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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 469. To ask the Minister for Health the introduction of free Wi-Fi for the use of patients will be made available to inpatients and outpatients at Our Lady of Lourdes hospital, Drogheda; the estimated cost of such a project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4537/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (30 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to arrange with Transport Infrastructure Ireland and a company (details supplied) for the temporary lifting of the secondary road tolls on the M1 at Drogheda for the duration of the Fleadh Cheoil 2018; the estimated costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4271/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility (30 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline her plans to make the back to school clothing and footwear allowance available to families of children that qualify for ECCE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4202/18]

Other Questions: Rental Sector Strategy (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to develop a cost rental model of public housing; when the expert group on same will report to him; his further plans to ensure the sites in the ownership of local authorities that have been identified as suitable for housing will be prioritised for social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on...

Other Questions: Rental Sector Strategy (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome that the expert group will be set up in the coming weeks. There is an urgency in that regard. I am very concerned that this is so far behind in terms of the approximately 700 sites that are available. I am particularly concerned that the Minister, when replying to the previous group of questions, stated that the 40% affordable could not be achieved in the relevant time period...

Other Questions: Housing Provision (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister should tell his officials about that.

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: Joni O'Sullivan is the mother of a 17 year old girl who attempted suicide twice because of online bullying. Joni took the brave decision to go public, first on Facebook, and then in the Limerick Leaderlast weekend, to highlight what was happening to her daughter and stop it for her daughter and others who are affected by similar bullying. Joni's and Zoe's story shows just how devastating...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties Data (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of entries on the vacant sites register of each local authority on 1 January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4337/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties Data (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to require local authorities to comply with the requirement for them to list vacant sites on their vacant sites register by January 2018 in order that the levy which will come into force in January 2019 can be applied; if he has received an explanation as to the reason a significant number of local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Deposit Protection Scheme Establishment (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the statutory provision to establish a deposit protection scheme will be implemented; his plans to ensure that the maximum deposit required by landlords will be not more than one month's rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4338/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 201. To ask the Minister for Health if the introduction of free Wi-Fi will be made available to inpatients and outpatients at University Hospital Limerick; the estimated cost of such a project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4693/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Correspondence (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received correspondence (details supplied) in regard to the purchase of a house in Bray, County Wicklow, by Wicklow County Council for the purpose of providing car parking spaces; his plans to intervene under the Part 8 process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4746/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties acquired by each local authority under the purchase and reuse scheme in 2017, in tabular form; the number of these homes that have been let to social tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4793/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (31 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish a system to facilitate city families who are seeking social housing to relocate in rural areas in which there are vacant homes similar to Rural Resettlement Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4825/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 includes an enabling provision for the establishment of a deposit protection scheme, to protect tenants' deposits being retained. I understand from a response to a parliamentary question that that provision is to be reviewed even though it has not yet been implemented. Will the Government establish a much-needed deposit protection scheme for...

Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Feb 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 2:To insert the following after "as the Consumer Price Index.":- to bring in legislation for reform of the rules for the assessment of compensation paid by local authorities on the compulsory acquisition of land for social and affordable housing, along the lines recommended in the report of the Committee on the Price of Building Land in 1973, the Kenny report, so that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility (1 Feb 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address an anomaly in the housing assistance payment, HAP, whereby properties which were provided under the former affordable housing initiative are not deemed to qualify for HAP even if the person otherwise qualifies; his views on a particular case (details supplied); the number of such properties that are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (6 Feb 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the head office of LMETB will be based in Drogheda, County Louth; the reason for the delay in the development of the head office facility in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5382/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (6 Feb 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent since 2013 on the design team, planning process, tendering process and all surveys related to the construction of a new LMETB head office in Drogheda; the reason construction has not commenced on the new head office in view of the fact the board was cleared to commence construction over one year ago; if officials in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Data (6 Feb 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of LMETB head office staff involved in finance, human resources, information and communications technology, corporate and education services that operate from locations in Drogheda; the titles, locations and functions of those LMETB head office staff based in Drogheda; the number of directors of services, principal officers or...