the Minister's sincerity in terms of what he is trying to do with this Bill, notwithstanding areas where I have concerns or where Sinn Féin has outlined disagreement in the debate on the Bill in the Seanad. We accept what the Minister is trying to achieve in all aspects of the Bill....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision (1 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 28. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of international public funding models for fertility treatment; if he has received the Health Research Board review of international public funding models for fertility treatment; when he will receive and publish it in view of the fact it is due before the end of 2016; when the general scheme of legislative provisions dealing with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (1 Dec 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 41. To ask the Minister for Health the private hospitals and health providers that are under contract with the NTPF, National Treatment Purchase Fund, and his Department and the HSE with respect to the provision of services and surgeries that are not being met publicly or where there are extensive waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37857/16]

Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is a simple, sensible and modest Bill. Any Deputy who claims to have compassion on this issue should be ashamed of themselves if they do not vote for this legislation.

Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Vótáil.