Parliamentary questions

Home Loan Scheme

Eoin Ó Broin

771. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider amending the criteria of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to make it available to persons that previously owned a home but had it repossessed, voluntarily surrendered it or have been through an insolvency process, but that otherwise meet all the criteria for the scheme. [53226/19]

Local Authority Rates

Eoin Ó Broin

37. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the engagement he has had with the eight local authorities that have seen a combined loss of revenue of €20.9 million arising from the revaluation of commercial rates to Irish Water; and if additional funding will be provided from within his Department to mitigate the loss of the revenue to the councils. [52148/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

39. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the delivery of affordable homes to rent and buy in the Poolbeg strategic development zone, SDZ, the Clonburris SDZ and St. Michael's Estate, Inchicore, Dublin 8; the details of the financing of the schemes; and if the financing by his Department of the schemes will deliver affordable homes to purchase at less than €250,000 and affordable homes to rent at less than €900 per month. [52149/19]

Building Regulations Compliance

Eoin Ó Broin

55. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider introducing a one stop shop for homeowners who discover latent defects that would provide information, advice, mediation and adjudication to ensure that, in the first instance, the developer responsible for the defects covers the remediation. [51758/19]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Eoin Ó Broin

72. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the summary of the 2019 social housing needs assessment. [51755/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Eoin Ó Broin

75. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the most up-to-date figures on the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the number of loans applied for; the number of loans approved; the number drawn down; and the average loan amount in the three categories. [51757/19]

Rental Sector Strategy

Eoin Ó Broin

88. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which he plans to fund the affordable cost-rental project in St Michael’s Estate, Inchicore, Dublin 8; and if the rents can be brought below €900 per month. [51756/19]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

656. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the public sector benchmark exercise for bundle 1 of the PPP social housing scheme will be published. [51137/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Eoin Ó Broin

657. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average unit price paid for social housing new builds, turnkeys and acquisitions for each scheme funded by his Department in 2018, in tabular form. [51168/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

669. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the original targets for housing schemes (details supplied) from the €70 million rolling fund; and the number of units delivered under each scheme to date in tabular form. [51373/19]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Data

Eoin Ó Broin

95. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount to be paid by each religious institution into the residential institutional redress board scheme in tabular form; and the amount paid to date by each religious institution. [49529/19]

Prisoner Transfers

Eoin Ó Broin

110. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to transfer to an Irish prison under the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act 1995; the reason the application has been in the Office of the Chief State Solicitor for at least 12 months; when it will conclude its consideration of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49495/19]

Human Rights

Eoin Ó Broin

150. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the practical toolkit on business and human rights for public and private entities has been developed as outlined in the national plan on business and human rights; and if not, the reason therefor in view of the fact that it was due to be developed within 12 months of the publication of the national plan. [49055/19]

Schools Building Projects Data

Eoin Ó Broin

209. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the approved capital projects for new school buildings, refurbishments of existing school buildings and temporary class room provision in the Lucan area will be provided; the location of each project in the capital project process; and the estimated commencement and completion date for each project in tabular form. [48906/19]

Fire Safety Regulations

Eoin Ó Broin

507. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he is satisfied that fire safety regulations are up to date, especially in terms of multi-occupancy buildings such as student accommodation; and if guidelines have been issued as regards cladding. [48585/19]

Teacher Training Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

73. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 22 October 2019, if there is a timeline for the development and implementation of proposals following the comprehensive review of the special needs assistant scheme; and if so, when they can be expected. [48333/19]

Departmental Legal Cases

Eoin Ó Broin

334. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the ongoing EU Commission and European Court of Justice legal action against the State for breaches of the urban wastewater treatment directive. [47936/19]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

255. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the completion of the upgrade works and signing of the contract by an organisation (details supplied) for a direct provision centre; when the contract will be signed; when the upgrade works will be completed; and the other tenders in place for the Dublin region for the provision of accommodation services for asylum seekers. [47285/19]

Local Authority Members

Eoin Ó Broin

653. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the Moorhead report will be published; and when he plans to address the issue of the remuneration of councillors. [47353/19]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

660. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the Traveller accommodation allocations for each local authority for 2019; and the drawdown to date by each local authority in tabular form. [47471/19]

