Parliamentary questions

Climate Action Plan

Eoin Ó Broin

73. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when his Department expects to produce its updated National Energy and Climate Plan. [11573/21]

Environmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

74. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of revenue raised by the EPA through penalties for failing to surrender necessary allowances under the EU emissions trading system detailing each licensee fined in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [11574/21]

Environmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

75. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications he estimated number of credits from non-emissions trading system emissions the State expects to meet its targets under projected existing measures, WEM, and additional measures, WAM, scenarios under EU effort sharing regulations; and the estimated amount of revenue it is likely to be forfeited from not auctioning those credits at assumed high and low costs. [11575/21]

Environmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

76. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost in fines and purchase of credits for failing to meet EU targets between 2021 and 2030 under existing measures, WEM, and additional measures, WAM, scenarios. [11576/21]

Better Energy Communities Programme

Eoin Ó Broin

77. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of community retrofit grant, formerly better energy communities recipients, who installed photovoltaic solar panels by type of recipient that is business, community group, energy poor, non-energy poor and local authority housing in each of the years 2018 to 2020. [11577/21]

Energy Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

78. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans for energy storage to coincide with offshore wind generation. [11578/21]

Fuel Poverty

Eoin Ó Broin

79. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a report was commissioned on the fuel stamps scheme of a charity (details supplied) to determine the scope for expanding the scheme nationally per the Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty 2016-2019; and if so, if a copy of same will be provided. [11579/21]

Local Authority Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

323. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of money requested by each local authority under the voids programme in 2020; the number of units proposed to be refurbished in each local authority; the amount allocated to each local authority from this fund in 2020; and the number of units to be refurbished in each local authority in tabular form. [11161/21]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

481. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied); the position of the project in the multi-stage process; when planning is expected; when commencement is expected; and the timeline for completion of the project. [11784/21]

Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

132. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social houses delivered through the buy and renew scheme, the repair and leasing scheme and the Housing Agency €70 million rolling fund since these schemes were introduced to the most recent date for which data is available; the breakdown by year and by local authority; and the cost of each scheme to date and in each year these schemes were in operation. [10792/21]

Land Development Agency

Eoin Ó Broin

285. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if information (details supplied) will be provided in relation to the Land Development Agency. [9421/21]

Land Development Agency

Eoin Ó Broin

310. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the Land Development Agency; the number of development sites in which the Land Development Agency has involvement; the locations, size, partners and number of residential units projected for each site; the projected cost of each development; the projected level of agency financing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9821/21]

Approved Housing Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

336. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total value of the capital loan subsidy scheme, CLSS, the capital advance leasing facility, CALF, and other loans currently issued to each approved housing body; the dates on which these loans start to fall due; and his plans with respect to these loans, that is if he plans to have the loans repaid, waived or turned into equity in the respective properties in tabular form. [10348/21]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

254. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the 390 cost rental units announced on 8 February 2021; the location of the units; the typologies of the units; the rent to be charged on the units; if these units are in turnkey developments that were already in the respective approved housing bodies social housing pipeline; and if not, if they are additional units to that pipeline. [7954/21]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

255. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the completion of the various phases of the development with respect to the Land Development Agency and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development in Shanganagh, Shankill, County Dublin; the commencement date for the development; the expected sales price of the affordable purchase units; the total cost of the development; the types of finance being accessed by the LDA to undertake the development; and if further information which he deems relevant will be provided. [7964/21]

Land Development Agency

Eoin Ó Broin

288. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Land Development Agency has completed an assessment of the suitability of the State-owned site at Thornton Hall, Kilsallaghan, County Dublin for housing; if so, if it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8469/21]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

420. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of the temporary accommodation and the new school building for a school (details supplied); and the timelines for commencement and completion of both projects. [8441/21]

Prison Facilities

Eoin Ó Broin

620. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice if the evidence base from the Irish Prison Service report will be published which proposes that an increase in the Irish population requires the creation of additional prison spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8470/21]

Prison Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

621. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice if the framework agreements for potential new prison infrastructure in Thornton Hall are based on low-security open prisons or high-security closed prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8471/21]

Medical Cards

Eoin Ó Broin

677. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider extending medical cards to cancer patients; the cost of doing so to all cancer patients without medical cards and all cancer party ends without medical cards and private health insurance. [7990/21]

Hospital Car Parks

Eoin Ó Broin

678. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a scheme to waive hospital car parking fees for cancer patients. [7991/21]

Vaccination Programme

Eoin Ó Broin

814. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if prisoners are included in group 8 residents of long-term care facilities aged 18-64 years of the provisional vaccine allocation groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8472/21]

Vaccination Programme

Eoin Ó Broin

815. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if older prisoners and those with medical conditions will receive vaccinations on the same schedule as older persons in the community based on the principle of equity of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8473/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

1009. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Rásaíocht Con Éireann covers the cost of vaccination, neutering and a pet passport before the greyhound is rehomed as part of the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust and funded through the Greyhound Care Fund. [8236/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

