Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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]
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Eoin Ó Broin
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1,180
questions asked
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109,926
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Across 576 contributions
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Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
147. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when funding announced in Budget 2025 for pulmonary fibrosis will be released. [32920/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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 t…
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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…
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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 …
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
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]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
485. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school transport service is unavailable for a school located in Newcastle, County Dublin (details supplied); if there are plans to instate a transport service when the premises opens; if not, the options for transport available to students living 3.2 km or more from this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28953/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
697. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is aware of the volume of postmaster’s struggling to keep post offices open due to lack of funding; if any action is being considered or is underway in order to sustain the An Post network given the funding issues present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30686/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
774. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of the additional staff sanctioned to An Bord Pleanála in 2023 and 2024 and the cost of increasing the sanction by a further 30 staff across clerical, administrative and inspector posts. [29382/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
775. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of the additional staff sanctioned to local authority planning sections in 2024 and 2025; and the cost for every additional 100 staff sanctioned for planning authorities across the same grade as the additional sanctions in 2024 and 2025. [29383/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
776. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional cost to the Exchequer for every additional 1,000 social housing units delivered through the following schemes, SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction, CALF turnkey, CAS construction, CALF turnkey, and social housing acquisition. [29384/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
777. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional cost to the Exchequer for every additional 1,000 affordable housing units delivered through the following schemes, CREL construction, CREL turnkey, AHF construction, and AHF turnkey. [29385/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
778. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional cost of increasing the funding for housing adaptation grants by 25%, 50% and 100%. [29386/25]