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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Likewise, I presume that because tenancies in the private rental sector are typically of short to medium duration, allowing a resetting between tenancies presents two challenges, one being that it might perversely incentivise poor practice involving landlords moving tenants out, as stated in Dr. O'Toole's own report. It would also surely have a wash-through effect among new renters generally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: If there is no cap in respect of the turnover, it pushes the rents even higher, all things being equal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will be quick. I have one quick comment and then a quick question. To throw a different perspective into the debate about apartments, the assumption is that apartments have to be private rental sector. The difficulty of course is that a third of the people who live in the private rental sector should be in social housing. That is what they want, and we are paying a huge amount of money...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I do my best, Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (27 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline plans for maintaining emissions in the event of lower electricity imports arising from linking the British and European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms. [27541/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (27 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline plans for maintaining emissions in the event of lower electricity imports arising from linking the British and European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms. [27541/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of an issue relating to the driving test cancellation list where people who have had several provisional licenses cannot access the cancellation portal online (details supplied); if an investigation into the issue is complete; and if a timeframe is available as to when the issue will be resolved. [27603/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (27 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if IPAS has entered into a contract with a hotel (details supplied); and if so, to set out the details of the contract and his Department’s plans to engage with the local community on these plans. [27715/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (27 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 562. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department is aware of a situation presenting for parents of children attending a childcare service regarding a transfer of location (details supplied); and if correspondence will be considered with a view to providing a reply to the parents concerned. [27698/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (22 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance when a new scheme for disabled drivers and passengers will be available, given it is almost five years on from the Supreme Court judgement of June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26518/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (22 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance the schemes or financial assistance available to people with disabilities to assist with the cost of vehicles or adaptations to vehicles in the absence of a fit-for-purpose scheme for disabled drivers and disabled passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26521/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (22 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if financial assistance is available for vehicle adaptation for a person (details supplied) in the event that there is no other funding source available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26520/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (22 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his Department's plans to purchase a facility (details supplied) for IPAS accommodation; the number of residents currently accommodated by IPAS at this complex; the number that may be accommodated when the complex is purchased; and plans to engage with the local community about future plans for this facility. [26537/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (22 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 333. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the use by Tusla of a residential property at a location (details supplied) to accommodate minors; and to detail what engagement with residents took place prior to this facility opening. [26536/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (21 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the number of islanded data centres contracted to connect to the gas network; the number connected to the gas network of those contracted; the number awaiting connection to the gas network of those contracted; and the number of formal enquiries that have been received but which are not contracted, for each...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is a poisoned chalice. Deputy Hearne has dodged a bullet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: There will be two members chairing the session and there are only two of us here. Everybody else has gone home.