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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Some of this is me just teasing it out but given that the original decision to hold plebiscites in the other three cities was taken in 2018, and here we are five years on, it not that the quills move slowly, to use a very eloquent phrase that Mr. O'Leary used. It is about political will. One could have a general scheme in four months but it would require a Government to decide what is in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Apart from Gaelic football, of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: The issue of the referendum is the key thing here because we lost the referendum on the Seanad. Some people will say that was a good thing-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----but that did have the vast majority of the political parties in the State supporting it. One can have all the parties in the State supporting it but if it is a civil society-led campaign, then it depoliticises the party politics. In our recommendations we need to think about that. Maybe, like the citizens' assembly, we can go outside our terms of reference if we think there is good...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (16 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of electric vehicles that received support though the SEAI accelerated capital allowance. [50397/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (16 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cars for which capital allowances were claimed under the 2008 emissions-based scheme for each of the VRT categories for the year 2022, in tabular form. [50398/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance whether there are limits on the price of cars for which tax allowances are available. [50399/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (16 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of exits from homelessness accommodation funded by his Department in each quarter from 2019 to Q3 2023 including a breakdown by local authority area and by single persons and families with children, in tabular form. [50423/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (15 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the need for the Government to carry out an assessment of the existing barriers and potential of development of renewable energy communities under Article 22(3) of the Renewable Energy Directive II. [50144/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of the Child (15 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a commitment that the Second Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child will be ratified following the enactment of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking Bill) 2023. [50032/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies (15 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 157. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what appointment procedure she is using for the new stakeholder group on dog ownership in Ireland; and the measures she is putting in place to ensure that members of the group will include expertise in canine behaviour. [50064/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of an SEN class at a school (details supplied); when works will commence; and if an indication of a completion date for works is available. [49265/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (14 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the public funding will be released in order that the Donegal defective block (Mica) pilot schemes (local authority and AHB) can commence. [49367/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas (14 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the process of developing and agreeing Designated Marine Area Plans, including the breakdown of areas to be mapped, timeline for publication of draft maps, process for agreeing maps and details of the extent of public consultation in this process. [49539/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas (14 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the publication of the General scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill. [49540/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Budget 2024 (14 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the allocations to the various Programme E sub-headings contained in the Budget-day estimates and subsequent REVs for each of the past seven years and for 2024; and if possible, a breakdown of the respective associated output targets. [49883/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (14 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost, broken into current and capital, of ending direct provision. [49884/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (14 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the updated estimated cost, broken into current and capital, of ending direct provision, as per Chapter 10 of A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service. [49885/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (14 Nov 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost, broken into current and capital, of providing a State-owned and operated phase 1 accommodation unit for 50, 100, 250 and 500 international protection applicants/asylum seekers respectively. [49887/23]