Written answers

Thursday, 16 July 2015

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

 
  • Local Authority Housing Provision
    11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has engaged directly with the various local authorities with a view to identifying the extent to...
  • Homeless Accommodation Funding
    12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will increase funding to the Dublin regional homeless services in view of a report by Dublin City Council citing a...
  • Property Tax Exemptions
    13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has had any discussions with the Department of Finance over the past 12 months in order to enable home owners with...
  • Local Authority Housing Provision
    14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority houses to be completed in 2015. [28989/15]
  • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
    15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has analysed the data on the pilot operation of the housing assistance payment scheme, with a view to...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the provision of new social housing in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Property Tax Exemptions
    17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his Department's investigations into homes affected by mica in County Donegal; if he...
  • Water Charges Administration
    18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on any planned information plans by his Department related to tenants living in rented accommodation and...
  • Water Charges Yield
    19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the knowledge his Department has on the compliance rates for Irish Water bill payment; if his Department is concerned about...
  • Leader Programmes Administration
    20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date with the roll-out of the Leader programme for 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Electoral Reform
    21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to extend postal voting rights to persons who are due to be abroad on holidays on polling day; and if he will...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    22. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the level of progress being made on social housing provision targets for 2015; the number of...
  • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
    23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will require local authorities, when undertaking planned maintenance and energy efficiency measures in council...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
    24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will raise the income limits for applicants to qualify to get onto the social housing lists, particularly in County...
  • Electoral Commission Administration
    25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on further proposed changes to the constituency boundaries between counties Carlow and Laois; if he will provide...
  • Animal Welfare
    26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the management of dog pounds going out to tender for the first time, the steps he will take to ensure the...
  • Fire Stations Provision
    27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the priority his Department has provided to the provision of a new fire station in Crossmolina in County Mayo, which is the...
  • Building Regulations
    28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the revised building regulations, including lists of prescribed persons permitted to sign off and certify housing...
  • Homeless Accommodation Provision
    29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the information supplied to him regarding the steady rise in the number of homeless persons in the Dublin...
  • Homeless Accommodation Funding
    30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will explain the recent announcement of funding of €37 million for homeless services in Dublin, when the...
  • Wind Energy Guidelines
    31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the new guidelines on wind farms will be published; and if they are likely to contain minimum set-back distances from...
  • Water Charges Administration
    32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on any discussions held with tenants rights organisations in relation to the Environment (Miscellaneous...
  • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
    33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to tackle unaffordable rents in the private housing market. [29005/15]
  • Irish Water Remit
    34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to transfer responsibility for maintenance and upkeep of private sewers and lateral drains to Irish Water; and if...
  • Septic Tank Inspections
    35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are measures in place to assist a septic tank owner who suspects a problem with the functioning of a tank, which...
  • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
    36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline Government plans to deal with high rents in the private rental sector; and when he will publish these...
  • Wind Energy Guidelines
    37. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there has been a delay in publishing the revised wind energy guidelines; if he will confirm the date when they...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of meetings he has had with the Association of Local Government in Ireland and the Local Authority Members...
  • Traveller Accommodation
    39. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to fund Traveller-specific accommodation in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if he will provide details of the...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    41. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of units of social housing he expects to have available for immediate occupation in the third and fourth quarter...
  • Wastewater Treatment
    42. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to extending the eligibility for the domestic wastewater treatment systems grants to include septic tanks...
  • Homeless Accommodation Funding
    43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address concerns regarding the projected shortfall of €18.5 million in the funding allocation from his...
  • Homelessness Strategy
    44. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding the homelessness crisis and the Government plans to tackle the issue; and if he will...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    45. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the current expected shortfall in the housing and homelessness budgets for Dublin City Council; his plans...
  • Building Regulations
    47. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the issue of homes in County Donegal which are affected by mica; if he will adopt a similar approach...
  • Unfinished Housing Developments Data
    48. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of ghost or vacant housing estates that have been acquired by his Department and-or by local authorities and...

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