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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (6 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 882. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to raise the eligibility threshold for the over 70 medical card in view of increases in costs of living. [35096/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (6 Sep 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1917. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid each month during the period 30 January 2015 to June 2016 by the owners of a derelict site (details supplied) to Galway City Council in respect of the standard annual 3% levy on derelict sites; the amount paid each month during the same period by the owners in fines for non-compliance with notices to carry...

Citizens' Assemblies Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise for missing the Minister's remarks but I have had a quick look at them here. Sinn Féin is supporting this proposition. I have to say that I was a sceptic when the Constitutional Convention, as it was then called, was initiated. I thought at the time that it was the Government of the day not being willing to grapple with issues and, therefore, subcontracting them out to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (11 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the improvement works due to be carried out at the Towers direct provision centre in advance of the new contract being signed (details supplied). [30495/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (10 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the quarterly social housing pipeline report will be published; and if it will include Traveller accommodation. [30263/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (10 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if information (details supplied) will be provided in tabular form. [30275/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have four specific questions for the Department. I thank the witnesses for the presentations. My first question is addressed to Ms Caroline Timmons. Does the Department know what percentage of the social housing construction pipeline currently in train is designed specifically for people with disabilities? Does the Department know what percentage of allocations of social housing in 2018...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Are they outlined in the housing needs assessments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Perfect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does Ms Timmons have the report with her? I do not have it. Could she read into the record the figures for the past year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: What is that as a percentage of overall allocations for each year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is it in the report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is what I was seeking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will be brief. I thank Ms Timmons for her answers. If we are to ensure that people with disabilities are getting their fair share of allocations, some of those questions are the key ways to monitor that. For example, no one knows the overall percentage of properties in the social housing construction pipeline that are designed for people with disabilities. Each individual local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: On the adaptation grant, in another area of work the Government is looking at the possibility of having a blended grant and loan finance model for retrofitting private properties. It would be a shame if it was to be introduced without that type of facility being made available to private homeowners for the purpose of adapting their own home. It would not be a significant additional cost,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services Provision (9 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister, Deputy Zappone, for being in the Chamber to take this Topical Issue matter. My constituency of Dublin Mid-West, very much like the neighbouring constituency of the Minister, Dublin South-West, has a growing population. Its population has increased by more than 5% between the censuses in 2011 and 2016. Moreover, very significant construction activity is finally...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services Provision (9 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: If I was any one of the parents who raised these matters on a regular basis with constituency Deputies, the first thing I would ask after the Minister's intervention would be what does it mean for the particular area to which this question pertains. My Topical Issue matter is very specifically focused on the Dublin Mid-West constituency. It strikes me that while the capital sums are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Loan Scheme (9 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Excellent.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Noise Pollution (9 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Shocking.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (9 Jul 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow technical universities to access borrowing for the provision of purpose built student specific accommodation. [29467/19]