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Wed, 15 Jun 2016
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Commemorative Events
Eoin Ó Broin
151. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will mark the famine victims’ mass grave in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin 9, located between the O’Connell and Parnell monuments, at the 2016 commemoration. [16149/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Housing Rents
Eoin Ó Broin
256. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the national rents framework and when he will commence and complete the review of differential rent schemes, as mentioned in the current programme for Government. [15725/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Ministerial Responsibilities
Eoin Ó Broin
260. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the functions and responsibilities that will be transferred from his Department to the Department of housing, planning and local government. [15733/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Housing Policy
Eoin Ó Broin
266. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he will take to ensure the needs of persons with disabilities are incorporated into future housing policies, as per the programme for Government; and when he will implement this commitment. [15915/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Waste Management
Eoin Ó Broin
267. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a new charging regime by companies (details supplied) is in line with recent regulations agreed by his predecessor; if he will review the regulations, given the significantly higher cost of bin services these companies have charged under this new regime. [15937/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Ministerial Responsibilities
Eoin Ó Broin
268. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the new Department of housing, planning and local government will officially be established. [15943/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Local Government Fund
Eoin Ó Broin
269. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will offer compensation from the local government fund in 2017, as was offered in 2016; the amount he will offer, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15962/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme
Eoin Ó Broin
308. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department has saved since 2014 by transferring those persons in receipt of payments under the rent supplement scheme to the housing assistance payment scheme; and the amount he will save in 2016 and 2017. [15694/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Housing Assistance Payment Data
Eoin Ó Broin
263. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total annual allocation for housing assistance payment tenancies for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 in tabular form; and the total number of tenancies funded or expected to be funded for each year. [14258/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Rental Accommodation Scheme Data
Eoin Ó Broin
264. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total annual allocation for rental accommodation scheme tenancies for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 in tabular form; and the total number of tenancies funded or expected to be funded for each year. [14259/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Tenant Purchase Scheme
Eoin Ó Broin
267. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale for excluding Part V properties from the new tenant purchase scheme. [14328/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Home Care Packages Data
Eoin Ó Broin
408. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health to detail the total funding allocated to home care packages in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016, and to identify the funding gap between the annual allocation and the annual requests for funding for each of these years. [14380/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Home Care Packages Data
Eoin Ó Broin
409. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons who applied for home care packages; the total numbers requested for each year from 2012 to date in 2016; the total number of persons who received home care packages and the total number of hours received each year from 2012 to date in 2016. [14381/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Services for People with Disabilities
Eoin Ó Broin
410. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the total allocation of funding for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016 to provide emergency placements for persons with disabilities, and to identify the funding gap between the annual allocation and the annual requests for funding for each of these years. [14382/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Services for People with Disabilities
Eoin Ó Broin
411. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons for whom applications for emergency placements for persons with disabilities were received in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016 and the total number of persons for each of these years who received such placements. [14383/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Eoin Ó Broin
670. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications received by her Department for a second early childhood care and education scheme year starting in September 2016 from parents of children born before 1 January 2012. [14373/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Eoin Ó Broin
671. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to consider providing greater flexibility in providing an exemption for early childhood care and education scheme eligibility criteria for second year placements for children born before 1 January 2012 to facilitate children who, in the opinion of their school principals, are not deemed socially or emotionally ready, to progress into school. [14374/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Eoin Ó Broin
672. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to allow a child (details supplied) to access a second year early childhood care and education scheme placement on the grounds that the child is not socially or emotionally ready to progress into school. [14375/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Eoin Ó Broin
675. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to allow a person (details supplied) to access a second year early childhood care and education placement on the grounds that the child is not socially or emotionally ready to progress into school. [14415/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Domestic Violence Services Funding
Eoin Ó Broin
679. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual spend on domestic violence services for households experiencing homelessness from 2012 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [14633/16]