Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Expenditure

Eoin Ó Broin

421. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure in 2023 on social and affordable housing funded through SHIP, CALF, CAS, AHF, CREL, AHB borrowing and LDA expenditure. [10570/24]

Primary Care Centres

Eoin Ó Broin

792. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and the timeframe for the provision of full services at the centre. [10797/24]

Health Services Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

793. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 711 of 30 May 2023, for an update on the recruitment process to staff the primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. [10798/24]

Visa Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

241. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the current processing times for a specific visa type (details supplied). [9754/24]

Departmental Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

77. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the officials associated with the Climate Change Advisory Council who are considered designated public officials under the Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023. [8711/24]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Eoin Ó Broin

80. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an analysis has been conducted of the volume of emissions reductions associated with each euro spent by the climate action fund. [8819/24]

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

135. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the policy rationale within his Department’s cost-rental policies for corporation tax to be charged on LDA cost rents but not AHB cost rents. [8699/24]

Tax Reliefs

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Wildlife Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Data Centres

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Trade Data

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Aviation Industry

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Disability Services

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Homeless Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

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

Mortality Rates

Eoin Ó Broin

102. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department’s response to the recent Health Research Board’s report into mortality among single homeless people. [6822/24]

Referendum Campaigns

Eoin Ó Broin

104. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the constitutional referenda on the right to housing and public ownership of water. [6821/24]

Departmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

181. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the current status of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; the number of appeals awaiting assessment; if an indication of a timeframe to clear the backlog of appeals is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7260/24]

Departmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

182. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the provision of a fit-for-purpose vehicle adaptation scheme to replace the disabled drivers and passengers scheme; if a timeframe is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7261/24]

State Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

200. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is the Government's intention to seek representatives of his Department and/or the Department of Finance on the LDA board or whether the new board positions will be advertised via the PAS. [6820/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

201. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the establishment and use of a designated activity company by Clare County Council to delivery affordable homes in Ennis; his views on the use of DACs in such circumstances; and if their use required Ministerial or Departmental approval. [6833/24]

National Educational Psychological Service

Eoin Ó Broin

262. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education when a NEPS assessment will be made available to a person (details supplied). [6050/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

296. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 30 January 2024, the process through which parents can apply for an exemption for their child to remain in an early intervention class for a further year, due to being unable to secure a special school place, as this was not answered in the previous reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6322/24]

Estimates Publication

Eoin Ó Broin

122. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the AEV and REV, including details of all individual spending programmes under each subhead for 2023 and 2024 for the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in tabular form. [5256/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

265. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure in 2023 on social and affordable housing funded through SHIP, CALF, CAS, AHF, CREL, AHB borrowing and LDA expenditure. [5257/24]

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

266. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is preparing legislation to address issues of habitual residency and social housing support eligibility; and if so, the purpose and potential scope of the legislation. [5258/24]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

267. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of owners' management companies that have applied for the interim emergency funding for buildings with defects that was open for application in December 2023. [5259/24]

Rental Sector

Eoin Ó Broin

268. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what subvention is available to the Land Development Agency to help it ensure that its rents are at least 25% below market rent; the number of applications received by the LDA for any such subvention; and the amount committed to date for this subvention. [5260/24]

International Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

442. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of units of modular accommodation for temporary protection recipients that have been delivered to date, by location, number of units and average cost per unit of accommodation, in tabular form. [5265/24]

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

221. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the tax treatment of rental income from local authority and approved housing body social tenancies and rental income from local authority, approved housing body and Land Development Agency rental tenancies. [4840/24]

Wildlife Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

278. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he agrees that the level of successful prosecutions of wildlife crime is too low; that expectations of at least 200 prosecutions per year have not been reached, despite substantially more legislation and increased monitoring being in place; if the reason for the lack of prosecutions (details supplied), especially with regard to Ireland’s commitments under the new UN ’30 x 30’ Biodiversity Goals and new National Biodiversity Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4752/24]

Wildlife Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

290. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the number of prosecutions for wildlife crimes by county for each of the years 2019 to 2023. [4900/24]

Wildlife Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

291. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the function of the Wildlife Crime Committee within the National Parks and Wildlife Service; to provide an update on what progress it has made, and measures taken to address noticeable discrepancy between regions in the number of prosecutions taken. [4901/24]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Eoin Ó Broin

292. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what qualifications are required on recruitment and what further in-house training is given to the administration and field staff of NPWS to effectively carry out the function of implementation and enforcement of the various wildlife-related legislation, including the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2018, the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, the European Communities (Wildlife Act 1976)(Amendment) Regulations 1986 and the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats)(Restrictions on the use of Poison Bait) Regulations 2010. [4902/24]

Climate Action Plan

Eoin Ó Broin

13. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress of local authorities' climate action plans; to outline, in tabular form, each local authority that has completed public consultation; and the local authorities that are currently completing public consultation and those that are yet to begin public consultation. [4428/24]

