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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Are there any good ones?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: A Cheann Comhairle, I did correct the record of the House and noted that it was the Minister's responsibility.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I blame the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. It usually is his fault.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: What about the children's hospital or the broadband plan-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: -----and the €300 million worth of tax cuts?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing for People with Disabilities Provision (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I ask this question on behalf of Deputy James Browne who cannot be in the Chamber. It is an issue I have raised also in committee. What plans has the Minister to address the issue of social housing for persons with mental health issues? What are his plans to provide additional housing and does his Department intend to track in each of the local authorities housing provision for those with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tenant Purchase Scheme Data (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I wish to support Deputy Connolly on this issue. We have learned that the review is an ongoing discussion document within the Department. From time to time, the Minister of State and his ministerial colleagues can kick around possible recommendations but not let any of us know what is in the review. There are different views on the current scheme. I agree with Deputy Connolly. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tenant Purchase Scheme Data (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: We have not discussed the review.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tenant Purchase Scheme Data (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: After all of those questions and all of the back and forth, we are no further down the road. I ask the Minister of State to publish the review in order that we might see it. I know we discuss the issue of tenant purchase but the Minister of State has just engaged in a bit of linguistic gymnastics. I am trying to understand what exactly he is saying. If the review is ready, then please...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tenant Purchase Scheme Data (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I know the scheme is open but I am talking about the review.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Development Agency (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister's response is a fantasy. He stated that no land has been transferred to the LDA and that it is not likely that anything will be transferred. He hopes the legislation will be enacted quickly but he should hurry up if that is what he wants this to happen. For example, at Castlelands in Balbriggan, the local authority is rushing through a master plan in advance of a potential...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Development Agency (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: It remains an idea.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Development Agency (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I look forward to the introduction of the legislation. It is important that the House and the members of the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government get to see the legislation in order that we might discover what powers the Minister intends to give to the agency and how it will operate. It is not appropriate that Deputies should read in newspapers the views of staff within...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tenant Purchase Scheme Data (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37696/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Development Agency (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount and location of lands transferred to the Land Development Agency to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37699/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Development Agency (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount and location of lands that have been transferred to the Land Development Agency to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37686/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Development Agency (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: At the outset I wish to correct the record of the House. Earlier on in my contribution when I was complaining about the grouping of questions, I mentioned that I had written to the Office of the Ceann Comhairle and had not received a response. On checking my records, I did receive a response and that response further clarified that the grouping of the questions is a matter for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Development Agency (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I ask the Minister for an update on the great big idea of the Land Development Agency which was announced by the Government. What land has been transferred to the agency to date? Could the Minister provide an update on legislation surrounding this? The issue was raised in the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government just before the recess that the LDA is not set up on a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: We did not have the opportunity to ask the questions we wanted to ask this morning.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (18 Sep 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I am going to but it is wholly inadequate. I wrote to the Minister on 7 March 2019 with regard to the criteria for the scheme. Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act states that the Minister may, from time to time, consider it appropriate to issue housing authorities guidelines but this has not been done. The Minister should not strangle the local authorities with upper...