Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

Ukraine War

Eoin Ó Broin

671. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans for providing temporary and permanent accommodation for Ukrainian nationals fleeing into Ireland. [14353/22]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

672. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of all properties which his Department currently has lease arrangements with for the provision of direct provision and any other accommodation for those seeking asylum; and if he will provide a corresponding list of the service providers in each of these properties. [14360/22]

Asylum Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

783. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications received under the Afghan Admissions Programme; the number of these deemed admissible; the number deemed inadmissible; and the number awaiting determination of admissibility. [15020/22]

Disability Services

Eoin Ó Broin

826. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the services that are provided by the HSE to adults diagnosed with autism. [13988/22]

Mental Health Services

Eoin Ó Broin

827. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans to create a follow-on clinic for those ageing out of a service (details supplied); and if so, when the service will commence. [13989/22]

Disability Services

Eoin Ó Broin

857. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the support and services required from the HSE. [14114/22]

Disability Services

Eoin Ó Broin

859. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to ensure the provision of full and timely services to children with disabilities in an area (details supplied). [14118/22]

Disability Services

Eoin Ó Broin

860. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE services providing occupational therapy and speech and language therapy to children in an area (details supplied); the number of children on the waiting list for these therapies in the area; and the action his Department is taking to increase service provision in this area. [14119/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Eoin Ó Broin

945. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery. [14394/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Eoin Ó Broin

946. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are waiting for surgery related to a condition (details supplied); and the general waiting times for this procedure across the State. [14396/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

970. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he plans to review the guidance for special needs schools such as a school (details supplied) to recommend the continued wearing of masks in classrooms given the high level of risk arising from the children’s complex and special needs. [14493/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

1085. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the reason that persons are unable to obtain a Covid-19 recovery certificate based on a positive antigen test unless the test has been obtained and paid for privately. [15018/22]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

219. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the capital cost ceilings for each local authority for the Social Housing Investment Programme, part V, turnkey and acquisitions in tabular form; and if these ceilings have been reviewed recently or are in the process of being reviewed. [13678/22]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

220. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing developments and units currently delayed due to the cost being above the capital cost ceilings in tabular form. [13679/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

221. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing developments and units currently delayed due to issues arising from the application of the availability agreement formulae; if the formulae are being reviewed; and if so, when the review will be concluded. [13680/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

222. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of approved housing body, capital advance leasing facility and capital assistance scheme units delivered in 2021 in each local authority; the average capital advance leasing facility and capital assistance scheme payment in each local authority per unit; the average all-in cost of the social housing units per county for each schemes; and if all figures will be provided with a breakdown between capital advance leasing construction and capital advance leasing facility turnkey in tabular form. [13681/22]

Energy Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

148. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the fact that the Commission for Regulation of Utilities has not carried out a risk assessment or an analysis of Ireland’s financial exposure under the provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty in its regulation of new gas fired power plants [12724/22]

Energy Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

149. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress of the Energy Charter Treaty modernisation process; and if there is no progress on its modernisation his views on the timeframe by which he will pursue exit from the treaty [12725/22]

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

212. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 22 February 2022, if the home renovation incentive will be reinstated and extended to cover works carried out after December 2018 to enable homeowners to reclaim 13.5% VAT. [13127/22]

Wildlife Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

263. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will release the National Parks and Wildlife Service report into the works carried out in the basement of Emo Court in 2019 and 2020 following an inspection by a person (details supplied) in December 2020; and if a commitment will be given to full publication of recommendations made in the report [12726/22]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

265. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent on Traveller accommodation in 2021 by each local authority. [12928/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

109. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his response to the rising levels of homelessness and, in particular, the rising levels of family homelessness caused by an increase in vacant possession notices to quit and the collapse of homeless exits in the past 12 months. [12315/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

111. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way that the cost rental equity loan will deliver affordable cost rental homes in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12316/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

113. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the purchase of 300 new homes, including houses and duplexes by a company (details supplied). [12317/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

119. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the ongoing delays in the development of social and affordable homes at a location (details supplied). [12046/22]

Construction Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

121. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department’s response to a report by an organisation (details supplied). [12050/22]

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

171. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the concerns expressed to his Department by the European Commission on the general scheme of the Housing and Planning and Development Bill 2019. [12047/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

192. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the review of the eligibility thresholds for social housing. [12048/22]

