Parliamentary questions

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

284. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the MICA and pyrite remediation schemes for counties Donegal and Mayo given the difficulty applicants to those schemes are experiencing. [27942/21]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

285. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the issues in relation to local authorities acquiring construction materials from companies that previously provided materials with MICA. [27943/21]

Rental Sector

Eoin Ó Broin

299. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties that have been acquired that were once listed on a website (details supplied) and other short-term letting websites since July 2020 as reported in an article. [28355/21]

Rental Sector

Eoin Ó Broin

300. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the work of the Departmental senior officials' group that was set up to examine further regulation for short-term letting platforms as reported in an article (details supplied). [28356/21]

Military Aircraft

Eoin Ó Broin

324. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Defence if a US military transport plane landed at Baldonnel Aerodrome on 18 May 2021 to refuel; if so, the locations the aircraft was travelling to and from; and if the plane was carrying weapons. [27786/21]

Prison Service

Eoin Ó Broin

498. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the status of the outbreak of Covid-19 in Mountjoy Prison; the way the prison is being managed with respect to limiting the spread of infection; the way the outbreak is affecting prisoners access to facilities; and when prisoners will receive Covid-19 vaccinations. [27876/21]

Housing Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

197. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the loans approved by HBFI for residential developments in the past 12 months; the number of units in each development in tabular form; the location of each development; the number of designated build-to-rent units included in the grant of planning permission in each development; if HBFI or officials in his Department were aware that the loan application had an advanced purchase agreement with an institutional investor in place for all or part of the development at the time the loan was approved; if so, the number of units included in such agreements; and the number of these units that were designated as build to rent in the planning grant. [27147/21]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

124. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the housing need and demand assessment; and the household and new home completion targets for each local authority for the new county development plan process in tabular form. [26863/21]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

125. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the price offered by NAMA to Dublin City Council and his Department for the purchase of land in the Poolbeg SDZ for the delivery of affordable homes; the discount on market price offered by NAMA in relation to same; and the reason his Department refused to provide funding to Dublin City Council to purchase the land. [26864/21]

School Curriculum

Eoin Ó Broin

503. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if consideration is being given to adding climate change as a subject to the curriculum for primary and secondary school students. [26324/21]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

579. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there has been any follow-up by his Department to ensure that period products are being provided free of charge at all direct provision centres. [25513/21]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

580. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of direct provision centres that have invoiced the International Protection Procurement Services in relation to the provision of period products. [25514/21]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

581. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if notification of the provision of free period products was included in the March 2021 edition of the resident’s newsletter. [25515/21]

Departmental Properties

Eoin Ó Broin

681. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the amount Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council paid her Department for the purchase of the Shanganagh Castle site and its surrounding lands. [26468/21]

Departmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

232. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of the disbursement of the €50 million live entertainment sector support scheme announced in Budget 2021; the amount disbursed to date; the recipients of that funding; the dates they received the funding; the amount of this fund that has not yet been disbursed; when decisions will be made on the recipients of the remaining funding; and when that funding will be transferred to the approved recipients. [25361/21]

Departmental Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

233. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will publish the terms of reference for her Departmental working group on the live entertainment sector; and the reason this group is not considering live Covid-19 testing at live music and cultural events as is currently taking place in other jurisdictions. [25362/21]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

259. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of live long-term leases for the most recent date available by lease type that is, mortgage to rent, repair and lease, standard long-term lease, enhanced long-term lease, Part V lease and so on; and the total estimated cost of these leases in 2021 for each category of lease, in tabular form. [25357/21]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

260. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of long-term leases active in each year since long-term leasing was introduced in 2009 to 2020, by lease type and location, and by local authority area; and the annual cost of each lease type for each year, in tabular form. [25358/21]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

261. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the property price caps for the shared equity loan scheme; and the details of the methodology and data used in setting these price caps. [25359/21]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

262. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the affordable cost rental units funded under the cost rental equity loan scheme in 2021; and the location, approved housing body provider, purchase cost, cost rental equity loan contribution and expected entry level rent for each scheme, in tabular form. [25360/21]

International Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

150. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the costs for subscriptions to international organisations and treaties; and the breakdown in terms of the cost of subscription per international organisation per year. [23854/21]

Dublin Bus

Eoin Ó Broin

210. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport the status of progress of the updated Dublin Bus drivers' pension scheme. [24580/21]

Departmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

225. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate for purchasers of homes availing of the help to buy scheme to be asked by the seller of the property if they are eligible for the scheme before the price of the property is revealed; his further views on whether such practices could be used to inflate house prices; and if an investigation will be carried out into this practice and action taken to address any issues that arise from such an investigation. [23769/21]

Departmental Legal Cases

Eoin Ó Broin

255. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific judicial review cases that he was referring to in his closing address to Seanad Éireann on 22 March 2021 when he asserted they were simply used to stall projects given he told Seanad Éireann such cases were informing significant changes in relation to judicial review (details supplied); the basis on which he has identified same and asserts that the reason the judicial review was taken was simply to stall the project in each case; and if no such list exits, if he will correct the record. [23993/21]

