Parliamentary questions

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

537. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the social housing targets issued to local authorities by his Department for the period 2015 to 2017, detailing the total number of units to be delivered by each council and the breakdown of these units by construction and acquisition that is under the social housing current expenditure programme and the rental accommodation scheme; if he will provide the housing assistance payment targets for each relevant local authority, for the period 2015 to 2017; and when those local authorities which do not currently have housing assistance payment targets will be given these targets. [17484/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

546. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of funding that has been allocated to each local authority, since the announcement of Social Housing Strategy 2020. [17630/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

547. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of funding for housing construction that has been released to each local authority by his Department since the announcement of the Social Housing Strategy 2020. [17631/15]

Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

548. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that has been released by his Department, for bringing vacant properties back into productive use. [17632/15]

Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

549. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of voids in Dublin city, out of the total 1,046, that have been brought back into productive use since December 2014. [17633/15]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Dessie Ellis

550. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homeless households that have been housed in Dublin since December 2014, and if this is in line with the target of providing homes for 500 persons by June 2015. [17634/15]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Dessie Ellis

551. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that has been released by his Department since the adaption of Dublin City Council’s budget 2015 to tackle homelessness in Dublin City. [17635/15]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Dessie Ellis

552. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the use of the hotel, under the control of the National Asset Management Agency, to provide accommodation for homeless families. [17636/15]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Dessie Ellis

553. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Dublin City Council can use any apartment properties under the control of the National Asset Management Agency for temporary emergency accommodation. [17637/15]

Departmental Funding

Dessie Ellis

554. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that has been allocated in 2015 to approved housing bodies; and the details of the proposed developments. [17638/15]

Dublin Bus Services

Dessie Ellis

596. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that Dublin Bus drivers who are injured or involved in accidents at work, and require transport to a hospital, are being left to pay for the ambulance fee of €100; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17490/15]

Sports Capital Programme Data

Dessie Ellis

600. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that a total of €75 million remains outstanding from previous rounds of the sports capital programme and from special allocations, if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount outstanding for applications from each local authority area; and the contact or discussions he has had with each local authority on the matter. [17629/15]

Public Transport

Dessie Ellis

2. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to avoid industrial action in public transport companies, particularly Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann, due to plans to tender 10% of routes. [16846/15]

Public Transport Subsidies

Dessie Ellis

19. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has carried out any review with Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus to develop projections of the amount by which the Government subsidy to Corás Iompair Éireann will be cut, following the privatisation of a portion of public service obligation routes in the future. [16512/15]

Public Transport

Dessie Ellis

24. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to work with public transport companies to help stamp out racism on their services. [16511/15]

Taxi Regulations

Dessie Ellis

143. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve data protection for taxi drivers and their licences in order to make it harder for criminals to clone licences or to access sensitive details on drivers, which may be exploited. [16510/15]

Property Tax Exemptions

Dessie Ellis

111. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding temporary exemption from the local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16319/15]

Health Services Provision

Dessie Ellis

286. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health his plans to fill the gap in services for older persons left, after the re-assigning of a project worker of 13 years' service to a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11 under Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, so that the worker can no longer work with elderly persons as has been the case up until now. [16492/15]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Dessie Ellis

171. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the details of those on local authority housing waiting lists in Waterford city and county from 2009 to 2015. [16041/15]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Dessie Ellis

172. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons deemed to be in overcrowded accommodation in Waterford city and county from 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [16042/15]

Local Authority Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

173. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new housing units built in Waterford city and county in each year from 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; his plans to build new units specially in 2015. [16043/15]

Rental Accommodation Scheme Data

Dessie Ellis

174. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by county, a breakdown of the number of units to be delivered through the rental accommodation scheme and social leasing as part of the Government housing strategy by the end of 2017. [16044/15]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Dessie Ellis

189. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who currently have allocated medical points in Waterford city and county. [16184/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Dessie Ellis

237. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the cost to the State arising from the rent supplement scheme for each of the years, 1989, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2013. [15250/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

621. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with respect to the 27,000 homes managed by approved housing bodies, if he will provide a breakdown of these tenancies, by type, including rental accommodation scheme, long-term leased, and directly owned by the housing body. [15244/15]

Rental Accommodation Scheme Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

623. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the cost to the State from the rental accommodation scheme and the long-term leasing initiative for the years 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2013. [15248/15]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Dessie Ellis

624. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households currently on local authority housing waiting lists; and the number of these households which are currently in receipt of rent supplement. [15252/15]

Sports Capital Programme Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

688. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount, in total, which remains undrawn down from consecutive sports capital grants; and if he will release those funds to other unsuccessful applicants. [15319/15]

