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Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Housing Provision
Eoin Ó Broin
390. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out in tabular form the percentage of all in development costs per unit of social or affordable housing paid by his Department to local authorities and Approved Housing for the SHIP, CALF, CAS, AHF, and CREL schemes. [16106/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Construction Industry
Eoin Ó Broin
398. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has undertaken any analysis of likely future trends in construction sector inflation and how it pertains to the funding commitments under the Government housing plan to 2030. [16418/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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Housing Provision
Eoin Ó Broin
1. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to explain why he missed all of his affordable housing targets in 2023. [15880/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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Homeless Accommodation
Eoin Ó Broin
3. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what he intends to do to address rising levels of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15881/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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Defective Building Materials
Eoin Ó Broin
5. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the growing concerns among impacted homeowners with the defective concrete block grant scheme. [15882/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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Departmental Reports
Eoin Ó Broin
8. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to publish the report from the Housing Commission on the right to housing. [15610/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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Housing Schemes
Eoin Ó Broin
15. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the cost rental tenant in situ scheme and the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill. [15607/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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Housing Provision
Eoin Ó Broin
29. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the delivery of affordable homes in Poolbeg west SDZ. [15608/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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Legislative Process
Eoin Ó Broin
48. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the legislation for the Celtic Tiger era defective home redress scheme. [15609/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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Housing Policy
Eoin Ó Broin
83. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that the review of housing targets currently under way between his Department and the ERSI will explicitly include consideration of existing unmet housing demand including existing unmet demand for social, cost rental and affordable purchase homes. [15611/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Eoin Ó Broin
400. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the status of a build for a school (details supplied); if a contractor has been appointed; if a timeline is available for the commencement and completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13669/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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School Staff
Eoin Ó Broin
457. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education why the key factor for determining the level of staffing resources for a school is based on enrolments on the previous 30 September 2024 given children can and do enrol in schools throughout the school year; and if this will be taken under review in light of the impact it is having on teaching allocations for schools that have currently surpassed their target figure for retaining a teacher but not before the date provided. [14277/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Eoin Ó Broin
468. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the reason funding for pupils in special classes for the summer programme has been reduced from €60 per pupil in 2022 to €45 in 2023 and €30 in 2024, and what evidence was used to inform this 50% cut. [14374/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Eoin Ó Broin
469. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to outline the process of planning, construction and delivery of major projects for schools, including the typical timeframes for each stage of the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14375/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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School Accommodation
Eoin Ó Broin
500. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education her Department's plans to increase capacity at primary school level in the Dublin 22 area to meet demand in the coming years. [14712/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Sports Funding
Eoin Ó Broin
584. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline all pathways through which adult women's football teams can access funding from her Department; and the dates on which the next rounds for applications for available programmes will open. [15188/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Legislative Process
Eoin Ó Broin
620. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to explain the delay in publishing and introducing the Marine Protected Areas Bill, and to set out the impact this delay will have on the development of offshore wind energy projects. [13950/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Vacant Properties
Eoin Ó Broin
649. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on his Department's audit of vacant and derelict homes across the State; the number of vacant and derelict homes brought back into active use in 2023, broken down by delivery stream, that is refurbishment grant, council CPO, and so on, in tabular form. [14373/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Departmental Data
Eoin Ó Broin
650. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on his Department's audit of vacant and derelict homes across the State; the number of vacant and derelict homes brought back into active use in 2023, broken down by delivery stream, that is refurbishment grant, council CPO, and so on, in tabular form. [14373/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Planning Issues
Eoin Ó Broin
654. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage to list the dates on which he or any of his advisors has met with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) since May 2023; to detail the issues that were raised by the organisation; and to confirm whether issues related to Wicklow County Council’s refusal of a planning application by the organisation for 98 homes in Greystones, County Wicklow in May 2023 were discussed at any of these meetings. [14578/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Planning Issues
Eoin Ó Broin
655. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage whether he, any of his advisors or any of the officials working on the Planning and Development Bill 2023 revised written or oral submissions from an organisation (details supplied) or its representatives on the wording of Government Amendment No. 605 to the Planning and Development Bill 2023, as discussed at Select Committee on 21 February 2024. [14579/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Local Authorities
Eoin Ó Broin
683. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the 1830 social housing acquisitions in 2023, by categories, vacant acquisitions, tenant-in-situ acquisitions, buy and renew acquisitions and mortgage-to-rent acquisitions; and to provide a breakdown of each category, by local authority. [14999/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Local Authorities
Eoin Ó Broin
684. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the 8110 social housing new builds delivered in 2023, by delivery streams, SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction, CALF turnkey, CAS construction, CAS turnkey, Local Authority Part V, Approved Housing Body Part V and regeneration and PPP. [15000/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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House Prices
Eoin Ó Broin
685. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of affordable homes delivered in 2023 under the Affordable Housing Fund (total cost and AHF cost), the Cost Rental Equity Loan (total cost and CREL cost) and LDA cost rental. [15001/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Local Authorities
Eoin Ó Broin
689. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost per unit of new-build social housing delivered in 2023, broken down by SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction (including full cost and CALF cost), CALF turnkey (including full cost and CALF cost), CAS construction, CAS turnkey, Local Authority Part V, AHB Part V, acquisition, Affordable Housing Fund (including full cost and AHF cost), Cost Rental Equity Loan (including full cost and CREL cost), in tabular form. [15017/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Departmental Staff
Eoin Ó Broin
716. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all ASGs and POs in his Department with their current responsibilities. [15378/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Immigration Status
Eoin Ó Broin
878. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [14377/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Mother and Baby Homes
Eoin Ó Broin
1103. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many staff members have been allocated to administer the mother and baby institutions payment scheme. [14150/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Childcare Services
Eoin Ó Broin
1133. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the options, if any, available to childcare providers who cannot afford to engage the services of a chartered accountant for financial reporting requirements; if this requirement will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14625/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Disabilities Assessments
Eoin Ó Broin
1154. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the financial support options available to parents of children awaiting assessment of need; if there is a process of reimbursement available to those who pay privately for assessments given the extreme waiting periods for assessments provided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14930/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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International Protection
Eoin Ó Broin
1157. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average all-in cost of delivering modular homes through his Department in 2023. [15018/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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International Protection
Eoin Ó Broin
1159. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the most up-to-date costs for the delivery of modular homes for people in receipt of temporary protection, including the all-in development costs (including site works, and so on); the cost per modular unit; and the size of the modular units set against their costs (in square metres). [15062/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Health Services Staff