Human Rights

Eoin Ó Broin

101. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 25 July 2019, if officials in the embassy in Colombia met with local human rights groups and visited a mine (details supplied); if so, when the report from the visit will be made available; and if not, the reason therefor. [46262/19]

Waste Disposal Charges

Eoin Ó Broin

438. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recent decision by a number of domestic bin collection companies to increase their annual standing charge and lift charge; the steps he plans to take to ensure that those on low incomes including pensioners are protected from such unregulated price increases; and the steps he is taking to see the return of the service to local authorities. [46134/19]

Social Welfare Benefits

Eoin Ó Broin

532. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the recipients of partial capacity benefit ineligible to avail of the same range of training and upskilling supports offered to those in receipt of other social welfare payments; and her plans to extend supports to this group in the future. [46169/19]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

584. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the meetings he or his officials have had with Dublin City Council management or councillors since 7 October 2019 regarding a development (details supplied); and the additional funding requested and-or granted beyond the initial €10 million allocation from the serviced sites fund to assist an approved housing body acquire 30% of the units from a company for cost rental accommodation. [46540/19]

Departmental Policy Reviews

Eoin Ó Broin

53. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the draft national policy for architecture and the built environment. [44974/19]

Vacant Properties Data

Eoin Ó Broin

217. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of vacant properties in counties Cavan and Monaghan in tabular form; and the existing or planned initiatives he intends to implement to assist local authorities in the counties to make vacant homes habitable. [45630/19]

Water Supply Contamination

Eoin Ó Broin

22. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the information he received regarding the failure of Irish Water and Fingal County Council to fully implement the recommendations of the March 2019 drinking water audit report relating to the Leixlip water treatment plant prior to the alum dosing incident that resulted in the issuing of a boil water notice for 615,539 persons on 21 October 2019; and the action he will take in view of the findings of the October 2019 Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, drinking water audit report regarding the Leixlip plant, which indicated the October boil water notice. [45363/19]

Water Quality

Eoin Ó Broin

27. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the cause of the recent boil water notice at the Leixlip water treatment plant was the same as that discovered by the Environmental Protection Agency in March 2019. [45234/19]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

28. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans for the implementation of the recommendations of the expert group on Traveller accommodation published in July 2019. [45235/19]

Homeless Persons Data

Eoin Ó Broin

37. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of adults and children registered as homeless in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by local authority area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45233/19]

Building Regulations Compliance

Eoin Ó Broin

54. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will reconsider his opposition to placing an obligation on platforms and letting agents to ensure all properties are complaint with new planning regulations in view of the low level of compliance with short-term letting regulations. [45236/19]

Residential Tenancies Board

Eoin Ó Broin

56. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the concerns raised in two letters to him by a person (details supplied) regarding a lack of resources available to the Residential Tenancies Board to implement and enforce the new regulations which came into force in July 2019 and the concern that the late fines for landlords that failed to register with the board were not high enough to act as a deterrent. [45237/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Eoin Ó Broin

271. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the capital allocation for building works at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [45305/19]

Fire Safety

Eoin Ó Broin

287. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider strengthening the law to prevent the illegal or reckless use of fireworks and deal with the rise in the dangerous use of fireworks during the Halloween period. [44194/19]

Asylum Seekers

Eoin Ó Broin

333. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers returned to Zimbabwe in each of the years 2012 to 2015. [44917/19]

Home Help Service Data

Eoin Ó Broin

621. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home help and-or support in County Longford; and the number of home help hours cut per week due to staff illness or shortages in the county. [44942/19]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

935. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application by South Dublin County Council for sports capital funding for a sports pavilion programme, including the provision of a pavilion in an area (details supplied). [44929/19]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

1128. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a caravan rental or rent-to-buy scheme that will provide residential standard mobile homes for Travellers will be developed. [44344/19]

Proposed Legislation

Eoin Ó Broin

1138. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the general scheme of the building control (construction industry register Ireland) Bill; and when he plans to publish the Bill. [44684/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Eoin Ó Broin

1168. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan who have been refused the authorised mortgage protection insurance can avail of private insurance; and if so, the criteria for approval of such own sourced insurance. [45251/19]

