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

Eoin Ó Broin: John O'Connor from the Housing Agency is another. I realise we will have the Housing Agency in during other modules, but his expertise in private housing would be useful as well.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Conor McCabe would probably be the most appropriate of the three, to deal specifically with land and how it relates to that discussion.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I do not want a debate, I just want to suggest a speaker.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I presume it is not just NAMA. I presume if there are other people who have interesting things to say----

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I want to suggest a speaker who would come in. We cannot just have NAMA on its own in here. That is not what the Chairman is proposing, is it? There are other people who have expertise on NAMA and on homelessness, who might have interesting things to contribute. Mark Kenney, for example, from Mazars, would be worthy of inviting in alongside NAMA.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I speak as somebody who has worked for a homeless services provider for three years. Most of the organisations which work with those who are homeless, whether the more traditional cases or those who have become homeless as a result of the financial crisis, will say it is really important that policymakers hear the experiences of those who have found themselves homeless. Clearly, some of...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: While I do not want to return to the discussion, I want to make a slightly different proposal to try to move this forward.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: This is the first division of opinion we have had. There is a service users forum, which Focus Ireland and a number of other NGOs co-ordinate. Perhaps, it would be helpful if the Chairman contacted the person who co-ordinates that - she is a staff member of Focus Ireland - and have a chat to see what is the best way to proceed with this. When the Chairman has that conversation with these...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: On the substantive issue of the homelessness section, I would like to make a number of suggestions. Dr. Eoin O'Sullivan from TCD and Mr. Cathal Morgan from the homeless agency are two people we absolutely should have in. I reiterate there is a genuine difficulty in inviting individual homeless service providers in areas where there are networks. For example, there are more than 40 services...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: We should broaden this out to include housing policy and law because it fits and there is some good overlap. Michelle Norris is with the Housing Finance Agency and is one of the country's leading policy experts with a good read on best practice in other parts of the world. She would contribute well. FEANTSA is a network of European housing and homeless charities. There is a FEANTSA...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: If the Law Society cannot do it there is a professor of housing law in NUI, Galway who might be another person to add. His name is Padraic Kenna.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I agree with other speakers that we would invite all of these people and if some cannot come, I would suggest some others to fill the other positions. David Hall of the Irish Mortgage Holders Association would certainly be close to the top of my list for this section. Claire Feeney runs the mortgage-to-rent section inside the Housing Agency and, if she was in a position to come in, I...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: The idea behind this is that it would be the session involving those who are directly experiencing different aspects of the crisis. Obviously, we have dealt with the homeless aspect but I want to come on-----

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

Eoin Ó Broin: In that spirit, I will leave the homeless section to one side because we have dealt with that for the moment but there are a number of groups who should be at this. I agree with Deputy Coppinger in respect of the Tyrrelstown residents. I suggest that it be done here, although I would not have a row about it. I think they need to be somewhere in the programme. A very large number of...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a couple of suggestions. The chief executive officer of the Housing Finance Agency is an obvious one for this section. There is also the chief executive of the Irish League of Credit Unions in light of some of that organisation's recent proposals. I do not have a name but I am trying to follow Deputy Wallace's point. There should be somebody with some expertise in arm's-length and...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I support the proposal to have someone from the Department of Finance as early as possible in the schedule. The rest flows pretty well.

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?