Parliamentary questions

Rent Supplement Scheme

Eoin Ó Broin

652. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of rent supplement payments currently being paid. [21572/21]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

703. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children remaining in direct provision centres after their leave to remain applications have been granted, from the most recent date available. [21573/21]

Domestic Violence Services

Eoin Ó Broin

704. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children who accessed Tusla-funded domestic violence refuge accommodation to date in 2021; the average length of time that families spent in such accommodation; and the number of beds available on a given night in 2020. [21574/21]

EU Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

731. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has received any of the State allocation of the EU React funding; if so, the amount; and the areas of expenditure under the responsibilities of his Department it was spent on. [21335/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Eoin Ó Broin

47. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she plans to announce the details of the music entertainment business assistance scheme for the live music industry. [20997/21]

Enterprise Data

Eoin Ó Broin

172. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Irish SMEs that have a subsidiary in Canada. [19064/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

177. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if businesses providing window cleaning for residential properties are allowed to resume their services on 12 April 2021 in line with the restart of residential construction. [19292/21]

Departmental Reports

Eoin Ó Broin

218. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Mercosur impact report will be published, given that it was expected to be published in spring 2021. [20830/21]

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

259. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to amend the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 to make the Government a relevant body under section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19630/21]

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

260. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the impact of the recent judgement (details supplied) delivered on 30 March 2021 on the upcoming Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19631/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

356. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport the reason practical flying tuition is permitted under level 5 restrictions and practical driving tuition is not. [19215/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

443. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that essential workers who do not have a driver test booked are unable to continue with driving lessons; and his plans to address the matter. [20575/21]

Value Added Tax

Eoin Ó Broin

496. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if it is possible to reduce VAT or zero rate VAT on new build apartments, on new build apartments within certain price ranges and and on new build apartments sold to certain categories of purchasers, that is, first-time buyers, local authorities or approved housing bodies. [19127/21]

National Asset Management Agency

Eoin Ó Broin

531. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the status of the future of the National Asset Residential Property Services; and the options being considered for the future of the special purpose vehicle post the winding down of NAMA. [20663/21]

Tax Collection

Eoin Ó Broin

536. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the progress made on strengthening the enforcement of the vacant site levy; if he has considered or is considering the introduction of a site value tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20718/21]

Census of Population

Eoin Ó Broin

603. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the 1926 census will be available to the public in digital format. [20662/21]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

691. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commission the Housing Agency to conduct a study into the housing needs of persons who have experienced a relationship breakdown and subsequently lost their family home but due to income and prior home ownership are not eligible for social housing or for any of the affordable or private purchase first-time buyer supports. [18537/21]

Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

705. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of developer provided infrastructure projects nationwide that fall outside the scope of circular PL5/14 of November 2014 and the agreed memoranda of understanding in terms of the transfer of water services infrastructure assets within the estates to Irish Water by local authority area in tabular form. [18777/21]

Water Services

Eoin Ó Broin

706. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount that has been allocated to date under the first round of Multi-annual Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure Resolution Programme by local authority area in tabular form. [18778/21]

Water Services

Eoin Ó Broin

707. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount that has been drawn down to date under the first round of Multi-annual Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure Resolution Programme by local authority area in tabular form. [18779/21]

Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

711. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the housing supply targets for all local authorities; the context of the current review of the county development plans and the National Planning Framework in tabular form. [18939/21]

Departmental Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

819. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding mechanism that was provided by his Department to deliver social housing at an address (details supplied) in County Kildare; the amount of funding that was provided; if the funding provided was 100% of the cost of delivering the units; if not, if it was additional financing provided from another source that is, the Housing Finance Agency, a private bank, and so on; to whom this funding was provided; the repayment terms of the funding; when is it due to be paid; and the restrictions on the sale of these properties to the tenants were included as part of the conditions of the funding. [20684/21]

Vacant Sites

Eoin Ó Broin

821. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made on strengthening the enforcement of the vacant site levy; if he has considered or is considering the introduction of a site value tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20717/21]

Passport Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

878. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the Passport Office will reopen for operation. [20249/21]

Schools Data

Eoin Ó Broin

1011. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the number of special school placements available at primary school level in Dublin 22; the number of children awaiting special school placements at primary school level in Dublin 22; and the efforts being made to ensure increased provision of special school and ASD class placements for children in the area. [19198/21]

School Admissions

Eoin Ó Broin

1012. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the efforts being made by her Department and the NCSE to ensure a person (details supplied) obtains a placement in a school suitable to their specified educational needs. [19201/21]

