Eoin Ó Broin

213. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether, in the course of the special EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 16 June 2025, he raised the unacceptable nature of the public comments of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen following her phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34485/25]

228. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he plans to establish the Just Transition Commission on a statutory footing. [34358/25]

241. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether his Department or the Defence Forces currently have any contracts with or purchase from a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34525/25]

576. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims open for jobseekers benefit on 31 March 2025 before the jobseekers pay-related benefit scheme began; and if any consideration was given to retrospectively applying the new benefit to the cohort in receipt of the original payment.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33983/25]

606. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current turnaround time for long stay employment visa applications for individuals with a general skills work permit submitted to an embassy (details supplied); the date range of applications currently being processed under this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33532/25]

412. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if she will use her power to ensure a decision is made as a matter of urgency regarding an application for reimbursement of new medicines (details supplied) given lengthy reimbursement times and the detrimental impact delaying access to this medicine has on the medical condition to which it relates. [33380/25]

413. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with families of children living with a medical condition (details supplied). [33381/25]

13. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for a list of the names on the senior officials group examining the data centres transition pathway analysis. [33084/25]

14. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on efforts to transpose the provisions of Article 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive relating to data centres. [33086/25]

147. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when funding announced in Budget 2025 for pulmonary fibrosis will be released. [32920/25]

148. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when a national lung fibrosis clinical programme will be available to deliver structured, standardised and equitable care to people living with lung fibrosis in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32921/25]

149. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the plans for a national registry of lung fibrosis patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32922/25]

380. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the latest bundle of public private partnerships social housing projects; whether any of the bundle of six projects is being dropped; and if so, where these projects are and the reason why they have been dropped. [31391/25]

426. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a decision can be expected in relation to an application submitted in July 2023 on behalf of an individual (details supplied). [31551/25]

33. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position which Ireland will take on the upcoming renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the European Union, Egypt and Israel on natural gas, specifically due to the lack of a territorial clause explicitly excluding the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31336/25]

165. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all sections of the Planning and Development Act 2024 that have been formally enacted; and the date upon which the enactment took place. [30842/25]

167. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in light of the deepening ecological catastrophe engulfing Lough Neagh, and noting that the 2025 fishing season has already been adversely impacted by the onset of blue-green algae pollution, and by a moratorium on commercial fishing, he is willing to meet with a representative group of Lough Neagh stakeholders to discuss how the Government can assist in addressing the catastrophe affecting the lough. [30881/25]

168. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on call 3 for the urban regional development fund, including the number of projects that applied for funding, the number that have received funding, and an update on progress with 1,297 vacant or derelict properties identified by local authorities that were part of the funding applications. [30887/25]

226. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current turnaround time for category D visa applications; the date of category D applications currently being processed; if his Department has considered publishing information regarding this visa category on the Immigration Service website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30947/25]

300. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the reason a type of medication (details supplied) is not currently available in Ireland; if consideration will be given to approving the medication urgently in light of the reported benefits to people living with a specific progressive neuromuscular disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30839/25]

198. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position Ireland took regarding the appointment of Annalena Baerbock as UNGA President, particularly in light of her role in providing diplomatic and political support to Israel as it has engaged in mass murder in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29993/25]

226. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline any measures he is considering to maintain the level of imports of electricity from Britain following any future changes in the price of electricty between the two markets. [29479/25]

234. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 4 March 2025, if he is satisfied that the EPA "Ireland's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections 2024" report and the SEAI "Interim National Energy Balance 2024" report included demand from direct demand from data centres for natural gas which were identified as a "blind spot" by the author of a report published on 10 December 2024 (details supplied). [29845/25]

241. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his officials have conducted a standalone cost benefit analysis of the risks and opportunities arising from high volumes of the State's electricity being consumed by data centres including but not limited to its negative impact on housing delivery targets and climate targets weighed against potential benefits such as modest levels of employment in data centres and increased corporate tax revenue. [29987/25]

397. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the number of landlords who have availed of the retrofitting expenditure tax relief in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and the total cost of the relief in each of these years. [29379/25]