Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

792. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the recently purchased greyhound utility vehicles are available for use at official and unofficial trials; and if they will be available at all racetracks. [61836/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

793. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of death certificates submitted to the welfare department of Rásaíocht Con Éireann since the new code of practice for the care and welfare of greyhounds came into force. [61837/21]

Animal Breeding

Eoin Ó Broin

794. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of veterinary certificates that have been lodged with an organisation (details supplied) in 2020 to allow for a greyhound bitch to have a seventh and-or eighth litter; and if a list of said greyhound bitches will be provided. [61838/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

795. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the detail of the regulatory changes that took effect in February 2021 regarding the manner in which novice greyhounds are seeded. [61839/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

796. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if information on the traceability system RCÉTS is publicly accessible; if not, the reason; and the number of owners and keepers who have failed to update the status of their greyhound on the RCÉTS since January 2021. [61840/21]

Control of Dogs

Eoin Ó Broin

797. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the microchip database of an organisation (details supplied) records the unique identifying code of the person who implants the microchip and registers the dog; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the recent seizure of 33 dogs by An Garda Síochána and another organisation were registered on the pet sellers list as billionaire bully and online adverts listed by the pet seller indicates that the dogs were registered with the first organisation; and if a commitment will be given to investigate if the dogs were in fact legally registered. [61841/21]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

221. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of the 200 new staff posts for council housing departments announced on 3 December 2021 that are to fill existing vacancies following retirements or illness; and the number that are additional posts above the current level of staffing in the relevant housing departments. [60996/21]

Passport Services

Eoin Ó Broin

228. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and when the passport will be issued. [61076/21]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

90. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of direct provision centres that have invoiced his Department for the purchase of period products since March 2021; and if free period products are readily available at all direct provision centres. [60604/21]

Legislative Process

Eoin Ó Broin

135. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when the Free Provision of Period Products Bill 2021 will progress to committee stage. [60605/21]

Budget 2022

Eoin Ó Broin

136. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms and timelines that have been agreed for the budgetary allocation announced in Budget 2022 for the provision of period products; if public sector organisations that are ready to roll-out the provision of free period products will be able to draw down this funding. [60606/21]

Construction Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

244. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action his Department can take in cases in which local authorities fail to protect the health of residents living adjacent to large construction sites in which such sites are clearly in breach of planning conditions leading to unacceptable levels of noise, vibration and dust. [60014/21]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

253. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the construction defects working group; when he expects to receive the report of the group; and when he expects to put in place a redress scheme for homeowners with fire safety and other structural defects. [60292/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

676. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new range of activities Greyhound Racing Ireland is planning to cover as part of its’ new serious injury scheme due to be introduced in early 2022. [60465/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

677. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new greyhound traceability system which is a basic operational requirement will not be funded from the mandatory 10% ringfenced for animal welfare. [60466/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

678. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that according to Greyhound Racing Ireland the contribution to the greyhound welfare and to an organisation (details supplied) in 2020 was €1,191,547 which amounts to 8.56% of expenditure and not the mandatory 10% that should be ringfenced for welfare; if he will request that the shortfall is made up in Greyhound Racing Ireland’s 2021 expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60467/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

679. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a full breakdown will be provided of all injuries and fatalities sustained by greyhounds at race events since 2019, in tabular form; the person or body that collects that data at race events (details supplied). [60468/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

680. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request that a veterinarian be present at all official and unofficial trials to ensure that injured greyhounds are treated without delay and that all injuries and or fatalities can be recorded for public record. [60469/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

681. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the information that is collected at unofficial trials by the staff of an organisation (details supplied). [60470/21]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

229. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which the housing needs demands assessment is being used to determine the level of need for affordable housing in each local authority area in tabular form; and the affordability challenge for each local authority area as determined by the HNDA tool. [58423/21]

Departmental Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

230. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total staff number in his Department in each year from 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by housing, local government and heritage in tabular form; and if he will provide a further breakdown of the housing functions by team. [58424/21]

Public Sector Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

231. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff employed by the Housing Agency in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and the breakdown of staff in terms of function in tabular form. [58425/21]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

232. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of pending staff requests for housing departments in each local authority in tabular form; and the details of the grades of the pending staff requests and the length of time each request is pending. [58426/21]

Credit Unions

Eoin Ó Broin

233. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of efforts to see credit union lending for social and affordable housing. [58427/21]

School Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

299. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the reason for the delay in the provision of the school transport service in relation to a school (details supplied); the steps that are being taken to ensure children in attendance have transport as soon as possible; and if she will provide a clear timeframe as to when transport will commence for the children. [58259/21]

School Facilities

Eoin Ó Broin

300. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a clear timeline for the provision of an adequately resourced sensory room at a school (details supplied). [58260/21]