Taxi Regulations

Dessie Ellis

322. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for not allowing 18-seat vehicles which meet European standards to be licensed as public service vehicles (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [13980/15]

Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

778. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to his announcement of local authority social housing targets for 2015 to 2017 announced on 1 April 2015, if he will provide a breakdown of the targets for each local authority, by social housing type, that is rental accommodation scheme, leasing, local authority, voluntary housing association and others. [14146/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility

Dessie Ellis

790. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 31 March 2015, if he will review the decision to ban rent supplement in Ballymun in Dublin 11, in view of the fact that according to the reply, it is the responsibility of his Department. [14375/15]

Services for People with Disabilities

Dessie Ellis

869. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the exemption provided to Irish Rail, regarding access for persons with disabilities, under Statutory Instrument No. 549 of 2014; if this is in breach of any international agreements the State is party to; his plans to hold Irish Rail to account in its responsibility to provide access for persons with disabilities. [14258/15]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Dessie Ellis

104. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health his plans for the primary health care facility which was recently refused planning permission in the Finglas area in Dublin 11; if he has issued instructions to the Health Service Executive to view new sites and begin this process as a matter of urgency, as it is extremely important that progress is made on a new site as soon as possible. [13452/15]

Building Regulations

Dessie Ellis

168. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the serious issue of the presence of mica in building blocks used in housing construction; if a similar process will be initiated to deal with this as was done in the case of pyrite; and if an investigation to ascertain the causes, and identify the source of the problem, will be carried out. [13428/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

169. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of dwellings he plans to deliver for housing in 2015; and if he will provide a breakdown of numbers, size and location in each local authority area. [13429/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

170. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on housing spending for 2015; the amount of this that comes from the €3.8 billion promised for housing over the next six years; where this money has been spent; and if he will provide a breakdown of where the remainder is expected to be spent in the coming months. [13430/15]

Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

171. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way he expects to deliver 5,000 new housing units under the rental accommodation scheme, the social housing leasing initative and others schemes from the private market, in view of the severe shortage of private rental properties and the slowing of private housing construction. [13431/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

172. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a figure for the total capital spend on housing for the years 2008 to 2014; and the number of social housing units delivered from this spend. [13432/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Dessie Ellis

231. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of persons in receipt of rent supplement, and at each limit, per county. [13192/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Dessie Ellis

232. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to ban rent supplement in Ballymun, Dublin 11. [13193/15]

Life Insurance Policies

Dessie Ellis

262. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Finance the increases in the cost of life assurance policies that have been made in the past year at State-backed banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12908/15]

Local Authority Assets

Dessie Ellis

661. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale for closing the Ballymun shopping centre; and if he will provide costings for the necessary repairs to re-open it as a viable centre. [13191/15]

Railway Stations Upgrade

Dessie Ellis

725. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to modernise the Broomebridge railway station in Cabra in Dublin 7 as the Luas cross-city line will link up to it, and there is a need to improve security, provide wheelchair access, ticket facilities, information screens and other measures. [13416/15]

Rail Network Maintenance

Dessie Ellis

726. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the proposed change of the manual crossing at Pelletstown in Ashtown in Dublin 15 to provide greater capacity as the current set-up is causing traffic problems and poses a threat to health and safety, especially with the recent increase in the frequency of trains. [13417/15]

Garda Deployment

Dessie Ellis

472. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits who will be employed in the Ballymun and Santry Garda stations, Dublin 9. [11570/15]

Equality Issues

Dessie Ellis

473. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans, in the case of a successful marriage equality referendum, to provide for same-sex couples married outside this State to be recognised while living here. [11571/15]

Retail Sector

Dessie Ellis

882. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the previous plans for Ballymun shopping centre in Dublin 9; and the rationale for not redeveloping the existing centre, as was the case with the Northside Shopping Centre, in line with the wishes of the majority of residents. [11462/15]

Domestic Violence Policy

Dessie Ellis

142. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the options available for the victims of domestic violence who are forced to leave their local authority home and if local authorities find them alternative accommodation immediately. [10688/15]

Bus Éireann Services

Dessie Ellis

115. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend public service obligation funding to currently unsubsidised bus routes which are economically and socially valuable, such as routes 5 and 7 and the over 100 services which are to be cut by Bus Éireann. [10200/15]

Homeless Accommodation Funding

Dessie Ellis

523. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the money paid to hotels and bed and breakfasts in the Dublin region for the provision of accommodation for homeless families; the amount each unit of accommodation is costing; and the checks carried out by his Department or Dublin City Council on such accommodation. [10109/15]

Taxi Regulations

Dessie Ellis

589. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no new hackney or small public service vehicle licences are being awarded in counties Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo, despite a low number of existing licences. [10249/15]

