Written answers

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

 
  • Departmental Staff
    310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are personnel in his Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their role...
  • Departmental Projects
    311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what exactly the plans are for the site of St. Finian's Hospital, Killarney (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Defective Building Materials
    312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a detailed update with regard to the details and timelines in respect of the remediation of apartment defects to help...
  • Departmental Schemes
    313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the valuation mechanism that is in place for properties accepted on the tenant-in-situ scheme; the protocols that are in place...
  • Freedom of Information
    314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number...
  • Departmental Funding
    315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to Met Éireann in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Reviews
    316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the review regarding a system of holding rental deposits; when the outcome of this review will be published;...
  • Homeless Accommodation
    317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of meetings between his officials led by organisations (details supplied) in 2022 and 2023 on the issue of the...
  • Housing Provision
    320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many people are waiting to be housed under the social housing scheme in County Longford in total; and if he will provide...
  • Horticulture Sector
    321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has proposals to amend planning laws to permit the excavation of peat for horticulture purposes in tandem with efforts...
  • Planning Issues
    322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a proposed development (details supplied) in County Cork which has been approved under section 179A of the...
  • Housing Schemes
    323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that landlords who enter a HAP agreement are having their HAP payments suspended if the tenant fails to pay...
  • Traveller Accommodation
    324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will contact local and national Traveller organisations to assess the level of difficulty Travellers have in accessing...
  • Housing Policy
    325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that amendments to the Housing Act 1988 will not narrow the definition of homelessness or restrict access to...
  • Departmental Advertising
    326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ,...
  • Invasive Species Policy
    327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update by his Department to combat Japanese knotweed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52182/23]
  • Departmental Communications
    328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue...
  • Departmental Regulations
    329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of permits that his Department has granted for decoy crows in each of the years since 2020; the number of...
  • Defective Building Materials
    331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the repair of local authority homes affected by defective concrete blocks; and if he will make a...
  • Fire Safety
    332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will announce the completion of the public consultation on the review of Part B (fire safety) of the Building...
  • Housing Schemes
    333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government why there is no independent appeals process outside of the local authority to which an applicant applies in respect of the...
  • Departmental Funding
    334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application for funding has been received (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52270/23]
  • Housing Schemes
    335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will raise the price ceiling for the first homes scheme in County Clare, which is currently set at €325,000, so...
  • Approved Housing Bodies
    336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will advise on the situation where local authority tenants who are housed with approved housing bodies and wish to...
  • Rental Sector
    337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties in the private rental sector inspected, by each local authority; the number that met minimum...
  • Derelict Sites
    338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Government-owned properties, which would be considered derelict under the conditions of the Derelict Sites Act 1990, are...
  • Local Elections
    339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has provided funding to support campaigns to encourage non-EU citizens, or international protection...
  • Septic Tanks
    340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration is being given to enabling homeowners to apply for grants or other financial supports to assist in repairing...
  • Vacant Properties
    342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what statutory powers vacant homes officers in local authorities have; to provide a list of local authorities with vacant...
  • Housing Schemes
    345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he intends increasing the HAP rent limits as due to the continuous increases in rents generally as many tenants are...
  • Offshore Islands
    346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his attention has been drawn to UCC’s “Ireland’s Offshore Islands: Housing Needs Survey”;...

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