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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank all of the witnesses for their contributions, which have been very helpful. I wish to make a couple of comments and then pose two specific questions. There is a lot of talk about ambition and targets, particularly from committee members, which is good, but let us all just remind ourselves that targets will only be set in accordance with the funding provided. Unless the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (25 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses delivered through the buy and renew scheme, the repair and leasing scheme and the Housing Agency €70 million rolling fund since these schemes were introduced to the most recent date for which data is available; the breakdown by year and by local authority; and the cost of each scheme to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (24 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if information (details supplied) will be provided in relation to the Land Development Agency. [9421/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (24 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Land Development Agency; the number of development sites in which the Land Development Agency has involvement; the locations, size, partners and number of residential units projected for each site; the projected cost of each development; the projected level of agency financing; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (24 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total value of the capital loan subsidy scheme, CLSS, the capital advance leasing facility, CALF, and other loans currently issued to each approved housing body; the dates on which these loans start to fall due; and his plans with respect to these loans, that is if he plans to have the loans repaid, waived or turned into...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am sharing my time with Deputy Gould. A deceit is beginning to creep into a part of our debate on housing which suggests that the policy of the new Government is in some way different from that of its predecessor. In fact, when one looks at the evidence it is very clear that we are seeing more of the same. Budget 2021 was a clear example. There was just an extra €124 million for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (17 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the 390 cost rental units announced on 8 February 2021; the location of the units; the typologies of the units; the rent to be charged on the units; if these units are in turnkey developments that were already in the respective approved housing bodies social housing pipeline; and if not, if they are additional...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the completion of the various phases of the development with respect to the Land Development Agency and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development in Shanganagh, Shankill, County Dublin; the commencement date for the development; the expected sales price of the affordable purchase units; the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (17 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Land Development Agency has completed an assessment of the suitability of the State-owned site at Thornton Hall, Kilsallaghan, County Dublin for housing; if so, if it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8469/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of the temporary accommodation and the new school building for a school (details supplied); and the timelines for commencement and completion of both projects. [8441/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Facilities (17 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the evidence base from the Irish Prison Service report will be published which proposes that an increase in the Irish population requires the creation of additional prison spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8470/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation (17 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the framework agreements for potential new prison infrastructure in Thornton Hall are based on low-security open prisons or high-security closed prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8471/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (17 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 677. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending medical cards to cancer patients; the cost of doing so to all cancer patients without medical cards and all cancer party ends without medical cards and private health insurance. [7990/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Car Parks (17 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 678. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a scheme to waive hospital car parking fees for cancer patients. [7991/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 814. To ask the Minister for Health if prisoners are included in group 8 residents of long-term care facilities aged 18-64 years of the provisional vaccine allocation groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8472/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 815. To ask the Minister for Health if older prisoners and those with medical conditions will receive vaccinations on the same schedule as older persons in the community based on the principle of equity of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8473/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (17 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1009. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Rásaíocht Con Éireann covers the cost of vaccination, neutering and a pet passport before the greyhound is rehomed as part of the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust and funded through the Greyhound Care Fund. [8236/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (17 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1010. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average age of a greyhound entering into the greyhound care centre under the Greyhound Care Fund; the measures in place to identify greyhounds that will not make racing grade; and the protocols in place to move them out of the industry and into the welfare area as soon as possible. [8237/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (17 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1011. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Rásaíocht Con Éireann doping strategy continues to be non-intelligence led; the improvements made to the testing equipment and to the laboratory facilities following on from the Irish Greyhound Board anti-doping and medication review carried out by a person (details supplied) in 2015; and the protocols in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) Regulations 2021 and Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2021: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (16 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for the presentation. I have no difficulty whatsoever with the EV regulations. I have one question with regard to the temporary school buildings, however. If I am right, the regulations talk about a period of five years. I am keen to understand why that period of five years is locked into the regulations. Obviously, none of us wants to stand in the way of...