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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total staff number in his Department in each year from 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by housing, local government and heritage in tabular form; and if he will provide a further breakdown of the housing functions by team. [58424/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Sector Staff (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff employed by the Housing Agency in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and the breakdown of staff in terms of function in tabular form. [58425/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of pending staff requests for housing departments in each local authority in tabular form; and the details of the grades of the pending staff requests and the length of time each request is pending. [58426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Credit Unions (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of efforts to see credit union lending for social and affordable housing. [58427/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the provision of the school transport service in relation to a school (details supplied); the steps that are being taken to ensure children in attendance have transport as soon as possible; and if she will provide a clear timeframe as to when transport will commence for the children. [58259/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a clear timeline for the provision of an adequately resourced sensory room at a school (details supplied). [58260/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a clear timeline for the provision of an adequately resourced outdoor play area at a school (details supplied). [58261/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of secondary school places available to cater to the youth population living in the Lucan area; and the steps her Department plans to take to ensure that capacity is increased as soon as possible. [59119/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 529. To ask the Minister for Health his views that student nurses have to pay car parking fees of €75 per week while on placement in hospitals; and if he will confirm that he will work with the Minister for Further and Higher Education; Research; Innovation and Science to put in place a waiver for student nurses from paying hospital car parking fees when on placement in hospitals....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Nov 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 728. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the Rotunda Hospital is now allowing fathers to attend the birth of their children in the maternity hospital; and if not, the steps he is taking to have this matter resolved. [59086/21]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The strategic housing developments were probably one of the worst changes to our planning regime for many decades. It is not the only bad change made by the previous Government and other Deputies have correctly identified the section 28 mandatory ministerial guidelines and there are also key aspects of the national planning framework that are continuing to cause us significant problems. ...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to speak to amendment No. 2. This is a very welcome amendment, as I am sure the Minister of State's briefing note tells him. Opposition members of the committee were arguing very strongly that the marine planning policy statement should have the formal approval of the Dáil. The amendment provides for that. This is similar to the maritime area plan and the planning framework....

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am appreciative of the fact that this amendment has been tabled, but the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, did not answer the specific question. We argued on Committee Stage that a similar provision should be made available with respect to ministerial guidelines and policy directives. Is there a reason that was not considered? Given the significance of the policy directives and...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: While I acknowledge that the Minister of State explained amendment No. 56 briefly, could he give us a little more detail or clarity regarding why the wording is being changed?

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: During the very lengthy Committee Stage hearings we had on this legislation, one of the points I made regularly was that our party, and in fact everybody on the committee, urgently wants us to be able to get up and running with the planning regime for the marine in order that we can progress our renewable wind energy projects to meet those crucial targets, not only as part of the Government's...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: To be clear, nobody is talking about ripping up the marine planning framework. There are many aspects of the marine planning framework which are very good, so it is important the Minister of State understands that we are not opposed to it or asking to rewrite it, and we would just like the review to happen earlier. While the Minister of State is correct that the Government does have to...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have seven seconds left.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: We heard yesterday that the sensitivity mapping is not going to be complete until the end of next year. That is a significant time lag. What interim measures will be in place to ensure marine diversity is protected?

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is correct. Clearly, there are protections in the planning process in advance of the designation of marine protected areas. The challenge is that they are not strong, particularly as they do not have to take into account to the same extent the ecosystems approach, which is crucial both to the maritime special planning directive and the marine protected...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I think we had established that quite clearly and accept it with good grace. I have one question. Is the Minister of State saying that there will be no additional interim protections in those areas where legacy projects are going to advance beyond the requirements within the existing planning regime in this Bill for environmental impact assessments and appropriate assessments? While I...