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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I was just thinking out loud.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is not that he was against betterment taxes. We were chatting about this at the start. I am not against this Bill. I believe there is real merit in betterment taxes, but one of the points that Mr. Justice Kenny made was that betterment taxes are always passed on to the purchaser of the homes. If I understood his argument correctly, and our colleagues here would know this much better...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: We had all of this discussion in the last session Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding school places in the Dublin Mid-West constituency, when her Department expects to have ascertained the full extent of capacity issues in schools in the area for the coming school year 2023/2024; if she will make this information available once it is collated; and the action that will be taken to ensure that schools in each area within...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what, if any, efforts are made by her Department to ensure capital scheme projects keep pace with residential development in the Dublin Mid-West constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22542/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of successful applicants for the warmer homes scheme that come from each qualifying social welfare scheme, in tabular form. [22665/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on progress towards meeting the target of 5% electricity demand reduction at peak time per Article 4 of Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 of 6 October 2022 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices. [22730/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide update on progress towards meeting the target of 10% gross electricity demand reduction per Article 3 of Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 of 6 October 2022 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices. [22731/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he has conducted any analysis on the effect of increasing demand for gross and peak electricity on the cost of electricity. [22849/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 276. To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated revenue in 2023 from the vacant property tax if it were to be increased to 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and 5% with a vacancy rate of 3.2% and 7.8%, in tabular form. [23258/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 288. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proportion of contracts awarded under the Office of Government Framework for the Provision of Electricity Supply to Public Sector Bodies in Ireland that were 100% renewable. [22666/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a clear policy regarding devices for school work in secondary schools; if she is aware that some schools insist students have both a device and a physical textbook in their possession; if she agrees with this practice, given the significant cost to parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22966/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools can request a monetary contribution per child from parents toward the cost of providing the free primary schoolbooks scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22967/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Area Plans (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all stalled capital advance loan facility-funded social housing projects, indicating the local authority in which they are located and the number of homes involved in each location; the measures he intends to take to get these projects up and running; and if he will ensure that other projects are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all organisations and individuals that have made a submission to his Department’s review of Part B of the building regulations. [22479/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medical Cards (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 561. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when enhanced medical cards will be made available to survivors of mother-and-baby-home institutions. [22535/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 646. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware there is a significant shortage of some medications at the current time; if he is aware that pharmacists are unable to indicate when the issue will be resolved; and the action, if any, his Department is taking to assist in resolving the matter in order to ensure the correct medication is available to those who require it. [22643/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: This week, we heard the heartbreaking personal testimony of Micheline Walsh and her husband, Richard. They are in their late 70s, have been overholding for more than a month following an eviction notice and currently have nowhere to go. Micheline was not just highlighting her own case but those of the many older people who are at risk of homelessness and the hundreds of people over 65 who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (11 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank everyone for their presentations. Everyone is in favour of bus stops, deposit return machines and street furniture, but the trick is how these are implemented and that is sometimes not as straightforward as we think. I have specific questions on the implementation of these measures and ensuring that they work right, because we are all broadly supportive of them. Will the Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (11 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: On guidance, could the issue of storage be included, if it is not included already? Again, when street furniture is being used generally, increasingly it is cordoned off and that is welcome but the guidance does not also refer to storage and ensuring that when it is not being used, that everything is stored inside or in an appropriately safe location. Can that be considered?