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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated and drawn down by all local authorities for Traveller accommodation in 2015 and to date in 2016; and his plans for improving the drawdown of local authorities in 2017 as a result of the funding increase announced in Budget 2017. [31758/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional details of the community facilities fund announced in Budget 2017, including which local authorities will be able to avail of the fund; the measures on which they can spend this money; and the way in which they can apply for same. [31759/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the additional funding for housing grants will only be available to private homeowners; and his plans for tackling the backlog of private and social housing adaptation grants. [31760/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Services Programme (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 602. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the decision to discontinue the community mothers scheme in a number of areas in Dublin was taken by her Department or by the local Tusla managers; the rationale for this decision; the number of these programmes that were in place in 2014, 2015 and 2016; the number of women that availed of the services provided by community mothers...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to share time with Deputies Quinlivan and Ellis.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I welcome the opportunity to debate this very important legislation arising from the recommendations of the Mahon tribunal. Despite its rather anodyne title, the tribunal report dealt with issues of corruption in the planning process. It is disappointing that it is taken so long for Government to implement some aspects of its recommendations. It is even more disappointing that many aspects...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 39. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll out of the national maternity strategy; the number of staff required to ensure a full complement of maternity staff across the State; the number of staff that will need to be recruited by grade; the timeline for this recruitment;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30501/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 101. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of the detailed 20 week routine scans for pregnant women on a hospital basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30502/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (18 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the agency responsible for dealing with discrimination in cases of private rented accommodation is the Workplace Relations Commission. [30583/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (18 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Workplace Relations Commission is the agency responsible for dealing with discrimination in cases of private rented accommodation; and her plans to transfer this power to the RTB. [30584/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (18 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport scheme; and if he will consider increasing funding to the scheme in line with the recommendation by a charity (details supplied) of €5 million resulting in an abolition of fees for parents. [30433/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will use my time to focus on the housing, planning and local government elements of the budget, areas for which I am responsible within Sinn Féin. All Members of the House know that we are in a housing emergency. Every part of our housing system is in crisis. The scale of the human cost, particularly on children, means that politicians must be focused on solutions. It is not enough...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. Part of the purpose of today's meeting is because the proposed planning changes represent a profound change to the planning system, particularly for the large developments, so we are looking for as much information as possible before many of us make decisions. While I am intuitively not in favour of the particular proposal, I am open to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, that is clear. I have a question for the Irish Planning Institute. In bullet point 1.6 recent IPI research was mentioned. Can the institute make that research available to the committee as it would help us with our deliberations? At the end of the page, under bullet point 1.9, mention is made that a small but significant number of large multi-unit housing developments were under...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is that a staffing issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Dr. Hayden for her presentation. I would like to put on the record the particularly effective work done by Threshold in the tenancy sustainment programme. I deal with Laurence Kinch a lot and the service is making a huge difference to a very significant number of people's lives. It is important that we acknowledge that. I have questions on this section for Threshold and for the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Data (11 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the population serviced by each local authority, in tabular form. [29173/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (11 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the French Government has pledged to demolish the refugee camp in Calais; and if her Department is aware that the camp is home to over 10,000 persons, including over 1,000 unaccompanied minors, and that hundreds of unaccompanied minors have already gone missing in Europe due to the refugee...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Staff (11 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of staff vacancies in the public library service per local authority, which have not been filled since 2008 in tabular form. [29218/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Staff (11 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of county librarian posts which have not been filled since 2008. [29219/16]