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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I confirm I am in Leinster House. I thank the Minister of State for his comments. I think all the political parties and Independents have indicated broad support for this Bill during our PLS. We have all described it as once-in-a-generation legislation we are very keen to see progress. There is also strong cross-party unanimity on the need to see the legislation significantly...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (8 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the four Dublin local authorities have had the inspections of private rental properties disrupted by Covid-19 restrictions; if so, the details of the extent of this disruption; and if his Department has provided guidance or support with respect to inspection of private rental properties. [37023/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if musicians and bands are being refused access to the music entertainment business assistance scheme if they do not operate exclusively in the commercial live entertainment industry; if so, the details of same; and if she will reconsider this restriction given the vast majority of live musicians also seek to generate income...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (13 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if court ordered maintenance payments are included in the income assessment for social housing and HAP eligibility. [37242/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of long-term lease and Part V lease approvals granted to date in 2021; the number of units in each approval; the local authority in which each approval was granted; the average annual cost of the lease in each development; and the average length of the lease in each development. [37991/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (13 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a birth certificate application by a person (details supplied); and if the certificate will be issued urgently to enable the person to apply for a passport for the purposes of travel. [37204/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of land purchases by local authorities that have been approved by his Department in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; if he will provide a list of these purchases including location and hectarage; and the financing provided to each local authority for each land purchase. [38401/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 407. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Covid-19 restrictions are still in place in some hospitals in terms of maternity services; and the steps he is taking to ensure that partners and birth partners of pregnant women are able to be present for pre-natal scans, appointments, labour and at childbirth. [31395/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (15 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Ceann Comhairle will hear very often during the Topical Issue Debate, this is wholly inadequate. Again, I do not in any way blame the Minister of State, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, but for the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, or the Minister of State with responsibility for housing, Deputy Noonan, not to be here to answer questions on this issue is not only disrespectful to members...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (15 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to state at the outset, no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, that it is deeply disappointing, given the seriousness of the issue that I am raising, that neither the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage nor the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is available for this discussion. I am aware that the Land Development Agency legislation is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average all-in development cost to the Exchequer for one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom social houses and one-, two- and three-bedroom social apartments delivered through the social housing investment programme in the past 12 months. [38827/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost to the Exchequer of a social home delivered through the buy and renew scheme in the past 12 months. [38828/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost to the Exchequer of a social home delivered through the housing agency’s rolling €70 million vacant homes acquisition fund in the past 12 months. [38829/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost to the Exchequer of a new traveller specific accommodation unit delivered from the Travellers accommodation budget in the past 24 months.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38830/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (15 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total approved borrowing by AHBs for the delivery of social housing in 2020 and 2021; the number of social homes delivered with that borrowing in 2020; and the target number to be delivered in 2022. [38831/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (15 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 282. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff who process requests in the Adoption Authority of Ireland; and if the service is operating at full capacity following pandemic related restrictions. [38910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (15 Jul 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a university (details supplied) is requesting over €3,000 in up-front payments for on campus accommodation for the coming academic year despite the Government currently enacting legislation to prohibit same; and if he plans to intervene. [39033/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is good to meet Dr. O'Carroll. I thank him for the report. It is a comprehensive piece of work and will be useful to this committee and, I hope, the Government and the DRHE in the time ahead. Rather than make a statement, I want to tease out a little bit more the most immediate actions Dr. O'Carroll feels are necessary for the Government to try to ensure a reduction in the number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: On that last point, I was reading research recently in Britain. It has had a significant increase in deaths of people experiencing homelessness and one of the mechanisms it has is an adult safeguarding review. Is that the same kind of idea Dr. O'Carroll is talking about, in that there is a look-back when there is a death of somebody accessing any of those services to try to see what systems...