Written answers
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Rental Sector
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if legislation will be introduced to protect residents at a location (details supplied) who face eviction by a vulture fund and...
- Vacant Properties
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work his Department has carried out to allow the change of use of vacant commercial properties in cities, towns and...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which he has identified land in each local authority area which is deemed suitable for the provision of local...
- Housing Estates
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work ongoing to develop a policy to expedite the taking in charge of housing estates with developer provided water services...
- Housing Policy
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the reliance on for profit private developers to supply social and cost rental models of housing and so on...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made to develop affordable homes and affordability schemes for those that find it difficult to access the...
- Mayoral Election
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a plebiscite for the election of directly elected mayors in Dublin, Cork and other cities will take place; and the timeline...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the outcome of his recent discussions with Dublin City Council, a group (details supplied) and his departmental officials...
- Development Contributions
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review and reform the levy contribution scheme applied by local authorities (details supplied); and if he will...
- Departmental Agencies Funding
46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his discussions with the Minister for Finance regarding Home Building Finance Ireland; the input his Department...
- Local Authority Housing Data
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of direct builds by each of the 31 local authorities in 2017; his views on the fact that 11 local authorities built...
- Home Loan Scheme
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the outcome of all applications to the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the reason there is such a high refusal rate; and...
- Homeless Persons Data
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the parameters of classifying homeless figures and statistics; the reason some persons with homeless...
- Land Availability
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of publicly owned lands suitable for residential units; the number of residential units built on publicly owned land...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be finalised; when he plans to amend the conditions of the scheme; and if he...
- Building Regulations
53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether those who bought their homes at the height of the boom and later discovered significant latent defects...
- Social and Affordable Housing
56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if housing assistance payment, HAP, and rental accommodation scheme, RAS, tenancies will be redefined in a way that...
- Local Authority Housing Data
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses acquired or purchased by Cavan and Monaghan county councils in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date...
- Home Loan Scheme
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans processed by the Housing Agency to date; the number granted and refused,...
- Rental Sector Strategy
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the expert group report on a company (details supplied) will be finalised; his views on the way in which the company's...
- Housing Policy
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his policy in relation to the building of single rural council houses on land provided at a nominal cost by the applicant; and...
- Building Energy Rating Compliance
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce new regulations to end the use of fossil fuel heating systems in new homes. [26874/18]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the demonstration scheme for group sewerage schemes; when a report will be available; and if he...
- An Bord Pleanála Remit
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he plans to take to ensure all of An Bord Pleanála decisions are taken expeditiously; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Housing Eligibility
68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the income thresholds for local authority housing will be reviewed in view of the fact that some families that are on a low...
- Land Availability
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering a land use plan to assist in the development of environmental, housing, transport and regional development...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to accelerate the process of approval for new social housing projects; and if he will make a statement...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Data
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing adaptations that have been carried out by local authority in each of the past five years and to date in...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the wait times for Irish Water to acknowledge, process and communicate final decisions regarding pre-connection...
- Vacant Sites Data
78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 31 local authorities that have set up a vacant site register; the number that have not; the number that have...
- National Economic and Social Council
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Urban Development Land, Housing and Infrastructure: Fixing Ireland’s Broken System report...
- Emergency Accommodation Provision
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the availability of emergency accommodation, in particular the emergency accommodation that can cater for...
- Local Authority Housing Data
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties brought back into use under the repair and leasing scheme and the buy and renew scheme of pillar 5 of...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the waste water deficiencies in County Wexford; the number of locations in which untreated raw sewage is...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason all bids for local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, building must demonstrate high levels of...
- Land Availability
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the legislation for the national regeneration and development agency will be brought forward to Dáil Éireann; if...
- Local Authority Funding
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be provided to local authorities in 2018 for house improvement grants such as the housing adaptation...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Online Safety
96. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the preparation and publication of an action plan which his Department is co-ordinating further to the open policy debate on online safety held earlier in...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Remuneration
97. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on recent failures related to the payroll system in the Defence Forces leaving members with late payment of wages and late distribution...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Ministerial Meetings
98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he met Prince Charles when he visited Ireland; and if so, the issues that were discussed. [26879/18]
- Gender Equality
99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the work of his Department's sub-committee of the management board on gender equality, equality and diversity established in...
- Human Rights Cases
100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has been imprisoned under an administrative detention order...
- Human Rights
101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's position on the new policy of the United States Government in respect of the removal of undocumented children from their...
- Department of Finance
- Capital Expenditure Programme
102. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will cost a capital plan for each of the years 2019 to 2023 with the national development plan, NDP, for the same period (details supplied)....
- Excise Duties
103. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce or remove the emergency tax placed on fuel after the economic crash a decade ago in view of the rising petrol and diesel prices; and if he...
- Insurance Compensation Fund
104. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Insurance (Amendment) Bill will be published, which will include a provision to give effect to full compensation to third-party claimants of a...
- Insurance Costs
105. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the issues raised by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to insurance reform; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Rebates
106. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a full refund of PAYE was not paid to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27075/18]
- Living City Initiative
107. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of units availing of the relief in each year since May 2015 by special regeneration area, by owner occupier residential relief, rented residential...