Eoin Ó Broin
1292. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the lifting of the recruitment freeze within the HSE. [13914/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Health Services Staff
Eoin Ó Broin
1293. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health in relation to the current recruitment pause within the HSE, if information is available regarding when individuals who have been advised they have successfully interviewed for positions but are impacted by the pause will be able to begin their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13915/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Eoin Ó Broin
204. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the efforts being made by her Department to ensure a place in a reading school is available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13381/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Departmental Expenditure
Eoin Ó Broin
220. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the final outturn of expenditure for Vote 34 for 2023, with a breakdown by each sub heading and individual spending programme within each sub head, in tabular from. [13298/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Eoin Ó Broin
240. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the recently announced extension of child benefit to 18-year-olds in full-time education or with a disability does not include a retrospective element; if this will be reconsidered given the impact on families who have been out of payment in the interim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13384/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Eoin Ó Broin
291. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if a review has been carried out into the impact of the cessation of child developmental checks under the national healthy childhood programme for children in areas of Dublin mid-west (details supplied) due to staff shortages in the public health nurse service; if so, if the report will be made available; and if not, if a review will be considered at the earliest opportunity in order to assess the real consequences of the lack of service provision in the area. [13379/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Eoin Ó Broin
292. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if there is a process through which parents who have been unable to access developmental checks for their children due to staff shortages in their area, can access an appointment in an alternative location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13380/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Foreign Birth Registration
Eoin Ó Broin
78. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to confirm receipt of a foreign birth registration application from a person (details supplied); and if an indication of a turnaround time is available. [13118/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Foreign Birth Registration
Eoin Ó Broin
79. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the current processing times for applications for foreign birth registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13119/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Córas Iompair Éireann
Eoin Ó Broin
195. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport in relation to the CIÉ superannuation scheme 1951; if his Department has finished considering the draft SI in conjunction with NewERA; the timeframe for when an increase might be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12956/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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State Bodies
Eoin Ó Broin
261. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Residential Property Service long-term leased properties have been transferred to the LDA; and if not, when this transfer will take place. [12847/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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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]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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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]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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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]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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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]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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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]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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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]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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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]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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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]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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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]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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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]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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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]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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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]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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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]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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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]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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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]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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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]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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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]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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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]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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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]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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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]
Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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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]
Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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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]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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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]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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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]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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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]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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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]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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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]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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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]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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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]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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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]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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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]
Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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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]
Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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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]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Eoin Ó Broin
296. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 30 January 2024, the process through which parents can apply for an exemption for their child to remain in an early intervention class for a further year, due to being unable to secure a special school place, as this was not answered in the previous reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6322/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Estimates Publication
Eoin Ó Broin
122. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the AEV and REV, including details of all individual spending programmes under each subhead for 2023 and 2024 for the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in tabular form. [5256/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Housing Provision
Eoin Ó Broin
265. 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. [5257/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Legislative Measures
Eoin Ó Broin
266. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is preparing legislation to address issues of habitual residency and social housing support eligibility; and if so, the purpose and potential scope of the legislation. [5258/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Defective Building Materials
Eoin Ó Broin
267. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of owners' management companies that have applied for the interim emergency funding for buildings with defects that was open for application in December 2023. [5259/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Rental Sector
Eoin Ó Broin
268. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what subvention is available to the Land Development Agency to help it ensure that its rents are at least 25% below market rent; the number of applications received by the LDA for any such subvention; and the amount committed to date for this subvention. [5260/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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International Protection
Eoin Ó Broin
442. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of units of modular accommodation for temporary protection recipients that have been delivered to date, by location, number of units and average cost per unit of accommodation, in tabular form. [5265/24]