Results 17,161-17,180 of 25,999 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made since the introduction of the mortgage to rent scheme per annum in tabular form; the number of applications successfully granted since the introduction of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48086/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average turn around time for a vacant property to be re-occupied on a local authority by local authority basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48087/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of money issued to each local authority for vacant social housing property refurbishment on a local authority by local authority basis per annum since 2016; the number refurbished per annum since 2016 on a local authority by local authority basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48088/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status the cost rental pilot project schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48089/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Rebuilding Ireland commitment to holding a competition to champion best practice, efficient and cost effective design to enable the delivery of high quality homes in sustainable communities at an affordable level. [48090/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Data (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget and number of staff allocated to An Bord Pleanála per annum from 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48092/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to move towards enforcement of quality standards in rental accommodation on a regional basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48093/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the roll-out of choice-based letting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48094/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Assets (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites under the land aggregation scheme; the number of strategic management plans put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48095/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Rebuilding Ireland commitment to introduce an AHB innovation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48096/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Rebuilding Ireland commitment to establish a dedicated one-stop-shop within the Housing Agency to support AHBs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48097/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Rebuilding Ireland commitment to bring forward pilot projects, beginning with Dublin City Council, based on best practice and cost effectiveness taking a cross-departmental inter-agency approach to housing initiatives for older persons. [48098/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Rebuilding Ireland commitment to create pilot competitions, focusing on three distinct areas of smart technologies in housing for older persons, adaptation of existing houses to meet the needs of older persons and life-time communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48099/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total drawdown of housing adaptation grants per annum from 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48100/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government that status of the commission of an expert, independent review of capital and current funding for Traveller specific accommodation to date with regard to targets contained in the local authority Traveller accommodation programmes and actual units delivered; and the status of accommodation funded and funding provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government that status of the 15 to 20 key pathfinder sites with a proven capability to deliver a significant scaling-up of new homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48102/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the student housing officer funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48103/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of steps to launch an assessment of scope for provision of additional student accommodation on local authority or other publicly owned lands. [48105/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the national taking-in-charge initiative funding per annum from 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [48106/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing (19 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I will happily come back to the Minister after he responds. I saw him laughing a moment ago. It is not a laughing matter that 14 acres of prime land that could house 800 families are not being utilised. The last thing I want is to see the Minister engaged in a row or an argument that will slow the delivery of public housing on this site. The revised arrangement is a better one. The deal...