Parliamentary questions

Railway Stations

Eoin Ó Broin

207. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Kishogue train station in Lucan in County Dublin will open; and to request Irish Rail and Transport for Ireland to have this station opened as soon as possible. [10954/16]

Emergency Accommodation Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

218. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if and when he contacted the Department of housing, planning and local government digital hub, the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive or Dublin City Council regarding the imminent closure of the Brú Aimsir hostel in County Dublin; and if he supports removing the 100 emergency beds currently in the hostel from the Dublin emergency accommodation system or if he believes these beds should remain operational until such time as an alternative location for them is provided. [10880/16]

Irish Water Expenditure

Eoin Ó Broin

393. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of Irish Water’s new ten-year office lease, including why cheaper rental locations in, and outside, County Dublin were not assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9932/16]

Irish Water Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

394. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the retirement plan of the former managing director of Irish Water, including the specific sum this person (detail supplied) will receive on officially retiring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9933/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility

Eoin Ó Broin

414. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether parents with joint custody and a social housing eligibility is entitled to be placed on the housing list with additional bedrooms to facilitate overnight stays with their children; and the guidelines he provides to local authorities on this matter. [10463/16]

Credit Union Lending

Eoin Ó Broin

430. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his position on the proposal by the Irish League of Credit Unions to provide loan finance for the provision of social housing; why he has not taken up these proposals to date and when he will [9861/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Eoin Ó Broin

554. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection if parents with joint custody and an entitlement under the rent supplement scheme should also be entitled to receive payments under the scheme to provide accommodation that facilitates overnight stays with their children; and the guidelines he provides to his officials make decisions on these cases. [10462/16]

Irish Prisoners Abroad

Eoin Ó Broin

589. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) will in fact be sentenced in the Courts in Egypt on 29 June 2016; if the person’s last thirteen trial hearings were in fact the trial; if this stands up to international standards of a fair trial, given that the person has had no opportunity to testify in defence and no witnesses have been brought before the Court for the person’s legal team to question the veracity of their evidence; and to call the person’s immediate and unconditional release and request the Taoiseach to immediately intervene and contact the President of Egypt, Mr Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, to seek the person’s release under the country’s Rule 140, Presidential Decree. [10115/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Eoin Ó Broin

3. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement, for each month since January 2015. [9244/16]

Housing Assistance Payments Data

Eoin Ó Broin

112. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of claimants under the rent supplement scheme who have been transferred to the housing assistance payment scheme, by month, since January 2015. [9245/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

115. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the capital allocation for social housing for each of the years 2000 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [9226/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

116. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation for social housing in each of the years 2000 to 2016, in tabular form. [9227/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

117. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the capital expenditure for social housing in each of the years 2000 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [9228/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

118. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the expenditure on social housing in each of the years 2000 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [9229/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

119. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for a progress report on the €400 million allocation in the Social Housing Strategy 2020 for a new Housing Finance Agency; the structure, the individuals and organisations involved; the number of meetings held; the number of housing projects agreed, and rejected; the quantum of additional moneys leveraged; the spend to date; the number of houses built or bought; and the number of new tenancies created, in respect of this Agency. [9230/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

120. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for a progress report on the €300 million allocation in the Social Housing Strategy 2020, for a housing public private partnership; the structure of, the individuals and organisations involved; the number of meetings held; the number of housing projects agreed, and rejected; the quantum of additional moneys leveraged; the spend to date; the number of houses built or bought; and the number of new tenancies created, in respect of this public private partnership. [9231/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

121. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the capital allocation for social housing for each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; and the expenditure in 2015 and in 2016 to date. [9232/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

122. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the membership of the social housing strategy oversight group; the number of meetings it has held since it was established; and to provide the Houses of Oireachtas, with copies of the minutes of its meetings. [9233/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

123. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the membership of the Dublin social housing delivery taskforce; the number of meetings it has held since it was established; and to provide the Houses of the Oireachtas, with copies of the minutes of its meetings. [9234/16]

Private Rented Accommodation Costs

Eoin Ó Broin

124. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for a progress report on the cost rental pilot project, as committed to in the Social Housing Strategy 2020. [9235/16]

NAMA Social Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

125. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for a progress report on the National Asset Management Agency special purpose vehicle. detailed in the Social Housing Strategy 2020, including the names of the persons and organisations involved; the number of meetings held; the number of units produced via the special purpose vehicle; and the number of new tenancies created, since the special purpose vehicle was established. [9236/16]

Housing Adaptation Grant Data

Eoin Ó Broin

126. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number and cost of housing adaptation grants provided, by grant type, and by the number of persons on the waiting lists, in each of the years 2000 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [9237/16]

Emergency Accommodation Data

Eoin Ó Broin

127. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households, persons and children in emergency accommodation for more than six months, 12 months, 18 months, two years, four years and five years, in tabular form. [9238/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

128. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the social housing new build projects he has agreed, but which have not yet been completed, by unit, by size and by number of bedrooms in tabular form. [9239/16]

Homelessness Strategy

Eoin Ó Broin

129. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if involuntary long-term homelessness will be brought to an end by the end of 2016, as committed to in the Government's February 2013 homeless policy statement. [9240/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Eoin Ó Broin

130. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will proceed with annual housing needs assessments from 2016; and the additional resources he is making available to local authorities to deal with the significant administrative burden this will involve for them. [9241/16]