Homeless Persons Data

Eoin Ó Broin

1176. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of adults and children who exited homelessness in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by local authority area in tabular form [45318/19]

Emergency Accommodation Data

Eoin Ó Broin

1177. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average cost of emergency accommodation per night per household by local authority area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45319/19]

EU Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

164. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an investment package will be sought from the European Commission and additionally funded by the British and Irish Governments for the north-west city region of counties Donegal, Derry and west Tyrone in a post-Brexit scenario. [43523/19]

Teacher Training Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

193. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 24 July 2019, the proposals developed by his Department in relation to the training of school staff in the use of EpiPens following the publication of the comprehensive review of the special needs assistant scheme. [43055/19]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

418. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if the €1.5 million funding required for core funding and rehabilitation services provided by an organisation (details supplied) will be allocated. [43515/19]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

419. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if €5 million will be invested to fund the start-up, staffing, programme and infrastructural development for a regional rehabilitation centre for an organisation (details supplied). [43516/19]

Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure

Eoin Ó Broin

634. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the allocation for rent supplement for 2020. [43532/19]

Architects Register

Eoin Ó Broin

639. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the introduction of an architectural technologists register; the legislation which will deal with the register; when the legislation will be introduced; and the timeframe for the operation of the register. [43020/19]

Pyrite Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

649. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the €40 million allocated under the budget 2020 allocation to families with pyrite affected homes will now be available to families in Dublin, north Leinster, County Mayo and Limerick city and county in addition to families with mica affected homes in County Donegal; if these are demand-led funding schemes; and if the budget will be substantially increased if necessary. [43522/19]

Local Authority Staff Data

Eoin Ó Broin

334. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the detail of requests from local authorities for additional resources and staff to deal with the enforcement of the new short-term letting regulations; the amount granted to each local authority; and the date from which those resources can be drawn down, in tabular form. [42817/19]

Stability and Growth Pact

Eoin Ó Broin

88. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the impact of spending on social housing being classified as investment rather than expenditure as part of the EU fiscal rules; and the engagements he has had with the European Commission or EU Council of Ministers to make the case for such a reclassification to assist the State in dealing with the ongoing housing crisis. [42390/19]

Land Development Agency

Eoin Ó Broin

272. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the engagement he or his officials have had with the European Commission on the general scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019; the nature, frequency and substance of this engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42389/19]

Local Government Fund

Eoin Ó Broin

275. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the €27 million reduction to local government as detailed in budget 2020. [42483/19]

Parental Leave

Eoin Ó Broin

247. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason 1 November 2019 was chosen as the date of eligibility for the new parental leave scheme as detailed in the Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019; if an earlier or retrospective date was considered during drafting to allow all parents with a child in its first year to avail of the scheme; and when it will be available subject to the passing of the legislation. [41626/19]

Garda Deployment

Eoin Ó Broin

249. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if members of the drugs squad are no longer operating out of the Garda station in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; when the last remaining members of the drugs squad were removed from that station; the number of drugs squad personnel and the rank of each stationed in the station in each of the years 2007 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the impact the loss of the unit from the station will have on efforts to address the issue of drug crime in that divisional area. [41657/19]

Budget 2020

Eoin Ó Broin

634. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the budget 2020 allocation to each programme or scheme within his Department. [42082/19]

Commercial Rates Valuation Process

Eoin Ó Broin

640. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the ongoing revaluation of rateable properties taking place across many local authorities is planned to be revenue neutral for each local authority; if so, if a mechanism will be applied to ensure such councils return to a revenue neutral status in view of the fact that many successful appeals to the Valuation Tribunal have seen an aggregate loss of income to a number of local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42122/19]

School Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

118. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the rental cost remittance for the board of management of a school (details supplied) was not paid in July, August and September 2019; when the remittance will be paid; and if it will be ensured that future remittances from October 2019 will be paid on time. [41397/19]

Departmental Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

146. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she plans to cut the funding for a charity (details supplied); the amount of funding the project receives; the reason for the cut; if similar cuts and or restructuring of similar projects is taking place elsewhere; if she will review the decision with a view to continuing funding either through the schools completion programme or directly via Tusla to the charity to ensure that it continues to provide the vital education support in the north Clondalkin area in the future. [41285/19]

