Parliamentary questions

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

207. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount he has allocated to spend on Traveller accommodation in 2016. [12026/16]

Pyrite Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

215. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the terms of reference of the expert panel, chaired by a person (details supplied), which is investigating problems in concrete block work in counties Donegal and Mayo, will allow it to recommend financial assistance to families already forced to carry out remediation works to ensure the safety of the family home. [11243/16]

Pyrite Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

216. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to amend the terms of reference of the expert panel, chaired by a person (details supplied) which is investigating the problems in concrete block work in counties Donegal and Mayo, to allow it to investigate problems in concrete block work in publicly owned buildings such as council housing and schools; and if the terms of reference allow the expert panel to recommend a redress scheme similar to the pyrite redress scheme. [11244/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

223. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of planning applications and of units included in the Social Housing Strategy 2020 that have been delayed due to delays in the planning process. [11346/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

224. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the length of time the procurement and tendering process took for each of the social housing projects included in Social Housing 2020 that have reached construction phase. [11347/16]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

232. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding his Department provided to local authorities for Traveller-specific accommodation, and the amount drawn down and the number of tenancies this supported, by local authority, for each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [11536/16]

Departmental Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

233. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding his Department provided for disability grants, mobility grants and adaptation grants, and the amount drawn down, by local authority for each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [11537/16]

Departmental Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

234. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding his Department provided for cyclical maintenance of social housing stock and the amount drawn down, by local authority for each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [11538/16]

Departmental Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

235. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding his Department provided under the rental accommodation scheme, the amount drawn down and the number of tenancies this supported, by local authority for each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [11539/16]

Housing Assistance Payment Data

Eoin Ó Broin

236. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding his Department provided, the amount drawn down and the number of tenancies this supported under the housing assistance payment scheme, by local authority, for each year since the scheme commenced, in tabular form. [11540/16]

Local Authority Housing Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

237. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding his Department provided for long-term leasing accommodation, the amount drawn down and the number of tenancies this supported by local authority for each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [11541/16]

Departmental Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

238. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding his Department provided for accommodation provided by approved housing bodies, the amount drawn down and the number of tenancies this supported by local authority for each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [11542/16]

Local Authority Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

254. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if approved housing bodies have an obligation to register their tenancies with the Private Residential Tenancies Board; when this obligation came into effect; and the implications of this obligation on the security of tenants with respect to the four-year tenancy rule. [11811/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Eoin Ó Broin

267. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the average of cost of one, two, three, and four bed local authority new build units on the basis of costings submitted to his Department by local authorities over the past 12 months. [11873/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

268. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the 35,000 social housing units outlined in the social housing strategy 2020 by tenancy type, including local authority units that are refurbished, purchased on the open market, Part V, new build, leased where the local authority owns the units and leased where the units remain in private ownership; approved housing bodies units that are refurbished, purchased on the open market, Part V, new build by local authority, leased where the approved housing bodies own the units and leased where the units remain in private ownership; and units under the rental accommodation scheme. [11874/16]

HSE Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

466. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the funding provided by the Health Service Executive to homeless organisations for each year from 2008 to 2015 and to date in 2016 in tabular form. [11534/16]

Public Transport Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

580. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact Dublin Bus to raise the lack of provision of wheelchair accessible buses and the frequency of wheelchair accessible buses not being able to accommodate passengers due to broken wheelchair ramps, if he will ask Dublin Bus to update him on this matter; and if he will make this update available to the House. [11287/16]

Garda Deployment

Eoin Ó Broin

28. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in view of recent burglaries in south Lucan, including Moyglass, the number of members of An Garda Síochána in the Garda stations in Lucan village and in Ronanstown in County Dublin; and if she will increase the numbers in these stations in the coming years. [10955/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility

Eoin Ó Broin

114. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set down in tabular form the categories of social protection recipients who are automatically excluded from the 2016 tenant purchase scheme. [11020/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance

Eoin Ó Broin

121. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the legislation, regular actions, circulars and guidelines used when means-testing an application under the jobseekers' allowance scheme where the spouse lives and works outside the State; the allowance that is made in such circumstances in recognition of the family maintaining two homes; if so, in such circumstances, he will review the rules and introduce recognition of the additional costs associated with operating two homes for the purposes of calculating means. [10961/16]