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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]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address the issue of lone working by part-time branch librarians in rural libraries on health and safety grounds. [29220/16]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the four Dublin local authority library services are not participating in the so-called nationwide sharing of library book stock and in the national library management system. [29221/16]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the various allegations detailed to him by a person (details supplied) in a county council that allege another person was acting fraudulently; his plans to address the allegations; if he is satisfied that his Department and the county council concerned have responded adequately to the very serious...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (11 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of local authority voids returned to stock in each year from 2010 to 2015 and to date in 2016; the target for the total to be returned to stock by the end of 2016; the total remaining voids expected at the end of 2016; the plan from 2017 onwards to return these voids to stock by local authority...