Deportation Orders Data

Eoin Ó Broin

153. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers who have been returned from Ireland to Zimbabwe in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40836/19]

Approved Housing Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

496. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of approved housing bodies that have tier 1 certified body status; the number given tier 1 certified body status in the past year; and the number awarded certified body status in the past year (details supplied). [40555/19]

Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

503. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department has Part V targets for 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if so, the details of the targets for each of the years referenced. [40704/19]

Homeless Persons Supports

Eoin Ó Broin

504. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will include an ethnic identifier in the pathway accommodation and support system to include Travellers. [40713/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

186. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the school supports in place for a person (details supplied); the number of waiting lists for schools with special classes they are on; and when they will be provided with a place in a special class as recommended in the educational assessment. [39275/19]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

563. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children in Tusla-funded domestic violence refuges in 2017. [39477/19]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

632. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the report into alleged planning irregularities in County Donegal will be published; and the action he plans to take arising from the contents of the report. [39599/19]

Rental Sector

Eoin Ó Broin

635. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations for a tenancy deposit protection scheme; and if his Department has commenced work on the development of such a scheme. [39727/19]

Emergency Accommodation Data

Eoin Ó Broin

637. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the quality standards framework inspection regime for emergency homeless accommodation; and when the framework will be in place. [39788/19]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

639. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the roll-out of choice based letting across all local authorities as per page 5 of the guidance document issued in December 2016 (details supplied). [39798/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Eoin Ó Broin

207. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications by local authority; the number of such loans approved by each local authority; and the number of loans drawn down by each local authority to date in 2019, in tabular form. [39158/19]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

103. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the upgrade works at the Clondalkin Towers direct provision centre, which despite being required to commence within six months of the new contract being signed have not yet commenced; the works to be undertaken at this location; the reason they have not started; when they will start; and the engagement his Department and-or RIA have had with a company (details supplied) to ensure this key aspect of the contract is complied with. [39011/19]

School Textbooks

Eoin Ó Broin

160. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 3 October 2017, his policy in terms of the use of workbooks at post-primary school level; and the progress made with an association (details supplied) in order to ensure workbooks can be reused. [38497/19]

School Equipment

Eoin Ó Broin

161. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his policy regarding the use of information technology tablets; and if schools have been issued departmental guidelines or circulars in terms of keeping down the associated costs for parents and guardians. [38498/19]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

493. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children in Tusla-funded domestic violence refuges and domestic violence step-down accommodation, respectively, in 2018; and the funding allocated to Tusla for the provision of such services for 2018 and 2019. [38337/19]

Community Development Projects Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

498. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation to each local authority for community development functions in 2018 and 2019. [38341/19]

Local Authority Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

539. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount allocated to each local authority for rental property inspections to date in 2019; and the projected increase in funding for this purpose for 2020 and 2021. [38336/19]

Local Authority Expenditure

Eoin Ó Broin

540. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the allocation to each local authority for estate management functions in 2018 and 2019. [38340/19]

Local Authority Members' Remuneration

Eoin Ó Broin

541. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated cost in a full financial year of increasing the representational allowance for local councillors to €30,000, €35,000 and €40,000, respectively, per year. [38356/19]

Referendum Campaigns

Eoin Ó Broin

546. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to hold a referendum on reducing the voting age to 16 years of age prior to or on the same day as the next general election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38417/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

549. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of pre-committed expenditure for the serviced site fund in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [38491/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

550. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the budget 2019 announcement of an additional €300 million in the serviced site fund over three years is pre-committed expenditure in each of the years concerned or if it will be announced separately as part of each budget. [38492/19]

Building Regulations

Eoin Ó Broin

33. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will reconsider supporting the recommendations made in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government report Safe as Houses which recommends establishing a latent defects redress scheme (details supplied) in view of recent revelations in the media that homeowners in counties Dublin and Kildare are facing costs to remedy latent defects uncovered in their properties. [37658/19]

Homelessness Strategy

Eoin Ó Broin

50. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the new homeless policy initiatives he will introduce to prevent the rise in homelessness in and outside Dublin in view of the fact that outside Dublin the number of adults in private emergency accommodation has increased from 40 in June 2014 to 1,200 in July 2019; and if he is considering allocating additional funding to specifically focus on preventing homelessness in Budget 2020. [37636/19]