Local Authority Staff Data

Eoin Ó Broin

131. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff and full-time equivalents working in local authority housing departments, by local authority in tabular form. [9242/16]

Local Authority Staff Data

Eoin Ó Broin

132. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff and full-time equivalents working in local authority homeless sections by local authority in tabular form. [9243/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

57. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the borrowing restrictions in place for local authorities which wish to borrow money to exceed the social housing new build targets, as outlined in his Housing Strategy. [9042/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

286. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider applications from local authorities for social housing new-build programmes of 50 units or more; and if there is a maximum development size he is willing to consider. [9043/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

303. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the stages of the procurement process he and local authorities used for the provision of local authority housing from pre-planning through to construction; and the average length of time this process takes for any individual build project, based on all local authority new build housing projects that have been completed during 2014 and 2015. [9035/16]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

304. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the fast-track planning and procurement process used in the rapid build projects in Poppintree in Ballymun in Dublin 11. [9036/16]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

305. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if the fast-track procurement process used for the Ballymun rapid build project could be used for standard local authority social housing new builds, where Part 8 planning permission is already in place; and if not, the reason. [9037/16]

Housing Assistance Payment

Eoin Ó Broin

306. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment tenancies in place as of 1 April 2016, by new tenancies, and by existing tenancies, where the State subsidy has changed from rent supplement to housing assistance payment. [9038/16]

NAMA Property Sales

Eoin Ó Broin

307. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the 2,000 properties transferred to social housing from the National Asset Management Agency or from National Asset Management Agency debtors that have been tenanted, as of 1 April 2016. [9039/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

308. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the progress of the targets for 2015 to 2018 announced on 1 April 2015 (details supplied), and the number of units delivered, that is tenanted on 1 April 2016, by local authority, in tabular form. [9040/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

309. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the details of the 13,000 keys handed over under the social housing strategy in 2015 and in 2016 to date, by tenancy type, including local authority new build, refurbishment, acquisition and re-let; new Part V allocation; approved housing body new build and relet; new and renewed tenancy under the rental accommodation scheme; new tenancy under the housing assistance payment scheme, old tenancy transferred from the rent supplement scheme to the housing assistance payment scheme, and any other tenancy type not included in this list. [9041/16]

Water Charges Data

Eoin Ó Broin

318. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost to the Exchequer if all moneys paid to Irish Water in domestic water charges up to 1 April 2016 were fully refunded by the State. [9140/16]

Early Years Strategy Implementation

Eoin Ó Broin

241. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set down the cost of implementing the recommendations of the interdepartmental group on future investment in early years and school-age care and education report regarding subvented child care provision in tabular form across all bands. [8390/16]

Mayoral Election

Eoin Ó Broin

428. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the introduction of a directly elected mayor for the city and county of Dublin; and the work his Department has undertaken on this matter since the consultation with the four Dublin local authorities in 2013. [7997/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Eoin Ó Broin

27. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why Intreo is writing to recipients of long-tern rent supplement and stating that it will suspend their payments if they do not transfer across to the housing assistance payment scheme, HAPS; the action she will take against those recipients who cannot access HAP accommodation or who do not wish to take up HAP accommodation as it will lead to a longer period waiting for a council or an approved housing body allocation. [6600/16]

Land Acquisition

Eoin Ó Broin

131. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the transfer of land at Knockmitten Park in Clondalkin in Dublin 22 to South Dublin County Council, including when this transfer will be completed. [6513/16]

Road Traffic Offences

Eoin Ó Broin

308. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of fixed penalty notices, court prosecutions and convictions for breaches of the weight restrictions in place on the Kennelsfort Road in Palmerstown, Dublin 20, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date; and where court proceedings have taken place, if these proceedings were initiated by An Garda Síochána or the appeals of fixed penalty notices by the drivers. [6515/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Eoin Ó Broin

394. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a medical procedure; and the reason for the delay [6444/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Eoin Ó Broin

535. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive an appointment for a needs assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6836/16]

Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme

Eoin Ó Broin

678. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding for new capital schools projects, the criteria used to allocate such funding and the number of applicants for this funding for 2016 and for 2017. [6439/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Eoin Ó Broin

695. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 670 of 6 April 2016, to request the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board to consult parents and the wider community on the proposed development of a sports hall and community centre at Adamstown Community College in advance of any new planning applications being submitted; and to ensure that when planning permission is secured, this development will be prioritised in order that it is opened as soon as is possible. [6757/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation

Eoin Ó Broin

769. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when works will commence on properties at Aylmer Heath in Newcastle in County Dublin which are included in his pyrite scheme; the works that will take place; and the timescale for their completion. [6514/16]

Housing Assistance Payment Administration

Eoin Ó Broin

771. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations and guidelines he has provided to local authorities for the purposes of operating their housing assistance payment transfer lists; when he provided these; if he has not provided them, the reason therefore; and given that housing assistance payment has been in operation since January 2015, the reason for the delay in resolving this matter. [6601/16]

Housing Assistance Payment Administration

Eoin Ó Broin

772. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of his contacts with the Department of Social Protection in respect of Intreo's decision to issue letters to recipients of long-term rent supplement stating that their payments due may be suspended if they do not transfer to the housing assistance payment. [6602/16]