Water Services

Eoin Ó Broin

211. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of developer provided infrastructure that has not yet been taken in charge by Irish Water [12049/22]

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

169. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a list of names of relevant bodies under the Climate Act 2021. [11355/22]

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

170. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to invite councils to prepare Local Authority Climate Action Plans under Section 15 of the Climate Act 2021; when the guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11356/22]

Public Service Obligation

Eoin Ó Broin

171. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the category of Public Service Obligation customers for public lighting that is charged a PSO levy broken down by domestic, small commercial or medium, and high commercial category. [11359/22]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Eoin Ó Broin

213. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport when he and his Department were each first notified of the proposed military exercises by the Russian Federation which were originally proposed to be conducted in Ireland’s exclusive economic zone; the checks that his Department is required to perform to ensure all necessary permits, licenses, consents or permissions have been secured before issuing a marine notice; the considerations that inform the posting of a marine notice; the person or body that requested the posting of marine notice 6 of 2022 by his Department; the date the notice was requested; the authority that requested same; the person or body that authorised the posting of the marine notice by his Department; the information that was provided to support the lawfulness of the activities proposed; the person or body that provided that information; if the information will be provided to both Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11182/22]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Eoin Ó Broin

214. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport when he and or the relevant Minister of State and his Department were each first notified of the proposed military exercises by the Russian Federation which were originally proposed to be conducted in Ireland’s exclusive economic zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11185/22]

Pension Provisions

Eoin Ó Broin

344. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the changes that he made to the tenant incremental purchase scheme include allowing cash purchases, treating State pensions as income for the purposes of an income assessment 50% from earned income rule; and if the revised scheme has rules with respect to occupation [11009/22]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Eoin Ó Broin

348. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the public authority, Minister or Minister of State, who was the responsible competent authority for the conduct of determination in accordance with obligations under article 6(3) of the EU Habitats Directive, and the national regulations thereon, in respect of the proposed military exercises by the Russian Federation, which were originally proposed to be conducted in Ireland's exclusive economic zone given his Department's responsibility for the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations SI. 477 of 2011, as amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11183/22]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Eoin Ó Broin

349. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he and-or the relevant Minister of State and his Department were each first notified of the proposed military exercises by the Russian Federation, which were originally proposed to be conducted in Ireland's exclusive economic zone; the Minister or Minister of State who was responsible for the screening determination under the European Union Habitats Directive (details supplied); if a screening determination was carried out to determine if a full appropriate assessment was required; if not, the reason; if so, the result of the screening determination; if a copy of the screening determination will be made available; if the information on which the determination was based will be made available to both Houses of the Oireachtas; if such European Union law requirements were communicated to the relevant authorities of the Russian Federation; if so, the date; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11184/22]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

359. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the times when he or his predecessors have used their power under the Planning and Development Act 2000 to direct An Bord Pleanála to prioritise classes of applications for determination in which he or his predecessors have identified them as being of special strategic, economic or social importance to the State; the criteria used to determine whether any class of applications so prioritised met that standard; if he has given consideration to the use of these powers to direct the Board to prioritise for determination applications that would support the delivery of the Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11312/22]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

360. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the staffing levels proposed by An Bord Pleanála for its new marine and climate unit within the strategic infrastructure development structure will be sufficient to deal with the number of planning applications expected from offshore renewable energy projects in the coming years; if he will consider working with industry, the environmental sector and other key stakeholders to identify the likely resources demands that An Bord Pleanála will face in successfully and robustly processing these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11313/22]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Eoin Ó Broin

409. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he and-or the relevant Minister of State and his Department were each first notified of the proposed military exercises by the Russian Federation which were originally proposed to be conducted in Ireland’s exclusive economic zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11188/22]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Eoin Ó Broin

441. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Defence when he and-or the relevant Minister of State and his Department were each first notified of the proposed military exercises by the Russian Federation which were originally proposed to be conducted in Ireland’s exclusive economic zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11187/22]

School Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

467. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education when a person (details supplied) will receive their first payment under the school transport grant. [11091/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Eoin Ó Broin

513. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money spent on the heating supplement; the total number of recipients of the heating supplement; the number of recipients aged 65 years or older in each of the years 2008 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11357/22]

Health Services

Eoin Ó Broin

654. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the total number of children waiting for assessments of need, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and psychology support in Dublin west and south west community health network; and the length of time children are on these waiting lists before securing these interventions in tabular form. [11012/22]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Eoin Ó Broin

834. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he and or the relevant Minister of State and his Department were each first notified of the proposed military exercises by the Russian Federation which were originally proposed to be conducted in Ireland’s exclusive economic zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11186/22]

Animal Welfare

Eoin Ó Broin

847. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the plans to bring a proposal to the Houses of the Oireachtas to achieve the effect of Seanad Committee Stage amendments 3 and 32 to the Animal Health and Welfare Bill as mentioned by a person (details supplied) during the debate. [11358/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

265. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of his Department's review of the HAP limits; his plans with respect to these limits; and if he plans to publish his Department's review. [10565/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

266. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the review by the Housing Agency of the social housing income eligibility thresholds; his plans with respect to these limits; and if he plans to publish the review. [10566/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

267. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total social housing output for 2021 broken down by new build, acquisition, leasing, Part V and leasing, by local authority and by funding stream including construction, turnkey, Part V and public private partnership. [10567/22]

EU Directives

Eoin Ó Broin

107. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of 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; and if he will include a report on the origins of the case and the most recent correspondence with the European Commission on the matter [9845/22]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Eoin Ó Broin

159. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will address the proposed extension of the EU emissions trading system to energy and household energy production and its impacts on customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9857/22]

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

271. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the details of any recent EU VAT rule changes that relate to the reuse or renovation of public buildings as part of the EU New Green Deal. [9856/22]

Revenue Commissioners

Eoin Ó Broin

274. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance when employees of the Revenue Commissioners are expected to return to providing customer services via the telephone and in person. [10028/22]

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

275. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if 13.5% VAT can be reclaimed on retrofit costs for homeowners; and if not, the reason. [10030/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

350. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the new rules pertaining to the local authority home loan scheme for those seeking to access the loan that previously owned and lost a family home due to insolvency or bankruptcy; the length of time after insolvency and bankruptcy before they can apply; and if he will provide any other criteria which may apply in such cases. [9251/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

352. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on Project Tosaigh; and if the closing of the judicial review window of challenge is still expected by 31 March 2022. [9269/22]

State Examinations

Eoin Ó Broin

465. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she will act to ensure that a student (details supplied) receives their State examinations certificate of completion of junior certificate for 2020 from their school. [9731/22]

Disability Services

Eoin Ó Broin

715. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric services for adults with ASD in the HSE, broken down by region; and his plans to expand these services. [9252/22]

Dental Services

Eoin Ó Broin

717. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of primary school dental services in areas of mid-west Dublin; the waiting times and availability of dentists visiting primary schools in the area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9259/22]

Dental Services

Eoin Ó Broin

718. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for dental checks for children at six, nine and 12 years of age in the mid-west areas of Dublin in tabular form; if there are delays in children receiving these checks; the steps he is taking to ensure that these children receive checks in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9260/22]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

103. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the unnecessary delay in admitting homeowners with pyrite defective block in County Clare into the defective block remediation scheme; and when these homeowners will be admitted into the scheme. [8490/22]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

104. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the general scheme of the enhanced defective block remediation scheme will be published; and if the enhanced scheme will be open to applications in 2022. [8491/22]

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

105. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will list the outstanding affordable housing regulations; and when they will be published. [8492/22]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

113. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of staff employed in each local authority housing department, by employment type, including architects, engineers, clerical staff, maintenance staff and so on, in tabular form. [8704/22]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

114. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of unfilled vacancies in local authority housing departments, by employment type, in each local authority. [8705/22]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

115. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the requests from all local authorities for additional housing department staff on foot of the announced new positions, by employment type and local authority, in tabular form. [8706/22]

Departmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

187. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Taoiseach if the Central Statistics Office has finalised the indicators for assessing the effectiveness of Government retrofitting schemes to reduce energy poverty. [7895/22]

Departmental Strategies

Eoin Ó Broin

213. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the review of the implementation of the Energy Poverty Strategy 2016-2019 will be published. [7894/22]

Environmental Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

230. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will give consideration to banning per- and poly-fluoroalkylated substances. [8346/22]

Climate Change Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

231. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 17 June 2021, the status of progress made towards the Annual Transition Statement for 2020. [8348/22]

Fuel Poverty

Eoin Ó Broin

232. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the ESRI-led research network on fuel poverty and the work with which it has been tasked; and the timeline for completion [8350/22]

