Results 15,161-15,180 of 15,182 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Meetings (10 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1031. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with the family of a person (details supplied) to discuss how best to assist them in their search for truth and justice. [29956/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1639. To ask the Minister for Health if there are supports, such as a helpline or counselling, available for Irish residents who travelled to Liverpool and were caught up in the serious incident at the Liverpool FC victory parade on 28 May 2025. [30700/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Agreements (11 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position which Ireland will take on the upcoming renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the European Union, Egypt and Israel on natural gas, specifically due to the lack of a territorial clause explicitly excluding the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (11 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all sections of the Planning and Development Act 2024 that have been formally enacted; and the date upon which the enactment took place. [30842/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (11 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in light of the deepening ecological catastrophe engulfing Lough Neagh, and noting that the 2025 fishing season has already been adversely impacted by the onset of blue-green algae pollution, and by a moratorium on commercial fishing, he is willing to meet with a representative group of Lough Neagh stakeholders to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (11 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on call 3 for the urban regional development fund, including the number of projects that applied for funding, the number that have received funding, and an update on progress with 1,297 vacant or derelict properties identified by local authorities that were part of the funding applications. [30887/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (11 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current turnaround time for category D visa applications; the date of category D applications currently being processed; if his Department has considered publishing information regarding this visa category on the Immigration Service website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30947/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (11 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a type of medication (details supplied) is not currently available in Ireland; if consideration will be given to approving the medication urgently in light of the reported benefits to people living with a specific progressive neuromuscular disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30839/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (12 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the latest bundle of public private partnerships social housing projects; whether any of the bundle of six projects is being dropped; and if so, where these projects are and the reason why they have been dropped. [31391/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (12 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision can be expected in relation to an application submitted in July 2023 on behalf of an individual (details supplied). [31551/25]

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the housing and homelessness crisis is getting worse; — house prices, rents, council waiting lists and homelessness are all rising; — the Government continue to miss their social and affordable housing target, targets that are too low to begin with; — tens of thousands of homes are lying vacant and derelict...

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is not true.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank both organisations for their opening statements and additional documentation as well as for their ongoing work. I will start with Mr. Coleman and the Land Development Agency. The agency's business plan out to 2028 includes a commitment to deliver approximately 14,000 units, the bulk of those being cost-rental, at an estimated cost of €7 billion. So far, the State has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: It sounds like the agency has yet to be told by Government where that €3.25 billion is going to come from. I fully understand that not all the €3.75 billion that has been committed to date has been drawn down but that will be the case at some point or it would not have been committed to. Has Mr. Coleman had any sight of the work of that working group? Has he seen the report?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Are they likely to be provided given the concerns about state aid rules of some in government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: The LDA would not have to pay market value when buying State lands or commercial semi-State lands. It would strengthen the agency's position in getting public lands if it had CPO powers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will Mr. Coleman address the corporation tax? Can he provide any further clarity on the missing €3.25 billion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: It does impact on the rent, however. I know the LDA would prefer not to pay it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: The language in the Government's press release today was super vague. It says it is going to work with the Department of Finance but that does not tell us anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise for pressing Mr. Coleman but my time is about to run out. Can he tell us anything about the recommendations of the draft report on the future funding of the LDA?