Parliamentary questions

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]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Eoin Ó Broin

40. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the number of 2020 pandemic unemployment payment recipients who were liable for taxation in each week from the week ending 15 January 2021 to date in tabular form. [15997/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

41. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance 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. [16004/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

49. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [16010/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

57. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact her Department and bodies under its aegis as outlined in circular 25/2016. [16014/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

65. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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. [16008/21]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

76. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average all-in cost of turnkey social housing units approved in 2019 and 2020 by local authority in tabular form. [16158/21]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

77. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average all-in cost of SHIP social housing units approved in 2019 and 2020 by local authority in tabular form. [16159/21]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

78. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average all-in cost of Part V social housing units approved in 2019 and 2020 by local authority in tabular form. [16160/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

81. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs 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. [16005/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

87. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Defence 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. [16000/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

96. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact her Department and bodies under its aegis as outlined in circular 25/2016. [16001/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

114. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact her Department and bodies under its aegis as outlined in circular 25/2016. [16012/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

126. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth 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. [15999/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

132. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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. [16006/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

149. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact her Department and bodies under its aegis as outlined in circular 25/2016. [16009/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

170. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health 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. [16007/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

247. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [15998/21]

Departmental Communications

Eoin Ó Broin

268. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact her Department and bodies under its aegis as outlined in circular 25/2016. [16011/21]

Land Development Agency

Eoin Ó Broin

521. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to bring forward legislation to include staff and board members of the Land Development Agency and its subsidiaries in the lobbying register as designated public officials. [14239/21]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

611. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria and methodology used to determine the seven proposed price caps for the shared equity loan scheme. [14042/21]