Results 13,801-13,820 of 15,065 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (20 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 444 of 16 May 2017, the number of emergency accommodation service providers that received section ten funding from central government in each of the years 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017. [27954/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the criteria for the allocation of funding under the housing adaptation grant scheme to local authorities across the State; and the reason the 2017 allocation to Donegal County Council is a fraction of the amount allocated to other local authorities serving a population less than County Donegal. [28719/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homeless family hubs to be put in place; the location of same; the funding for and number of beds in each hub; and the date on which these beds will be occupied. [28930/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (20 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will publish legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Charges; and if this legislation will deal with the issue of ensuring financial equity to those in group and private water schemes. [28931/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (20 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the work of the departmental working group on the regulation on short term letting, such as by a company (details supplied). [28932/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (20 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of times the short term letting working group has met since its formation in January 2017. [28993/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (20 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the work of the departmental working group on housing statistics. [28933/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (20 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if funding requests from the housing agency for the purchase of vacant homes were refused in 2016 or in 2017; if so, the amount refused; and the proposed units that were not purchased as a result of this refusal. [28934/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the social housing developments which his Department is refusing to fund at 100%; the location of these developments; the number of units involved; and the reason 100% departmental funding is not being provided. [28935/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (20 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the average cost of one, two, three and four bed local authority new build units on the basis of costings submitted to his Department by local authorities over the past 12 months; if he will provide a breakdown of all in costs and construction only costs; and the itemised costed list of the individual non...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Pension Provisions (20 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 2293. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 668 of 11 January 2012, in relation to a person (details supplied) who suffered severe PTSD during their time on active duty for the defence forces in the 1970s and owing to poor mental health did not apply for their army pension within the statutory deadline, if he will review all of the documentation...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: There has been a huge degree of excitement around the House today for those newly appointed Ministers and "super junior" Ministers of State and their families. There is obviously a significant sense of achievement for them, while for others there is a sense of disappointment. Large numbers of people beyond the gates of Leinster House, however, will be deeply unmoved by what they have heard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Voting) Bill 2014 [Private Members']: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Deputies Seán Crowe and Gerry Adams for their presentations. Despite the very positive word from the Taoiseach in the United States and the publication of the Department's consultation paper, I am concerned that it is the first departmental consultation paper I have seen published that does not have a consultation deadline. Normally when we get something from the Department, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Voting) Bill 2014 [Private Members']: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is no evidence in the data presented to suggest that is something that happens, even where the diaspora or non-resident population is large. The other issue is that of time limits. Again, the report is interesting in that regard because it highlights that a number of countries that currently apply time limits are doing away with them. The argument is that they are discriminatory....

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulty of filling community employment scheme places due to his Department's prioritisation of JobPath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25900/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Widow's Pension Eligibility (31 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to allow unmarried partners qualify for the widow's pension on the death of their partner in certain circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25899/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22 lost a mainstream teacher; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as a result of this decision junior and senior infants are forced into multi-grade classes; his plans to address parents' concerns that their children's education will be negatively affected; and his further plans to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (30 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the capital and current expenditure on housing in 2016; and the allocated capital and current expenditure on housing in 2017, in tabular form. [25663/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Investigations (30 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to the ongoing investigation into complaints regarding irregularities in the administration of planning in County Donegal, the reason he will not permit the senior counsel undertaking the exercise to investigate the matter relating to An Bord Pleanála and Donegal County Council which has been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Investigations (30 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to the ongoing investigation into complaints regarding irregularities in the administration of planning in County Donegal, the reason he will not permit the senior counsel undertaking the exercise to investigate the matters relating to the CEO of Donegal County Council which have been documented to him; and...