Parliamentary questions

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

187. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of item demand generation-national retrofit; and the breakdown of the current and capital expenditure. [30829/21]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

188. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the de-risking of a low-cost residential retrofit loan scheme; and the proposed eligibility criteria for beneficiaries. [30830/21]

Tax Yield

Eoin Ó Broin

334. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that was collected through the sale of dogs in each year for the past five years. [30710/21]

Tax Yield

Eoin Ó Broin

339. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the number of dog breeding establishments with tax registration numbers. [30809/21]

Tax Yield

Eoin Ó Broin

340. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue lost through the black market sale of dogs. [30810/21]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

587. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the local authority decarbonisation zones; and the list of zones selected. [30814/21]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

596. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of unsold affordable homes being used for social housing by local authority; the annual cost of servicing the loans on these properties by each local authority; the cost to date of servicing these loans by local authority; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of these properties; and his plans to assist local authorities meet these debt obligations in tabular form. [30950/21]

Rural Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

632. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the working group on rural planning guidelines in his Department; and when revised guidance on the issue of rural planning will be provided to local authorities that are currently revising their development plans. [31961/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Eoin Ó Broin

862. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households eligible for schemes (details supplied) effective from 1 August 2018. [30826/21]

United Nations

Eoin Ó Broin

990. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Ireland will proceed to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; and the reason for the long delay. [31510/21]

Prison Service

Eoin Ó Broin

1097. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice when she expects prison visits to resume as part of the exit from level 5 of the Living with Covid-19 Plan. [30543/21]

Programme for Government

Eoin Ó Broin

1098. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the status of the programme for Government commitment to review the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011. [30544/21]

Animal Welfare

Eoin Ó Broin

1176. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the dog microchip figures for 2020. [30709/21]

Climate Action Plan

Eoin Ó Broin

1182. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the costs of the proposed joint venture between Coillte and ESB, that is, action 50 of the interim climate actions. [30813/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

166. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the role his Department will play in the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility given the significant amount of funds ring-fenced for climate. [29557/21]

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

259. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the failure to include private mortgage to rent providers in the exemption from an increase in stamp duty on bulk purchases in the recently passed financial resolution places the conclusion of up to 200 mortgage to rent transactions with home for life at risk of collapse; if so, the action he plans to take to avert this risk; and the timeline within which he plans to act. [29359/21]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

468. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the poll carried out by a group (details supplied) showing that access to period products is still an issue in some direct provision centres. [29117/21]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

469. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he plans to safeguard against the possibility that some direct provision centres are invoicing his Department for costs but could still be charging residents under the point system. [29118/21]

School Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

207. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the status of new school accommodation for a secondary school (details supplied); and the timeframe in which it will be delivered. [29003/21]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

125. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the May 2021 Regulation of Commercial Institutional Investment in Housing guidelines for Planning Authorities only apply to houses and duplexes in low density developments; if so, the level at which the density is set; if houses and duplexes in high density densities will be covered by these guidelines; and the way units of accommodation will be treated in cases in which houses, duplexes and apartments are all part of the one physical structure. [28441/21]

Search and Rescue Service Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

136. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport the status of the search and rescue helicopter service contract. [27908/21]

Departmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

195. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if there have been changes made to the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 in view of the Supreme Court decision of June 2020 (details supplied). [27902/21]

Customs and Excise

Eoin Ó Broin

200. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if a person purchasing wine online from another EU member state must pay excise duty on the purchase; if so, the rate; and the documentation that is required by the purchaser. [28056/21]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

273. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports his Department is providing to Dublin City Council and South Dublin County Council in its master planning of the Ballymount industrial estate site between the Red Cow and Bluebell. [27731/21]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

274. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide statistical information (details supplied) in tabular form. [27732/21]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

275. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if statistical information in relation to the allocation of funding will be provided (details supplied). [27734/21]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

276. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 705 of 21 April 2021, the estimated cost of upgrading all developer provided water infrastructure in the 566 residential developments. [27735/21]

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]