- Tax Rebates
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost per year of the hybrid VRT rebate; if the cost is being retained in the expenditure base for 2019 in view of the fact that it is scheduled to expire...
- VAT Rebates
109. To ask the Minister for Finance if a VAT reclaim is being considered on petrol vehicles for businesses; the full year cost of a VAT reclaim on petrol for companies; his views on whether...
- Tax Code
110. To ask the Minister for Finance if a benefit in kind incentive is being considered for the use of hybrid electric vehicles and plug in hybrid electric vehicles; the estimated full year cost...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Properties
111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when maintenance work will be carried out on a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26961/18]
- Public Procurement Contracts
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Government Procurement will consider the introduction of a mandatory seasonal disconnect of gas facilities in schools...
- Public Sector Staff Data
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of bilingual officers that are proficient in and willing to deliver a service to the public in Irish and English that have...
- Public Consultation Process
114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the commitment in A Programme for A Partnership Government on providing an accessible portal to provide the public...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Home Tuition Scheme Provision
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home tuition will be facilitated for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26964/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school extensions (details supplied) due in Newbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26979/18]
- Special Educational Needs
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a device; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26985/18]
- Special Education Review
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) is not exempt from the study of Gaeilge for second level in view the child's severe language difficulties...
- School Services Staff
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the contracts of primary school secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26999/18]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Educational Psychological Service
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an assessment from the National Educational Psychological...
- Third Level Admissions Data
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available through the CAO for persons who completed a post leaving certificate course to get into a nursing course in each...
- Schools Building Projects Status
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school projects that have experienced difficulty or delay due to issues with construction contractors on an annual basis in 2016,...
- Education and Training Boards
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the findings of the investigation into the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, ETB, and the withdrawal of ISME...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Northern Ireland
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of his Department's interaction with the four member international oversight body established under the Fresh Start...
- Data Protection
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 12 June 2018, if further information will be provided on the level of engagement...
- Citizenship Status
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the definition of an Irish citizen. [27026/18]
- Prison Service Staff
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date the last person to be assigned to the statutory role of Governor, not operational Governor, of Portlaoise Prison, was...
- Work Permits Eligibility
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the decision on the case of a person (details supplied); if he will consider making an...
- Garda Data
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that have graduated in the fraud and e-crime investigation postgraduate certificate in UCD; the...
- Immigration Policy
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to change the conditions applying to a stamp 0 visa for persons that wish to retire and live here, particularly from...
- Workplace Relations Commission
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) dismissed from their employment will be examined; and if he will make a statement on...
- Human Rights Cases
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if further consideration will be given to a request by a person (details supplied) to remain here; and if he will make a...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Data Protection Commissioner
136. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Data Protection Commissioner is obliged to fully explain decisions his office takes on cases of alleged data protection...
- IDA Ireland Data
141. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new IDA client companies that have been set up by county in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in...
- Work Permits Eligibility
142. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to reinstate career guidance on the list of critical skills employment permits due to the shortage of guidance counsellors...
- Department of Health
- Citizens Assembly
144. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the outstanding recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly. [26883/18]
- HSE Reports
145. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report by the HSE (details supplied); and if he will request the HSE to publish the report [26940/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
146. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have a procedure carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26941/18]
- Legislative Process
147. To ask the Minister for Health if he expects the abortion Bill following the May referendum on the eighth amendment to go through Second Stage before the summer recess. [26880/18]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Reports
148. To ask the Minister for Health if a report on child and adolescent mental health services operated by HSE South East Community Healthcare services, including current staffing levels and...
- Mental Health Services Staff
149. To ask the Minister for Health the contingency plans in place should consultant psychiatric posts in the south east not be taken up within a reasonable timeframe in view of the difficulty in...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
150. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists and waiting times for child and adolescent psychiatric services within the HSE’s South East Community Healthcare services; the way in...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Funding
151. To ask the Minister for Health the capital and operational investment in child and adolescent psychiatric services in the south east over the past five years; the level of expenditure in...
- Orthodontic Services Provision
152. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when an appointment for orthodontic treatment will be expedited. [26956/18]
- Medical Records
153. To ask the Minister for Health if medical records will be released to a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [26957/18]
- Home Help Service Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26965/18]
- Ambulance Service Data
156. To ask the Minister for Health if a schedule of each emergency transfer request to the National Ambulance Service from St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny to St. James's Hospital will be provided...
- Ambulance Service
159. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the performance of the National Ambulance Service on a county basis and NUTS3 regional basis; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Stroke Programme Implementation
160. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 30 May 2018, the way in which it is envisaged that community rehabilitation will be delivered to stroke survivors...
- Assisted Animal Reproduction
161. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been cross-departmental collaboration between his Department and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection with respect to...
- Home Help Service Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Health if extra home help hours will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26986/18]
- Home Help Service Expenditure
163. To ask the Minister for Health the financial allocation in 2018 for home support, home help and home care packages in counties Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
- Psychological Services
165. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied) for primary care psychology services for ongoing support; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
167. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made to fill the vacant position in the pain management unit in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork; if his...