School Facilities

Eoin Ó Broin

301. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a clear timeline for the provision of an adequately resourced outdoor play area at a school (details supplied). [58261/21]

School Enrolments

Eoin Ó Broin

368. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the lack of secondary school places available to cater to the youth population living in the Lucan area; and the steps her Department plans to take to ensure that capacity is increased as soon as possible. [59119/21]

Hospital Charges

Eoin Ó Broin

529. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health his views that student nurses have to pay car parking fees of €75 per week while on placement in hospitals; and if he will confirm that he will work with the Minister for Further and Higher Education; Research; Innovation and Science to put in place a waiver for student nurses from paying hospital car parking fees when on placement in hospitals. [58395/21]

Hospital Services

Eoin Ó Broin

728. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the Rotunda Hospital is now allowing fathers to attend the birth of their children in the maternity hospital; and if not, the steps he is taking to have this matter resolved. [59086/21]

Departmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

237. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the new housing and assistance payments and rental accommodation scheme targets in each of the years 2022 to 2026. [58143/21]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

74. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the implementation of each of the 101 recommendations of the 2016 Report Organisational Review of An Bord Pleanála in tabular form. [57726/21]

Building Regulations

Eoin Ó Broin

77. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is currently reviewing the build-to-rent guidelines; if so, the stage this review is at; the person or body conducting the review; and the terms of reference of same. [57805/21]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

112. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the services that are provided to children at a school (details supplied); and the facilities that are in place for the children in attendance. [57941/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

235. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the injuries at track scheme for greyhound racing only covers injuries sustained at official trials and not unofficial trials; and if the scheme is only open for race-ending injuries. [57798/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

236. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for the greyhound injuries at track scheme made since the scheme commenced; and the amount paid out under the scheme. [57799/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

237. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual breakdown of the number of greyhounds that have received money from the greyhound injuries at track scheme. [57800/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

238. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the data collected by the control stewards and racing managers at official greyhound trials; if that data will be extended to the collection of injuries sustained at official trials; and if there are control stewards or racing managers present at unofficial greyhound trials. [57801/21]

Greyhound Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

239. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if greyhound owners are charged a fee for use of the stadium at official trials and unofficial trials; and if so, if that fee is paid to Greyhound Racing Ireland or to the stadium. [57802/21]

Climate Change Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

192. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the sector under which emissions from the Defence Forces are accounted for under the carbon budgets and sectoral emissions ceilings; and if the Defence Forces emissions are accounted for when reporting emissions to the European Union and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. [57075/21]

Departmental Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

246. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the number of loan approvals by Home Building Finance Ireland in 2020 and 2021, with details on each approval including applicant, number of units, type of scheme, build to rent and so on; and the amount drawn down on each approval to date. [57246/21]

Building Regulations

Eoin Ó Broin

280. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 2 November 2021, if the working group in his Department that is currently examining the provision for a changing places toilet in certain buildings will also examine the Building Regulations (Part M Amendment) Regulations 2010 in terms of dwellings with a view to ensuring the provision of not just wheelchair accessible but wheelchair liveable dwellings. [57187/21]

Fire Safety

Eoin Ó Broin

283. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to improve the fire safety standards in apartments as part of the Programme for Government commitment to improve building control standards; and the plans he has to ensure that apartments built under earlier fire safety standards from the 1980s and 1990s will be brought into full compliance with more recent standards. [57240/21]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

284. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if arising from the Governments new Housing for All plan there will be a significant increase in demand for turnkey developments to deliver social and affordable housing that in addition to local authorities and approved housing bodies seeking to acquire turnkey developments from the private sector to meet social housing needs there will also be demand for turnkey developments from approved housing bodies via the Cost Rental Equity Loan, from the Land Development Agency via Project Tosaigh and via the Housing Agency via Croi Connaithe; his views on whether this increased demand for turnkey developments will drive up costs; and the number of turnkey units he expects to be purchased from private developers across each of these schemes in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. [57244/21]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

285. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan applications, approvals and drawdowns in each month from January 2020 to October 2021;and the total value of the applications, approvals and drawdowns by local authority area and with an average approval and drawdown figure for each local authority in tabular form. [57245/21]

Brexit Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

318. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to issues faced by persons (details supplied) planning to enter Ireland via Belfast or Derry given the UK passenger locator form that does not allow for further travel; and if he will work to ensure the matter is addressed. [57252/21]

Defence Forces

Eoin Ó Broin

329. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Defence the targets the Defence Forces have for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and 2050. [57076/21]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

183. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of long-term leases approved to date in 2021 by local authority area including an average cost per unit for each local authority area; the number of leased properties in each local authority area that have a single owner; and the number of leased properties that are in multi-unit developments owned by a single individual or corporate entity or portfolios of properties owned by a single owner or corporate entity in tabular form. [56659/21]

