Results 61-80 of 14,657 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin
- 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?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: Would it be 25%?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to ask two quick supplementary questions-----
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: They are directly related to the-----
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: Is there any reason the sped-up process for the rapid build units could not be used for regular Part 8 projects, once the planning process has been gone through? Second, specifically with regard to the point made by Mr. Cummins, is there anything preventing a local authority submitting a proposal for a large-scale development which includes social housing, cost-rental and affordable housing...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: It is the post-planning part I am asking about.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: Thank you.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: No, they are not to be constructed.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: The 75,000 is under HAP. The 35,000 is everything else, including the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, and long-term leasing.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: It is about 14,000.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: My questions are whether the faster procurement process that was used for Poppintree can be used for Part 8 schemes once they are in place. It is not a question about planning but about procurement. Is there a limit on the amount for which a local authority can apply for a refurbishment of an individual building? If so, what is it and are there many units that would cost more to refurbish?...
- Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: In his absence, I thank Deputy Micheál Martin for the backhanded compliment on the issue of water this morning. He and his colleagues in Fianna Fáil know a thing or two about verbal dexterity. Given the fact his party's U-turns on the issue over the years have turned into veritable cartwheels, "verbal gymnastics" is probably a more appropriate description. It is worth...
- Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: Compare this with Sinn Féin's record. Deputy Adams gave it but I will repeat it for the record. In 2006 when the British Government was attempting to do in the North what Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Labour Party have been trying to do in this State-----
- Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: -----Sinn Féin campaigned against it. When the Assembly was re-established, we deliberately took the Ministry for Regional Development with Mr. Conor Murphy for one reason above all, namely, to halt the introduction of water charges.
- Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: Ten years on, domestic water charges continue to be opposed by Sinn Féin, which is why no householder in the North of Ireland is paying them.
- Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: The reason is that Sinn Féin keeps its word.
- Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)
Eoin Ó Broin: Our view on the matter is very straightforward. Some 90 Deputies were elected to this House on a mandate of ending water charges and 39 of us have tabled the motion, as Deputy Adams stated earlier. I welcome the fact Fianna Fáil has abandoned a long-standing commitment to water charges. Why has it done so? It has done so under great pressure from the hundreds of thousands of...