- Hospital Procedures
168. To ask the Minister for Health when a required kidney transplant will take place at the National Kidney Transplant Centre at Beaumount Hospital in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Hospital Appointments Status
169. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27003/18]
- Medicinal Products
171. To ask the Minister for Health the details of ephedrine and its use here; the resources available through the aegis of his Department to raise awareness of the effects of drugs; and if he...
- HSE Staff Remuneration
172. To ask the Minister for Health when a gratuity payment due to certain home help workers will be made in lieu of pension payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Services for People with Disabilities
173. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in relation to the drafting of primary legislation for a new transport support scheme to assist those with a disability to meet their...
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
174. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for speech and language therapy. [27017/18]
- Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
175. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for a child to access speech and language therapy in County Meath. [27018/18]
- Home Care Packages Provision
176. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a homecare package. [27024/18]
- Home Help Service Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Health when extra home help hours will be facilitated for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27059/18]
- Medicinal Products Availability
178. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with Versatis patches. [27103/18]
- Home Help Service Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be provided for a person (details supplied) [27105/18]
- Commencement of Legislation
181. To ask the Minister for Health when the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced to allow both parents in a same sex marriage the same rights with regard to their...
- Medicinal Products Availability
182. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with Versatis patches. [27121/18]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has had parcels deleted; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Inland Fisheries
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is preparing a report regarding the escape of some 20,000 farmed salmon from a site (details supplied) in Mulroy...
- Aquaculture Regulation
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 30 May 2018, if the record will be corrected to accept farmed stock was taken to Inland...
- Departmental Legal Cases
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in relation to a case (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27020/18]
- Horse Racing Industry
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 25 April 2018, when a response from Horse Racing Ireland is likely to be forthcoming....
- Coillte Teoranta Activities
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte can be compensated to plant small areas of forestry on its lands by farmers and landowners that require their lands after...
- Proposed Legislation
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if amendments will be accepted as submitted by an organisation (details supplied) as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny of the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Citizens Assembly
191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the outstanding recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly. [26883/18]
- Waste Disposal Charges
192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the provision of an annual support towards the cost of pay by weight bin changes for homes which have a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Taxi Regulations
193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow taxi driver applicants to undergo the Garda vetting process at application stage rather than after the small public...
- Public Consultation Process
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the public consultation process for MetroLink. [27039/18]
- Road Network
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the N24 through Oola, County Limerick will be resurfaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27066/18]
- Departmental Correspondence
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if matters raised by a person (details supplied) in correspondence will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- After-School Support Service Provision
202. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a community organisation can provide after school childcare to preschool children as part of its provision of after school childcare to...
- Family Resource Centres
203. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the inequity of funding for family resource centres and that the Ballymun Child and Family Resource...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
205. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of Pobal's proposed review into its charity status; if the review will be conducted in-house; the timeline for completion...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost of increasing all social welfare payments by €5, €10, €15 and €20,...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of equalising jobseeker's benefit rates and bringing payments for persons under 26 years of age...
- Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting time for social welfare payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27016/18]
- Social Welfare Appeals
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27048/18]
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a dental benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Appeals
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27063/18]
- Departmental Funding
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will receive a reply; and if she will make a statement on...
- Carer's Allowance Data
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer's allowance applications in 2017; the number approved originally; the number refused and subsequently...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity and disability payment applications in 2017; the number approved originally; the number refused and...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Irish Water Funding
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional funding which will be allocated to Irish Water in 2018 to address curtailed upgrades of water infrastructure...
- Housing Policy
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the cost rental pilot project has gone out to tender; when construction is due to begin; the number of units due to be...
- Maritime Spatial Planning
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the timeline for implementation and extent of marine protected areas. [23799/18]
- Solar Energy Guidelines
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulations by which planning permissions for commercial solar energy installations are assessed; and if he will make a...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed affordable housing scheme; when details of and the opening of the scheme will be announced; if an...
- Student Accommodation
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the aids, incentives or grants available for the provision of low density student accommodation at private residences; and if...
- Severe Weather Events Response
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the emergency funding applied for by Waterford City and County Council to repair damage incurred during Storm Emma will...
- Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an order under section 23 of the Local Government Act 2001 will be issued to establish new local electoral areas; his...
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislation for improvements he is planning in relation to the estate management and housing maintenance functions of the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that a person (details supplied) who has been on the housing list of a local authority and then moved to...
- Land Availability
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which he has sought or received from each local authority an indication of the availability of building lands...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the building of sufficient rapid build homes will be authorised to deal with the emergency housing problem now emerging;...
- Local Authority Housing Eligibility
237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the income limits appertaining to eligibility for local authority houses and loans will be revised upwards in view of the...
- Building Regulations
238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in the context of providing a redress scheme for persons that have found themselves living in poorly built houses or...
- Homeless Persons Data
242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless families in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27093/18]
- Local Authority Housing Provision
243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which planning procedures can be expedited to facilitate the building of extra local authority houses with...
- National Planning Framework
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which facilities are available to meet the housing needs of the indigenous rural population throughout rural...
