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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Interim Report of Committee (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Without prolonged discussion, first of all, emergency legislation is already in place and my understanding is that it was used in the case of the Poppintree modular homes. Having just come from a council where we put through a number of what were perceived as very controversial Part 8 planning applications with cross-party consent, give or take one or two individuals, that is a matter for the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the delegation for the presentations. I have four short questions and three somewhat bigger queries. The presentation references 8,000 housing assistance payment, HAP, tenancies. What percentage of those are new tenancies and what percentage are rolling over from rent supplement? That would be people living in the same property but changing payment. The witness spoke about a...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Are those 10,000 in addition to the existing 8,000? In other words, an extra 10,000 tenancies.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: What percentage of the 8,000 consists of transfers from rent supplement?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Would it be 25%?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to ask two quick supplementary questions-----

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: They are directly related to the-----

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is there any reason the sped-up process for the rapid build units could not be used for regular Part 8 projects, once the planning process has been gone through? Second, specifically with regard to the point made by Mr. Cummins, is there anything preventing a local authority submitting a proposal for a large-scale development which includes social housing, cost-rental and affordable housing...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is the post-planning part I am asking about.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Thank you.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: No, they are not to be constructed.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: The 75,000 is under HAP. The 35,000 is everything else, including the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, and long-term leasing.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is about 14,000.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: My questions are whether the faster procurement process that was used for Poppintree can be used for Part 8 schemes once they are in place. It is not a question about planning but about procurement. Is there a limit on the amount for which a local authority can apply for a refurbishment of an individual building? If so, what is it and are there many units that would cost more to refurbish?...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 241. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set down the cost of implementing the recommendations of the interdepartmental group on future investment in early years and school-age care and education report regarding subvented child care provision in tabular form across all bands. [8390/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mayoral Election (26 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 428. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the introduction of a directly elected mayor for the city and county of Dublin; and the work his Department has undertaken on this matter since the consultation with the four Dublin local authorities in 2013. [7997/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I congratulate Deputy Curran on his election as Chairman. Given the nine-week timeframe within which we must conduct our business, it would be useful for the committee to have an informal discussion on the structure of the business of committee in terms of what we hope to do within the timeframe set down. If we could get agreement in principle in that regard today, we could then hit the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: When Sinn Féin initiated the idea of this committee, we were keen that it would try to do two things and what we proposed is in the spirit of what most members have suggested so far. On one hand, we want the committee to look at the current crisis and try to come up with constructive proposals for government to tackle some of the short-term and long-term problems. We are keen that the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: Without being awkward, everybody is talking about new politics. There is no reason we cannot discuss the mechanics of how we do our business in public session. There is value in staying in public session. From the conversation we have just had, I do not think there is going to be any disagreement over how we are to structure our business. I would suggest we stay in public session.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: If we were to agree on the approach of having themed sessions, we could add more - I would have more than five - and that would get us started. We are not going to agree on all of the names now, but if the Chairman were to take it upon himself to correspond with the members of the committee by e-mail or through the clerk, we could add names as we move along. There are, for example, academic...