Local Authority Housing Rents

Eoin Ó Broin

60. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the additional interventions he is considering such as increased service site fund allocations and longer loan maturities to ensure entry level rents for a site (details supplied) are at affordable levels of between €700 and €900 per month. [37635/19]

Wastewater Treatment

Eoin Ó Broin

63. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, assessment concluding that the Ringsend water treatment plant is not big enough to properly treat all the wastewater that it receives; the conversations he has had with Irish Water on the recent discharges of large volumes of untreated sewage into Dublin Bay; the steps which will be taken to ensure that the State is not in further breach of the urban wastewater treatment directive due to these ongoing breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37633/19]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Eoin Ó Broin

65. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the review of wind farm planning regulations; when the new draft guidelines will be published; if there will be a public consultation on this issue; and when he plans to introduce new guidelines. [37634/19]

Rental Sector Strategy

Eoin Ó Broin

73. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the contact he has had with local authorities regarding the implementation of the short-term letting regulations since 1 July 2019; and his views on the level of exemptions and planning applications to date. [37637/19]

Tax Reliefs Data

Eoin Ó Broin

108. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the number of properties availing of the tax relief available under section 50 of the Finance Act 1999; the number of properties that have converted from student purpose-built accommodation to private rented accommodation following the end of the ten year stipulation for section 50 builds to remain as student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37544/19]

Tax Reliefs Data

Eoin Ó Broin

131. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy tax reliefs provided to home buyers since the scheme was introduced by house price ranges (details supplied) in tabular form. [37472/19]

School Enrolments

Eoin Ó Broin

183. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is on the waiting list of a school for the 2020/2021 academic year; if so, when they will be given a place; and the number of children ahead of them on the list for same. [37105/19]

Wastewater Treatment

Eoin Ó Broin

670. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the improved funding scheme for onsite wastewater treatment systems that was announced in February 2019 is open for applications; and if circular letters have been issued to local authorities. [37244/19]

Building Regulations Compliance

Eoin Ó Broin

677. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure full compliance with the 2014 building control regulations in view of recent reports in the media (details supplied) that a defective housing estate in County Kildare built in 2017 was not BCAR compliant; if he or his officials have had contact with building control staff in Kildare County Council; if moving to a fully independent inspection and enforcement regime for building control as recommended in the report Safe As Houses by the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37497/19]

Building Regulations Compliance

Eoin Ó Broin

678. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare have not been issued with copies of the BCAR certificates of compliance despite having requested same from Kildare County Council; and the steps he will take on behalf of the residents to ensure the council provides the documentation requested. [37498/19]

Building Regulations

Eoin Ó Broin

679. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a latent defects redress scheme will be considered, as outlined by the report, Safe As Houses, by the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government and supported by an organisation to determine the extent of the latent defects problem in view of recent revelations in the media (details supplied) of more apartment developments with latent defects. [37499/19]

Public Sector Pay

Eoin Ó Broin

180. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of payments made to former Ministers who lost their seats in the 2011 general election or who did not contest the 2011 general election in tabular form. [35297/19]

School Services Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

276. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the costing of the pay claim made by a union (details supplied) on behalf of school secretaries and other non-teaching staff; when a decision will be made on the pay claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35000/19]

School Patronage

Eoin Ó Broin

462. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the provision of funding for an Educate Together school in Palmerstown, Dublin 20. [36509/19]

Special Educational Needs Staff Data

Eoin Ó Broin

508. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants allocated to schools in the Dublin 22 area; and the funding allocated for SNAs in the Dublin 22 area in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020, respectively. [36840/19]

Citizenship Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

571. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 and in particular the 12 months continuous residence clause following the High Court decision of a person (details supplied) which deemed that even a single day out of the State during that 12 months would not be deemed to meet the continuous residence condition as stipulated in the Act. [35036/19]

Medicinal Products Availability

Eoin Ó Broin

852. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the reason immunotherapy treatment is not being provided to cancer patients in public hospitals despite being recommended by oncologists; and if he will review this decision. [34995/19]