Parliamentary questions

Tax Reliefs

Eoin Ó Broin

138. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether renewable electricity generated outside the State, and which was transmitted by means of a guarantee of origin certificate through the fuel mix disclosure process separate from the flow of electricity, is eligible for relief from the electricity tax. [8626/24]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

262. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost to the Exchequer in 2023, per unit of accommodation, for housing schemes (details supplied), in tabular form. [8674/24]

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

263. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the policy rationale for applying corporation tax at the rate of 25% to LDA rental profits; and if this policy decision was made following engagement with the European Commission. [8698/24]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

264. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how the equity portion of an affordable home delivered under the affordable housing fund is represented in the registration of the purchase price of the property with the Property Price Register. [8700/24]

Wildlife Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

291. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 1 February 2024, the number of cases that were unsuccessful in meeting the threshold required by the Office of the Chief State Solicitor to progress to prosecution, broken down by county for each of the years 2019-2023. [9223/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

147. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the building project for a school (details supplied); the timeframe for when the tender will progress; the timeline for the completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8551/24]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

264. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department started to write to people with status or leave to remain in direct provision centres giving them dates by which they would have to leave the direct provision centre or be moved to another centre; the number of such letters issued to date; the criteria for issuing such letters; the rationale for this policy; the number of people who have been moved on foot of these letters; and a breakdown of these moves, including information on, from where; and the location to which they have been moved. [8618/24]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Eoin Ó Broin

131. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the anticipated emissions from domestic aviation per year from 2022 to 2030 and the projected reductions with existing measures and with additional measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7470/24]

Data Centres

Eoin Ó Broin

137. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the number of islanded data centres that are already connected to the gas grid; those that contracted to connect; those that are seeking contract to connect; and for each category, the amount of capacity involved, in tabular form. [7671/24]

Trade Data

Eoin Ó Broin

138. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how much jet kerosene was imported into Ireland annually from 2010 to 2023. [7810/24]

Aviation Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

162. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport to publish the State Action for Aviation Emissions Reduction which should have been submitted in 2021 to the International Civil Aviation Organisation. [7471/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

255. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the criteria for allocating SNA support to students in second level educational settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7445/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

256. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if her Department has considered sanctioning the opening of a new reading school or new reading classes attached to mainstream schools in the Dublin mid-west area given the oversubscription for reading schools in Dublin for the 2024/2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7446/24]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

346. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the categories of people who are eligible for postal voting. [7583/24]

Disability Services

Eoin Ó Broin

469. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many courses (details supplied) will run in CHO7 in 2024; and the dates on which they will commence. [8092/24]

Homeless Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

63. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional measures he plans to introduce in 2024 to address the deepening homelessness crisis. [7243/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

64. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable homes delivered in 2023 via the affordable housing fund, the cost rental equity loan and the Land Development Agency's Project Tosaigh; and his views on the rising rents and house prices under these schemes. [7244/24]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

69. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on both the provision of emergency funding for multi-unit developments with building defects and the legislation to underpin the full defective buildings redress scheme. [6825/24]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

81. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the low number of applications to the revised defective concrete block remediation scheme and the slow rate of processing existing applications that have transferred to the new scheme. [6824/24]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

94. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the expert group report on Traveller accommodation. [6823/24]