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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 508. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of preparations for a long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategy, which is due to be submitted to the UNFCCC secretariat in 2020 according to the obligations of the Paris Agreement. [7772/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether renewable natural gas has a role in the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. [7770/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement tenancies at the end of 2018; and the cost of the scheme in 2018, in tabular form. [8375/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of standard and priority allocations refused by social housing applicants for each local authority in 2017 and 2018; and if the figures will be provided as a percentage of total allocations for each council. [7907/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the annual local authority homelessness financial reports for 2018. [8340/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Traveller accommodation allocations for each local authority for 2018; and the drawdown to date for each local authority in tabular form. [8361/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 2,610 social housing acquisitions in 2018 that were purchased vacant; and the number purchased with social housing tenants in situ. [8362/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 560 voids included in the 2018 social housing output figures were vacant for more than six months. [8363/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment, HAP, rental accommodation scheme, RAS, and social housing current expenditure programme, SHCEP, tenancies at the end of 2018; and the cost per scheme in that year in tabular form. [8374/19]

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Not on my part.

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to share time with Deputy Buckley.

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Tonight, as many as 13,000 adults and children will sleep either on the streets or in emergency accommodation funded by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Tusla or the Department of Justice and Equality, or, indeed, not funded by any Department. Contrary to what the Minister stated, the Oireachtas committee did not under any circumstances accept that his removal of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I have four areas of questions. On the EPA reports, we in the committee have given a commitment over three years that every time the reports are published, one of the important steps we want to take is inviting all the stakeholders to interrogate the reports, not only to give the EPA another platform to raise the issues but also to hear...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does Mr. O'Leary have a breakdown of the spend on wastewater and on drinking water from last year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: With regard to the judgment on urban wastewater which was decided against us, is the programme sufficient to avoid fines if those targets are met by 2021?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: I certainly get the sense from the engagements we have had of this nature over recent years that there is far greater co-ordination between the different bodies. I want to acknowledge that. I want to go back to the appendices in the EPA's 2017 report. There has been a significant improvement in terms of urban wastewater treatment directive non-compliant locations, as can be seen in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: Mr. O'Leary said it was 132 by the end of 2018. I thought it was 132 by the end of 2017.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: There are 24 counties included in that figure of 132 plants. At what point in the Irish Water programme does it expect that number to start to reduce significantly?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (13 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will end pay inequality among teachers. [7236/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving adequate educational supports to meet special needs; and when adequate educational supports will be provided. [6500/19]