Results 281-300 of 13,605 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 670. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications received by her Department for a second early childhood care and education scheme year starting in September 2016 from parents of children born before 1 January 2012. [14373/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 671. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to consider providing greater flexibility in providing an exemption for early childhood care and education scheme eligibility criteria for second year placements for children born before 1 January 2012 to facilitate children who in the opinion of their school principal, are not deemed socially or emotionally ready, to progress into...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 672. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to allow a child (details supplied) to access a second year early childhood care and education scheme placement on the grounds that the child is not socially or emotionally ready to progress into school. [14375/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 675. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to allow a person (details supplied) to access a second year early childhood care and education placement on the grounds that the child is not socially or emotionally ready to progress into school. [14415/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services Funding (8 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 679. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual spend on domestic violence services for households experiencing homelessness from 2012 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [14633/16]

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The amount of €17,448 is the current cost per year of renting an average family home in Dublin city. Outside this city in the rest of the State, the average cost of renting per year is €8,772. A middle income working family paying this level of rent simply would not be able to afford to save for a deposit to purchase a home....

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: They are asking families at risk of losing their homes and under huge financial strain to wait. In my view, this is simply not acceptable. Sinn Féin's intention in tabling this Bill is to advance what we believe is a sensible policy that urgently needs to be introduced. I make no apologies for doing that here tonight. The only gazumping going on here is in the private rental...

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: First of all, I acknowledge the efforts the Minister has made since taking up his job to engage with all of the political parties in the housing committee and more generally in the Dáil. There are many things the Minister has said over the course of recent weeks which I find encouraging and give some hope in terms of the action plan for housing. I also agree with him that no party has...

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is why we have a Second Stage debate followed by Committee and Report Stages to pass legislation. If we agree this here today, there will be plenty of time to go through it all.

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I also agree with the Minister that landlords and the private rental sector are a key part of our housing system. I live in the private rental sector. I choose to live there and I want to continue living there. I am very happy to say, without hesitation, that we need a private rental system that is good for landlords and tenants. One of the values of rent certainty is that, over time, it...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (14 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 267. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a new charging regime by companies (details supplied) is in line with recent regulations agreed by his predecessor; if he will review the regulations, given the significantly higher cost of bin services these companies have charged under this new regime. [15937/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (14 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the national rents framework and when he will commence and complete the review of differential rent schemes, as mentioned in the current programme for Government. [15725/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Responsibilities (14 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the functions and responsibilities that will be transferred from his Department to the Department of housing, planning and local government. [15733/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Responsibilities (14 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 268. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the new Department of housing, planning and local government will officially be established. [15943/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 266. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he will take to ensure the needs of persons with disabilities are incorporated into future housing policies, as per the programme for Government; and when he will implement this commitment. [15915/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (14 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 269. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will offer compensation from the local government fund in 2017, as was offered in 2016; the amount he will offer, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15962/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (14 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department has saved since 2014 by transferring those persons in receipt of payments under the rent supplement scheme to the housing assistance payment scheme; and the amount he will save in 2016 and 2017. [15694/16]

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Anti-Austerity Alliance-People Before Profit for tabling this Private Members' motion, which Sinn Féin will support, and the Independents 4 Change for their amendment, which we will also support. Listening to the debate over the past number of days has been a little bit surreal. The dramatic hike in proposed bin charges is indisputable. These are not rumours but actual...

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: None of these people has savings available under the Minister's scheme. The bottom line is that SI 24 is not fit for purpose and that is why Sinn Féin firmly agrees with the sentiment of the motion. It was not written correctly and it will not have the impact the Minister says it will have. The best thing to tear up the statutory instrument and start again from the beginning. We...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (21 Jun 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding he provided to local authorities for homeless services and its percentage of the total local Government spending on homeless services in each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17179/16]