Eoin Ó Broin

721. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when free hormone replacement therapy will be available in Ireland; her plans to backdate payment to January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13480/25]

1. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce an amendment to the Planning and Development Act 2024 empowering planning authorities to apply administrative fines to short-term letting platforms such as a company (details supplied) and others where they advertise short-term lets in rent pressure zones that are not in compliance with planning law, as proposed in the Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022, Second Stage of which was passed by Dáil Éireann in May 2022. [13255/25]

3. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to comment on the ongoing delay in his Department's approvals for social and affordable housing projects funded via SHIP, CAS, CALF, CREL and AHF; to confirm the total number of projects submitted to his Department under each funding stream since September 2024 to date in 2025; the number that have been approved, and the local authority, or approved housing bodies, involved formally notified of that approval during the same time period. [13256/25]

5. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the total delivery of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes in 2024 by local authorities, approved housing bodies and the Land Development Agency; and his views on the low output under these schemes and growing number of people unable to access these properties due to the unaffordable rents and house prices. [13257/25]

24. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will bring forward amending legislation to ensure homeowners approved for a defective block remediation grant can avail of the most recent Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland square meter costs. [12584/25]

61. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the introduction of allocations schemes for cost rental developments and income thresholds for single people sharing, as set out in legislation passed by the Oireachtas in November 2024. [12587/25]

83. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new traveller specific accommodation units delivered in 2024, by local authority area; the average cost per unit in each local authority area; and the total expenditure on the delivery of these new units in 2024. [12586/25]

100. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the final quarter social and affordable housing figures for 2024, including the full-year figures for social new build, acquisitions, cost rental and affordable purchase. [12585/25]

109. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the interim funding for multi-unit development defects remediation; the total number of schemes that have applied; the schemes approved; the total number of units involved in each scheme; the moneys approved, allocated and spent to date in 2025; and when works are expected to commence and conclude on each approved project. [12583/25]

235. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport the reason for a delay at a driving test centre (details supplied); if he is aware that some applicants have been waiting 20 weeks for a test date; the actions being taken to ensure an efficient service is provided from the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13219/25]

94. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on plans to establish a climate investment clearing house. [10544/25]

125. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position Ireland intends to take at the European Council regarding the proposed ReArm Europe package from the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12131/25]

188. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the State has entered into arbitration with a company (details supplied), or any other companies under the dispute resolution mechanism within the Energy Charter Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11614/25]

213. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the basis for the €300 million floating LNG terminal; if the cost includes the cost of constructing a jetty, pipelines, and connection to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12145/25]

222. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications who hosted and who attended the recent war room exercise reported as ‘Exercise Cathal’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12590/25]

485. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department has had engagement with relevant stakeholders, including those who benefit from cohesion policy programmes, or EU counterparts, regarding proposals within the ReArm Europe package to allow cohesion policy programmes and funding to be used for defence purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12132/25]

498. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the status of a national data centre policy; whether the Government is in the process of drafting it; when it is likely to be completed; and what the arrangements are for public consultation. [10844/25]

605. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the procedures relating to the use of space in school buildings for the provision of ECCE and afterschool services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11159/25]

629. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the reason a new ASD class has not been approved for a school (details supplied); the reason this decision has been taken; if it will be reconsidered given the need for further provision of special education placements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11323/25]

750. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to outline the options available to a person (details supplied) who has been unable to secure a mainstream junior infant placement in schools in their area for the 2025/2026 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12535/25]

753. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education how many schools in Dublin mid-west expressed interest in opening a special class in a mainstream school for the years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026; how many of these were refused; the reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12561/25]

754. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education how many schools in Dublin mid-west were approached by the NCSE to open a special class in a mainstream school for the school year 2024-2025; how many refusals were received; the reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12562/25]

755. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education how many schools in Dublin mid-west have been approached by the NCSE to open a special class in a mainstream school for the coming school year 2025-2026. [12563/25]

814. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on its engagement with off-balance sheet borrowing by approved housing bodies (AHBs) for the delivery of social and affordable housing; and to provide an update on his Departments consideration on proposals from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to address the impact of gearing on future AHBs' borrowing levels. [12126/25]

848. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the data his Department has on levels of vacancy and dereliction in each local authority, including numbers of units, entries on the derelict sites register and amounts owed to local authorities for unpaid derelict sites levies; and to provide the most up-to-date information on these issues and other data relating to vacancy and dereliction held by his Department. [11150/25]