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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Mr. Keeley indicated that Dublin Fire Brigade has been talking about the need for sprinkler systems in these more complex buildings for around seven years. Nobody today should be surprised to get a fire certificate from Dublin Fire Brigade requesting a sprinkler system for a complex building. Sprinkler systems increasingly are much more cost effective. The cost is coming down despite the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: For the second staircase, is Mr. Keeley talking about buildings between 10 m and 20 m, or above 20 m?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Between 10 m and 30 m or 10 m and 20 m, is the ask for sprinkler systems?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: All of this works on the assumption that the staircases are internal to the building. Some of the new designs we see from architects in other jurisdictions, particularly low-rise mid-density or mid-rise high-density show a return to more external staircases or landings. I presume, from a fire safety point of view, there are advantages to external exits and stairwells being built into the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Finally, I want to pick up on Deputy O'Callaghan's final question about combustible cladding and combustible insulation materials. Is it Dublin Fire Brigade's expectation that those areas, which do not currently have clarity in the existing technical guidance documents, are likely to be addressed in the revised document?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise for leaving early but I have to go to the Dáil.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (23 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the protections, if any, that are currently in place to ensure vulnerable, elderly people who live alone are not disconnected from their utilities due to increased energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24110/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (23 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action, if any, the Government intends to take to decrease energy prices for struggling consumers, given that similar action taken by governments across Europe has resulted in savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24111/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (23 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a breakdown of how the dividend arising from the ESB in 2009 was allocated, in tabular form. [24202/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (23 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff from his Department who are working on electricity demand reduction; and the number of staff working on demand side management, in tabular form. [24845/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (23 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm whether a Senior Counsel was appointed to pursue accountability from suppliers of defective concrete blocks; and if he will provide an update on the work of this appointed SC. [24056/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (23 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to publish the report into planning matters in County Donegal; and if his intention is not to publish, to set out the actions that he intends to take to address the issues raised in the report. [24323/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (23 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason pensioners in receipt of the qualified adult increase receive the Christmas bonus but were not paid the recent cost-of-living increase that was paid to pensioners on the State pension (contributory) and (non-contributory). [24360/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (23 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 720. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the tender for the home care sector; and if there is a timeframe available as to when the process will be completed. [24020/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (23 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 784. To ask the Minister for Health the current timeframe for turnaround of reimbursement applications under the Cross Border Directive; if there is a reason for the delays experienced by some applicants; if action is being taken to ensure reimbursement is provided to applicants at the earliest opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24368/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a technical question. In a response on this issue earlier, the Minister indicated that the cost -rental subsidy would be available to approved housing bodies. He has not said that before so is that the case? Second, does the Government envisage on certain projects a combination of the cost-rental subsidy and, for example, the affordable housing fund, AHF, or the CREL to increase...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is it the combination of the two subsidies?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is because it pushes up house prices. The Minister knows the answer.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: None.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: My concern is that much of what the Minister has said is similar to what he said the last time I raised this issue at the end of last year. There was actually an expectation and inference from him that some of the funding for mitigation measures, which could include fire wardens or emergency remediation work could be available in early 2023. That has not transpired. Likewise, for example,...