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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1557. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional resources and personnel he plans to allocate to An Bord Pleanála; the cost and timing of these additional supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15741/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to address the growing problem of access to the rental market for older persons in view of the fact that monthly rents have risen above the average contributory State pension rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15910/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans and proposed outputs for public housing for older persons with supports; when such housing will be delivered; the locations in which they will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15911/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of senior social housing units available per county in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; his plans to increase availability of such units according to demographic needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15915/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1572. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the grant funding for housing adaptations will be returned to 2010 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15912/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for grant funding for housing adaptations in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of these applications approved and rejected, respectively, in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15913/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when legislation will be brought forward for the implementation of longer term leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15914/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mayoral Election (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans and timeframe to establish an elected mayor with executive powers for the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16037/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to overhaul local government management structures in the four Dublin local authority areas in order to expedite the construction of social and affordable housing. [16038/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to create a Dublin housing executive with executive powers and dynamic leadership to address the levels of homelessness in the capital in view of the exclusion of persons on lower income from affordable housing. [16039/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the Dublin region needs a housing tsar to lead a regional housing executive with wide executive powers to address the deteriorating housing situation in Dublin. [16040/18]

Affordable Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to raise with the Taoiseach the issue of the housing lists and homelessness in Dublin Bay north. My constituency has the longest housing list in the country and some of the worst homelessness statistics, bigger I believe than the whole of Fingal and south Dublin. I highlight the fact that from 2015 to 2017 neither Fingal nor Dublin city delivered...

Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on the Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Bill 2018. This legislation, which was initiated in the Seanad, gives effect to Council decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 relating to co-operation between European Union states, Iceland and Norway for sharing vehicle registration data to assist in...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the assurances the Minister has given about the residents being rehoused. He mentioned inspection but the reality is that it was the Governments of which he was a member for the past seven and a half years that slashed the numbers of local authority fire safety inspectors. As Deputies Coveney and Murphy know, it has been estimated that we need to at least quadruple the number of...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I would like to echo the comments made by colleagues on the disgraceful homelessness figures from yesterday. I want to raise a matter which also affects homeless families. Last week, the upper floors of the 16-storey Metro Hotel were destroyed by fire. While residents were made homeless, thankfully there was no loss of life and no one suffered any injuries. As always, the Dublin Fire...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoil Issues (29 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no new Gaelscoileanna are due to be opened in September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14271/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (29 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school projects that were almost completed by sub-contractors and partners of a company (details supplied); when he expects the completion of all these schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14265/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if additional seasonal personnel will be allocated for the Passport Office earlier than the usual seasonal increase in view of the current levels of passport applications being processed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11049/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (28 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland's response to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights report on the database of all business enterprises in the occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11048/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (28 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 217. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 20 March 2018, the type of information being sought on Kuvan; the reason for seeking that information; the timeline for the completion of discussions on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14404/18]