Housing Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

350. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of orders issued under section 10 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 during each of the past five years by specific local authority, public authority and type of order issued, respectively. [24421/21]

Departmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

454. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she will consider increasing the cap on the annual ancillary services grant for schools with over 500 pupils enrolled; and if consideration will be given to this grant being paid on a per pupil basis with no cap. [23870/21]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

60. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is increasing the serviced sites funds allocation for a site (details supplied) to €100,000 per unit; and if his Department has had discussions with Dublin City Council, the European Investment Bank and the Housing Finance Agency to lengthen the maturity of the loans to ensure the entry level rents are below €900 for the cost rental apartments. [23321/21]

Land Development Agency

Eoin Ó Broin

61. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if discussion is taking place or has taken place involving his Department on the acquisition of a site by the Land Development Agency (details supplied). [23322/21]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

28. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether costs of between €18,000 and €28,000 per unit per year for 25-year long-term leases represent value for money for the taxpayer in view of the rising cost of long-term leasing and Part V long-term leasing and given that building or buying social homes by local authorities and approved housing bodies is cheaper and provides tenants with lifetime security of tenure. [23276/21]

House Prices

Eoin Ó Broin

30. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he plans to take to bring down the all-in cost of residential development in order to make homes more affordable for working persons in view of the 2020 and 2021 reports by an organisation (details supplied) on the real cost of house and apartment delivery. [22934/21]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

45. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a commitment will be made not to extend the strategic housing development planning process and to allow for a return to a two stage planning process with the local authorities as the primary planning authority and An Bord Pleanála providing for an appropriate appeals mechanism. [22937/21]

Homelessness Strategy

Eoin Ó Broin

93. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to reverse the sharp increase in single person homelessness evidenced in recent months. [22935/21]

Water Services

Eoin Ó Broin

103. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure that all 566 outstanding developer-provided water infrastructure projects in residential developments across the State are brought in charge; the estimated cost of funding these works to bring them up to taking in charge standard; and the timeframe within which his Department will provide this funding. [22938/21]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

106. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the expert group on Traveller accommodation and in particular its proposals regarding changes to the Part 8 planning and section 183 land transfer processes in local authorities. [22936/21]

Local Authority Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

108. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the recent report by the European Committee of Social Rights published in April 2021 (details supplied); and the steps he plans to take to resolve the issues at the heart of the collective complaint. [22939/21]

Jobseeker's Allowance

Eoin Ó Broin

414. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to extend the eligibility period for those currently in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit who remain on reduced hours in their employment but whose entitlement to jobseeker’s benefit has been exhausted. [22836/21]

Health Services Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

101. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health his plans to move from a psychiatric model of transgender healthcare to a model more in line with international best practice as outlined by the World Health Organisation. [22511/21]

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

169. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are other examples in legislation in which the Government has limited liability from claims for damages or compensation for failure to comply with an Act as in section 4 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 (details supplied). [21534/21]

Help-To-Buy Scheme

Eoin Ó Broin

274. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy grant applications received; the number of applications that reached claim stage; and the number of claims approved under the help-to-buy scheme for quarter 1 of 2021. [21578/21]

Homeless Persons Data

Eoin Ó Broin

440. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the report into the deaths of persons experiencing homelessness. [21321/21]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

441. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the spend to date by local authorities of the Traveller accommodation budget; and the breakdown of this spend on Covid-19 related work, refurbishment of existing work and new Traveller specific accommodation. [21322/21]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

455. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding details approved by his Department for a social housing lease agreement between an organisation (details supplied) for 40 units of accommodation at a location; the length of time of the lease agreement; the average annual cost of the lease at this location; and if he will provide all other available information. [21539/21]

Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

457. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications submitted in the first quarter of 2021; the number of applications accepted; the number approved; the number of mortgage drawdowns; the value of the applications in each category in the first quarter of 2021; the breakdown for each local authority area; and the breakdown as a total for the State under each heading. [21555/21]

Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

458. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of long-term lease and Part V lease approvals granted to date in 2021; the number of units in each approval; the local authority in which each approval was granted; the average annual cost of the lease in each development; and the average length of the lease in each development. [21556/21]

Homeless Persons Data

Eoin Ó Broin

459. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homelessness task force and housing delivery task force meetings that have taken place in the past six months; and if the minutes from these meetings will be released. [21557/21]

Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

460. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a list of all organisations and persons he has consulted in preparation of his Housing for All plan will be provided; when these consultations took place; the length of time the consultation meetings were held for; and if the minutes or notes from these meetings will be published. [21558/21]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

461. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the draft national architecture policy; when the next phase of the consultation will take place; when he will engage with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the matter; and when the plan will be finalised and published. [21559/21]

Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

464. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and value of Rebuilding Ireland home loans that were applied for, approved and drawn down in the first quarter of 2021. [21570/21]

Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

465. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average Rebuilding Ireland home loan amount that was drawn down in Dublin and outside of Dublin in the first quarter of 2021. [21571/21]

Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

466. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes brought into use in quarter 1 of 2021 via the repair and lease scheme. [21575/21]