Eoin Ó Broin

686. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the protocol to allow households fleeing domestic, sexual and gender-based violence to transfer time spent on a social housing waiting list to another local authority; when the protocol will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8457/26]

750. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of an application for a person (details supplied) submitted in October 2022. [7401/26]

755. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of convictions since new legislative measures were announced in February 2021 to tackle the illegal anti-social misuse of scramblers, quad bikes and similar off-road mechanically propelled vehicles on public roads, paths, parks and in the public space domain; and to include the number of seizures and convictions of persons found guilty of illegally selling/buying, storing, operating and facilitating aforementioned bikes, in tabular form. [7463/26]

290. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure by his Department on social housing acquisitions in 2025; and to provide a breakdown of the number of homes purchased with this funding, by type including tenant-in-situ, vacant homes acquisition, housing first, age-friendly right sizing, and so on. [7144/26]

291. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total capital allocation for social housing acquisitions for 2026. [7145/26]

303. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the income accrued by social housing tenants renting a room in their property and availing of the rent a room tax relief is also disregarded for the purposes of calculating the social housing tenants differential rent. [7202/26]

360. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of first residence permits issued in each of the years from 2016 to 2024 that were for education; and the number of residence permits for education valid in each of years from 2016 to 2024. [7306/26]

86. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the research or evidence he has that demonstrates than an increase in high-cost private rental accommodation will, over time, bring down rents. [6639/26]

87. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new developer provided infrastructure proposal for private residential developments of 40 or less homes will be available for developers; and if the expectation is that the cost of this infrastructure will be passed on to the home buyers at the point of purchase of the homes. [6640/26]

96. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider allowing local authorities to include attic conversions in their own social housing stock to meet the needs of existing tenants as an alternative to tenants having to apply for transfers to larger homes as their household size increases. [6930/26]

123. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration regarding letters issued to people residing in direct provision centres giving them dates by which they have to leave or be moved to another centre, the current criteria for issuing such letters; the number of such letters issued to date; the number of people who have been moved on foot of these letters; and a breakdown of these moves, including information on from where; and the location to which they have been moved; in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6761/26]

434. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment given his competency for OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct, to respond to allegations of data centres located in Ireland operated by a company (details supplied) being used to facilitate genocide in Gaza. [6337/26]

435. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the progress towards transposing the green transition directive; and whether he proposes to meet the deadline of 27 March 2026. [6339/26]

491. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm a new special school in Lucan (details supplied) has been provided with the necessary resources to provide education to students attending on a full school day basis; whether the necessary allocation of SNAs to support students safely has been provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5798/26]

493. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1253 of 13 January 2026, the number of additional school places expected to be delivered at a school (details supplied); and when the project is expected to be completed. [5845/26]

494. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Question No. 1253 of 13 January 2026, the number of additional school places expected to be delivered at a school (details supplied); and when the project is expected to be completed. [5846/26]

641. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how and when homeowners in receipt of a grant award under the defective concrete block grant scheme can avail of the increased grant award levels as set out in the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025. [5945/26]

676. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if the funding for the recently announced infrastructure fund to be administered by the housing delivery office, will be funded under REV programme subhead A21; to confirm that this replaced the local infrastructure housing activation fund; and the way in which the administration of this fund will differ from its LIHAF predecessor. [6520/26]

722. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of full-time equivalent forensic scientists funded by his Department which are currently employed by Forensic Science Ireland; whether there are currently any shortages of staff or unfulfilled staff sanctions for forensic scientists at FSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5646/26]

765. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current maximum IPAS capacity; the maximum IPAS capacity in February 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6431/26]

766. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current IPAS occupancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6432/26]

767. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he plans to open more IPAS accommodation centres to accommodate all male applicants on arrival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6433/26]

776. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether there are grounds in which visit visa applications can be expedited on medical or compassionate grounds in respect of family visit visa applications. [6552/26]

137. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if his proposed changes to the rent pressure zone rules will result in the majority of private rental tenants experiencing significant rent increases within a period of four years. [5324/26]

158. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of social housing acquisitions in 2024 and 2025, by acquisition type, including tenant-in-situ, vacant homeless acquisition, housing first, older persons, and so on. [4944/26]