Eoin Ó Broin

1463. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to state whether a strategic environmental assessment and-or screening for a strategic environmental assessment and-or an appropriate assessment was carried out on Seanad amendment No. 24 to the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025, amending Part III of the Act of 2000, to provide for modification of permission for residential development by inserting a new section 44B into the principal Act, and related amendments to the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2024. [41488/25]

1491. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the names, organisations, former responsibilities, current responsibilities and full remuneration, including of secondees, of all appointments to the housing activation office. [41855/25]

1492. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 on social and affordable housing funded through SHIP, CALF, CAS, AHF, CREL, AHB borrowing and LDA expenditure, in tabular form. [41856/25]

1561. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the total capital outturn from his Department, in each year for 2020 to 2024, by vote subhead, in tabular form. [42611/25]

1568. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the revised population targets as per the revised NPF have been formally communicated to local authorities. [42747/25]

1569. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his revised housing plan will be published. [42748/25]

1570. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to give a commitment to publish a summary of the Mulcahy Report into alleged planning irregularities in County Donegal along with recommendations for reform of the planning system to ensure that such irregularities do not happen again in the future. [42749/25]

1571. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of all affordable housing that is, cost rental and affordable purchase units delivered by local authorities, approved housing bodies and the Land Development Agency with a breakdown by turnkey and construction, in tabular form. [42750/25]

1572. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on all European Commission infringement proceedings currently underway related to the functions in his Department; and to provide an update on compliance and fines related to each enforcement action. [42751/25]

1573. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the review of section 10 funded emergency homeless services; and to give a commitment to publish the review conducted by the CCMA. [42752/25]

1574. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the awarding of the Housing First tender in Dublin; and to provide an explanation for the delay in the awarding of this tender. [42753/25]

1575. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the interim fire safety defects scheme, the pilot retrospective building defects scheme and the legislation to underpin the wider building defects redress scheme. [42754/25]

1576. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants for the defective concrete block grant scheme in each county in which the scheme is operational; the progress of each applicant though each stage of the scheme; the number of applicants that have drawn down payments at each stage; the number of applicants who have fully drawn down their full grant in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42755/25]

1591. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing acquisitions that have been bought to date in 2025, with a breakdown by local authority and acquisition type tenant-in-situ, housing first, vacant homeless, and so no; and an average cost, by local authority. [42988/25]

1628. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update in the negotiations between his officials, Dublin City Council and a company (details supplied) regarding the delivery of affordable homes in phase 1a of the Poolbeg West SDZ. [43634/25]

1629. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average purchase price of homes availing of the vacant property refurbishment grant, broken down by local authority area and the derelict property top up grant, in tabular form. [43635/25]

1789. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection if funding under food and basic material support for specific items has been withdrawn (details supplied); if so, the reason for the withdrawal of funding for these necessary items for young people and their education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41730/25]

1790. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the school meals scheme; the details of both schemes; the way in which funding is allocated; the rate for same; if the review of nutritional standards is under way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41742/25]

1903. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the engagement his Department has had with the European Commission regarding the plans by Ireland to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42227/25]

1996. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the exact area indicated on a map being purchased in relation to a hotel (details supplied) [41745/25]

2009. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for a breakdown of processing times for family reunification visa applications by country, in tabular form. [42019/25]

2031. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department will ensure that an individual (details supplied) will be able to arrive in Ireland to begin their studies in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42221/25]

2032. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has had any engagement with the European Commission regarding the recent comments of the EU Coordinator for Combatting Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life describing bake sales for Gaza (including raising money for the Irish Red Cross) as causing 'ambient antisemitism' and linking European citizens protesting peacefully for justice in Palestine to extremist organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42228/25]

3369. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the difficulties Palestinian students with scholarships to study in Ireland are having with obtaining visas in time to commence study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42225/25]

362. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the number of renters claiming the renters tax credit in 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, by local authority, and average value of credit per local authority. [39446/25]