Parliamentary questions

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

278. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the final proposed shared equity local scheme proposal will be submitted by his Department to the Central Bank; and the precise matter on which his Department is seeking approval from the Central Bank with respect to this scheme. [44768/21]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

279. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all persons and organisation who lobbied him, his predecessors or his officials seeking an exemption from the 20% Part V provision of social and affordable homes for landowners who purchased their land between 2015 and 2021. [44769/21]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

280. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental equity loan, CREL, funded cost rental homes that will be purchased and made available for tenanting in 2021; and the details of the location, unit size and costs of same. [44770/21]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

281. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of serviced sites fund, SSF, and affordable housing funding, AHF, affordable purchase homes that will be completed and offered for sale in 2021; and the details of their location, unit size and sale price. [44771/21]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

282. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the social housing programme output to date in 2021; the number of units completed under each category to date; and the publication date for the second and third quarter social housing output report. [44772/21]

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

297. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the parts of and the way in which the 29 recommendations of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government pre-legislative scrutiny report on the general scheme of the Marine Planning and Development Bill are dealt with in the initiated Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021, in tabular form. [44957/21]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

298. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the regulations detailing the eligibility and terms and conditions for the affordable purchase and affordable cost rental scheme will be published; and the interim eligibility criteria that are currently in place for affordable rental and purchase homes that will come on stream in advance of the publication of the final regulations. [44958/21]

Rental Sector

Eoin Ó Broin

403. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of active rent supplement payments that are currently in place. [44644/21]

Office of Public Works

Eoin Ó Broin

200. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the work programme under the arterial drainage scheme maintenance programme; the works that are planned; the dates; the screening processes required; and the publication date of the screening reports. [44321/21]

Office of Public Works

Eoin Ó Broin

201. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he understands the obligation to publish in a timely manner the appropriate assessments reports for works under the arterial drainage scheme maintenance programme; and if he will undertake to publish them three months before work. [44322/21]

Office of Public Works

Eoin Ó Broin

202. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the internal processes for conducting appropriate assessment for works under the arterial drainage scheme maintenance programme; if there has been any external review of the adequacy of the reports; and the consultation which has occurred with NGOs regarding screening. [44323/21]

Visa Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

530. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice if short stay family visit visas are currently being issued to non-EU citizens; if not, when the service will resume; and if consideration will be given to granting short stay family visit visas to non-EU citizens who are fully vaccinated. [43199/21]

Health Services

Eoin Ó Broin

580. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an increase in persons waiting for an appointment with the National Gender Service; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that wait times have lengthened; and the steps he is taking to ensure increased resources and timely access to transgender healthcare for those who require it. [43200/21]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

42. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps his Department is taking to ensure that social housing funded under section 38 of the Health Act 2004 can access energy efficient retrofitting schemes in the future. [41608/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

272. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when indoor sports training is likely to recommence; and when guidelines will be issued. [41974/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

277. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if one to one music classes are identified as a personal service; and if she will provide clarity on the return of one to one music classes under the current public health guidelines. [42203/21]

Vacant Properties

Eoin Ó Broin

325. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the geo-mapping work of vacant homes currently underway in local authorities; if his Department is collating this information centrally; and if not, if he will consider doing so. [41964/21]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

328. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 13 July 2021, in relation to HAP eligibility and maintenance payments the reason policy does not provide for the deduction of regular outgoings such as maintenance; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some cases maintenance payments are being assessed as income for both the payer and the payee in cases in which both are in receipt of HAP. [42011/21]

Turf Cutting

Eoin Ó Broin

342. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a person (details supplied) will receive a payment under the turf cutting compensation scheme for 2021. [42240/21]

Public Services Card

Eoin Ó Broin

724. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to long waiting periods experienced by persons needing to obtain a public services card; and the steps her Department is taking to ensure the card can be obtained as soon as possible for the purpose of accessing important public services. [42887/21]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

1170. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the payments made by large pharmaceutical companies based in Ireland in the past five years; the amounts involved in these payments; and the purpose of the payments. [41939/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

1248. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if one to one music classes are identified as a personal service; and if he will provide clarity on the return of one to one music classes under the current public health guidelines. [42202/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

