Results 1-7 of 7 for lottery speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...if required and introduce at a later stage. The Bill was introduced on First Stage in 2020. That seems a very long time ago, and we are still in the same position. The Bill was selected in the lottery. It proposes a number of simple things. It tries to put in place a statutory underpinning for an inspection and certification regime. We all know the NCT-style system works in our...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...on ensuring I will get elected in the next general election was spent in a manner fully in accordance with the law. If individual members of Fianna Fáil financially benefited from the lottery licence that was secured in April or May last year, which I believe was secured outside the provisions of the lottery Act, then they cannot say that. I think Deputy McAuliffe has a...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...what he has or has not done or what moneys he has or has not benefited from; what I am saying is that if it is the case that €500,000 that Fianna Fáil raised last year under the April–May lottery licence was raised outside the lotteries Act, and therefore illegally, and if any member of his party benefited from that, the public has a right to know. If Deputy McAuliffe...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...that in my strong view was obtained in contravention of the law in April and May of last year. Did he benefit from moneys raised from that, moneys that I believe were raised outside the scope of the lotteries Act as it currently operates? That is a reasonable question because it is directly related to the question of why one would or would not support this Bill. I am quite proud of the...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...last year and got away with, and tried to do a second time but did not get away with because it was in breach of the law. We know very clearly that Fianna Fáil sought to apply to the High Court for a lottery licence on charitable donation grounds. A legal objection was raised and a legal threat was issued, and that lottery was cancelled and the money was refunded. This set of...

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...reimbursed. That reimbursement is only for private homeowners. In some senses, the kinds of inconsistencies this Bill is trying to deal with would be much more beneficial than a situation where, depending on the postcode lottery, one would get supports and occupational therapists reports in one geographical location and not in another. To conclude, deep down I believe the Minister of...

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: First Stage (16 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. The Bill going through First Stage today contains the Focus Ireland amendment. It is our intention to bring this forward either through the lottery or Private Members' business at the earliest opportunity. It is important to recognise that in the budget last week the Government introduced a new tax break for landlords, a 100%...