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342. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance whether he has any plans to reform the regulation of lifetime loan products issued by companies such as (details supplied) to strengthen consumer protection for borrowers and, as part of any such reform, to examine whether these consumer protections could be applied retrospectively to limit the amount of compound interest applied. [16556/25]

467. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if her Department has considered opening a special school specifically for the areas of Rathcoole, Newcastle, Saggart and Brittas in order to cater for demand in these areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16628/25]

468. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education how many new autism classes are intended to be opened in primary schools for the coming school year in Rathcoole, County Dublin; how many new places will be available; in what schools; what work is ongoing to ensure suitable school places for all children in the area who require them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16629/25]

469. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the total number of children in Dublin mid-west who require placements in a special school or autism class, but who are currently attending mainstream classes due to a lack of suitable school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16630/25]

470. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if any funding is available to primary schools to assist in acquiring a vehicle for use by patrons of an ASD class for trips and so on, where current funding does not cover such costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16631/25]

616. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a revised estimate for Vote 34 Sub Head A Housing will be brought to the Oireachtas; to outline the programme level changes within this subhead to those outlined in the revised estimates for Public service 2025 published by the Department of Finance in December 2024. [16907/25]

617. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the relationship between and the difference between the housing capital allocations of €3.6 billon and €3.8 billion for 2025 referenced by him in the media (details supplied) and the capital allocation for housing of €3.094 billion for 2025 as set out on page 159 of the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025 published by his Department in December 2024. [16908/25]

618. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications by approved housing bodies and local authorities for approval for social and affordable housing schemes under the SHIP, CAS, CALF, CREL and AHF funding streams, broken down by month and funding stream for each month from August 2024 to March 2025; the corresponding number of applications approved under each of these categories in each of the relevant months; the total number of applications for approval pending on 1 April 2025 including a breakdown, by funding stream, number of units in each funding stream and schemes, units and funding streams in each local authority administrative area, in tabular form. [16909/25]

619. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of staff employed directly by his Department; and the total cost of this staffing for each year from 2020 to date. [16910/25]

620. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total funding allocated under each of the programmes funded by his Department for addressing vacancy and dereliction in 2024; the total amount spent under each of these programmes in 2024; and the total number of vacant or derelict units brought back into use through each of these programmes in 2024, in tabular form. [16911/25]

628. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of advisors he has appointed, their names, responsibilities and a brief biography of their professional and employment experience. [17238/25]

629. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide clarifications to the statement issued by his Department to the media on Sunday 30 March 2025 (details supplied). [17239/25]

642. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the review of IS 465; and when he expects to bring forward legislation to amend the defective concrete block grant scheme. [17431/25]

645. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the capital allocations for social housing acquisitions for 2025 for each local authority, in tabular form. [17528/25]

845. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1383 of 19 March 2025, if she is aware that the childcare facility (details supplied) has had to significantly increase fees for parents going forward; if she is conscious of the impact this will have on parents; if the increase is correct under NCS rules; if her Department is engaged in preventing unreasonable increases to fees for parents; if any financial support is available to families facing financial crisis as a consequence of the increase to fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17550/25]

846. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action being taken by her Department in relation to core funding given the feedback of many providers and the closure of a high number of childcare facilities due to funding issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17551/25]

233. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether provisions within the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 relating to the advertisement or display of harmful online content apply to the advertisement of weapons of war or munitions, including through the solicitation of donations to purchase such items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16441/25]

244. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to explain the relationship between the €111 million capital funding for social and affordable housing announced on 31 March and the €450 million capital funding approved for social and affordable housing by Cabinet on 18 February 2025; for a breakdown of the €111 million, by funding stream, including SHIP, CALF, CAS, CREL and AHF; and to provide a breakdown of the number of units this funding will provide in 2025 under each of these streams. [16420/25]

245. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the €325 million capital funding for social housing acquisitions announced by the Minister on 31 March, by local authority area, in tabular form; and to confirm that this funding is additional to the funding detailed in the revised estimate for public services published by the Department of Finance on 19 December 2024. [16421/25]

246. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an updated estimate for sub heads A4, A7, A11, A236 and A31 following the announcement of an additional €436 million in capital funding for social and affordable housing announced on 31 March 2025. [16422/25]

247. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a copy of the circular on social housing acquisitions issued to local authorities alongside the capital allocations for acquisitions announced on 31 March 2025. [16423/25]

249. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the €325 million for social housing acquisitions announced on 31 March 2025 is additional to the €1.867 billion allocated to A4 SHIP, A7 CAS and A11 CALF in the revised estimates published by the Department of Finance on 19 December 2024; and if not, if this is the amount from within the revised estimates as published in December 2024 that can be spent on social housing acquisitions. [16435/25]

254. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for the consultation for the social climate plan which the Government needs to submit to the European Commission by June 2025.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15174/25]

260. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide an update on which information about data centres will be made publicly available pursuant to Article 12(1) of the recast Energy Efficiency Directive, and which information he will allow the data centres to keep concealed as commercially sensitive. [15776/25]

337. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance to set out the number of help-to-buy grants drawn down in each year since it came into operation, the total spend on the scheme in each of these years, and the total expenditure on the scheme to date, in tabular form. [15666/25]