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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
908. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the proposed referendum on the right to housing will take place in 2023. [38371/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
889. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update in relation to the provision of emergency funding for the remediation of fire safety, structural safety and water ingress defects in purpose-built apartment buildings, including duplexes, constructed between 1991 and 2013, given the recent fire in a non-compliant Navan apartment complex; how much funding will be made available in 2023; how it will be accessed; when the funding scheme will be accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37867/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
888. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all actions taken by his Department regarding the Mulcahy report in relation to planning issues in Donegal between its delivery to his Department in 2017 and August 2023. [37864/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
883. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown in tabular form of the number of vacant staffing positions and their grade within An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37822/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
882. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown in tabular form of the number of staff, and their grade currently, employed within An Bord Pleanála, highlighting if they are employed on a part-time or full-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37821/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
880. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether it is the relevant local authority or his Department that processes vacant property refurbishment grants; the average response time for an initial application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37771/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
879. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to assist local authorities to enforce and collect the 7% annual derelict sites levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37770/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
878. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to assist the local authorities in Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Galway County, Kerry, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Monaghan, Offaly, Tipperary and Westmeath, to establish a vacant sites register and to enforce and collect the 7% annual vacant sites levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37769/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
877. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 709 of 18 April 2023, if he will provide an update on the CPO Activation Programme; if he will provide a breakdown, by local authority of the number of CPOs of vacant properties completed, ongoing and under consideration, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37768/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
876. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the unpaid derelict site levies due to each local authority over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37767/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
875. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of derelict sites on the local authorities derelict site register for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37766/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
874. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown of the unpaid vacant site levies due to each local authority over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37765/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
873. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant sites on the local authorities vacant site register for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37764/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
872. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many derelict property top-up grants have been issued by local authority, by month, since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37763/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
871. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many vacant property reimbursement grants have been issued by local authority, by month, since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37762/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
870. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount each local authority has received from the croí cónaithe towns fund, by month and by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37761/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
869. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider creating additional positions within each of the local authorities' vacant homes office teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37760/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
868. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the Finnish model of ending homelessness; if he plans to implement a similar model here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37759/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
867. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of investigations of homeless hostels carried out by local authorities, by county, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37758/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
865. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if her Department has or will consider the purchase of the old Parliament from the Bank of Ireland for use as a civic and/or museum site given its importance to Irish history and the underutilised nature of the building in its current form, especially considering the proposed pedestrianisation of the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37744/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
843. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update in relation to the provision of interim funding to allow for the commencement of emergency fire safety works in buildings with identified fire safety defects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37553/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
835. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the portal within the Housing Agency for people with defective homes to access information and funding for remedial works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37468/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
834. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the introduction of emergency funding for interim fire safety works in buildings with fire safety and other defects, including the amount of funding that will be made available this year, how it will be accessed and when the funding scheme will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37467/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
833. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether there should be penalties introduced for political parties that do not submit annual accounts; if so, how these should be enforced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37458/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
725. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if any of the 314 school planning area boundaries have changed since 2010; and if so, if she will provide maps of those SPAs before and after any such changes. [38817/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
724. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 13 July 2023 (details supplied), if she will provide the relevant maps for Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow. [38816/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
712. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if her Department has received written correspondence dated 18 August 2023 from a school (details supplied) regarding the need for additional funding; and if she will make this funding available. [38772/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
711. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education when her Department will give approval for the works to be carried out to a school (details supplied), given the appointed contractor cannot proceed without this approval in place. [38771/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
710. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education when her Department will give approval to a submitted report for the building of an ASD suite in a school (details supplied), given it has been with her Department for ten months and the appointed contractor cannot proceed without this approval in place. [38770/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
623. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education when the OECD review of Ireland's Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) resource allocation policy will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37853/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
610. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education for an update in relation to the current status and timeline for completion of the 'lot 6' school works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37534/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
609. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education for an itemised list of all autistic spectrum disorder units for schools, both primary and secondary, in the D6W/D8/D10/D12 areas, with a breakdown of the number of children attending each unit, the number of teachers allocated to each unit (part-time and full-time) and facilities custom-designed for them, such as sensory rooms and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37533/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
608. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education for an itemised list of all capital works projects for schools, both primary and secondary, in the D6W/D8/D10/D12 areas, with a breakdown of current status, projected timeline until completion and the capital expenditure committed to each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37532/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
607. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education for an update in relation to commencement of the autism class in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37531/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
602. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the intake ratio at secondary level for all school planning areas, broken down by individual school planning area, in each of the years 2015-2019, or by two-year period, in tabular form; and to clarify if such figures include fee paying schools. [37417/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
601. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she or her officials will meet the ‘D8 New School’ group of parents in relation to the provision of secondary education in Dublin 8. [37397/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
575. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made by the Companies Registration Office in implementing the Commission Implementing Regulation 2023/138 including which documents will be freely available, and what the current timeline for full implementation is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38546/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
564. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has consulted with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission around the issue of the de facto monopoly Ticketmaster/Live Nation have on the online ticket sales market and measures he is introducing to ensure fair competition in the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37809/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
544. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 20 October 2022, if he will provide an update as An Garda Síochána remains unable to enforce the 30 kph speed limit introduced in February 2022 and is also unable to prosecute drivers for 'crossing the continuous white line' on Chesterfield Avenue to overtake cars, because the line was installed by OPW and not a council; and if he will ensure the correct legislation in place so An Garda Síochána is able to prosecute such traffic offences. [39083/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
521. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the average time it takes for a recruitment process by the Commission for Public Service Appointments to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37462/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
520. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for a breakdown of the number of secretariat staff provided, on either a full-time or part-time basis, to each of the different programme areas under the Office of the Ombudsman in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37461/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
519. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his views on whether the Standards in Public Office Commission should be given powers to initiate investigations without the need for an official complaint to be submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37460/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
518. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the timeline on the introduction of the general scheme for legislative reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37457/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
517. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the measures he is taking to “strengthen the Standards in Public Office Commission”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37456/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
516. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the implementation of the recommendations outlined by the Review of Ireland's Statutory Framework for Ethics in Public Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37455/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
478. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance if his Department is conducting any performance review for the rent-a-room relief scheme to outline the effectiveness of the scheme, issues arising from its implementation and exploring whether there is any benefit from the scheme to the wider issue of student accommodation. [38818/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
477. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance given the rent-a-room scheme promotes a mechanism of tax relief, the measures the Government will introduce to ensure that such relief is only made available to homeowners who act in good faith when promoting a vacancy and attracting tenants. [38797/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
458. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance if, in light of the ongoing refusal of Irish banks to pass on ECB interest rates to Irish customers, he will establish a State savings system (separate to the existing bonds) which matches the variable ECB interest rates. [38372/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
441. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance the number of workers in the State who pay taxes at the 40% tax bracket level. [37697/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 September 2023
430. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he will reduce alcohol-free beverages VAT rate from 23% to 13.5% which is in line with the rate charged to other non-alcoholic beverages in the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37401/23]