1249. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when live music will return for indoor receptions in relation to public health guidelines for weddings; and if consideration has been given to using the Digital Covid Certificate system to facilitate this. [42204/21]

General Practitioner Services

Eoin Ó Broin

1517. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care will be extended to those under the age of eight years. [43175/21]

Departmental Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

57. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current and capital funding allocation for 2021 for the Environmental Protection Agency. [39541/21]

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

307. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 25 May 2021 and with respect to the review of mobility supports for persons with disabilities and the criteria for qualification for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme, if there have been changes made to the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 in view of the Supreme Court decision of June 2020 (details supplied). [39454/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Eoin Ó Broin

516. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of applications to date to the music entertainment business assistance scheme; the number of applications approved; the number refused; the funding allocated to date; and the funding as yet unallocated. [39536/21]

Departmental Reports

Eoin Ó Broin

594. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the long delay in the publication of the Review Into Certain Planning Matters in Respect of Donegal County Council by a person (details supplied); and the date for the publication of the report. [39137/21]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

599. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is consideration of home extensions which significantly increase the value of the property in calculating the clawback in cases in which a person who purchased their home via the current incremental purchase scheme opts to sell the property before the 20 year clawback period. [39185/21]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

600. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the date on which sections 6 and 19 of the Residential Tenancies (No 2) Act 2021 was commenced; and if this is the date from which rent reviews within rent pressure zone are linked to the harmonised indices of consumer prices. [39219/21]

Departmental Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

612. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full year pay cost of employing four senior building surveyors, six executive building surveyors and four assistant building surveyors in tabular form. [39282/21]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

627. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the Traveller accommodation spend for 2021 to date, by local authority in tabular form. [39519/21]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

628. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding that has been allocated and spent to date for 2021 on the refurbishment of local authority flat complexes; the flat complexes and local authorities they are in; and the work which was undertaken or has commenced in each complex. [39520/21]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

629. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the Call for Housing; the number of properties that have been offered; and the number of properties that have been acquired. [39521/21]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

630. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes brought into use to date in 2021 via the repair and lease scheme. [39522/21]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

631. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes brought into use to date in 2021 via the buy and renew scheme. [39523/21]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

632. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes acquired via the Housing Agency to date in 2021; and the average cost of each unit. [39524/21]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

633. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the implementation of each of the 32 recommendations of the Report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation. [39525/21]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

634. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental projects approved by cost rental equity loan; and the number of these homes that will be tenanted in 2021, by local authority and approved housing body. [39526/21]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

635. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the serviced sites fund pipeline for 2021 and 2022. [39527/21]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

636. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount which has been drawn down from the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund to date in 2021, by local authority in tabular form. [39528/21]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

637. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Housing First tenancies that have been created in 2021 to date; and the target for the remainder of the year. [39530/21]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

638. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans applied for, approved and drawn down each month to date in 2021, by local authority; and the average amount of each approval and each drawdown. [39540/21]

European Court of Justice

Eoin Ó Broin

639. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the European Court of Justice action against the State for breach of the urban wastewater treatment directive. [39546/21]

Grant Payments

Eoin Ó Broin

640. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding allocated each year via grant aid for lead pipe replacement for domestic use since grant funding was introduced; the number of households that have accessed grant aid each year; and the amount of funding drawn down each year in tabular form. [39548/21]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

737. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the time limited review of the defective block remediation scheme; and the progress to date on issues including covering costs of accommodation, engineering fees and non-construction items in addition to the broader issues of further access to the scheme in circumstances in which more defects arise and the issue of 100% redress. [40767/21]

Departmental Policies

Eoin Ó Broin

738. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the forthcoming State architecture policy; the reason for its delay; and if he will consult the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage before the final policy is published. [40768/21]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Eoin Ó Broin

739. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [40769/21]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

740. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the work of the working group on defective homes; the reason for the delay in the group meeting the Programme for Government target of reporting within a year of Government formation; if he will address criticisms from members of the group that the working group's independence is being interfered with by Departmental officials; when he expects the work of this group to be concluded; and if some form of redress scheme will be included in Budget 2022 for home owners affected by Celtic tiger building defects. [40770/21]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

972. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the funding that will be made available to a school (details supplied) to upgrade its existing building; and if the school is included in the capital programme for an extension or new build. [39795/21]