Renewable Energy Generation

Eoin Ó Broin

15. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 18 January 2024, to outline whether the two schemes that have received €40,000 each in grant funding are 100% community owned or 51% community owned, in tabular form. [4508/24]

Electricity Supply Board

Eoin Ó Broin

141. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide an update on the provision of consent for an increase to the pensions of retired ESB workers; if a timeframe is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3714/24]

Electricity Supply Board

Eoin Ó Broin

227. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the provision of consent for an increase to the pensions of retired ESB workers; if a timeframe is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3715/24]

School Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

253. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the capital project for a school (details supplied); if a timeframe is available for the commencement of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3648/24]

School Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

254. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the capital project for a school (details supplied); if a timeframe is available for the commencement of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3649/24]

Education Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

255. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the provision of increased capacity at second-level schools in the Newcastle, County Dublin area. [3650/24]

School Admissions

Eoin Ó Broin

257. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the provision of a special school place for a person (details supplied). [3727/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

267. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 17 January 2024, to outline the process for an application for exemption for an early intervention class for a person with special educational needs (details supplied). [3811/24]

School Admissions

Eoin Ó Broin

272. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the options available to a person (details supplied) who is unable to secure a school placement in their locality and is unable to obtain a home tutor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3925/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

321. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the new build social housing delivered in the first three quarters of 2023, by scheme type (details supplied) in tabular form. [3794/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

322. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of a new build social home delivered via turnkey in 2023, broken down by local authority, in tabular form. [3795/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

323. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of a new build social home delivered via SHIP construction in 2023, broken down by local authority, in tabular form. [3796/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

324. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide in tabular form the average cost of a new build social home delivered via CALF construction in 2023 broken down by local authority. [3798/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

325. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide in tabular form the average cost of a new build social home delivered via Part V in 2023 broken down by local authority. [3799/24]

Departmental Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

330. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he intends to appoint any new members to the LDA board including representatives from his Department or Finance or Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform.
[3934/24]

International Protection

Eoin Ó Broin

481. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department started to write to people with status/leave to remain in direct provision centres giving them dates by which they would have to leave the direct provision centre or be moved to another centre; the number of such letters issued to date; the criteria for issuing such letters; the rationale for this policy; the number of people who have been moved on foot of these letters; and a breakdown of these moves, including information on from where; and the location to which they have been moved. [3948/24]

Dental Services

Eoin Ó Broin

504. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment; the reason an available appointment has been so delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3730/24]

Hospital Services

Eoin Ó Broin

505. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health to confirm the closure of the endoscopy unit in a hospital (details supplied) for the month of January under the Winter Initiative; the reason for the decision to close the department; what impact assessments were carried out in advance of the closure; if the closure will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3736/24]

Hospital Services

Eoin Ó Broin

506. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if the bowel screening programme in a hospital (details supplied) is impacted as a consequence of the closure of the endoscopy unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3737/24]

Dental Services

Eoin Ó Broin

517. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of children assessed at category 5 and awaiting orthodontic treatment in CHO7, by those waiting over 1, over 2, over 3 and over 4 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3856/24]

Energy Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

64. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what actions he has taken to work with like-minded European States to promote and support changes to European energy laws, in particular the revision of the European Union's Gas Directive and Gas Regulation in order to allow the importation of fracked gas to be restricted since the publication of the Policy Statement on the Importation of Fracked Gas. [3115/24]

Driver Licences

Eoin Ó Broin

79. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 17 January 2024, the reason drivers with medical issues on a three year licence must pay double the amount of a driver without medical issues to renew their licences over a ten year period; and if a reduction in the fee for a three year licence will be considered. [3113/24]

Electric Vehicles

Eoin Ó Broin

80. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered plans to incentivise uptake of electric vehicles in rural areas. [3114/24]

Tax Reliefs

Eoin Ó Broin

217. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the total number of claims for the private rental tax credit in 2023; the average amount of the claims for 2023; the total cost of the claims in 2023; and a breakdown, by local authority area, of the number of claims and the average amount claimed. [2716/24]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

336. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the first home shared equity loan can be combined with a local authority mortgage for the purchase of a new build property and if so, if he will outline the rules. [2424/24]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

345. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out in tabular form the number of new applications to the enhanced defective block redress scheme; the number of transfers from the old scheme; where these applications are at in terms of the stages of the process; the number who have drawn down funds to date; and the number who have drawn down their full grant, broken down by local authority area and year. [2523/24]

National Standards Authority of Ireland

Eoin Ó Broin

346. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the NSAI review of IS 465. [2524/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Eoin Ó Broin

378. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the process through which a person (details supplied) can defer their pension and extend their employment. [2388/24]

State Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

137. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide details of the contracts that have been awarded by the SEAI to a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form and for each contract to detail the service provided and the total value of the contract. [2226/24]

Renewable Energy Generation

Eoin Ó Broin

138. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the number of 100% community-owned renewable energy projects and number of 51% community-owned renewable energy projects from RESS 1 that have received the enabling grant. [2252/24]

Vacant Properties

Eoin Ó Broin

212. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant and derelict home refurbishment grants drawn in 2023 and the average value of the grants drawn down. [2227/24]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

213. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority mortgages that were drawn down in 2023 and the average value of the mortgages drawn down. [2228/24]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

214. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of first home scheme shared equity loans drawn down in 2023 and the average amount of the draw down. [2229/24]

Departmental Data

Eoin Ó Broin

215. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure in 2023 on social and affordable housing funded through SHIP, CALF, CAS, AHF, CREL, AHB borrowing and LDA expenditure. [2230/24]

Naturalisation Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

239. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice to provide a further timeframe regarding the processing of a naturalisation application for a person (details supplied). [2111/24]

Environmental Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

8. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Taoiseach whether the Central Statistics Office will consider ceasing the use of 'world population' as an environmental indicator, as used in its graphic posted to the CSO's social media channels (details supplied) in light of the evidence of very highly unequal resource distribution including from reports by an organisation (details supplied) which show the richest 1% of the world's population has the same emissions as the poorest 50%. [56963/23]

Driver Licences

Eoin Ó Broin

277. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that drivers who are limited to a three year driving licence due to medical reasons, when renewing their licence pay almost double that of a driver without medical issues in a ten year period where a three year licence is currently €35 and a ten year licence is €55; the reason this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1475/24]

Tax Reliefs

Eoin Ó Broin

307. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the total expenditure on the help to buy scheme in each year since the scheme was launched, including expenditure to date in 2023; and the budget allocation for the scheme in 2024. [56290/23]

Tax Yield

Eoin Ó Broin

308. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the amount of electricity tax collected from business and non-businesses categories, respectively. [56363/23]

Tax Code

Eoin Ó Broin

334. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if VAT applies to social and affordable housing funded by his Department and delivered by councils and approved housing bodies; and if, in those cases where VAT does apply, he will outline whether such charges could be waived to allow the delivery of social and affordable homes at lower cost. [57224/23]

Financial Services

Eoin Ó Broin

355. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate for service providers (details supplied) to charge customers a surcharge for making payments by credit or debit card. [1233/24]

Electric Vehicles

Eoin Ó Broin

364. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the number of electric vehicles licenced, by county, for 2023, in tabular form. [1613/24]

Electric Vehicles

Eoin Ó Broin

365. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the number of vehicles licenced, by county for 2023, in tabular form. [1614/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

587. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the provision of the new build school for a school (details supplied). [1014/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

651. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if an exemption will be provided to a person (details supplied) who is unable to secure a special school placement suited to their needs; if correspondence on the person’s behalf will be considered and a comprehensive response provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1508/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

661. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the status of a project for a school (details supplied); if she can confirm receipt of a second tender report in October 2023; if the report has been reviewed; the timeline for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1592/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

726. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage a list of affordable housing fund approvals by his Department broken down by local authority and detailing the number of units in each scheme, the location of each scheme, the amount of AHF per unit in each scheme and confirmation of those schemes completed where the AHF has been drawn down, in tabular form. [2231/24]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

727. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of applications for the social housing tenant-in-situ scheme to date in 2023; the number of applications rejected; the number being processed; the number sale agreed; and the number where sales have concluded, in tabular form. [56291/23]

State Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

778. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the details of the Cabinet agreement of 20 December 2023 on the recapitalisation of the Land Development Agency, including the total proposed increase in their capitalisation and a breakdown of the sources of funding for the additional capitalisation agreed, including ISIF, share sales (details supplied), Exchequer funding and private borrowing. [57222/23]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Eoin Ó Broin

812. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what types of evaluations were carried out before authorising the purchase of Dowth Hall. [1312/24]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Eoin Ó Broin

813. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what steps are proposed or already being taken to end farming practices and other exploitation at Dowth Hall, in line with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) designation for national parks which obliges NPWS to take steps "to prevent or eliminate as soon as possible exploitation or occupation in the whole area and to enforce effectively the respect of ecological, geomorphological or aesthetic features which have led to its establishment". [1313/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

837. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all affordable housing schemes that have drawn down their affordable housing fund, by the name of the scheme, the local authority responsible for the scheme and the amount of AHF per unit in each scheme, in tabular form. [1781/24]

School Meals Programme

Eoin Ó Broin

887. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No.148 of 13 December 2023, if there is an appeal process through which a school (details supplied) can seek to be included in the hot school meals programme; and, if so, if the process will be outlined. [56810/23]