Parliamentary questions

Approved Housing Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

102. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the revised guidance note on approved housing body submissions for the revised cost rental equity loan, currently being drafted by the Housing Agency, will be published. [23109/24]

Departmental Reports

Eoin Ó Broin

103. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Housing Commission Report will be published before the Dáil summer recess in July. [23110/24]

Employment Rights

Eoin Ó Broin

267. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the employment regulation order for security officers will be signed and enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22862/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

290. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education when the next round of tenders for large-scale capital projects for her Department are expected. [22497/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

291. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of a campaign by students of a school (details supplied) regarding a large building project; if she will confirm receipt of postcards from the student body as part of the campaign; if she intends to respond to or engage with students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22498/24]

Departmental Circulars

Eoin Ó Broin

357. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will issue a circular to local authorities providing guidance on the issue of social housing tenants in Part V units and access to communal facilities in multiple-unit developments to ensure fair access to communal facilities for all residents in line with the Part V objective of promoting social integration in mixed-tenure developments. [22699/24]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

362. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is responsible for introducing renewable acceleration areas into planning law; if so, when this will be done; and if it will require primary legislation or regulations. [22853/24]

Departmental Circulars

Eoin Ó Broin

375. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection when the circular providing guidance to social welfare offices on the new rules regarding disregarding maintenance payments for existing JSA/transitional JSA claimants will be issued. [22402/24]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

498. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding letters sent to people with status/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. [22391/24]

Cancer Services

Eoin Ó Broin

115. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the upper age limit for BreastCheck; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21944/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

282. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education her Department's plans to provide a new standalone secondary school for Newcastle, County Dublin. [21293/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

288. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the efforts that are being made by her Department to ensure a person (details supplied) obtains a school place suited to their specified educational needs, given that refusals have been received from all schools on a list provided by the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21338/24]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

375. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the rules regarding renting and receiving HAP where the rental property belongs to a family member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21515/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

387. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of units delivered to date or in the delivery pipeline using the serviced sites fund; and the location of the units and the average SSF allocation per unit per scheme, in tabular form. [21781/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

388. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of units delivered to date or in the delivery pipeline using the affordable housing fund; the location of the units; and the average AHF allocation or allocation range per unit per scheme, in tabular form. [21782/24]

Departmental Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

392. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of leased social housing properties funded by his Department via SHCEP at the end of 2023; the total cost to the State in 2023; and a breakdown of different lease types (details supplied) other with the full cost for each of these sub sets in 2023, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21878/24]

Health Services

Eoin Ó Broin

577. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the options available to parents with concerns about their children's speech in the absence of a public health nurse providing developmental checks in their area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21393/24]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

192. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost per unit of accommodation for each of the social housing funding schemes to the Exchequer in 2023, in tabular form. [20976/24]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

193. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reasons for unsuccessful/incomplete repair and lease applications since the beginning of the scheme, by year, by local authority area, in tabular form. [20977/24]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

194. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any analysis into the reasons for unsuccessful repair and lease applications has been commissioned/undertaken by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20978/24]