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Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
written
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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 30 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 24 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 24 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 24 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 23 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 23 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 23 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 23 Ean 2024
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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]
Máirt, 23 Ean 2024
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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]
Déar, 18 Ean 2024
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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]
Déar, 18 Ean 2024
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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]
Déar, 18 Ean 2024
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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]
Déar, 18 Ean 2024
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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]
Déar, 18 Ean 2024
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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]
Déar, 18 Ean 2024
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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]
Déar, 18 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
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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]