Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Tax Reliefs

Eoin Ó Broin

307. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the total expenditure on the help to buy scheme in each year since the scheme was launched, including expenditure to date in 2023; and the budget allocation for the scheme in 2024. [56290/23]

Tax Yield

Eoin Ó Broin

308. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the amount of electricity tax collected from business and non-businesses categories, respectively. [56363/23]

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

334. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if VAT applies to social and affordable housing funded by his Department and delivered by councils and approved housing bodies; and if, in those cases where VAT does apply, he will outline whether such charges could be waived to allow the delivery of social and affordable homes at lower cost. [57224/23]

Financial Services

Eoin Ó Broin

355. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate for service providers (details supplied) to charge customers a surcharge for making payments by credit or debit card. [1233/24]

Electric Vehicles

Eoin Ó Broin

364. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the number of electric vehicles licenced, by county, for 2023, in tabular form. [1613/24]

Electric Vehicles

Eoin Ó Broin

365. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the number of vehicles licenced, by county for 2023, in tabular form. [1614/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

587. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the provision of the new build school for a school (details supplied). [1014/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

651. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if an exemption will be provided to a person (details supplied) who is unable to secure a special school placement suited to their needs; if correspondence on the person’s behalf will be considered and a comprehensive response provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1508/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

661. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the status of a project for a school (details supplied); if she can confirm receipt of a second tender report in October 2023; if the report has been reviewed; the timeline for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1592/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

726. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage a list of affordable housing fund approvals by his Department broken down by local authority and detailing the number of units in each scheme, the location of each scheme, the amount of AHF per unit in each scheme and confirmation of those schemes completed where the AHF has been drawn down, in tabular form. [2231/24]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

727. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of applications for the social housing tenant-in-situ scheme to date in 2023; the number of applications rejected; the number being processed; the number sale agreed; and the number where sales have concluded, in tabular form. [56291/23]

State Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

778. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the details of the Cabinet agreement of 20 December 2023 on the recapitalisation of the Land Development Agency, including the total proposed increase in their capitalisation and a breakdown of the sources of funding for the additional capitalisation agreed, including ISIF, share sales (details supplied), Exchequer funding and private borrowing. [57222/23]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Eoin Ó Broin

812. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what types of evaluations were carried out before authorising the purchase of Dowth Hall. [1312/24]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Eoin Ó Broin

813. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what steps are proposed or already being taken to end farming practices and other exploitation at Dowth Hall, in line with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) designation for national parks which obliges NPWS to take steps "to prevent or eliminate as soon as possible exploitation or occupation in the whole area and to enforce effectively the respect of ecological, geomorphological or aesthetic features which have led to its establishment". [1313/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

837. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all affordable housing schemes that have drawn down their affordable housing fund, by the name of the scheme, the local authority responsible for the scheme and the amount of AHF per unit in each scheme, in tabular form. [1781/24]

School Meals Programme

Eoin Ó Broin

887. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No.148 of 13 December 2023, if there is an appeal process through which a school (details supplied) can seek to be included in the hot school meals programme; and, if so, if the process will be outlined. [56810/23]

International Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

1016. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications for refugee status and international protection refused each year from 2015 to 2023, in tabular form; and the number of these refusals overturned on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56584/23]

Student Visas

Eoin Ó Broin

1034. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the current processing times for applications for the extension of student conditions applications. [56836/23]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

1256. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether Teagasc was consulted about operating a research farm at Dowth. [1311/24]

International Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

1324. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 14 November 2023, the number of State owned and operated accommodation facilities; the locations of the accommodation; and the number of applicants in each location. [56520/23]

International Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

1325. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount of funding provided to the Place Finder Service in IPAS for people with status; who receives the funding; the locations the service operates from; and how many staff were employed in the service in each location in 2021, 2022 and 2023. [56523/23]

Nursing Homes

Eoin Ó Broin

1457. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the total number of fair deal recipients who have availed of the new scheme allowing them to rent out their home. [56289/23]

Departmental Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

1865. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether there will be a second round of community recognition funding; if so, when the round will open; and the amount that will be provided. [56328/23]

Tax Reliefs

Eoin Ó Broin

64. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the amount of electricity for which relief was claimed from the electricity tax for the years 2019-2021 for each of the categories for which relief is available, in tabular form. [55569/23]

School Meals Programme

Eoin Ó Broin

148. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a school (details supplied) has been refused hot school meals funding, given the school expressed interest previously; if there is a process of appeal available to the school in order to be included; if so, if the process will be outlined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55576/23]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

181. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that recommendation 10(d) in the Report of the Working Group on Control of Dogs that recommends a ban on surgical artificial insemination of canines includes greyhounds. [55535/23]

