Results 481-500 of 14,981 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (18 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the agency responsible for dealing with discrimination in cases of private rented accommodation is the Workplace Relations Commission. [30583/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (18 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Workplace Relations Commission is the agency responsible for dealing with discrimination in cases of private rented accommodation; and her plans to transfer this power to the RTB. [30584/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (18 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport scheme; and if he will consider increasing funding to the scheme in line with the recommendation by a charity (details supplied) of €5 million resulting in an abolition of fees for parents. [30433/16]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to share time with Deputies Quinlivan and Ellis.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: I welcome the opportunity to debate this very important legislation arising from the recommendations of the Mahon tribunal. Despite its rather anodyne title, the tribunal report dealt with issues of corruption in the planning process. It is disappointing that it is taken so long for Government to implement some aspects of its recommendations. It is even more disappointing that many aspects...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative or policy basis underpinning the definition of cohabiting used by INIS when determining visa applications; the reason INIS does not consider couples living with the parents of the Irish partner as cohabiting; if she will review this practice and allow such couples to be considered as cohabiting even when they are living with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Programmes (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the final level of expenditure in a programme (details supplied); the amount of money returned to the European Commission on completion of the programme; and if he will publish the final report to the European Commission for this programme. [31786/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commission on Domestic Public Water Services (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money which has been earmarked from his Department for the funding of the independent Commission on Domestic Public Water Services. [31648/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commission on Domestic Public Water Services (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when and the way in which the special Oireachtas committee to consider the report of the independent Commission on Domestic Public Water Services will be established. [31649/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of Irish Water's 2017 capital programme which will come from Exchequer funds; and the amount which will come from borrowing by Irish Water. [31650/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing units he expects to be delivered as a result of the additional €127 million allocated to local authorities in Budget 2017; and the type of social housing he expects to be funded through this funding stream. [31753/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional detail on the buy and renew scheme announced in Budget 2017; if this will be available to all local authorities; and the number of units he expects this fund to deliver. [31754/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional detail on the capital funding being provided to the Housing Agency in Budget 2017; when this money will be made available to the agency; when they will be approved to start purchasing properties; the number of properties he expects to be purchased in 2017; if these will then be leased...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of locations which will be eligible for the additional pyrite remediation scheme announced in Budget 2017; and the details of areas to be funded. [31756/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional details of the repair and leasing initiative announced in Budget 2017; the local authorities which will be able to avail of this scheme; when it will open; and the number of units he anticipates it will deliver. [31757/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated and drawn down by all local authorities for Traveller accommodation in 2015 and to date in 2016; and his plans for improving the drawdown of local authorities in 2017 as a result of the funding increase announced in Budget 2017. [31758/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional details of the community facilities fund announced in Budget 2017, including which local authorities will be able to avail of the fund; the measures on which they can spend this money; and the way in which they can apply for same. [31759/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the additional funding for housing grants will only be available to private homeowners; and his plans for tackling the backlog of private and social housing adaptation grants. [31760/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Services Programme (25 Oct 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 602. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the decision to discontinue the community mothers scheme in a number of areas in Dublin was taken by her Department or by the local Tusla managers; the rationale for this decision; the number of these programmes that were in place in 2014, 2015 and 2016; the number of women that availed of the services provided by community mothers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Workplace Relations Commission (2 Nov 2016)

Eoin Ó Broin: 81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the equality ground of the nine equality grounds which would potentially cover an allegation that a landlord refused a person a tenancy on the grounds that the prospective tenant would be in receipt of rent supplement or other State rent subsidy schemes; and the number of such cases that have been brought before the WRC since refusal of a...