School Admissions

Eoin Ó Broin

1013. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the efforts being made by her Department and the NCSE to ensure a person (details supplied) obtains a placement in a school suitable to their specified educational needs. [19203/21]

Courts Service

Eoin Ó Broin

1418. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the steps she has taken to ensure the full functioning of the court system compliant with public health advice to address the growing backlog of cases including divorce and separation cases. [19088/21]

Healthcare Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

1730. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health his plans to move from a psychiatric model of transgender healthcare to a model more in line with international best practice as outlined by the World Health Organisation. [18827/21]

Tobacco Control Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

1823. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the impact of tobacco plain packaging on levels of smoking and the health benefits resulting from that policy; and the estimated number of lives that are saved per year as a result of the policy. [19063/21]

Primary Care Centres

Eoin Ó Broin

1922. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the status of the primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. [19299/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

2116. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be exempt from mandatory hotel quarantine on their return under the exemption travelling to the State for unavoidable, imperative and time-sensitive medical reasons and these reasons are certified by a registered medical practitioner or person with equivalent qualifications outside the State in circumstances in which the country they are travelling to for a certified medical treatment is added to the list. [19897/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

2132. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a link to or advise of the location in which to access the regulations in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine. [19928/21]

European Convention on Human Rights

Eoin Ó Broin

136. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the report issued by the European Committee on Social Rights in March 2021 which stated that the Government is still in breach of article 16 of the European Convention of Human Rights with respect to local authority tenants and Traveller accommodation; the additional actions he plans to take to address this breach of the international human rights obligations of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17669/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Eoin Ó Broin

297. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the reason 3,054 women are waiting for gynaecological care at Tallaght Hospital and 1,452 women are waiting over 18 months; and the steps he plans to take to ensure the hospital has a full complement of staff of address the large waiting list. [17671/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

151. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Taoiseach the dedicated email addresses for members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact his Department and bodies under its aegis as outlined in circular 25/2016. [16013/21]

Energy Efficiency

Eoin Ó Broin

219. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the recent changes to the SEAI schemes for private homeowners; and the reason homeowners that availed of secondary measures under the scheme previously are refused further works. [16741/21]

Energy Efficiency

Eoin Ó Broin

229. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the recent changes to the SEAI schemes for private homeowners; and the reason homeowners who availed of secondary measures under the scheme previously are refused further works. [17069/21]

Irish Water

Eoin Ó Broin

462. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the failure of Irish Water to honour a WRC agreement on the use of private contractors for the find and first-fix scheme; his plans for same; and the impact the breach of a WRC agreement will have on his July 2021 deadline for the single utility negotiations. [16420/21]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

463. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total allocation of funding for 2021 to address mica block and pyrite in counties Donegal, Mayo and Limerick; the number of homes expected to be remediated from the funding in each county; if the funding will be used to address pyrite in other counties; and the way in which it is planned to fund the remediation of over 1,000 council properties affected by mica block in County Donegal. [16426/21]

Land Development Agency

Eoin Ó Broin

492. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the Land Development Agency development on the Devoy Barracks site, Naas, County Kildare; the number of units proposed; the tenure mix; the development partners; and the timeline for planning, commencement and completion. [17051/21]

Health Services Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

897. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of services and staff for diabetic children at Mullingar hospital; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the hospital has been forced to cease all diabetic paediatric clinics with immediate effect and is no longer in a position to accept new patients due to limited resources. [16457/21]

Vaccination Programme

Eoin Ó Broin

916. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons over 70 years of age who are currently detained in prison; the number of those who have received their first Covid-19 vaccine dose to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16565/21]

Vaccination Programme

Eoin Ó Broin

917. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if all persons detained in prison will be vaccinated in accordance with the Covid-19 vaccine allocation strategy and on an equivalent basis to those receiving vaccines in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16566/21]

Maternity Services

Eoin Ó Broin

1175. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if changes will be made to allow for partners to be present during childbirth and maternity appointments. [17461/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

2. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact his Department and bodies under its aegis as outlined in circular 25/2016. [16002/21]

Departmental Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

8. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the title of each study, review and research undertaken or commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [15995/21]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Eoin Ó Broin

9. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the percentage reduction when the target to reduce GHG emissions to 29.8 GtCO2e by 2030, a 51% reduction relative to 2018, is expressed relative to 1990 and 2005 baselines. [15996/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

10. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact his Department and bodies under its aegis as outlined in circular 25/2016. [16003/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

19. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact his Department and bodies under its aegis as outlined in circular 25/2016. [16015/21]