Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Local Authority Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

655. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding that will be made available to Galway County Council for the purpose of developing a recycling centre in Casla, Connemara, which has been planned by it in conjunction with Údarás na Gaeltachta; the steps that need to be taken to apply and draw down such funding; and the amount of the cost his Department would fund. [34509/16]

Local Authority Housing Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

203. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the allocations of funding of service providers under section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 per year and per organisation for each of the years 2012 to date in 2016, in tabular form. [33616/16]

Immigration Data

Eoin Ó Broin

42. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults and children who remain in direct provision after receiving their stamp four leave to remain; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Reception and Integration Agency is now threatening these persons with eviction with the potential for them to become homeless; if her attention has further been drawn to the very real difficulties these persons are having in accessing private rented accommodation; the supports she plans to put in place to assist these persons in making the transition from direct provision; and if she has discussed this matter with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in order to co-ordinate the efforts of both Departments to prevent these persons from becoming homeless. [33134/16]

Emergency Accommodation Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

77. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if additional funding is available to provide emergency accommodation in South Dublin County Council; if he and his Department have been in discussions with officials in South Dublin County Council to identify potential sites for this emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33132/16]

Direct Provision System

Eoin Ó Broin

78. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of persons who remain in direct provision following receipt of their stamp four visas and the threat of these persons and families being made homeless by the Reception and Integration Agency; if with his responsibility for homelessness policy he has raised this matter with the Minister for Justice and Equality to put in place housing solutions that will prevent persons becoming homeless in the transition from direct provision. [33133/16]

Workplace Relations Commission

Eoin Ó Broin

81. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the equality ground of the nine equality grounds which would potentially cover an allegation that a landlord refused a person a tenancy on the grounds that the prospective tenant would be in receipt of rent supplement or other State rent subsidy schemes; and the number of such cases that have been brought before the WRC since refusal of a tenancy on grounds of rent supplement receipt was deemed illegal. [32664/16]

Immigration Status

Eoin Ó Broin

142. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative or policy basis underpinning the definition of cohabiting used by INIS when determining visa applications; the reason INIS does not consider couples living with the parents of the Irish partner as cohabiting; if she will review this practice and allow such couples to be considered as cohabiting even when they are living with the parent of an Irish citizen in view of the housing crisis and the high costs of rents. [31870/16]

EU Programmes

Eoin Ó Broin

214. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the final level of expenditure in a programme (details supplied); the amount of money returned to the European Commission on completion of the programme; and if he will publish the final report to the European Commission for this programme. [31786/16]

Commission on Domestic Public Water Services

Eoin Ó Broin

247. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money which has been earmarked from his Department for the funding of the independent Commission on Domestic Public Water Services. [31648/16]

Commission on Domestic Public Water Services

Eoin Ó Broin

248. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when and the way in which the special Oireachtas committee to consider the report of the independent Commission on Domestic Public Water Services will be established. [31649/16]

Irish Water Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

249. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of Irish Water's 2017 capital programme which will come from Exchequer funds; and the amount which will come from borrowing by Irish Water. [31650/16]

Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

259. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing units he expects to be delivered as a result of the additional €127 million allocated to local authorities in budget 2017; and the type of social housing he expects to be funded through this funding stream. [31753/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

260. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional detail on the buy and renew scheme announced in budget 2017; if this will be available to all local authorities; and the number of units he expects this fund to deliver. [31754/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

261. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional detail on the capital funding being provided to the Housing Agency in budget 2017; when this money will be made available to the agency; when they will be approved to start purchasing properties; the number of properties he expects to be purchased in 2017; if these will then be leased or purchased by councils or approved housing bodies; and the funding which will be used to secure these purchases or leases. [31755/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Eoin Ó Broin

262. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of locations which will be eligible for the additional pyrite remediation scheme announced in budget 2017; and the details of areas to be funded. [31756/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

263. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional details of the repair and leasing initiative announced in budget 2017; the local authorities that will be able to avail of this scheme; when it will open; and the number of units he anticipates it will deliver. [31757/16]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

264. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated and drawn down by all local authorities for Traveller accommodation in 2015 and to date in 2016; and his plans for improving the drawdown of local authorities in 2017 as a result of the funding increase announced in budget 2017. [31758/16]

Community Development Initiatives

Eoin Ó Broin

265. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional details of the community facilities fund announced in budget 2017, including which local authorities will be able to avail of the fund; the measures on which they can spend this money; and the way in which they can apply for same. [31759/16]

Housing Adaptation Grant

Eoin Ó Broin

266. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the additional funding for housing grants will only be available to private homeowners; and his plans for tackling the backlog of private and social housing adaptation grants. [31760/16]

Community Services Programme

Eoin Ó Broin

602. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the decision to discontinue the community mothers scheme in a number of areas in Dublin was taken by her Department or by the local Tusla managers; the rationale for this decision; the number of these programmes that were in place in 2014, 2015 and 2016; the number of women that availed of the services provided by community mothers during these years; the number due to close from January 2017; the funding provided for these services; and if any replacement is to be provided when this service is closed. [31502/16]

Maternity Services Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

39. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll out of the national maternity strategy; the number of staff required to ensure a full complement of maternity staff across the State; the number of staff that will need to be recruited by grade; the timeline for this recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30501/16]