National Asset Management Agency

Eoin Ó Broin

226. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the volume of development land in hectares currently held by NAMA or for which NAMA has an interest in tabular form; the amount of the land that has active planning permission; the number of residential units that are included as part of the planning permissions; and the number of these residential units that are currently commenced and under construction. [56075/21]

National Parks

Eoin Ó Broin

233. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the works carried out at Emo Court from 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will provide details of the derogation licenses associated with the works. [55705/21]

Appointments to State Boards

Eoin Ó Broin

258. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a protocol in place governing Ministerial appointments to public bodies; if so, the details of the protocol; and if there are sanctions for Ministers who do not adhere to this protocol. [56165/21]

National Parks

Eoin Ó Broin

281. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all licences granted by the NPWS to the OPW to carry out works on Emo Court and the dates the licences were granted. [55706/21]

Wildlife Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

282. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of the facilities and funding that is currently in place for the treatment and-or rehabilitation of injured wildlife. [55707/21]

Homeless Persons Supports

Eoin Ó Broin

298. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 320 and 321 of 9 November 2021, if the homeless HAP numbers in the third table in the question are active HAP tenancies or set-up HAP tenancies. [56074/21]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

299. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all reports commissioned by his Department or reviewed by his Department on defective buildings in the past five years including the authors of the report and if the reports have been or are due to be published. [56080/21]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

300. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of local authorities that do and do not have biodiversity officers; the local authorities that have funding requests pending for such officers; and the efforts he is making to ensure that all local authorities have such officers as soon as possible. [56148/21]

Naturalisation Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

475. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the length of time it is currently taking for initial assessments of applications to the INIS; and the measures being taken to address the backlog created by level 5 restrictions. [56154/21]

Naturalisation Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

476. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application to the INIS in respect of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect to receive a reference number. [56155/21]

Naturalisation Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

477. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application to the INIS in respect of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect to receive a reference number. [56157/21]

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Eoin Ó Broin

1. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to attend the proposed investor roadshows to attract large institutional investors into the Irish residential market; the number of these roadshows that are planned; the location and when they will take place; and the sort of investors he plans to meet if new incentives are being offered to these funds. [55415/21]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

3. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will initiate a review of An Bord Pleanála in view of the recent High Court decisions against An Bord Pleanála with respect to the docklands strategic development zone to ensure its future decisions are consistent with the principles of good policymaking and democratic planning. [55416/21]

Derelict Sites

Eoin Ó Broin

5. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the support his Department is providing to local authorities in the collection of derelict site levies in view of the fact that less than 3% of possible revenue was collected in 2020 nationally. [55417/21]

Wastewater Treatment

Eoin Ó Broin

27. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional support and finance that will be put in place for Irish Water to remedy the ongoing issues with the waste treatment systems in 34 towns and villages as outlined in the EPA report on Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2020. [55103/21]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

46. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the work of the Independent Working Group to examine defective housing. [55107/21]

Budget 2022

Eoin Ó Broin

73. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for reducing estate regeneration and refurbishment funding in Budget 2022 to €50 million from the €73 million that had been allocated for 2021. [55106/21]

Homeless Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

88. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he plans to take to address the alarming increase in homelessness as reported by his Department’s monthly reports. [55105/21]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

90. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of his work with Dublin City Council to deliver affordable homes on the Poolbeg Strategic Development Zone site. [55104/21]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

163. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total cost of a direct provision centre (details supplied) to his Department for each year in tabular form. [55146/21]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

164. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the occupancy of a provision centre (details supplied) on 1 September in each year from 2016 to 2021, by single persons, adults with children and children. [55147/21]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

165. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will end the practice of forcing two or three adults to share small bedrooms in direct provision centres such as at a centre (details supplied); and if he has plans to end the forced overcrowding of single persons in direct provision centres, particularly in view of the current alarming rise in Covid-19 infection rates. [55148/21]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

320. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure to date on homeless HAP. [54018/21]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

321. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeless HAP tenancies in Dublin at the end of each quarter from Q1 2016 to Q1 2021, in tabular form. [54019/21]

An Bord Pleanála

Eoin Ó Broin

323. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will undertake a fundamental review of An Bord Pleanála to ensure that its decisions are made with good quality place making and democratic decision making in planning in view of the latest High Court decision against An Bord Pleanála with respect to the Dublin City Council material amendments to the Docklands SDZ. [54101/21]

Rental Sector

Eoin Ó Broin

324. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the establishment of a deposit retention scheme given the legislation passed on this matter by the Houses of the Oireachtas in 2015 and in view of the loss of deposits by tenants of a company (details supplied) when the company went into liquidation. [54114/21]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

325. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the final date for strategic housing development pre-planning applications to An Bord Pleanála; and the expected final deadline for full strategic housing development applications to An Bord Pleanála in view of the delay in the introduction and passing of the planning and development (amendment) (LSRD) Bill. [54144/21]

Architects Register

Eoin Ó Broin

340. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will implement the recommendations in the July 2013 report titled Report on the Title of the Architect; and if he will support the call from an organisation (details supplied) to include a standard grandfather clause in Part 3 of the Building Control Act 2007. [54512/21]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

343. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the report into alleged planning irregularities in County Donegal will be published; and the action he plans to take arising from the contents of the report. [54549/21]

Wildlife Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

346. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to works carried out in the basement of Emo Court in January 2019 prior to the granting of a derogation licence; and his views on and if he will address same. [54610/21]

Wildlife Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

347. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a recommendation of prosecution from the NPWS regarding works carried out at Emo Court that involved the disturbance of a bat roost. [54611/21]

School Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

437. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the reason the school transport scheme is not available to children in a school (details supplied); and the action that will be taken to ensure the children in attendance at the school can avail of the scheme. [54477/21]

Disability Services

Eoin Ó Broin

578. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for speech and language therapy, as recommended in an assessment of need in early 2020. [54115/21]

Hospital Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

686. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the reason there are currently only three neurology nurse specialists at a hospital (details supplied); and his plans to increase the number of neurology nurse specialists at the hospital. [54757/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

263. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason the guidelines of an organisation (details supplied) state that players under 18 years of age cannot play unless they have been vaccinated; the reason this is the case for basketball but not other sports; and if the guidelines for basketball will be reconsidered. [53948/21]

Departmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

272. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the improvement works in lieu of local authority housing schemes can be accessed for works on a private property in which the applicant is a council tenant and surrenders their tenancy to move into the funded works in a private property owned by an extended family member. [53874/21]

Energy Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

145. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current position with customers who have, on the advice of Government. installed solar power and await a system to receive payment on return of excess to the grid. [52506/21]

Tax Reliefs

Eoin Ó Broin

256. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the status of the comprehensive review into the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; when proposals will be presented and considered by his Department; and when reforms to the criteria will take place. [52159/21]

State Assets

Eoin Ó Broin

268. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the investments in bioenergy companies through the ISIF; the investments that are held in companies (details supplied); and if there are plans to divest from them. [52505/21]

Wildlife Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

305. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the destruction of a bat roost at Emo Court House; if the necessary authorisation was obtained; and if so, if the authorisation will be made available. [52302/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

324. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current public health advice with respect to the hosting of indoor sporting events such as darts in public houses and other licensed premises. [52990/21]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

350. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the deadline for pre-application strategic housing development submissions has been extended beyond October 2021; the reason for this extension; the date of the new deadline; and if the new deadline for formal strategic housing development applications to An Board Pleanála will be prior to the discontinuation of the controversial strategic housing development fast-track planning process. [52221/21]

Wildlife Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

352. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the destruction of a bat roost at Emo Court House; if the necessary authorisation was sought; and if he will seek a prosecution under the Wildlife Acts if the destruction of the roost without authorisation is confirmed. [52303/21]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

400. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing acquisitions agreed for each local authority for each year from 2021 to 2025 as part of their overall social housing targets in tabular form. [53154/21]

Consular Services

Eoin Ó Broin

423. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to open an Irish consular office in Bangladesh. [52544/21]

Passport Services

Eoin Ó Broin

458. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to an ongoing problem with the Passport Office online photo download application; and the steps being taken to fix this problem. [53324/21]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

548. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the status of the planning application for a new school (details supplied); and the detail of the additional information that has been requested by the planning authority. [52918/21]

Health Services

Eoin Ó Broin

791. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a clinic for children diagnosed with retinoblastoma; the reason the previous clinic at CHI Temple Street Children’s University Hospital was discontinued; and the number of children with this diagnosis currently in the State. [52026/21]

Medicinal Products

Eoin Ó Broin

898. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the status of the medical cannabis access programme; and if a product (details supplied) is being made available to persons who require it by prescription. [52367/21]

Home Care Packages

Eoin Ó Broin

942. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home support in an area (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52600/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Eoin Ó Broin

943. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a speech and language therapy appointment broken down into assessment waiting list, initial assessment waiting list and further treatment waiting list in an area (details supplied); and the number waiting fewer than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively in tabular form. [52601/21]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Eoin Ó Broin

980. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if in relation to the assisted human reproduction Bill, it is intended to legislate for international surrogacy; when legislation recognising international surrogacy and retrospective declaration of parentage will be complete; and if his Department will engage with an organisation (details supplied) on this proposed legislation. [52746/21]