Written answers
Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Nitrates Usage
321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to promote compliance with the Nitrates Action Programme Regulations namely the European Communities... - Planning Issues
323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times between January 2017 to August 2020 that the board of An Bord Pleanála overruled the recommendation... - Student Accommodation
325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of loans provided by the Housing and Finance Agency to each institute of higher education for each year data is... - Heritage Projects
327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of towns awaiting progress for the commencement of phase one of the collaborative town health check process; the... - Local Authorities
328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of acquisition funding that has been provided to Clare County Council between 2016 and 2020, in tabular form.... - Housing Schemes
329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to review HAP bands for social housing tenants. [46004/21] - Defective Building Materials
330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his officials have engaged with and-or liaised with Ministers and-or officials in other jurisdictions in respect of... - Water Pollution
332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to ensure that safety issues regarding drinking water are quickly identified and... - Housing Schemes
333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the fresh start principle for applications to State-run affordable housing and loan schemes outlined in the Housing for... - Water Supply
334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the proposed Shannon pipeline for water provision is still being considered by Government; and the timelines and current... - Census of Population
335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected timelines for the completion of the national census and consequent Constituency Commission report. [46089/21] - Planning Issues
336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is considering within the planning appeals system to curb the challenges of serial objectors; and if he will... - Tax Exemptions
337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is possible for new, incomplete estates to be added to the list of unfinished estates exempted from local property tax;... - Departmental Reviews
338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Coastal Change Management Strategy steering group, will report on its initial findings and recommendations... - Departmental Schemes
339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be made available to Donegal County Council for the retrofit scheme replacement of single-glazed windows and... - Housing Provision
341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the detail of the provision of housing for victims and survivors of domestic abuse and violence in the Housing for All plan.... - Water Supply
342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to conduct a plebiscite to ensure that the water supply infrastructure remains in public ownership; and if he will... - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his engagements with the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General in the context of audits, inspections and... - Departmental Staff
345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full year cost of recruiting seven additional full-time architectural engineering inspectors for his Department... - Housing Schemes
346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to increase the maximum award limits, even temporarily, to local authorities and their housing grant recipients... - Departmental Schemes
350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of refurbishments carried out under each of the void casual let refurbishment schemes, respectively, by local... - Local Authorities
351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties owned by Limerick City and County Council; the number that are occupied; the number that are voids;... - Waterways Issues
353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the situation with Waterways Ireland in which water levels in the Grand Canal, in some cases have dropped... - Special Areas of Conservation
354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with the stakeholders of the Gearagh special area of conservation, County Cork in advancing the... - Departmental Schemes
355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will support a ring-fenced funding allocation of the disabled persons grant scheme and improvement works for use when... - Housing Schemes
356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request that the publication of annual figures by the Housing Agency related to those availing or requesting... - Departmental Data
357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has invested in revised digital transformation to facilitate an online application system for housing... - Waterways Issues
358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention or that of Waterways Ireland has been drawn to issues regarding a barrier on a walk and cycle route of the... - Student Accommodation
359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will work with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to bring forward a new... - Housing Schemes
360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans that have been issued to non-first-time buyers who instead qualify due to... - Water Quality
361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the examination by the Bathing Water Expert Group into increasing the frequency of bathing water monitoring; if... - Local Authorities
362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 24 June 2021, the status of the review of the position in relation to the filling... - Homeless Data
365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the latest homelessness statistics; his plans for the winter period; and if he will make a statement on... - Student Accommodation
367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to curtail the conversion of student accommodation to temporary short-term tourist accommodation as supported by a... - Departmental Reports
368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department subsequently provided a separate submission to him on the Interim Report, the Minority Report and the review... - Wildlife Regulations
371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that the correct legal decision threshold is being applied to relevant evidence and submissions when he is... - Rental Sector
373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the issues the legislation to strengthen tenancy will cover; and if he plans to adjust the indexation of rents to harmonised... - Housing Schemes
374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Land Development Agency will be able to apply for either the cost rental equity loan or the affordable housing fund for... - Wildlife Protection
377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions taken by his Department or public bodies under his remit to inspect and regulate the premises and working... - Housing Provision
378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new houses provided in the past 12 months through direct local authority build, affordable housing or Part 5;... - Departmental Strategies
380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which he expects the Housing for All strategy to be implemented fully in the short-term; the number of house... - House Prices
383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which his Department continues to monitor house price inflation; the action that is in-hand or likely to be... - Housing Provision
384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of local authority housing applicants recorded by each local authority by county; the likely time schedule to... - Heritage Sites
388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which heritage buildings continue to be protected and preserved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Housing Schemes
389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be possible to front-load expenditure on housing projects, local authority and affordable, in 2021 in order to make... - Departmental Strategies
390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which further flexibility can be incorporated in the Housing for All programme with particular reference to... - Housing Schemes
393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland loans approved and drawn down in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the... - House Prices
395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take action to discourage house price increases that currently make it difficult or impossible for first-time house... - Housing Schemes
396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households approved for adaptation works by local authority in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021,... - Local Authorities
397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority households approved for housing adaptation works but which are yet to be carried out broken down... - Fire Stations
398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the fire stations currently assessed as needing upgrading works; and when each of these works will be undertaken. [46819/21] - Housing Schemes
399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the affordable housing in the area of Cherrywood, Dublin as a result of the local infrastructure housing... - Housing Policy
400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all Part Vs delivered over the past five years, by local authority including the cost to the local authority or... - Housing Schemes
401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the retrofitting programme for local authority housing by number of units to be retrofitted each year to 2030;... - Citizens' Assembly
402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the establishment of a citizens' assembly on Ireland's biodiversity crisis. [46208/21]
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