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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position in regard to the introduction of by-laws/regulations which impact against the interest of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7314/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position in regard to the introduction of by-laws/regulations which impact against the interest of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7315/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position in regard to the introduction of by-laws/regulations which impact against the interest of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7317/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position in regard to the introduction of by-laws/regulations which impact against the interest of a person (details supplied); if direct negotiations can be entered into with a view to addressing the housing and mooring concerns which should be possible to resolve in an amicable fashion without unnecessary...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position in regard to the introduction of by-laws/regulations which impact against the interest of a person (details supplied); if direct negotiations can be entered into with a view to addressing the housing and mooring concerns which should be possible to resolve in an amicable fashion without unnecessary...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position in regard to the introduction of by-laws/regulations which impact against the interest of a person (details supplied); if direct negotiations can be entered into with a view to addressing the housing and mooring concerns which should be possible to resolve in an amicable fashion without unnecessary...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses completed in County Kildare in the past two years in respect of private development or local authority development proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7375/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if plans can be put in place to arrange for modular or chalet type wooden housing as a means of addressing the severe housing shortage with a view to reducing the dependence on high priced rental accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7376/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of houses provided by approved housing bodies, on a county-by-county basis, for suitably qualified applicants in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7378/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of exclusively publicly owned sites in the various local authority areas throughout the country in which houses are being built or will be built in the near future for persons seeking local authority housing, affordable housing or serviced sites; the extent to which these might make positive impact on the housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses allocated to each local authority throughout the country including County Kildare by way of Part 5 arising from private ongoing developments, the extent to which this has reduced numbers on waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7384/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps, if any, he has taken to improve the planning process in terms of more rapid determination of applications and appeals to An Bord Pleanála having regard to the situation in respect of backlogs and waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7377/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which the various forms of assistance available for first time house buyers are upgrading satisfactorily without contributing to house price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7379/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his proposals to address the ever-present problem of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7381/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what steps can be taken by the local authorities to facilitate the granting of planning permission for rural applicants who have a need of rehousing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7382/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further consideration could be given to the plight of those who have failed to qualify for a local authority house on the basis of their income being too high and have failed to secure a loan from the local authority on the basis of their income being too low; if they might be reconsidered for a local authority house on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of applicants on local authority housing waiting lists currently awaiting rehousing; the number refused as allegedly having an income in excess of the guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7387/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for local authority housing loans throughout the country where such applications were unsuccessful due to having an income less than the statutory requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7388/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a social welfare payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7316/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if maternity benefit might issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7359/24]