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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Security (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are issues relating to the number of airport police or gardaí deployed at Dublin Airport; and if he will explain the reason there were no police or Garda personnel available to provide assistance at the airport on a specific date (details supplied). [60310/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Residential Property Services has been transferred to the LDA; if so, when this transfer happened; the number of residential units held by NARPS on transfer; the value of these properties; and the number of these properties currently in social housing leasing arrangements. [60939/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional gross and net annual cost to the state of every €1,000 increase to the social housing eligibility income thresholds up to €10,000 in tabular form. [60520/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated additional annual expenditure that would be required from the Exchequer on the housing assistance payment by increases to the income eligibility thresholds for social housing in €1,000 increments from €1,000 to €10,000 respectively; and the number of additional households that it is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average HAP payment per recipient funded by the Exchequer; and the average cost to the State per recipient net of differential rents. [60522/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the gross and net average cost to the State per HAP recipient. [60523/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average differential rent paid in the State. [60524/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 263. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the panel that makes the decisions regarding the Presidential Distinguished Service Awards and the criteria on which nominees are judged. [60842/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 264. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a timeframe on posthumous nominations regarding the Presidential Distinguished Service Awards; if so, if this impacts the assessment of a nomination; if posthumous nominations can be resubmitted if unsuccessful; and the way posthumous nominations are assessed against nominations of individuals who are alive. [60843/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of fifth class places currently available in primary schools in an area (details supplied). [60190/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the available supports related to school transport for students who cannot obtain a school place in their locality during the school year and must continue to travel to schools a distance away from their home. [60191/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that secondary schools in Clondalkin, Dublin 22 are already operating waiting lists for the 2023-2024 school year, that numbers on these lists are significant; if her Department intends to provide increased resources in order for secondary schools in the area to increase their intake; and if there...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a shortfall of approximately 90 school places between the number of 6th class school places and 1st year school places across schools in the Clondalkin area. [60662/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for both their presence and their presentations. It is important to remind us all about the impetus for us calling this hearing. The witnesses will all recall when we were undertaking our informal scrutiny of the enhanced defective blocks legislation, Aidan O’Connell from Engineers Ireland gave some pretty shocking testimony to the committee when he informed us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I hope Mr. Ó Coigligh does not mind me cutting across him because our time is limited, but does the Department know how many quarries are currently operating in the State? Does it know the number that are compliant for planning and licensing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: If we do not know the number of quarries and when they are opening or closing, we do not know if they are compliant with planning or licensing. How does market surveillance operate other than in a completely reactive way like in Donegal where there is a national scandal and people are sent in after the fact to look at it? I want to go back to Mr. Aidan O'Connell's commentary about a quarry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am sure that the officials would have a level of expertise so they would know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: In the second round I will have questions for the other two groups of witnesses. I am trying to get a sense of this at departmental and ministerial levels. In 2017, we had the independent report on defective blocks and it does not seem to me that a wild lot has changed. In 2019, the national building control office, NBCO, was created but, as Mr. Butler has said, it is a relatively small...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does the Department know how many building control officers there are? I ask because the last time I asked a parliamentary question seeking the information I was told that the Department does not keep a track of such information.