Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Budgets

Eoin Ó Broin

10. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a breakdown of the current and capital budget allocations for each programme under each subhead of the Revised Estimates for 2022 will be provided. [16914/22]

Departmental Budgets

Eoin Ó Broin

11. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a breakdown of the current and capital budget allocations for each programme under each subhead of the Revised Estimates for 2021 will be provided. [16915/22]

Departmental Budgets

Eoin Ó Broin

12. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme for each of the subheads B4 and B11 of the Supplementary Estimate for 2022 will be provided. [16916/22]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Eoin Ó Broin

38. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm the voted expenditure for the Capital Assistance Scheme for 2022; the number of units of accommodation to be delivered with this fund in that year; the reason the number of units has been reduced from 600 to 400 in the revised estimates and if he will provide details for the significant increased cost per unit arising from this change. [16823/22]

Departmental Strategies

Eoin Ó Broin

194. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the Demand Side Strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15917/22]

Departmental Strategies

Eoin Ó Broin

195. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of meetings his Department has had with stakeholders in relation to the Demand Side Strategy; the stakeholders which were met; and the frequency and dates of those meetings. [15918/22]

Electricity Grid

Eoin Ó Broin

215. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount EirGrid paid to demand side units to reduce consumption in order to alleviate pressure on the grid over the course of 2020 and 2021; the number of requests made; and the amount that was paid out in each request. [16315/22]

International Agreements

Eoin Ó Broin

307. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that Ireland is yet to ratify the Nagoya Protocol, a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biodiversity, which 133 parties have ratified including many EU members. [16320/22]

Homeless Persons Supports

Eoin Ó Broin

308. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020 including on the proposals for adult safeguarding reviews and trauma informed care. [16444/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

330. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of housing commencements broken down by apartments, houses and duplexes in each of the years from 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [16307/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

331. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of housing completions broken down by apartments, houses and duplexes in each of the years from 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [16308/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

332. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average capital and current expenditure costs for one, two and three bed social housing houses and apartments delivered by approved housing bodies through the capital assistance and the payment and availability schemes in the past 12 months. [16309/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

333. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total cost of the payment and availability agreements currently in place for approved housing bodies funded alongside the Capital Advanced Loan Facility; and the total number of such units that receiving funding. [16310/22]

Departmental Reports

Eoin Ó Broin

334. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the 2021 social housing output report will be published. [16312/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

338. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the future plans for the medically supervised shielding units created as part of the HSE and Dublin Region Housing Executive Covid-19 response in Dublin and if his Department intends to continue funding these units as permanent facilities post Covid. [16447/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

339. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of inspections carried out by the Dublin Region Housing Executive in 2021 as part of the National Quality Standards Framework; if private emergency accommodation providers have been brought under the Standards Framework and if they have been included in any inspections to date. [16448/22]

Education Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

404. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the process by which children can opt out of religion classes in school; and if the process differs between school levels or settings. [15944/22]

Departmental Reports

Eoin Ó Broin

735. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the as yet unpublished follow up report on mortality in single homeless population that was to be funded by his Department and the HSE as a follow up study to the Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020. [16445/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

736. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the future plans for the medically supervised shielding units created as part of the HSE and Dublin Region Housing Executive Covid-19 response in Dublin and if his Department intends to continue funding these units as permanent facilities post Covid. [16446/22]

Assisted Animal Reproduction

Eoin Ó Broin

857. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of surgical artificial inseminations carried out on greyhounds between 2019 and 2021; and the number of those inseminations that were carried out with sperm straws collected from now deceased stud dogs. [15919/22]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

858. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce regulation and a database of stud dogs. [15920/22]

United Nations

Eoin Ó Broin

882. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on Ireland's support, including financial, to the United Nations Committee on World Food Security; and if he envisages a strengthening of Ireland's support, including financial, to the committee as the foremost inclusive, international and intergovernmental platform on agriculture. [16316/22]

United Nations

Eoin Ó Broin

883. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that Ireland has supported the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation-led initiative on the Scaling Up Agroecology Initiative launched in 2018. [16317/22]

United Nations

Eoin Ó Broin

884. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that his Department is following up Ireland's commitment to food systems leadership internationally, that is, the Food Vision 2030 strategy; and his views on the actions Ireland has taken in support of participating fully in the coalition for the transformation of food systems through agroecology which Ireland joined in September 2021. [16318/22]

United Nations

Eoin Ó Broin

885. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to redirect budgets and investments towards the sustainable and innovative approaches recommended in the CFS policy recommendations on agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition which Ireland endorsed in 2021. [16319/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

208. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the Covid-19 safety protocols that are still in place to protect people with disabilities; if he plans to introduce measures specifically to ensure the safety of people with disabilities; and if his Department will consider contributing to the additional expenses incurred by people with disabilities for protective measures throughout the pandemic. [15429/22]