Maternity Services Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

101. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the availability of the detailed 20 week routine scans for pregnant women on a hospital basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30502/16]

Equality Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

141. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the agency responsible for dealing with discrimination in cases of private rented accommodation is the Workplace Relations Commission. [30583/16]

Equality Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

142. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Workplace Relations Commission is the agency responsible for dealing with discrimination in cases of private rented accommodation; and her plans to transfer this power to the RTB. [30584/16]

School Transport Review

Eoin Ó Broin

240. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport scheme; and if he will consider increasing funding to the scheme in line with the recommendation by a charity (details supplied) of €5 million resulting in an abolition of fees for parents. [30433/16]

Sports Capital Programme Administration

Eoin Ó Broin

634. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be a sports capital grant allocation in 2017; the amount this allocation will be; and when the grant applications will open. [30881/16]

Domestic Violence Services Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

674. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional funds that have been allocated to Tusla in budget 2017 for domestic violence refuge and emergency accommodation and related supports. [30882/16]

Census of Population Data

Eoin Ó Broin

11. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Taoiseach the population serviced by each local authority, in tabular form. [29173/16]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Eoin Ó Broin

44. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the French Government has pledged to demolish the refugee camp in Calais; and if her Department is aware that the camp is home to over 10,000 persons, including over 1,000 unaccompanied minors, and that hundreds of unaccompanied minors have already gone missing in Europe due to the refugee crisis; and if she has discussed or plans to discuss the matter with her French counterpart. [29809/16]

Library Services Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

208. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of staff vacancies in the public library service per local authority, which have not been filled since 2008 in tabular form. [29218/16]

Library Services Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

209. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of county librarian posts which have not been filled since 2008. [29219/16]

Library Services Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

210. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address the issue of lone working by part-time branch librarians in rural libraries on health and safety grounds. [29220/16]

Library Services

Eoin Ó Broin

211. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the four Dublin local authority library services are not participating in the so-called nationwide sharing of library book stock and in the national library management system. [29221/16]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

233. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the various allegations detailed to him by a person (details supplied) in a county council that allege another person was acting fraudulently; his plans to address the allegations; if he is satisfied that his Department and the county council concerned have responded adequately to the very serious allegations raised previously by this whistleblower; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29701/16]

Local Authority Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

234. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of local authority voids returned to stock in each year from 2010 to 2015 and to date in 2016; the target for the total to be returned to stock by the end of 2016; the total remaining voids expected at the end of 2016; the plan from 2017 onwards to return these voids to stock by local authority area; and the total cost and projected cost of bringing these units back into stock annually from 2010. [29702/16]

Homeless Persons Data

Eoin Ó Broin

134. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the figures for homeless persons nationally and in the Dublin region; and the number of these persons who have been deemed not entitled to be on a social housing waiting list nationally and in Dublin. [29045/16]

Ministerial Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

139. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out the responsibilities and rates of pay for each of his ministerial advisers; if any of these are in receipt of salaries above the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform pay caps; and, if so, the reason the cap has been breached in each instance. [29126/16]

Local Authority Services

Eoin Ó Broin

140. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out in tabular form the amount spent by each individual local authority on library services; the number of libraries under each local authority and if they are open on a full-time or part-time basis. [29170/16]

Local Authority Services

Eoin Ó Broin

141. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out in tabular form the number of staff employed in the library service in each local authority area; the number of staff that were full-time and the number that were part-time for each of the years from 2006 to date in 2016. [29171/16]

Local Authority Services

Eoin Ó Broin

142. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out in tabular form the total and per capita spend per council on the book fund for public libraries for each of their local authority areas. [29172/16]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

143. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline his plans regarding a matter (details supplied). [29174/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

10. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the decision to discontinue with the ministerial directive that instructed local authorities to allocate 50% of social housing to homeless and other vulnerable households on the grounds that the research report on which the decision was taken is fundamentally flawed. [28800/16]

Library Services

Eoin Ó Broin

15. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rationale for the proposed use of staffless libraries; and if he will reconsider the introduction of this policy in view of opposition from library staff and local communities. [28699/16]

Commission on Domestic Public Water Services

Eoin Ó Broin

34. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money being provided to the expert commission on water charges; and if the money is coming from existing departmental funds or additional funds secured from Government. [28698/16]

Housing Assistance Payment Data

Eoin Ó Broin

132. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of former rental accommodation scheme and rent supplement persons who have transferred across to the housing assistance payment, HAP, while remaining in the same property in real terms and as a percentage of the total number of live HAP tenancies. [28807/16]

School Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

155. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for capital funding for two new classrooms by a school (details supplied). [28169/16]

School Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

156. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools located in the Dublin mid-west constituency that have applied for capital funding; the number that have been allocated capital funding and have had applications refused; and the number of applications that are pending for 2016, 2017 and 2018. [28170/16]

School Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

157. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by his Department for deciding on applications for capital funding by junior, senior and post primary schools. [28171/16]

National Planning Framework

Eoin Ó Broin

221. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the stakeholder consultation report on the national planning framework, arising from the consultation events that took place in June 2016, has been published; and if not, when the report will be published. [28094/16]

Local Authority Housing Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

225. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if funding can be released to allow site enabling works on the highlighted piece of land at Shangan, Ballymun, for affordable and senior citizens units. [28174/16]