Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Referendum Campaigns

Eoin Ó Broin

282. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the estimated cost to the Exchequer of running the two Constitutional referendums on 8 March 2024. [11688/24]

School Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

510. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will retain the same number of teachers in the coming academic year; and if she will ensure the school can cater for the demand of the growing local population. [12831/24]

School Facilities

Eoin Ó Broin

536. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education for an update on two new classes in a special school (details supplied); if a timeframe is available for their opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13051/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

602. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide in tabular form the average cost per unit of new build social housing delivered in 2023 broken down by SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction, CALF turnkey, CAS construction, CAS turnkey, Local Authority Part V and AHB Part V and PPP. [11684/24]

Building Regulations

Eoin Ó Broin

626. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the review of Part B of the Building Regulations and the associated technical guidance documents, the reason the deadline of Q4 2023 was not met for the publication of the new regulations; the date they will be published; and if he will provide a list of all those individuals and organisations who made submissions to the public consultation. [11911/24]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Eoin Ó Broin

647. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff employed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service; the number of staff employed at each grade; and to outline the average wage and entry wage for each grade, in tabular form. [12301/24]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

683. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason none of the housing agency tenant in-situ purchases have been converted into cost rental tenancies to date; and the steps his Department is taking to address this delay. [12848/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

687. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of supported housing units funded by his Department to date; the number funded through funding streams (details supplied); and if the information on the total number of such units is not available, the units funded for each year from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [12928/24]

Health Services

Eoin Ó Broin

1471. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can avail of treatment for a condition under the treatment abroad scheme or the cross border directive. [12805/24]

General Practitioner Services

Eoin Ó Broin

1475. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the serious shortage of GP availability and GP appointment availability in the Dublin mid-west area; the steps that are being taken to increase GP provision in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12825/24]

Aviation Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

109. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of the amount of aviation fuel sold at each Irish airport for international aviation for each year from 2019 to 2023, in tabular form. [9999/24]

Aviation Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

110. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of the amount of aviation fuel sold at each Irish airport for domestic aviation for each year from 2019 to 2023, in tabular form. [10000/24]

Rail Network

Eoin Ó Broin

199. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport when the Kishogue rail station will be opened and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10521/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

261. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 22 February 2024, to confirm receipt of the tender report for a large-scale capital project in November 2023 (details supplied); to provide a timeline for when the review will be complete given delays will likely result in increased costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9948/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

268. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education what efforts are being made by her Department to ensure a special school place is available for the 2024/2025 school year to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10004/24]

Departmental Reports

Eoin Ó Broin

420. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to publish the Indecon report commissioned by the Department into the land value sharing tax that was discussed by officials during the pre-legislative scrutiny hearings with the Oireachtas Housing Committee during May 2023. [10569/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Eoin Ó Broin

421. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure in 2023 on social and affordable housing funded through SHIP, CALF, CAS, AHF, CREL, AHB borrowing and LDA expenditure. [10570/24]

Primary Care Centres

Eoin Ó Broin

792. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and the timeframe for the provision of full services at the centre. [10797/24]

Health Services Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

793. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 711 of 30 May 2023, for an update on the recruitment process to staff the primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. [10798/24]

Visa Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

241. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the current processing times for a specific visa type (details supplied). [9754/24]

Departmental Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

77. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the officials associated with the Climate Change Advisory Council who are considered designated public officials under the Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023. [8711/24]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Eoin Ó Broin

80. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an analysis has been conducted of the volume of emissions reductions associated with each euro spent by the climate action fund. [8819/24]

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

135. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the policy rationale within his Department’s cost-rental policies for corporation tax to be charged on LDA cost rents but not AHB cost rents. [8699/24]

Tax Reliefs

Eoin Ó Broin

138. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether renewable electricity generated outside the State, and which was transmitted by means of a guarantee of origin certificate through the fuel mix disclosure process separate from the flow of electricity, is eligible for relief from the electricity tax. [8626/24]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

262. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost to the Exchequer in 2023, per unit of accommodation, for housing schemes (details supplied), in tabular form. [8674/24]

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

263. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the policy rationale for applying corporation tax at the rate of 25% to LDA rental profits; and if this policy decision was made following engagement with the European Commission. [8698/24]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

264. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how the equity portion of an affordable home delivered under the affordable housing fund is represented in the registration of the purchase price of the property with the Property Price Register. [8700/24]

Wildlife Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

291. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 1 February 2024, the number of cases that were unsuccessful in meeting the threshold required by the Office of the Chief State Solicitor to progress to prosecution, broken down by county for each of the years 2019-2023. [9223/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

147. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the building project for a school (details supplied); the timeframe for when the tender will progress; the timeline for the completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8551/24]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

264. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department started to write to people with status or leave to remain in direct provision centres giving them dates by which they would have to leave the direct provision centre or be moved to another centre; the number of such letters issued to date; the criteria for issuing such letters; the rationale for this policy; the number of people who have been moved on foot of these letters; and a breakdown of these moves, including information on, from where; and the location to which they have been moved. [8618/24]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Eoin Ó Broin

131. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the anticipated emissions from domestic aviation per year from 2022 to 2030 and the projected reductions with existing measures and with additional measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7470/24]

Data Centres

Eoin Ó Broin

137. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the number of islanded data centres that are already connected to the gas grid; those that contracted to connect; those that are seeking contract to connect; and for each category, the amount of capacity involved, in tabular form. [7671/24]

Trade Data

Eoin Ó Broin

138. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how much jet kerosene was imported into Ireland annually from 2010 to 2023. [7810/24]

Aviation Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

162. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport to publish the State Action for Aviation Emissions Reduction which should have been submitted in 2021 to the International Civil Aviation Organisation. [7471/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

255. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the criteria for allocating SNA support to students in second level educational settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7445/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

256. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if her Department has considered sanctioning the opening of a new reading school or new reading classes attached to mainstream schools in the Dublin mid-west area given the oversubscription for reading schools in Dublin for the 2024/2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7446/24]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

346. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the categories of people who are eligible for postal voting. [7583/24]

Disability Services

Eoin Ó Broin

469. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many courses (details supplied) will run in CHO7 in 2024; and the dates on which they will commence. [8092/24]

Homeless Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

63. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional measures he plans to introduce in 2024 to address the deepening homelessness crisis. [7243/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

64. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable homes delivered in 2023 via the affordable housing fund, the cost rental equity loan and the Land Development Agency's Project Tosaigh; and his views on the rising rents and house prices under these schemes. [7244/24]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

69. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on both the provision of emergency funding for multi-unit developments with building defects and the legislation to underpin the full defective buildings redress scheme. [6825/24]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

81. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the low number of applications to the revised defective concrete block remediation scheme and the slow rate of processing existing applications that have transferred to the new scheme. [6824/24]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

94. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the expert group report on Traveller accommodation. [6823/24]

Mortality Rates

Eoin Ó Broin

102. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department’s response to the recent Health Research Board’s report into mortality among single homeless people. [6822/24]

Referendum Campaigns

Eoin Ó Broin

104. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the constitutional referenda on the right to housing and public ownership of water. [6821/24]

Departmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

181. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the current status of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; the number of appeals awaiting assessment; if an indication of a timeframe to clear the backlog of appeals is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7260/24]

Departmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

182. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the provision of a fit-for-purpose vehicle adaptation scheme to replace the disabled drivers and passengers scheme; if a timeframe is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7261/24]

State Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

200. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is the Government's intention to seek representatives of his Department and/or the Department of Finance on the LDA board or whether the new board positions will be advertised via the PAS. [6820/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

201. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the establishment and use of a designated activity company by Clare County Council to delivery affordable homes in Ennis; his views on the use of DACs in such circumstances; and if their use required Ministerial or Departmental approval. [6833/24]

National Educational Psychological Service

Eoin Ó Broin

262. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education when a NEPS assessment will be made available to a person (details supplied). [6050/24]