Results 1-13 of 13 for rural transport speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...and current information, the Government shall also consult with the Joint Oireachtas Committees who have remits in the areas including in respect of: Housing, Waste, Water, Environment, Climate Change, Energy, Transport, Natural Heritage, Health, Children, Disability, Youth, Equality, Travellers, Migrant Populations, Refugees, Trade, Employment, Defence, The Gaeltacht, Rural Affairs,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...system fit for future planning challenges. The built environment, the urban environment, is one of the four largest emitters of greenhouse gases, as the Minister of State knows, along with energy, transport and agriculture. The Minister of State is right that we have legally binding emissions reduction targets across every sector, including the sector of the built environment, but we do...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (24 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered plans to incentivise uptake of electric vehicles in rural areas. [3114/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...happens, we might get a little bit less of the negative decision-making. Having said that, there is a long list of guidelines. The wind energy guidelines have been mentioned. Turning to the rural planning guidelines, my understanding is that these have been done for more than two years and have sat there since. Political controversy has prevented them from being published. I am not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...as the folks in the NTA know. That is not an argument against the proposal but just a view. I have a couple of final comments and then a general question. Picking up on the discussion on one-off rural ribbon development and suburban sprawl, there are rational reasons the people who are either building or buying those homes are doing that. Notwithstanding the NPF’s commitment to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...of this committee but I actually think planning is a really exciting profession. If you consider what is being taught in Technological University Dublin, between planning, urban regeneration and transport-oriented development, you will realise the profession is really exciting. Part of the problem is that many go through school not even knowing that planning exists, let alone that it is...

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Minister knows, much of the debate about our 2030 and 2050 emissions targets has focused on energy, transport and agriculture. I would like to shift the focus to the built environment. Approximately 30% of our emissions come from the built environment, 20% from operational emissions relating to energy use and efficiency, and approximately 10% from the embodied carbon and materials...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...of people's lifestyles, when it comes to people's decisions about where they live, price, size and comfort are absolutely key. One of the biggest difficulties with suburban sprawl or one-off rural houses is that it is often far cheaper to get a much larger quality home. Dr. D'Arcy is absolutely right that people do not necessarily think about other costs at the point of purchase, such as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...are significant changes in policy. Otherwise, there will be significant lags. Given the urgency around our climate targets, we do not have time to lose. Likewise, we still do not have new rural planning guidelines or residential density guidelines from the Department, both of which have been enormously delayed. That creates huge confusion in local authorities and very mixed practice....

Project Ireland 2040: Statements (20 Feb 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...weakness of the all-Ireland dimension. We were absolutely concerned at the silence on the north west, a crucial part of our island. We commented in submissions on the weakness on issues such as public transport and climate change mitigation and, most important, on an issue I raised from the outset, which is the spatial dimension of socio-economic disadvantage and the way in which...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am pleased to be able to speak in support of this important legislation. To give some background on where I stand, I do not know much about transport policy as it is not an area in which I have expertise or experience. I do not have a driving licence or drive a car, I am not a publican and I do not live in a rural area. However, I have closely followed this debate since the issue entered...

National Planning Framework: Statements (26 Oct 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: ..., the greater Dublin and commuter belt area will probably take approximately 500,000 people, with all of the consequences that will have for Dublin, for the other cities, and for the issues around rural regeneration. If one looks at policy objective 2b, 50% of the growth is intended to happen in five cities. I welcome the fact that we are no longer talking about second tier cities....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (9 Nov 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...bad thing, both for the city and for others. However, over-concentration, even in a planned way is only a good thing if that is what people want. While there are people who live and grew up in rural Ireland who want to gravitate to major population centres, and some who want to emigrate, there are many who do not. As policy makers, part of our responsibility is to find ways to give...