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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (10 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the recent significant rise in tender prices for social housing developments in Dublin City Council; and if he will examine the use of multi-annual framework agreements and breaking up larger development sites into tenders for enabling works and sub-lots of social housing within the social housing developments...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (10 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the creation of the single utility for water services and the drafting of a White Paper on the future of the utilities' SLA with local authorities including the Government's intentions on whether Irish Water will become a non-commercial semi-State company and whether the Government plans to hold a referendum on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: County Development Plans (10 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delay in issuing the updated county development plan guidance and the methodology for the housing demand needs assessment to local authorities; his views on whether this delay will have a negative impact on those local authorities that are at an advanced stage in their development plan review; and when...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (10 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by his Department in responding to the collective complaint brought to the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg regarding conditions in local authority properties; and the breakdown of those costs by type including legal fees, communications, research and any other category that may be relevant. [7133/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (10 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an extension of employment on a community employment scheme will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) given continued occupational focus would be greatly beneficial to the person. [7166/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Nicholson and Mr. Quinlan for the presentation and the work on the legislation. This is approximately two and a half years in gestation under two Governments, so I do not envy Mr. Quinlan and his team's difficulties in this regard. It is also important to point out that the serviced sites fund of €300 million was to deliver those 6,200 homes by the end of 2021. That was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I would like Mr. Nicholson to answer briefly my first question regarding how many homes he expects to be completed this year under the serviced sites fund, which is obviously separate to the issue of cost-rental equity loans. There has also been some confusion regarding what is known as the help-to-buy premium, which is part of the British scheme, and the impact of shared equity schemes on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Do we have a number?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will Mr. Nicholson confirm that Enniskerry Road will come from that fund as well and they should completed this year?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (4 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to extend the strategic housing development planning process deadline beyond its current expiry date of February 2022; and the preparations he has put in place to restore or reform the planning process post-February 2022. [6303/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (4 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing leases funded through his Department to investors availing of the international investment programme; and the annual cost of these leases for each year since such leases commenced. [6304/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Efficiency (4 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of the nZEB regulations for residential developments in social and private housing; and the engagement he has had with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to ensure full compliance with these important regulations. [6305/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (4 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement claimants on 31 December 2020, by local authority area; the average cost of a claim in each area; and the cost per week and in total for 2020. [6306/21]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the savings made by the EEOS by type of customer, that is, commercial, private and energy poverty; and the social impact analysis and the average efficiency gain per customer, that is, average depth of retrofit. [5993/21]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the impact of the EEOS on customer bills. [5995/21]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an annual update on the implementation on the Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty was made between 2016 and 2019; if so, if a copy will be provided; and if not, the reason. [5996/21]

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

Eoin Ó Broin: 40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the social policy and public service reform division received annual progress updates from Ministers responsible for energy poverty between 2016 and 2019; if so, if a copy of same will be provided; and if not, the reason. [5997/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Energy Efficiency (3 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of the 2014-2020 cohesion policy funds for energy efficiency in buildings that have been spent. [5994/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Famine Artefacts (3 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to create a permanent exhibition remembering An Gorta Mór. [5799/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Functions (3 Feb 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the functions of the built environment advisory unit within his Department; the number of staff; the role of each; the work the unit undertakes with regard to the promotion of building standards including informing the building industry and building control authorities of the current building regulations and the updating of...