Taxi Data

Dessie Ellis

590. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of rural hackney licences that have been awarded to date; the number of applications received; and the number that are currently being processed. [10250/15]

Taxi Data

Dessie Ellis

591. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the problems in rural communities due to the lack of small public service vehicle or hackney licences at present and the prohibitive nature of the rural hackney licence, which is not suitable to fill the gap caused by this. [10251/15]

Driver Licences

Dessie Ellis

592. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on amending current driver licensing regulations for holders of foreign licences, in particular holders of full US licences who, on being resident here for more than 12 months, are required to sit and pass theory and practical driving examinations in addition to taking 12 driving lessons before they can be issued with a full Irish licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10252/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

40. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of the new social housing builds, and refurbishments, as well as the arrangements for additional units through social leasing, the rental accommodation scheme and housing assistance payments, as promised for 2015 in the Government's Housing Strategy 2020; and if he will provide projected figures for the end of the first quarter of 2015. [9106/15]

Fire Safety

Dessie Ellis

207. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious issues of fire safety at the Longboat Quay development in Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9487/15]

Regeneration Projects Funding

Dessie Ellis

174. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the financial appraisal by Dublin City Council regarding the restarting of the regeneration of Dominic Street flats in Dublin 1; if he will provide urgent attention to these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8399/15]

Census of Population Data

Dessie Ellis

169. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Taoiseach the population changes in the Ballymun area, Dublin, from 1997 to date in 2015. [7726/15]

Census of Population Data

Dessie Ellis

170. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Taoiseach the percentage of the population in Ballymun, Dublin, that are lone parents; and the changes that have taken place since 1997. [7727/15]

One-Parent Family Payment Payments

Dessie Ellis

181. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the rates of lone parents' allowances for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. [7728/15]

Motor Tax Yield

Dessie Ellis

565. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation of motor tax proceeds from 2008 to date in 2015; and the revenue received to date in 2015. [7729/15]

Departmental Staff Data

Dessie Ellis

570. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff losses from his Department in each year since 2007 in comparison to other Departments. [7730/15]

Motor Tax Yield

Dessie Ellis

618. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the portion of the proceeds received from motor tax in 2015 that will go towards repairing roads and footpaths. [7729/15]

Third Level Participation

Dessie Ellis

446. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the Ballymun initiative for third level education. [6804/15]

Housing Assistance Payments

Dessie Ellis

585. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that the current rates of housing assistance payment are below market rent in many areas, the action he is taking to ensure that those on the housing assistance payment are not forced to top-up the payment to meet their housing need. [5909/15]

Tourism Project Funding

Dessie Ellis

631. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is funding available, this year, for communities to attract tourism from the Irish diaspora; if so, the amount which will be available; the way it will be allocated; and the criteria required by applicants. [5836/15]

Local Authority Housing

Dessie Ellis

274. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-introduce the scheme whereby older persons could give up their home to a local authority in order to be placed in housing for the elderly; and his plans for similar schemes to free up local authority or private housing while supporting care for older persons. [5318/15]

Aer Lingus Sale

Dessie Ellis

124. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the State's stake in Aer Lingus; and the maintenance of its Heathrow slots which are vital to the Irish economy. [4666/15]

Rail Network Expansion

Dessie Ellis

127. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the future of the public rail network under Irish Rail; and the way it will be better integrated with the wider public transport network. [4668/15]

Dublin Bus Services

Dessie Ellis

137. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the plans for the Swiftway rapid bus services; and if he will make a commitment to keep the service under the operation of Dublin Bus. [4341/15]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Dessie Ellis

145. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for improving cross-Border transport links; and if he will commit to meeting with his counterparts in Stormont to discuss improvements in access and planning of transport services. [4343/15]

Legislative Process

Dessie Ellis

155. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the implementation of Part 4 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2012 and the relevant Schedules; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some gardaí have been meeting with some taxi licence holders and telling them they will be disqualified upon implementation; and if this is correct procedure. [4340/15]

Taxi Regulations

Dessie Ellis

157. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he had discussions with the National Transport Authority regarding the changes to the taxi fares model and that consultative process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4342/15]

Sport and Recreational Development

Dessie Ellis

160. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for promoting women in sport in view of the successes of women athletes here. [4344/15]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration

Dessie Ellis

563. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the tenant purchase scheme; if he will provide a list of all local authorities where this scheme will be available; and the expected time at which it will be commenced in these areas. [4423/15]

Local Authority Charges Application

Dessie Ellis

585. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the plans by Limerick council to place a charge on local authority tenants to cover the cost of the local property tax; if this policy is to be taken up by other councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4927/15]

