Parliamentary questions

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

149. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if stamp duty is paid on any Part V, affordable housing fund turnkey purchase or CREL-funded turnkey purchase homes. [17190/24]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]