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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage change in demand for gas in all sectors, including electricity generation, residential, and industrial and commercial, broken down by retail, construction, laundry, leisure, air travel, data centres, pharma, hospitals, and any other key sectors, for the year 2022, in tabular form. [15629/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on IPAS’s plans to use Dolcain House, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 for the provision of temporary accommodation for people seeking international protection in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15673/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early School Leavers (30 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the transfer of the school completion programme to her Department; if consideration has been given to governance of the programme; if it is likely the programme will move away from localised management to a more centralised governance structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15791/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline what, if any, supports or resources are available to mainstream, non-DEIS schools regarding home-school community liaison, administration, counselling and therapeutic funds; and if her Department intends to increase supports in these areas. [15792/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware the teacher shortage is still impacting schools in the Clondalkin, Dublin 22 area; if she is aware there is no sub panels available to the schools; if she is aware this is having a negative impact on the school experience of pupils due to staff in place being diverted; and what action her Department is taking to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills which schools in the Clondalkin, Dublin 22 area have had their building projects paused due to funding issues; and if she will provide a comprehensive update on actions her Department is taking to ensure the projects are delivered at the earliest opportunity. [15794/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has any plans to centralise and take over responsibility for the project management of school building projects and tenders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15795/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what action her Department is taking to increase capacity across secondary schools in the Clondalkin, Dublin 22 area, given that each secondary school reports oversubscription for the coming 2023-24 school year ; if she will provide an update on efforts of her Department to ascertain the true extent of capacity issues in the area as advised in...

Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage had a capital budget underspend of €1 billion between 2020 and 2022; — the primary cause of this underspend is the excessive bureaucracy and red tape imposed by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on local authorities and Approved...

Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Government is in its third year and during all of that time house prices, rents and homelessness have increased. As the Government announced yesterday, it has missed its social and affordable housing targets for three years in a row. To come here and say that is evidence that the housing plan is working takes a brass neck beyond belief. Let us remind ourselves of the figures from...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I also want to acknowledge the significant amount of work done by them and their team. We are conscious of that. For the benefit of the committee, will Mr. Ó Coigligh or Ms Timmons remind us of last year's global target for affordable housing delivery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: What was the delivery reported yesterday?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: No. I will go through a few questions. Within that there is a target of 500 affordable purchase homes. The number delivered was 323. That is not a new scheme. That scheme, under the name of the serviced sites fund, was introduced in 2019. How has it taken such a long time to get such a small number of affordable purchase homes? I accept that it takes 12 months to build these, and 12...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does Ms Timmons know how many units are currently in the pipeline for the affordable housing fund, at various stages in the process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: There are just 1,000 units on the cost rental. Is that through CREL?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: And the cost rental equity loan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: To be clear, there are 2,400 in the pipeline for affordable purchase. Using that fund there is also another 1,000 in the pipeline for cost rental.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Perfect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is 9,000 including all of the figures.