Results 61-80 of 15,814 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (5 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people living in IPAS accommodation with status, broken down by county, and by nationality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60255/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (5 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful move-ons of people with status from IPAS accommodation to date in 2025; his Department’s definition of a successful move-on; the follow-up that is carried out on those who have moved-on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60256/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (5 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the number of IPAS accommodation centres under HIQAs remit has fallen from 51 to 35 centres; which centres are now under HIQAs remit; if there are plans to expand HIQA's remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60257/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (5 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inspections of IPAS centres not under HIQA's remit have been carried out by an independent inspectorate to date in 2025; the number of centres covered by those inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60258/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Unlocking Barriers to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank everybody for the opening presentations and the additional information. Most of us in this committee believe we need to roughly double new housing output to meet the level of demand that is there. All of the sectors represented here are essential. Even on those areas where we do not necessarily agree on policy detail, all of them are essential to the delivery of those homes that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Unlocking Barriers to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I presume cost would be a challenge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Unlocking Barriers to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Could Mr. O'Gorman or Mr. Culhane answer my question about the VAT reduction pass on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Unlocking Barriers to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Regarding forward purchasing, is it being passed for the schemes that are under contract?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Unlocking Barriers to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: In a case where it is not passed on, is the consequence of the additional borrowing requirement and interest rate on that borrowing requirement significant? Is it probably costing the AHB sector more than the VAT reduction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Unlocking Barriers to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Given that I named Mr. Garvey as a member of the planning elite, I want to give him the opportunity to respond. There are many elite planners in his organisation who are very skilled and experienced. Is that really the way we need to be talking about this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Unlocking Barriers to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: But I am right regarding the reduction in judicial reviews on large-scale residential developments, LRDs. That is still the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Unlocking Barriers to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: Regarding today's announcement in the Minister's statement about developer-provided wastewater treatment infrastructure, the developer has to pay the cost. It is very clear that the Minister expects small to medium-sized builders to bear that cost and there is no compensation for that. Does Mr. O'Connell think that bit of the proposal today is sensible or will work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Unlocking Barriers to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank everybody for their contributions. I will pick up on and add to some of the debate, because many of the problems are being identified but sometimes the solutions may be misunderstood. To pick up on Senator Casey's discussion about the local planning framework in Wicklow, I have no skin in that game and no opinion on whether the plan is good or not, but the interesting thing is that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position Ireland will take at the European Council in December regarding the approval of the Mercosur agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59755/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the breakdown, by local authority of the number of domestic solar panel installations, by county for 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [58061/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or any bodies under his aegis have carried out a socio-economic impact analysis of the grants for solar panel to private residences. [58062/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Conservation (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether his attention has been brought to Britain's National Audit Office report about failures of insulation schemes with the quality of installations of external and internal wall insulation and suspected fraud on the energy company obligation; and whether similar concerns have been raised about insulation schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 394. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to create a transport security force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59390/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 621. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had with the European Commission regarding the so-called ‘crisis mechanism’ within the European Defence Industrial Programme which would allow basic protections within the Working Time Directive to be suspended for arms companies, allowing them to override core workers’ rights...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (4 Nov 2025)

Eoin Ó Broin: 926. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for UBU funding for an area was not successful (details supplied); if this application will be reviewed given the real and increasing need for youth services for young people in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60133/25]