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Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will not speak at the end of the debate.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: It was Labour Party policy in 2009.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is plenty of time yet.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is still passion in politics.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move:“That Dáil Éireann calls on the Government to abolish household water charges and fund investment in water and sanitation infrastructure through progressive taxation.” Here we are again. It is a little like Groundhog Day. A majority of voters want water charges scrapped. A majority of Deputies in this House also want water charges scrapped and yet the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (27 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the composition of the projected capital investment spend by Irish Water for 2018-2021, as per the Irish Water business plan; and the portion which is expected to come from Exchequer funding, Government borrowing, equity or debt financing, in tabular form. [26752/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, referring to the 2013 report from the strategic working group on shared services in public libraries, there is a cost-benefit analysis report to support the shared services approach to library services for certain towns and cities; and if so, if he will provide this report. [27108/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, referring to the 2013 report from the strategic working group on shared services in public libraries, this shared services approach has been piloted to date and if savings have been made; and if so, the details of the savings made. [27109/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (16 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 306. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the available fiscal space for 2017 of the suspension of water charges. [25837/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (16 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding the IPA is receiving for providing secretarial support services to the Expert Commission on Water Charges. [25856/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (16 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total amount of funding in tabular form the Government is providing to the Expert Commission on Water Charges. [25857/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the decision was made to cease the funding for the Ballymun social regeneration fund by 2017; if he is aware that the cessation of this funding will affect the future operation of 18 different programmes; and if he will revisit this decision with a view to continuing his Department's funding of these...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Freedom of Information Legislation (16 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the expert water commission is covered by the Freedom of Information Acts. [25858/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason there is a delay in paying the €17 million owed to Dublin City Council for Ballymun regeneration works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25860/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the composition of the €533 million, including the portion that is expected to come from Exchequer funding and the portion from Government borrowing or equity or debt financing regarding the €533 million allocated for Irish Water capital investment in 2017, as per the Irish Water Business Plan, in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Homeless Persons Supports (16 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 688. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Question No. 514 of 31 May 2016, the average length of stay for families housed in the 148 emergency accommodation units in use by the New Communities Units. [24630/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Homeless Persons Supports (16 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 690. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the new communities unit shares information on the persons they accommodate with the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive, the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government or other authority with responsibility for housing. [24632/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Emergency Accommodation Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 689. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a record of the number of families that have been moved into private rented accommodation or other homeless services from new communities unit emergency accommodation units. [24631/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are legislatively required term limits for the position of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland and if so, his views on the way these are currently being enforced. [25049/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: My party is happy to bypass the pre-legislative scrutiny on the basis the Minister has outlined. However, when we are given the draft Bills, particularly the planning ones relating to An Bord Pleanála and Part 8, any research the Department has that outlines the rationale behind the particular changes the Minister is proposing would be very welcome. Some of us are not yet convinced of...