Local Authority Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

588. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of vacant local authority houses which have been lying idle in south Kildare Athy-Monasterevin area for upwards of six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4995/15]

Services for People with Disabilities

Dessie Ellis

81. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 was only provided a special needs assistant for two hours a day when they require one between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. due to difficulties arising from delayed global development syndrome; and if he will review the matter. [3990/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Dessie Ellis

101. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the problems with growing waiting lists in Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11 being caused due to a lack of nursing staff which means that one theatre for elective surgeries has remained closed; his plans for staffing levels which will see the theatre opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4052/15]

Legislative Programme

Dessie Ellis

289. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the possibility of legislation for harsher penalties for persons who issue threats specifically to public servants and local authority employees while they are carrying out their duties. [3383/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

212. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the delivery of 5,386 social houses in 2015 as promised in his Social Housing Strategy 2020, including the breakdown of these units by local authority; the number of these units that will be covered by existing planning permissions held by local authorities across the State; the number of these units for which new planning permissions will have to be sought; if he will provide a breakdown of the units by proposed funding stream (details supplied). [2958/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

213. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the 5,386 social houses as detailed in his Social Housing Strategy 2020 will be built and tenanted in 2015. [2959/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

214. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department has not yet informed local authorities of the social housing budget for 2015; and the allocations for each local authority, in tabular form, comparing the 2015 allocation to that provided by his Department in 2010, 2011 and 2013. [2960/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

215. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the proposed off balance sheet funding mechanisms for the provision of social housing referred to in his Social Housing Strategy 2020, including timeframes for the establishment of each structure (details supplied); if the structures will be State-wide, regional or local authority-based; and when these mechanisms will commence funding of social housing building projects. [2961/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

216. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has an estimate or target for the total spend required to deliver all of the targets in his Social Housing Strategy 2020 from Government and non-Government sources including on balance sheet expenditure, off balance sheet expenditure, borrowed finance and private sector investment; if his Department has annual estimated targets of the total spend required to meet each of the yearly housing unit targets as set out in the strategy; and if so, if he will provide these in tabular form. [2962/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

218. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total number of social housing units provided each year from 2000 to 2014 broken down by type, local authority, approved housing body, leasing, RAS and including the average cost to the State per unit in the case of leasing and RAS per year for each type of housing for the period covered. [3015/15]

Local Authority Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

219. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of long-term voids to be returned to social housing use under the new arrangements outlined in his Social Housing Strategy 2010; if he will provide in tabular form the location of these voids by local authority; the timeframe by year for returning these voids to use; and the average cost per unit per local authority and per year of returning these voids to social housing use. [3016/15]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Dessie Ellis

229. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding. [3055/15]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Dessie Ellis

230. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding. [3056/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Dessie Ellis

190. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is facing eviction; her plans to address the issues raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2296/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Dessie Ellis

790. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase special needs assistance in the schools in Ballymun, Dublin in view of the current lack of sufficient assistance in the area and that children most in need are suffering because of it. [1191/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Dessie Ellis

855. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for the new building in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 where works were due to commence in 2014. [1688/15]

Social Welfare Code

Dessie Ellis

38. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm if section 27(f)(iv) of Statutory Instrument No. 312 of 1996 or any other provision exempts a person (details supplied) from having to pay PRSI on the portion of income that comes from the person's workers' director fee in CIE. [48623/14]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Dessie Ellis

271. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of consultants used by the National Transport Authority since 2009 to date in 2014; and if he will provide in tabular form the cost and rationale for use of them in each case. [48624/14]

National Transport Authority

Dessie Ellis

272. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the subvention received by a company (details supplied) in County Kilkenny on a yearly basis; the length of time it has been receiving this subvention; the number of tickets it received from Bus Éireann and the passenger numbers carried. [48625/14]

Road Projects

Dessie Ellis

672. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the quality bus corridor and accompanying works did not proceed on the Swords Road, Dublin, in 2006-2007. [48264/14]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Dessie Ellis

51. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the names of the persons or groups who lobbied her Department to cease rent supplement in the Ballymun, Dublin 11 area as she referred to in a Topical Issues debate on 8 May 2014. [47361/14]

Schools Data

Dessie Ellis

146. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children attending primary schools in Ballymun, Dublin 11; and if she will provide in tabular form the absentee rates for the years 2010 onwards. [47358/14]

School Accommodation

Dessie Ellis

147. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for an Educate Together secondary school in Ballymun, Dublin 11. [47359/14]

Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme

Dessie Ellis

2. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek a meeting with the Department of Social Protection with representatives of the deferred members of the Irish aviation superannuation scheme in order to plan for a resolution to avoid the large cuts these members are being asked to take in their pensions. [46498/14]