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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: A significant number of social and affordable housing applications were delayed in the Minister's Department at the latter end of last year, pending approval. We do not have the final figure but it could be anywhere in the region of 5,000 units. At Cabinet, the Minister got approval to progress 3,000 of those. However, my understanding is that the vast majority of those have yet to be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister's predecessor had a terrible habit of refusing to answer very reasonable questions from the Opposition during Priority Questions. I had hoped that the Minister would not repeat that pattern. Unfortunately, he has done so just now. He has failed to address the question. There was not a perfectly normal situation at the end of last year. We know that because the local...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: The additional €450 million of capital approved by Cabinet still means the total capital expenditure for social and affordable homes this year is less than the total outturn last year. It is an improved situation but it is not a better situation. To be clear, is the Minister telling me that a majority of those 3,000 units have completed all of the processes with the Department and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 5. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm the total delivery of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes in 2024 by local authorities, approved housing bodies and the Land Development Agency; and his views on the low output under these schemes and growing number of people unable to access these properties due to the unaffordable rents and house prices....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can the Minister tell us, if he has the figures, the final outturn for the affordable housing schemes delivered by local authorities, approved housing bodies and the Land Development Agency in 2024? Does he share my concern about the low output of these schemes to date and the increasing unaffordability of both the cost rentals and the affordable purchase units across the State?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Unfortunately, the facts, as provided on the Department's website, flatly contradict the Minister's assessment of the success of these schemes. The target for affordable purchase and affordable cost rental in 2022 was 2,100 units. The Government missed that by 52%. For 2023, the target was 3,500. The Government missed that by 61%. For this year, the target for affordable homes to be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Obviously, we will debate that matter when those figures are finally published but given that the Minister is operating from such a low base, to have the best year to date is hardly something to celebrate. Let us look at the affordability in two cost-rental projects, both on public land. In O'Devaney Gardens, the cost of the so-called "affordable" rentals there will be just under...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: This project has been the subject of considerable debate in this Chamber and of strong cross-party support since it was announced in 2018. There will be further delays. Those delays will be as a result of the imposition of the four-stage approval process by the Department. The four stages include unnecessary design approval, cost appraisal and lengthy procurement. We argued with Darragh...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Charges (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I welcome the new Deputy's strong opposition to the introduction of this unjustified charge. I just want to let him know that in a matter of weeks we will table legislation - to be debated in this House - to remove Part 2 of the Water Services Act 2017 to ensure that neither this nor a future Government can introduce such a charge. I very much look forward to the Deputy's and the Minister's...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Charges (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: We voted against the Government legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will bring forward amending legislation to ensure homeowners approved for a defective block remediation grant can avail of the most recent Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland square meter costs. [12584/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the interim funding for multi-unit development defects remediation; the total number of schemes that have applied; the schemes approved; the total number of units involved in each scheme; the moneys approved, allocated and spent to date in 2025; and when works are expected to commence and conclude on each...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the introduction of allocations schemes for cost rental developments and income thresholds for single people sharing, as set out in legislation passed by the Oireachtas in November 2024. [12587/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new traveller specific accommodation units delivered in 2024, by local authority area; the average cost per unit in each local authority area; and the total expenditure on the delivery of these new units in 2024. [12586/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the final quarter social and affordable housing figures for 2024, including the full-year figures for social new build, acquisitions, cost rental and affordable purchase. [12585/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for a delay at a driving test centre (details supplied); if he is aware that some applicants have been waiting 20 weeks for a test date; the actions being taken to ensure an efficient service is provided from the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13219/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (4 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will respond to the report published on 10 December 2024 (details supplied) which found "a significant blind spot in Ireland’s climate action planning", resulting from a failure to include direct demand for natural gas from connections to data centres; the engagement he has had with the Environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new homes that are forecast to be delivered with the additional €450 million funding under funding streams (details supplied). [9312/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Climate Action Plan (19 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 94. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on plans to establish a climate investment clearing house. [10544/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council (19 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position Ireland intends to take at the European Council regarding the proposed ReArm Europe package from the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12131/25]