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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (15 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: The housing first programme is vital in getting single people, in particular, who are long-term homeless out of emergency accommodation. It has worked best in previous years when it was a mix of new build and acquisitions led by approved housing bodies using the capital advance leasing facility, CALF, and capital assistance scheme, CAS, funding mechanisms. There is real concern among local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 245 and 247 of 3 April 2025, if Leitrim County Councils social housing acquisition budget for 2025 is €2 or €3 million. [24517/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that no affordable homes will be delivered in phase 1A of the Poolbeg West strategic development zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24432/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Government missed its new-build social, affordable purchase and cost-rental targets in 2024; to set out what he intends to do to ensure the targets for 2025 are not missed; and to confirm what those targets are for new-build social, affordable purchase and cost rental. [24436/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (15 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that the €1 billion of funding for Uisce Éireann in budget 2025 was not additional money; and to set his response to the utility's request for an additional €2 billion in capital funding out to 2030, including €1.7 billion for urban capacity upgrades and €300 million for rural...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (15 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects; and for an update on the legislation for the wider remediation scheme for homes with Celtic tiger-era defects. [24434/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (15 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the source of the non-voted €490 million allocated to Uisce Éireann under the heading 'internal’ (income-own resources) in the published Revised Estimates for 2025; if this funding is intended to be spent in 2025 exclusively or if it is to be spent over a number of years; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (15 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the source of the non-voted €514 million allocated to Uisce Éireann under the heading 'external’ (borrowings-EU receipts) in the published Revised Estimates for 2025; if this funding is intended to be spent in 2025 exclusively or if it is to be spent over a number of years; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (15 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the total expenditure allocated to Uisce Éireann for its public capital programme in each of the past five years, broken down by voted Exchequer and non-voted other sources, in tabular form. [24984/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be released for a new autism class at a school (details supplied); if a commitment will be provided that funds will be released at the earliest opportunity to ensure the unit is ready for the incoming class in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23690/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (13 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that there is a working group in Government looking at the future funding of the LDA; to confirm the persons on this group; the number of times the group has met and the dates of the meetings; the terms of reference of the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23166/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (13 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if changes would be required to the Land Development Agency Act 2021 for the agency to deliver private houses on publican land or if this is already provided for in the current legislation. [23167/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (13 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 774. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the schedule for commencement of the various chapters and sections of the Planning and Development Act 2025, indicating which chapters and sections will be implemented this year and in what month or quarter. [24425/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 775. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing projects approved under the single stage approval process in each year since that process was introduced; the number of units in each of these applications in each year; the total cost of these applications in each year, by local authority area, in tabular form. [24454/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 818. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans for phasing out the means test relating to the carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24011/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (13 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 963. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost of private foster care placements since January 2022, in tabular form; if use of private care has increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23520/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (13 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1035. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure that the current 15- to 18-month wait for an appointment on referral to the ADMiRE Clinic in CAMHS is decreased; the efforts being made to ensure timely appointments for those requiring access to the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23485/25]

Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Business of Select Committee (8 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on his appointment. It is a very significant role, particularly given the importance of this committee. From speaking to party colleagues who served on a committee he chaired previously, I know he was true to his word and chaired that committee in a very fair and impartial manner. I hope it will be the same this time around. The only comment I will make...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an analysis has been conducted of the volume of emissions reductions associated with each euro spent by the Climate Action Fund. [25512/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 May 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the carbon emissions associated with all official air travel in tonnes; the value of these emissions; the amounts paid to the climate action fund by each Department, agency and body required to do so under the procedures for offsetting the emissions associated with official air travel for...