1010. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average age of a greyhound entering into the greyhound care centre under the Greyhound Care Fund; the measures in place to identify greyhounds that will not make racing grade; and the protocols in place to move them out of the industry and into the welfare area as soon as possible. [8237/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

1011. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Rásaíocht Con Éireann doping strategy continues to be non-intelligence led; the improvements made to the testing equipment and to the laboratory facilities following on from the Irish Greyhound Board anti-doping and medication review carried out by a person (details supplied) in 2015; and the protocols in place regarding transparency and reporting procedures for adverse analytical findings. [8238/21]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Eoin Ó Broin

11. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the hiring process by which he made the recent appointments to the CCAC. [7683/21]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

112. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and its review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; the details on the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; when the interim planning regulations will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7684/21]

Local Authority Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

113. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to legislate to encourage the uptake of life cycle assessment and-or to promote such assessments through green public procurement in future public housing developments. [7689/21]

Exploration Licences

Eoin Ó Broin

80. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of applications for open area exploration licences and licensing options received by his Department over the past five years; and the decision by his Department regarding each application in tabular form. [6819/21]

Exploration Licences

Eoin Ó Broin

81. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of offshore oil and gas exploration licences that are currently open by the date each application was received in tabular form. [6820/21]

Exploration Licences

Eoin Ó Broin

82. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of applications for extension to offshore oil and gas licensing terms received in his Department by month that the application was received and the decision by his Department in tabular form. [6821/21]

Exploration Licences

Eoin Ó Broin

83. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to make details regarding applications for oil and gas exploration public on his Department’s website; and if it will be updated monthly. [6822/21]

Housing Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

292. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commission the Housing Agency or another appropriate body to undertake a comparative study of housing and apartment construction and professional fee costs in the public and private sector to determine the reason for the recent significant increase in costs in a number of social housing tenders in Dublin City Council. [6510/21]

Homelessness Strategy

Eoin Ó Broin

293. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the policy of Dublin City Council and the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive of removing tents being used by persons sleeping rough in Dublin City and when removing these tents to remove and destroy the person belongings of the persons sleeping rough; and if he will request Dublin City Council to discontinue this practice. [6511/21]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

294. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the recent significant rise in tender prices for social housing developments in Dublin City Council; and if he will examine the use of multi-annual framework agreements and breaking up larger development sites into tenders for enabling works and sub-lots of social housing within the social housing developments to increase competition and ensure value for money for the taxpayer in the delivery of social housing. [6512/21]

Water Services

Eoin Ó Broin

306. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the creation of the single utility for water services and the drafting of a White Paper on the future of the utilities' SLA with local authorities including the Government's intentions on whether Irish Water will become a non-commercial semi-State company and whether the Government plans to hold a referendum on the public ownership of water services. [6541/21]

County Development Plans

Eoin Ó Broin

325. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the delay in issuing the updated county development plan guidance and the methodology for the housing demand needs assessment to local authorities; his views on whether this delay will have a negative impact on those local authorities that are at an advanced stage in their development plan review; and when both the plan guidelines and the housing demand needs assessment methodology will be complete and issued to local authorities. [6942/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Eoin Ó Broin

338. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent by his Department in responding to the collective complaint brought to the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg regarding conditions in local authority properties; and the breakdown of those costs by type including legal fees, communications, research and any other category that may be relevant. [7133/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

512. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection if an extension of employment on a community employment scheme will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) given continued occupational focus would be greatly beneficial to the person. [7166/21]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

82. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to extend the strategic housing development planning process deadline beyond its current expiry date of February 2022; and the preparations he has put in place to restore or reform the planning process post-February 2022. [6303/21]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

83. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing leases funded through his Department to investors availing of the international investment programme; and the annual cost of these leases for each year since such leases commenced. [6304/21]

Energy Efficiency

Eoin Ó Broin

84. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the implementation of the nZEB regulations for residential developments in social and private housing; and the engagement he has had with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to ensure full compliance with these important regulations. [6305/21]

Rent Supplement Scheme

Eoin Ó Broin

133. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of rent supplement claimants on 31 December 2020, by local authority area; the average cost of a claim in each area; and the cost per week and in total for 2020. [6306/21]

Energy Efficiency

Eoin Ó Broin

37. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the savings made by the EEOS by type of customer, that is, commercial, private and energy poverty; and the social impact analysis and the average efficiency gain per customer, that is, average depth of retrofit. [5993/21]

Energy Efficiency

Eoin Ó Broin

38. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the impact of the EEOS on customer bills. [5995/21]

Energy Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

39. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an annual update on the implementation on the Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty was made between 2016 and 2019; if so, if a copy will be provided; and if not, the reason. [5996/21]

Energy Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

40. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the social policy and public service reform division received annual progress updates from Ministers responsible for energy poverty between 2016 and 2019; if so, if a copy of same will be provided; and if not, the reason. [5997/21]

Energy Efficiency

Eoin Ó Broin

213. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of the 2014-2020 cohesion policy funds for energy efficiency in buildings that have been spent. [5994/21]

Famine Artefacts

Eoin Ó Broin

250. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to create a permanent exhibition remembering An Gorta Mór. [5799/21]