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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (23 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of claims for the private rental tax credit in 2023; the average amount of the claims for 2023; the total cost of the claims in 2023; and a breakdown, by local authority area, of the number of claims and the average amount claimed. [2716/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the first home shared equity loan can be combined with a local authority mortgage for the purchase of a new build property and if so, if he will outline the rules. [2424/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (23 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out in tabular form the number of new applications to the enhanced defective block redress scheme; the number of transfers from the old scheme; where these applications are at in terms of the stages of the process; the number who have drawn down funds to date; and the number who have drawn down their full grant,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Standards Authority of Ireland (23 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the NSAI review of IS 465. [2524/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (23 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the process through which a person (details supplied) can defer their pension and extend their employment. [2388/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 17 January 2024, the reason drivers with medical issues on a three year licence must pay double the amount of a driver without medical issues to renew their licences over a ten year period; and if a reduction in the fee for a three year licence will be considered. [3113/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (24 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered plans to incentivise uptake of electric vehicles in rural areas. [3114/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (23 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I agree with others that the decision of all three organisations to refuse to attend is deeply disappointing. In fact, it is worse than that because it is preventing us from doing our jobs. The Peter McVerry Trust provides exceptionally important services. It has a significant number of staff who make an enormous difference to people's live on a night-by-night basis and almost 1,000 people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Coleman for the opening statement. I will be frank. I appreciate it is his job to give the best possible presentation as to what the LDA is doing but I have to say it is doing enormous damage to the very idea of cost rental at its very inception stage. The reason I say that is because when I look at the rent the LDA is charging on the most recent round of offerings - let us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Has any tenant in an LDA property received a rent review notice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay. I ask Mr. Coleman to give a commitment to check with the LDA's property management agent and confirm in writing to the committee at his convenience that this is the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Perfect. I thank Mr. Coleman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can Mr. Coleman tell the committee what the average cost per unit was?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: But the LDA paid more than it did in Archers Wood for duplexes and apartments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is it much less than €500,000? I am not trying to be awkward; the reason I am asking is because rents at this location, which is in a similar suburban location, albeit Archers Wood is in Delgany, are considerably higher. My understanding of the price range for Archers Wood was that it was approximately €440,000. Therefore, to move up to these levels of rents for the larger...