Departmental Budgets

Eoin Ó Broin

131. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown for the current and capital budget allocations for each subhead of the Revised Estimates for 2022. [14218/22]

Departmental Budgets

Eoin Ó Broin

132. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown for the current and capital budget allocations for each subhead of the revised estimates for 2021. [14219/22]

Departmental Budgets

Eoin Ó Broin

133. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown for the budget allocations for the subheads B4 and B11 of the Supplementary Estimate for 2022. [14220/22]

EU Directives

Eoin Ó Broin

137. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a comprehensive statement on the European Commission enforcement case (2012) 4028 regarding Ireland's alleged failure to transpose and apply the access to justice provisions of Directives 2010/75/EU and 2011/92/EU including a summary of the grounds of the complaint and the Government's response to the complaint. [14361/22]

Departmental Budgets

Eoin Ó Broin

145. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the carryover of €57.9 million from 2021; the details of the programmes from which it came in tabular form; the details of the programmes it was proposed to be allocated prior to approval of the supplementary estimate in tabular form; and the details of the way it is now proposed to be allocated subsequent to the approval of the supplementary estimate in tabular form. [14639/22]

Departmental Budgets

Eoin Ó Broin

146. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the carryover of €37.75 million from 2020; the details of the programmes from which it came in tabular form; the details of the way it was proposed to be allocated in 2021, in tabular form. [14640/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

147. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the number of homeowners on the warmer homes scheme waiting list; and the average time from application to completion for homes in Q1. [14641/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

244. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the details of all loans approved and drawn down and projects funded in tabular form; the number of units in each project; and the average cost to purchase or rent one of these units funded through Home Building Finance Ireland. [14358/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

245. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline all investments by the NTMA-ISIF for each of the five years 2018 to 2022 in residential development; the breakdown of the location and number of units in each that are funded; and the average price to rent or buy the units provided in each local authority area. [14359/22]

Banking Sector

Eoin Ó Broin

246. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the status of his Department's engagement with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to the status of bank debt versus State debt in the affordable housing scheme; and the implications for the taxpayer if the banks demand that their debt takes priority over the State equity share in cases of default by the home buyer. [14364/22]

Ukraine War

Eoin Ó Broin

247. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if he has raised the issue of IMF debt cancellation for Ukraine as part of the international assistance to Ukraine. [14365/22]

Rental Sector

Eoin Ó Broin

307. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is legislation in relation to the prohibiting the practice of landlords requesting and then withholding a refund of holding deposits in the private rented sector; and if not, if he will consider introducing legislation to ban this practice. [13814/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Eoin Ó Broin

313. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the review by the National Parks and Wildlife Service will be published. and if he will report on his work on this matter. [13951/22]

Building Regulations

Eoin Ó Broin

329. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to amend the Building Regulations Part B (Fire Safety) to allow for cross-laminated buildings to go higher than 10 metres in order to deliver high quality mid-rise high-density zero carbon apartment developments. [14343/22]

Ukraine War

Eoin Ó Broin

332. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Ukrainian nationals fleeing the war into Ireland will be able to apply for social housing support and to access HAP during their stay in Ireland. [14352/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

333. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of social housing leased properties held by the National Asset Residential Property Services ; the breakdown of the location of the units by local authority area; the amount paid to date from for these long-term leases; the length of time remaining and the expected cost remaining on these leases; the date upon which these properties will be transferred to the LDA; the reason the LDA has been chosen to manage these units; and any other update on NARPS that may be available. [14357/22]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

334. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the mid-term review of the Traveller accommodation programmes is to commence; the guidance that has been issued to local authorities with respect to this review; and if he will publish all documentation received by his Department regarding this review to ensure full transparency with respect to the implementation of the Traveller accommodation programmes. [14362/22]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

335. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of his Department's engagement with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to the status of bank debt versus State debt in the affordable housing fund and the shared equity loan; and the implications for the taxpayer if the banks demand that their debt takes priority over the State equity share in cases of default by the home buyer. [14363/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

336. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if cash purchases or lump sum purchases above a 10% deposit are permissible under the local authority tenant purchase scheme. [14367/22]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

360. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to review the house price limits for local authority mortgages in view of the rising cost of new homes. [15109/22]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

484. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the number of special classes that are situated in schools in Rathcoole, County Dublin; and the action her Department is taking to increase the number of special classes to meet demand in the area. [14126/22]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

485. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to introduce a special class in a school (details supplied). [14127/22]

Social Welfare Code

Eoin Ó Broin

610. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that children with disabilities are not eligible for the free travel scheme; and if she will consider extending the scheme to include those under 16 years of age. [14401/22]

International Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

663. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Syrian and Afghan citizens who have been granted leave to remain in Ireland under the recently established programme refugee scheme and family reunification scheme. [14026/22]