Parliamentary questions

Tax Data

Eoin Ó Broin

271. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the annual corporate tax, and other named taxes, paid by the revenues generated by aircraft leasing firms based here in each of the years between 2014 and 2022, in tabular form;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51305/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

337. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an annual breakdown of the private rented and private ownership homes target for each year with respect to the housing targets set out in page 32 of Housing for All. [51452/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

341. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current upper limits per unit for the affordable housing fund and the cost-rental equity loan. [51510/22]

State Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

345. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on his Department's engagement with the European Commission on the implications of State aid rules for financing and development by the Land Development Agency. [51572/22]

School Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

410. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 4 October 2022, if she will confirm that the application for school transport in this case was received before the initial April 2022 deadline; if she will identify the national school referenced in the response as closer; and if she will confirm the patronage of this school. [51125/22]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

421. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the status of a project for a school (details supplied) in Clondalkin; and if she will provide a timeline for the commencement and completion of the works.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51329/22]

Irish Language

Eoin Ó Broin

422. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the reason the Irish language allowance previously available to teachers was discontinued; and if there are plans to reintroduce the allowance. [51330/22]

Departmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

423. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to the re-instatement of a band 3 in DEIS for schools that are not successful for entry to band 1 or band 2 but have a higher proportion of students with additional educational needs, from international communities and living in State-subsidised private rented accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51331/22]

School Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

424. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if her Department plans to provide professional supervision for teachers and, if not, if it will be considered in order to support teachers dealing with trauma. [51332/22]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

425. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the status of a project for a school (details supplied) in Saggart; and if she will provide a timeline for the commencement and completion of the works. [51333/22]

Information and Communications Technology

Eoin Ó Broin

426. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will be provided with an Internet connection. [51334/22]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

435. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the status of a proposed new school under the strategic development zone, SDZ, for an area (details supplied); if she can provide a timeline for the delivery of the school; and if the project will be expedited given the rapidly increasing population in the area. [51448/22]

School Admissions

Eoin Ó Broin

436. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the number of school places currently unfilled in schools in Lucan, County Dublin at both primary and secondary school level. [51449/22]

School Admissions

Eoin Ó Broin

437. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the steps that her Department is taking to increase capacity in schools across the Lucan, County Dublin area at both primary and secondary level. [51450/22]

Asylum Seekers

Eoin Ó Broin

578. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children with leave to remain living in direct provision, with a breakdown by local authority area and by household size, one and two-adult household with no children, households with one child, two children and three children and with more than three children. [51978/22]

Prison Service

Eoin Ó Broin

668. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to delays relating to security clearance for prospective employees of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52004/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Eoin Ó Broin

320. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare facilities currently registered with his Department in an area (details supplied); the number of childcare spaces available throughout these facilities; and if his Department is aware of further applications for registration of childcare facilities in this area in the coming months. [50811/22]

Primary Care Centres

Eoin Ó Broin

363. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE intends to establish a primary care centre at an address (details supplied); and if so, the services that will be available to the community once established. [50802/22]

General Practitioner Services

Eoin Ó Broin

437. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an issue presenting at a medical centre (details supplied) where initial consultations for patients experiencing menopause are over twice as expensive as general consultations, and repeat prescriptions for treatment for menopause are charged at three-times more than other repeat prescriptions; his views on whether this practice is discriminatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50920/22]

Departmental Priorities

Eoin Ó Broin

438. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken research to ascertain the costs of providing financial assistance to patients on hormone replacement therapy for menopause; if his Department intends to introduce financial assistance for these patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50921/22]

Transport Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

31. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the French proposal to tax private jets at the informal meeting of transport ministers in Prague on 20-21 October 2022. [50395/22]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

63. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to introduce a green certificate for homes where there is evidence of Pyrite but not yet of physical damage, and where the home is not currently eligible for redress under the Pyrite Resolution Board. [50465/22]

Further and Higher Education

Eoin Ó Broin

145. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that PhD students who are not funded by SFI and IRC have been excluded from receiving the bonus payment announced in Budget 2023; if this will be reconsidered and amended to include all PhD students given the current cost-of-living situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50662/22]

Further and Higher Education

Eoin Ó Broin

146. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to some PhD students who have been deemed ineligible to receive the SUSI postgraduate grant due to their date of birth at the time of application, despite being financially independent of their parents in advance of the application and despite their turning 23 years of age in advance of beginning their PhD studies; and if this will be reviewed given the financial pressures experienced by PhD students. [50663/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

161. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

175. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

195. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of public funds for domestic flights by Departments and bodies under their aegis. [50119/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

215. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

256. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

292. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

297. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in her Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

305. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

312. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the current incremental tenant purchase scheme permits council tenants in homes classed as a maisonette to avail of purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49527/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

334. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No 288 of 4 October 2020, if he will provide a breakdown of the 2,800 homes to be delivered for affordable purchase and cost rental, through both LDA investment and with funding of €90 million via the affordable housing fund stating the number of cost rental and affordable purchases to be delivered by the LDA and the number of cost rental and affordable purchases to be delivered by local authorities. [50137/22]

Departmental Contracts

Eoin Ó Broin

338. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of external consultants that have been hired by his Department in each of the years since 2016 to date in tabular form; the purpose of the consultant contracted; and the cost per contract. [50163/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

344. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

356. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Defence if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

367. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in her Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

School Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

374. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will confirm receipt of an application for school transport for a pupil (details supplied); if the distance between the pupil’s home and their school will be considered when reviewing the application; and when a decision will be made available. [49501/22]

National Educational Psychological Service

Eoin Ó Broin

409. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education when a pupil (details supplied) will receive an assessment from the National Educational Psychological Service as recommended; and if the assessment will be carried out at the earliest opportunity given the delays experienced. [49820/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

472. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in her Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Public Services Card

Eoin Ó Broin

499. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the process through which a person (details supplied) can have their name changed to their married name on their Public Services Card. [49734/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

550. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

582. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

618. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

776. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

803. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

200. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the new build social housing delivered in Q1 and Q2 of 2022 by delivery stream including the Social Housing Investment Programme construction, the Social Housing Investment Programme turnkey, Capital Advance Leasing Facility construction, Capital Advance Leasing Facility turnkey, capital assistance scheme construction, capital assistance scheme turnkey and Part V in tabular form. [49306/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

201. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the social housing delivered in Q1 and Q2, 2022 funded through the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme; the breakdown by delivery stream including long-term leasing, short-term leasing, Part V leasing, mortgage to rent, repair and lease and public private partnership; and the average lease cost power year for each delivery stream in tabular form. [49307/22]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

202. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the income of a person is not reassessed to determine social housing eligibility in cases in which a social housing support tenant in transferring from one HAP tenancy to another HAP tenancy or from a HAP tenancy to a local authority or approved housing body tenancy. [49308/22]