Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

226. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any analysis has been undertaken, including investigation of potential environmental damage or if any corrective actions have taken place in relation to windfarm sites at Derrybrein, Keeper Hill or Meenbog. [38179/22]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

227. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has a forum through which concerned citizens and non-Governmental organisations can be briefed and raise concerns or make submissions directly to his Department in relation to potential environmental damage as a consequence of planning and development decisions. [38180/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

235. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will set out his social and affordable housing targets for each year from 2022 to 2026, in tabular form; the breakdown for each year by social housing new build, social housing acquisition, cost rental equity loan, Affordable Housing Fund purchase, Land Development Agency cost rental and Land Development Agency affordable purchase. [38322/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

236. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities make a percentage contribution to all social housing delivery streams including SHIP construction, turnkey construction and acquisitions; and if so, the percentage amount for each delivery stream. [38323/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

237. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of new build social homes and acquisitions delivered in Q1 2022 broken down by local authority in tabular form; and if he will provide a separate table with the information broken down by delivery stream including SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, SHIP Part V, CAS construction, CAS turnkey, CAS Part V, CALF construction, CALF turnkey, CALF Part V, Regeneration and PPP; if he will clarify whether any of the Part Vs are long terms leases or if such leases are counted separately; and if so, the number of such leases that were delivered in Q1 2022. [38324/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

238. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of long-term leases delivered in Q1 2022 broken down by local authority area and providing an average annual lease cost per local authority in tabular form. [38325/22]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

239. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action that he and his Department have taken in the past two years to address the issue of quarries producing defective material or block manufacturers producing defective blocks; the engagements he or his Department have had with the National Building Control Office and local building control authorities; the level of inspections, enforcements and prosecutions he is aware of in each local authority area; and the number of block manufacturers and quarries that have been shut down in the past two years arising from such enforcement action and or prosecution. [38326/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

244. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total Government expenditure allocated for the first home shared equity scheme for 2022; the number of home purchases that the Government expects this total funding to facilitate in 2022; and the funding that has been approved for the scheme from the Government in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. [38447/22]

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

406. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when legislation that will enable the Health Information and Quality Authority to undertake inspections of direct provision centres will be before the Houses of the Oireachtas; if the Reception Conditions Directive 2013/33/EU is being considered in the process; if all direct provision centres will be covered under the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38483/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

374. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is possible to purchase properties under the incremental tenant purchase scheme with cash lump sums rather than with mortgage finance. [36977/22]

Medical Cards

Eoin Ó Broin

1008. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if it is correct that a general practitioner continues to charge a person who is in possession of a medical card for an appointment fee of €50.00 per visit. [37879/22]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

74. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the other supports, if any, that are available to assist with rental payments in order for a family to avoid homelessness in the instance that the family is removed from the social housing waiting list as a result of the income threshold being met and that the family is in receipt of only a payment from the Department of Social Protection. [36504/22]

Visa Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

174. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the process by which a person (details supplied) can obtain a re-entry visa in order to be able to travel freely with their family. [36315/22]

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

176. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the current rate of VAT on construction for Government-funded social and affordable housing schemes; and if there are any legal impediments to reducing or zero-rating VAT on such schemes. [35787/22]

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

177. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the current rate of VAT on construction for refurbishment of vacant properties; and if there are any legal impediments to lowering this rate of VAT for refurbishment of vacant properties when such refurbishments meet other Government policy objectives, including those set out in the climate action plan's town centre first policy. [35788/22]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Eoin Ó Broin

214. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the establishment of the maritime area regulatory authority; and when he hopes it will be established. [35424/22]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

219. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities have received any advice or guidance from his Department in recent years on the length of time a person should be living in a local authority area to meet the eligibility conditions for social housing support; the details of this advice; and the basis of the five-year rule in many allocation schemes. [35476/22]

State Pensions

Eoin Ó Broin

397. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans, if any, that her Department has to ensure people in receipt of only a State pension as income are protected from the increasing cost of living. [35538/22]

Naturalisation Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

497. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the current timeline in relation to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service for the processing of applications in respect of minors; and the number of minor applications that are pending at this time. [35279/22]

Naturalisation Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

498. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the action, if any, that has been taken by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service to improve the application process; and if any action has been taken in recent months to address the delays in processing as a result of Covid-19. [35280/22]

Health Services Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

805. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been further drawn to staff shortages in the public health nursing service in Dublin West; if his attention has been drawn to persons receiving correspondence from the HSE advising that the PHN service cannot deliver child health services for developmental assessments at 3 months, 9-11 months, 21-24 months and 46-48 months; and the action that his Department is taking to ensure that staff shortages are addressed in order that these services can be provided. [36014/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

153. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of affordable purchase homes that have been delivered to date; the local authority areas in which they have been delivered; the sales price of the properties and the income limit for eligible purchasers for each size and type of home in tabular form. [35135/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

154. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of affordable cost rental homes that have been delivered to date; the local authority areas in which they have been delivered; and the rents being charged by each size and type of home in tabular form. [35136/22]

Tobacco Control Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

295. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if his Department has plans to regulate the e-cigarette market. [35133/22]

Tobacco Control Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

296. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the commitments made in the programme for Government related to e-cigarettes, including the proposed ban on the sale of these products to persons under 18 years of age; and the proposed licensing system for the retail sale of nicotine inhaling products. [35134/22]

International Relations

Eoin Ó Broin

386. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a French military exercise is taking place off the south-west coast of Ireland during the end of June and early July 2022; if notification of the exercise was provided to his Department; and if there are concerns about the impact on marine biodiversity as a result of the exercise. [33781/22]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

595. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the education supports and school place options that are available for a child (details supplied) who is currently unable to access a school place appropriate to their special needs. [33635/22]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

1. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional measures he is taking to address the alarming increase in homelessness in recent months. [33472/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

3. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the delivery of affordable housing in areas (details supplied). [33473/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

5. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the delay in the sale of affordable housing in Cork city and south County Dublin.
[33474/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

6. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the review of the social housing income thresholds; and if he will indicate whether he intends to raise the thresholds. [33082/22]

Regional Development

Eoin Ó Broin

66. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans with respect to funding and support for the four Limerick regeneration areas post the end of the current projects in 2024. [33085/22]

Ukraine War

Eoin Ó Broin

68. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details the work of his Department with respect to the refurbishment of large vacant buildings to provide emergency accommodation of Ukrainian refugees. [33084/22]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

75. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans with respect to the Mulcahy Report into planning matters in County Donegal; if he intends to take action on the matter; and if he intends to publish the report. [33083/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

80. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will detail his engagement with the banks on the issue of mortgage provision for households purchasing local authority affordable homes; and if his attention has been drawn to pillar banks refusing mortgages to potential buyers on the grounds that the property is funded via the Affordable Housing Fund. [33086/22]

Vacant Properties

Eoin Ó Broin

223. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the proposed scheme that will support first-time buyers to repair derelict properties; and if he will provide a timeframe for the opening of the scheme. [33378/22]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

165. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the steps that he has taken to date on ensuring a contribution from relevant industries to the funding for dealing with defective block and or future defective building remediation; if he will provide a list of all meetings to date; the dates when these meetings occurred; if he will provide a report from the meetings; and the plans on the issue of industry contributions at this time. [32021/22]

Rental Sector

Eoin Ó Broin

255. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the delivery of affordable cost rental at a location (details supplied); the level of affordable housing fund allocated; and the estimated cost of the cost rental homes. [32018/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

256. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the delivery of affordable homes on the glass bottle factory site in the Poolbeg SDZ; if he will provide a list of meetings held by him in the past six months with stakeholders; the name of the stakeholders; and the details of progress on the delivery of affordable purchase or affordable cost rental homes on the site. [32019/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

257. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of social housing delivery to date; the number of schemes and units that have been delivered as part of the new build and acquisitions by each local authority and including approved housing body activity to the most recent date for which data is available. [32020/22]

Adoption Services

Eoin Ó Broin

639. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) who started their adoption tracing process in September 2020 is yet to be assigned a social worker. [32576/22]

Labour Court

Eoin Ó Broin

1. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the annual cost of the operation of the Labour Court in both capital and current expenditure for each year since its establishment; the current number of employees of the Court including judges; and the grades of these staff. [31176/22]

Insurance Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

19. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to recent increases in holiday travel insurance charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31142/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

34. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the income limits under the Affordable Housing Fund scheme for homes with a market value of €200,000, €250,000, €280,000, €300,000, €320,000, €350,000, €380,000, €400,000, €420,000 and €440,000, in tabular form. [31138/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

35. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of new build social housing units delivered in 2021 and if he can provide a reason for the different figures presented in the Q4 social housing pipeline report and subsequent parliamentary questions answered by his Department. [31139/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

36. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the changes to the incremental tenant purchase scheme announced earlier this year have taken effect; if applicants can now apply under the new rules; if the revisions to the scheme are not yet in place, when they will be in place and the instrument that is required for the new rules to apply such as circular, ministerial order and so on. [31140/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

37. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on Project Tosaigh; the procedures in place to ensure that any project availing of the scheme will be additional to supplies already in train and that adequate safeguards will be in place to prevent the Land Development Agency from using the projects funding to bid for and purchase apartment developments already underway and subject to forward purchase agreement from approved housing bodies, local authorities or other entities. [31141/22]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

38. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of funding provided by his Department to each local authority to date in 2022 under the Traveller Accommodation Programme and to provide a further breakdown by local authority of the funding that is to be used for new Traveller accommodation, refurbishment of existing accommodation, caravan loans, site improvement and so on. [31144/22]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

159. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of adults and children that have received their leave to remain but continue to reside in direct provision and the number of the persons in this situation for 1 year or less, between 1 and 2 and more than 2 years. [31143/22]

Rail Network

Eoin Ó Broin

313. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the refurbishment works recently carried out at Kishogue train station County Dublin; if his Department intend to make funding available for the refurbishment of the station; and when the station will be open and functioning. [30437/22]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

470. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage the average unit cost for social homes delivered through turnkey developments in the past 12 months. [28972/22]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

471. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage the average unit cost for social homes delivered through the acquisitions programme in the past 12 months. [28973/22]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

472. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage the average unit cost for affordable homes delivered through the Cost Rental Equity Loan programme in the past 12 months. [28974/22]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

473. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage the average unit cost for affordable homes delivered through the Affordable Housing Fund in the past 12 months. [28975/22]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

474. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average unit cost for Traveller accommodation delivered through the Traveller Accommodation Programme. [28976/22]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

475. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure to date on the pyrite remediation scheme and the defective block remediation scheme; and the expenditure expected by the end of 2022. [28977/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

476. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure to date on social housing flat complex regeneration; and the expenditure expected by the end of 2022. [28978/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

477. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure to date on local authority housing maintenance; and the expenditure expected by the end of 2022. [28979/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

478. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure to date on the social housing retrofit programme; and the expenditure expected by the end of 2022 [28980/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

536. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the date on which the new housing assistance payment rate for single persons will take effect; and if the change requires legislation, regulations or a Ministerial order. [30592/22]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

1040. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); and the timelines for planning, tender, commencement and completion. [30471/22]

School Admissions

Eoin Ó Broin

1059. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the total number of first-year secondary school places available in schools across Lucan, County Dublin; if her attention has been drawn to the large waiting lists for first-year placements in the area; and if her Department has plans to increase resources for existing schools to ensure increased placements for children in the locality. [30851/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Eoin Ó Broin

1165. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total funding allocated to domestic violence refuge services in 2022; and the expenditure under this subheading to date. [28981/22]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

1362. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners who were released from prison to emergency homeless accommodation or no pre-arranged accommodation in each month in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30593/22]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

1363. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners who were categorised as homeless committed on remand and under sentence in each month in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30594/22]

Probate Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

1368. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice if there is a reason for the current delays in processing and granting applications of probate at the Dublin Probate Office (details supplied); and if any steps can be taken to expedite the process. [30777/22]

Disability Services

Eoin Ó Broin

1378. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in the Progressing Disability Services for Children and Youth Programme in Dublin 22; and the number of children who have accessed this service in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [29593/22]

Health Services

Eoin Ó Broin

1482. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a significant gap in public health nurse services in an area (details supplied); the action that is being taken to ensure that services are provided right across the locality; and if he will provide guidance in relation to obtaining appointments in locations in which the service is not in place. [29375/22]

Nursing Homes

Eoin Ó Broin

1801. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the extreme increases in energy costs faced by nursing home service providers; if there are plans to increase funding in order for services to cover increased costs; and if not, if consideration will be given to providing assistance to ensure that these services remain functional. [30388/22]

Health Services Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

1871. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if community swabbers who worked in Covid-19 testing centres from January 2021 onwards have been excluded from receiving the pandemic bonus payment; and if so, the reason for same. [30600/22]

Climate Action Plan

Eoin Ó Broin

63. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason the long-term Climate Action Strategy which was to be completed in quarter one 2022 as set out in the Annex of Actions of the Climate Action Plan 2021, has not been completed. [28240/22]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Eoin Ó Broin

163. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection if information will be provided regarding the process by which a person (details supplied) can obtain a PPS number.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28443/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

73. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the heat loss indicator study; the timeline for its completion; if there are any preliminary results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27445/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

74. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated potential cost savings for the retrofit schemes of a heat loss indicator result of between 2.3 and 2.6 that enabled the installation of a heat pump with fewer energy efficiency upgrades. [27446/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

75. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of a retrofit to a building energy rating of B2 which does not involve a heat pump. [27447/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

76. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the emissions saved in each retrofit scheme from the homes that were retrofitted to BER B2 standard in each of the years from 2019 to date in tabular form. [27448/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

77. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of charities or not-for-profit run facilities that were beneficiaries in the community energy grant in each of the years 2019-2021 and to date in 2022; the average cost of retrofitting them; and the average depth of retrofit and the average emissions savings in tabular form. [27449/22]

Tax Data

Eoin Ó Broin

162. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue yield from an increase in the zoned land tax from three percent to seven percent in a full year. [27983/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

220. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department engaged with the European Commission on whether the Croí Cónaithe Cities scheme was compliant with European Union-state aid rules; and the conditions, if any, that the European Commission imposed on the scheme to ensure compliance. [27292/22]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

221. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions he intends to take given the findings of the Mulcahy Report into allegations of planning irregularities in County Donegal. [27293/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

224. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authorities that record domestic violence as distinct from relationship breakdown as a category of eligibility for emergency accommodation by county; and the number of recorded applications for each county in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [27326/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

225. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the plan by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive to add domestic violence as a distinct category to its Pathway Accommodation and Support System; and the undertaking that he can give in relation to its adoption by other local authorities and housing bodies. [27327/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

235. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of retrofitting local authority social homes to a building energy rating B2 or cost optimal equivalent in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [27436/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

236. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority social homes that have been retrofitted to a building energy rating B2 or cost optimal equivalent by local authority in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [27437/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

237. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority social homes that have been retrofitted with an air source heat pump by local authority in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [27438/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

238. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of retrofitting local authority social homes with an air source heat pump, by local authority in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [27439/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

239. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the building energy ratings achieved by homes retrofitted through the Midlands Retrofit Programme in 2021 and 2022; and the reason for the underspend in addition to the Covid-19 pandemic. [27440/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

240. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority social homes that have been retrofitted to a building energy rating B2 or cost optimal equivalent through the Midlands Retrofit Programme, by local authority in tabular form. [27441/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

241. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes, broken down by BER rating, prior to their retrofitting under the Midlands Retrofit Programme in 2021 and 2022, by local authority; the number of homes, broken down by BER rating, after their retrofitting under the Midlands Retrofit Programme in 2021 and 2022, by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27442/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

242. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 684 of 26 April 2022, the definition of deep retrofit and shallow retrofit as referenced in the document linked in the response; the average works completed under both shallow and deep retrofits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27443/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

243. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated carbon emissions savings from the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme, annually from 2013 to date in tabular form. [27444/22]

Derelict Sites

Eoin Ó Broin

265. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated revenue yield from an increase in the derelict site levy to 20 percent in a full year. [27984/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

269. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost to the Exchequer of a social home delivered through the buy-and-renew-scheme in the past 12 months. [28105/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

270. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost to the Exchequer of a social home delivered through the acquisitions programme in the past 12 months and in 2019 and 2020. [28106/22]

Further and Higher Education

Eoin Ó Broin

530. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will clarify the eligibility criteria for a course (details supplied) where the provider is stating one eligibility criteria while Solan is stating a different criteria. [27287/22]

Education Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

269. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if the reconfiguration pilot scheme for primary schools has commenced; if an area (details supplied) was included in the pilot scheme; if it is possible for communities to request reconfiguration of schools in their area; and if the public will have any role in consultation in relation to reconfiguration. [27105/22]

State Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

49. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that all allegations of conflicts of interest, allegations of inappropriate decisions and behaviour and allegations of inappropriate relationships with planning or potential planning applicants by members of An Bord Pleanála are included in a report by a person (details supplied) commissioned on these matters by him. [26868/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

50. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the details of funded housing programmes including social housing, affordable purchase housing, cost rental housing, private sector activation schemes broken down by scheme, funding allocation, funding drawdown, delivery targets and actually delivery in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form. [26869/22]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

117. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if there are 29 ASD classes at primary-level and 1.5 ASD classes at second level in schools in the Dublin mid-west area; and her plans to rectify the discrepancy between the number of placements at primary and secondary level across this area. [26867/22]

Central Statistics Office

Eoin Ó Broin

73. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Taoiseach if the Central Statistics Office considers grants that the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland provides for oil and gas-powered boilers under the retrofit schemes as subsidies for the fossil-fuel industry. [26226/22]