EU Agreements

Eoin Ó Broin

271. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the amount that Ireland paid into the EU unrecycled plastic packaging levy in 2020 and 2021; and if the moneys came from the central budget and not from the packaging producers. [8349/22]

Environmental Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

319. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration given to the per- and poly-fluoroalkylated substances content of single-use food containers in procurement policy. [8347/22]

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

352. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the European Commission has indicated at any time concerns or comments in relation to the general scheme of the Housing and Planning and Development Bill 2019 and on developments on access to justice in Ireland since the publication of the scheme in 2019; if so, the detail of such concerns; if he will provide a copy of such correspondence from the European Commission and the responses furnished by the Irish authorities on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7699/22]

Departmental Functions

Eoin Ó Broin

356. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all functions which fall within the responsibility of his Department and a list of all of functions delegated to the two Ministers of State within his Department. [7707/22]

Passport Services

Eoin Ó Broin

404. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 8 February 2022, if he will provide further clarification on the passport application of a person (details supplied). [8073/22]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

475. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of new school buildings for a school (details supplied) and destined to move into new premises located on the grounds of a school; and the timeline for commencement and completion of the new building and an expected date for when the school can commence teaching in its new building. [8360/22]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

479. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if it will be delivered with urgency given the demand for school placements in the area. [8413/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Eoin Ó Broin

493. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of rent supplement payments being made at present. [7627/22]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

952. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the €500,000 debt at a racetrack (details supplied) was cleared by Greyhound Racing Ireland; and the terms and conditions for clearing this debt. [7892/22]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

953. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider banning the surgical artificial insemination of greyhounds and other canines due to the growing body of veterinarian medical evidence regarding animal welfare issues from surgical artificial insemination of canines and in view that Britain has outlawed the practise. [7893/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

282. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of social housing projects currently in his Department’s four stage approval process; and the average length of time these projects have been in that process by local authority. [7247/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

283. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average all-in development cost of Social Housing Investment Programme social homes delivered in 2021; the average all-in cost of turnkey social homes delivered in 2021; and the average all-in cost of Part V social homes delivered in 2021; and the average all-in cost of acquired social homes delivered in 2021, by local authority in tabular form. [7248/22]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

284. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will revise circular 02-2022 on social housing acquisitions to allow local authorities to purchase second-hand properties in which such properties have HAP and RAS tenants in situ and the landlord is selling the property and has issued a vacant possession notice to quit thus placing the tenant at risk of homelessness. [7250/22]

Departmental Contracts

Eoin Ó Broin

151. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Taoiseach the status of the tender issued for the provision of data strategy services for the Government's housing plan; the number of applications that were received; the names of the organisations that applied; and when he expects the contract to be awarded. [6336/22]

Energy Conservation

Eoin Ó Broin

189. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of plans to roll-out the SEAI LEAF programme for sustainable energy communities. [5943/22]

Antisocial Behaviour

Eoin Ó Broin

321. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the antisocial provisions of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 with a view to ensuring that local authorities have sufficient powers to deal with cases of extreme antisocial behaviour. [6335/22]

Defence Forces

Eoin Ó Broin

324. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the feasibility study currently being undertaken on the future use of Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin; when this study will be published; and the engagement his Department has had with the Land Development Agency and the Department of Defence on this issue. [6428/22]

Tax Reliefs

Eoin Ó Broin

325. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if pension tax relief is disregarded for the purposes of calculating differential rent for social housing tenants. [6475/22]

Passport Services

Eoin Ó Broin

380. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application in respect of a person (details supplied). [6427/22]

Defence Forces

Eoin Ó Broin

395. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on his Department’s input to the feasibility study currently being undertaken on the future use of Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin; when this study will be published; and the engagement his Department has had with the Land Development Agency and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on this issue. [6429/22]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

480. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 14 December 2021, the breakdown of the 1,640 persons by the number of adults and children, respectively. [5859/22]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

488. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 14 December 2021, the length of time the 1,640 persons have spent in direct provision in periods of less than six, six to 12, 12 to 24 and over 24 months, respectively. [6337/22]

An Garda Síochána

Eoin Ó Broin

544. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the number of full-time equivalent gardaí currently stationed at Rathcoole Garda station, County Dublin. [5837/22]

General Practitioner Services

Eoin Ó Broin

712. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the action his Department plans to take to ensure an increase in the number of general practitioners practising in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6316/22]

General Practitioner Services

Eoin Ó Broin

713. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the current number of general practitioners practising in an area (details supplied). [6317/22]