Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Waiting Lists

Eoin Ó Broin

1118. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the steps he taking regarding the waiting times and trolley waits in Tallaght Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20120/19]

Exploration Licences

Eoin Ó Broin

1236. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of all exploration and drilling licences issued to a company (details supplied) or pending following applications. [18989/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility

Eoin Ó Broin

243. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the rationale for setting a 35% of net income threshold in his draft affordable housing regulations; and the way in which this relates to the 22% of net income threshold when determining Rebuilding Ireland home loan mortgages. [17990/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility

Eoin Ó Broin

244. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will amend the eligibility criteria of his draft affordable housing regulations to ensure that applicants who have been forced to live outside the local authority area in which their centre of interest is due to high housing costs will not be excluded from applying for affordable housing in that local authority due to the fact that at the time of application they are not resident in that county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17991/19]

Approved Housing Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

245. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the AHB special purpose vehicle being set up for the purpose of accessing credit union finance will be operational; and the efforts he is making to assist the AHB sector in setting up this vehicle. [17992/19]

Approved Housing Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

246. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average annual cost per unit of the availability agreement payment to AHBs for each category of such availability agreement for each year since these agreements have been in place; and the number of such units and total costs of such units for each year each category of availability agreement has been in operation in tabular form. [17993/19]

Immigration Support Services

Eoin Ó Broin

211. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the specific works required by a company (details supplied) at a location to meet the catering and family needs of residents; and the timeframe for the completion of these works. [17303/19]

Health Services Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

275. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the services affected by funding reductions or re-profiling arising from the overspend on the national children's hospital that will affect health, mental health or disability services in an area (details supplied) and community organisation area 7. [17236/19]

Rural Regeneration and Development Fund

Eoin Ó Broin

189. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if material changes to proposals approved under category 1 require approval; and reapplication; and if it is acceptable to proceed with amended proposals on condition of meeting the relevant fund criteria regarding the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund. [17034/19]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

210. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measure for inflation used in the calculation of the public sector benchmark for the first bundle of public private partnership social housing agreed in March 2019. [17035/19]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

217. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there was a risk adjustment included in the public sector benchmark exercise for the social housing PPP contract signed in March 2019. [17048/19]

Approved Housing Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

208. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of AHB PandA agreements commenced in 2018; the average length of the agreements; the average cost of these agreements; and the details of all costs covered in the monthly availability agreement payment. [16887/19]

Public Private Partnerships Data

Eoin Ó Broin

209. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of all costs covered by the monthly availability payment to a consortium (details supplied) for the first tranche of 534 PPP social houses. [16888/19]

Public Private Partnerships Data

Eoin Ó Broin

210. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the public sector benchmark exercised conducted to ensure value for money in the awarding of contracts to public private contracts to consortia for the delivery of the first tranche of social housing awarded in March 2019 to a company (details supplied) will be published. [16898/19]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

61. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to outline the reason for the significant variance in the cost of the management and maintenance in the first tranche of social housing public private partnership, PPP, programme bundle contract compared with similar projects being delivered by an approved housing body or a local authority; and his plans to review these costs before further social housing PPP contracts are entered into. [16709/19]

Private Rented Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

73. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the significant increase in the number of institutional investors in the residential property market and the impact this is having on security of tenure and affordability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16413/19]

Homeless Persons Supports

Eoin Ó Broin

79. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the ongoing delay in bringing forward the quality standards and inspection regime for emergency homeless accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16410/19]

Rental Sector

Eoin Ó Broin

90. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the fact that 12,474 rental properties have been lost to the private rental sector since January 2017; and the steps he will take to address this disorderly exit of rental properties from the market. [16409/19]

Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports

Eoin Ó Broin

100. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will reconsider his opposition to establishing a latent defects redress fund in view of media reports in relation to another development (details supplied). [16411/19]

Rental Sector

Eoin Ó Broin

120. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the position regarding entry-level rents for cost-rental projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16412/19]