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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 (Resumed): Land Development Agency (9 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I confirm I am in Leinster House. I thank Mr. Coleman for the presentation and it is good to see him again. I am interested in teasing out how LDA delivery interacts with the key provisions of the Bill, especially the serviced sites fund, and to a lesser extent the cost rental equity loan. We know that the first units in Shanganagh will be ready around 2023. Does the LDA have much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 (Resumed): Land Development Agency (9 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can I cut across Mr. Coleman? How will the LDA achieve that without something like the serviced sites fund, particularly for affordable purchase, for example? Does it have some other mechanism if that fund is not available to it on the non-council sites?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 (Resumed): Land Development Agency (9 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: If members are concerned about the section 183 element of the Bill, we can remove it on Committee Stage by way of amendment. I encourage all who have concerns to support amendments that Sinn Féin will table. I have many questions on the LDA and its operation in the Bill, but we will leave them for the appropriate session. I am still trying to understand the interaction between the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (4 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts he is making to ensure that persons who need driver licences for work, education or caring responsibilities can avail of driver tests and driver theory tests in a timely manner. [12319/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (4 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the review of the freedom of information dispute resolution process; and the status of cases (details supplied) currently in the dispute resolution process. [12210/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (4 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Land Development Agency has yet to acquire any sites on which it is currently working or if all the projects are currently partnerships between the Agency and the relevant landowner. [12322/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of classrooms that are to be provided in a new school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [12320/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a new special needs school in Crumlin, Dublin 12; the location of the school; the capacity of the proposed school; and the timeline for its completion. [12327/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (4 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the education supports and school place options available for a person (details supplied) who currently is not able to access a school place appropriate to their special needs. [12328/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (4 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if PRSI contributions will be paid to those persons in receipt of the new interim payment in which they retire at the age of 65 years and are in receipt of the interim payment until they are eligible for the State pension at 66 years. [12318/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a university (details supplied) is proceeding with student work placements in food processing plants during the current level 5 restrictions; and if his Department has provided guidance to the university on this matter. [12336/21]

Housing Shared Equity Loan Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (3 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: At the start of his contribution the Minister said the policy of this Government represents a fundamental change but that is patently untrue. The social housing targets are exactly the same as they would have been were Fine Gael leading the Government. There is no extra funding in this year's budget for the serviced sites fund beyond what Fine Gael already committed. The Government has...

Housing Shared Equity Loan Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (3 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: - after much delay the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, has brought forward his affordable housing plan; - much of that plan, including the Land Development Agency, the Serviced Sites Fund and the Cost Rental Scheme, are continuations of the last Government’s housing policy; - the only...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (3 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of purchasing credits to meet emissions and renewable energy targets in each of the years 2010 to 2020. [11567/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (3 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the credits his Department attributed from sustainable land use, land use change and forestry measures towards Ireland’s non-emissions trading system target under EU effort sharing regulations. [11568/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (3 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his 2030 target for energy efficiency. [11569/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (3 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the impact greenhouse gas permits granted to data centres will have on meeting EU ETS targets. [11570/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (3 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the impact greenhouse gas permits granted to data centres will have on the State’s anticipated revenue from auctioning credits. [11571/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (3 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated amount of revenue expected to be raised through the auction of allowances under the emissions trading system over the next ten years. [11572/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (3 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department expects to produce its updated National Energy and Climate Plan. [11573/21]