Results 381-400 of 15,170 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (4 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will respond to the report published on 10 December 2024 (details supplied) which found "a significant blind spot in Ireland’s climate action planning", resulting from a failure to include direct demand for natural gas from connections to data centres; the engagement he has had with the Environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new homes that are forecast to be delivered with the additional €450 million funding under funding streams (details supplied). [9312/25]

Housing Commission Report: Statements (27 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: On behalf of Sinn Féin, I thank the individual members of the commission and its secretariat and all those other individuals and professionals who assisted it in its work over the two and a half years. This is, as the Minister of State said, an incredibly significant piece of work. It is on a par with the National Economic and Social Council, NESC, Housing in Ireland 2005 report. It...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (26 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby grid constraints from the excessive data centre demand are negatively impacting the connection of housing to the electricity network. [8350/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (26 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to bring forward legislation to ban connections of islanded data centres to the gas grid. [8352/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Regulations (25 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what screening measures were taken to ensure that Irish taxpayers money contributed to the Act in Support of Ammunition Production did not contribute to violations of international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8008/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (25 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in light of the substantial pressure that data centres are placing on grid systems, and given that they are the largest driver of energy demand in the State, if he is considering any plans to direct the Regulator to increase the network charge of large energy users in order to finance repairs and ensure households do...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (25 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how much data centre demand is currently contracted to connect to the electricity networks operated by ESB Networks and Eirgrid above what is already connected. [8104/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (25 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown, by county of the details for each Mandatory Demand Curtailment which occurred to date in 2025 as instructed by Eirgrid, in tabular form. [8106/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Climate Action Plan (25 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 362. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to respond to the report published on 10 December 2024 (details supplied) which found a blind spot in the Climate Action Plan resulting from a failure to include direct demand for natural gas from connections to data centres; the engagement he has had with the EPA and SEAI on the matter; and the actions he proposes to address the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (25 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a graduate diploma course (details supplied) is not recognised by the Teaching Council; if any engagements are ongoing in relation to the course’s recognition for credits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7371/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Directives (25 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on progress in fulfilling the obligations in Article 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive 2023/1791 regarding a database for data centres. [8107/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social and affordable delivery streams that will receive the €450 million capital allocation approved by Cabinet on 18 February 2025; and the years in which this capital funding will be provided, in tabular form. [7701/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 3,000 social and affordable homes to be funded through the €450 million capital allocation approved by Cabinet on 18 February 2025 are to deliver homes within the existing Housing For All targets as set out in the 2021 Housing For All plan. [7702/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will list the 3,000 social and affordable homes to be delivered through the €450 million capital allocation approved by Cabinet on 18 February 2025, broken down by the number of units in each local authority area and the social housing landlord associated with each scheme that is, named AHB or the relevant local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the proposed allocations schemes for cost rental housing including an update on whether any regulations have been issued by him and any scheme specific cost rental allocations schemes approved; and if so, where and for which category of worker/tenant. [7711/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (25 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a list of all submissions received by his Department during the review of Part B of the Building Control Regulations and to publish the submissions on the Department's website or to provide copies of the submissions to the incoming members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. [7712/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (25 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position of sports facilities (details supplied) under new alcohol licence laws, and if he intends to amend the draft legislation to include these stadiums. [7351/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (25 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 741. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department started to write to people with status/leave to remain in direct provision centres giving them dates by which they would have to leave the direct provision centre or be moved to another centre; the number of such letters issued to date; the criteria for issuing such letters; the rationale...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (25 Feb 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 810. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to recognise medical alert dogs to afford them the same status as other assistance dogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8081/25]