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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost per unit of new build social housing delivered in 2024 by social housing investment programme, by type (details supplied), in tabular form. [48022/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 856. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for requesting expedited processing of visa applications; and if pregnancy is considered in such cases. [47996/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 857. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times for each visa type submitted through an office (details supplied); if he is aware of delays to applications from this office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47997/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Functions (18 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work his Department has undertaken ahead of the tenth session of the UN Open-Ended Inter-Governmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49366/25]

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: What does this Government have against children? Despite the enormous resources at its disposal, thousands upon thousands of children are being left behind every year. When Fine Gael took office in 2011, there were just over 600 children officially classified as homeless. Now, it is a staggering 5,000 and continuing to rise. This means that, in the 14 years that Fianna Fáil and Fine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Affordable Housing: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Excuse the frustration in my voice but some of the ways in which the information from the Department is being presented to the committee are not factually accurate. In fact, I would argue the information is misleading. It is not true to say that targets are being met or exceeded. In every year since 2022, cost-rental targets and affordable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Affordable Housing: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does Ms Behan not understand? I apologise for cutting across but, like Deputy McGrath, my time is limited. Does Ms Behan not accept that, if this means a so-called affordable purchase home is €400,000, we have a problem? Would it not be better to start with the all-in delivery cost of the unit, as we do with cost rental, and try to provide a real discount rather than artificially...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Affordable Housing: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is the second issue I want to move onto. I again apologise for being a little rude. It is only because the time is tight. What we are seeing with affordable purchase and cost rental is that increasing numbers of the people at whom they are targeted cannot afford them because their incomes are simply too low to meet the price. Is the Department tracking the number of people who are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Affordable Housing: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I know that but, of the cohorts for whom these schemes are available, let us focus on lower, middle and higher incomes within the income brackets. Is the Department actually checking the extent to which there is a growing percentage of people who cannot access these schemes because the prices to rent or buy are too high? Is the Department even examining that? It is a yes-no question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Affordable Housing: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: The AHBs and the LDA provide that information to TDs on request. I am sure if the Department asked them for it, they could provide it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Affordable Housing: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am out of time but I will come back to that point if I get a chance.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport route has been sanctioned (details supplied); if she is aware the service is not being provided; the reason for delay; when clear information and a full service for this school will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50802/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Affordable Housing: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will Ms Behan share that information with the committee?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (29 Jul 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether his Department will make additional resources available to the Irish Embassy in Tel Aviv in order to secure the safe passage of Palestinian students who have been awarded scholarships to study in Ireland in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42220/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (29 Jul 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether his Department had any engagement with Israeli counterparts regarding the decision of the Israeli authorities to block the chair, a member and the secretariat of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Palestine from entering Israel on an official mission of the European Parliament in February; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Prices (29 Jul 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 307. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his response to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities report that as of April 2025, there are more people in arrears on energy bills than at an time since the invasion of Ukraine; and given the objective need for an energy credit greater than at any point previously, if he will consider a fifth round of energy...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action Plan (29 Jul 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 301. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeline for the consultation for the social climate plan. [43744/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 303. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a data centre powered by gas powered generators offsite connected via a private wire as was suggested in recent media reports (details supplied) would be considered an 'islanded data' centre, and would be consistent with the Government statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 304. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of islanded data centres contracted to connect to the gas network; the number connected to the gas network of those contracted; the number awaiting connection to the gas network of those contracted; the number of formal enquiries that have been received but which are not contracted; and, for each category, the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 305. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on efforts to transpose the provisions of Article 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive relating to data centres, the deadline for which elapsed in June 2025. [44107/25]