Tax Collection

Eoin Ó Broin

233. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 5 December 2023, the reason Dublin only has one motor tax office, given the population and size of the county; if consideration will be given to reinstating the motor tax office in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55317/23]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

384. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Tusla/CAS social housing units delivered by AHBs for care leavers and others delivered in each year since Tusla/CAS was created, by local authority area; and the average cost of such units by local authority area and year, in tabular form. [55121/23]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

390. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the implications in terms of the calculation of differential rent and social housing income eligibility for a HAP tenant who comes into an inheritance of €20,000, €50,000 and €70,000. [54588/23]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

441. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason Tusla/CAS social housing units delivered by AHBs for care leavers are not included in his Departments social housing target and delivery figures. [55120/23]

State Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

452. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the additional capitalisation for the Land Development Agency, including whether the funding will be provided via ISIF, HFA, Exchequer revenue or a combination of these and other sources; how much additional capitalisation is expected; and when a decision will be made on this matter. [55318/23]

Visa Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

531. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the processing of an application (details supplied); and the current average processing time for applications of this nature. [54702/23]

Approved Housing Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

1. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the details of the financial support package for a trust (details supplied) agreed at Cabinet last week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54356/23]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

3. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable homes delivered via the Affordable Housing Fund, the Cost Rental Equity Loan and Project Tosaigh by the end of Q3 of this year; and to estimate the number of homes that will be delivered via these schemes by the end of the year. [54357/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Eoin Ó Broin

8. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to publish his Department's AEV and REV for 2023, including all of the individual spending programmes under each subhead, to publish the AEV for 2024 including all of the individual spending programmes under each subhead; and to give a commitment to publish the REV for 2024 when it is complete including all of the individual spending programmes under each subhead. [54147/23]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

69. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide in tabular form a list of all completed cost-rental housing schemes delivered to date by the Land Development Agency and Approved Housing Bodies including the name of each development; the local authority in which each scheme is located; the number of units in each scheme including a unit bedroom number breakdown; and the monthly rent charged for each unit by size in each scheme. [54151/23]

Departmental Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

75. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when emergency funding for interim fire safety and other measures for homeowners and OMCs with Celtic tiger era building defects will be made available. [54149/23]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

84. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to bring forward legislation to give effect to the planning recommendations of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation published in 2019 [54148/23]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

87. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide in tabular form a list of all completed housing schemes funded via the Affordable Housing Fund including the name of each scheme; the local authority area in which the scheme is located; the number of units in each scheme including a unit bedroom number breakdown; the purchase price of each unit by size in each scheme; and the cost of the State's equity share for each unit by size in each scheme. [54150/23]

Tax Collection

Eoin Ó Broin

161. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport the options available for renewal of motor tax to people who do not have access to or who cannot use online services. [53207/23]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

313. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that applicants to the first defective concrete block remediation scheme on transfer to the revised defective concrete block remediation scheme will be eligible for grant levels based on the most up-to-date SCSI square meter rates. [53449/23]

Departmental Reports

Eoin Ó Broin

314. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm when he intends to publish a summary commentary on the Mulcahy report into allegations of planning irregularities in County Donegal. [53450/23]

Fire Safety

Eoin Ó Broin

315. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if funding for interim fire safety works will be provided to homeowners or OMCs impacted by building defects before 31 January 2023. [53451/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Eoin Ó Broin

316. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all correspondence, including dates, to and from the franchise section in his Department and the European Commission on Part 4 and Part 5 of the Electoral Reform Act from 2022 to the present; and to make a statement on the contents of this correspondence and to publish this correspondence on the Department’s website. [53452/23]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

483. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when therapists will be reinstated at a special school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53511/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Eoin Ó Broin

496. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the average wait for a first appointment with the ENT department in Tallaght University Hospital; the number of people waiting for a first appointment, broken down by people waiting over one year, over two years and over three years, in tabular form; and what efforts are being made to reduce waiting times for the service. [53184/23]

Energy Usage

Eoin Ó Broin

260. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how much renewable electricity was used here in the years 2019 to 2022 expressed in terra watt hours, in tabular form. [52913/23]

Tax Reliefs

Eoin Ó Broin

308. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance to provide the amount of electricity for which relief is claimed from the electricity tax for 2022 for each of the categories for which relief is available, in tabular form. [52961/23]

Tax Reliefs

Eoin Ó Broin

309. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance to outline the basis in EU law for offering relief from the electricity tax based on the fuel mix disclosure, as outlined in Section 63(3)(c) of the Finance Act 2008, as amended. [52962/23]

Tax Reliefs

Eoin Ó Broin

310. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 23 November 2023, of the 15.6 terawatt hours of renewable electricity for which relief was claimed from electricity tax in 2022, the portion claimed with recourse to the fuel mix disclosure; and the portion claimed by other means. [52963/23]