Written answers
Thursday, 23 February 2017
Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the reduction in numbers on the housing list in Cork following the recent social housing needs... - Mortgage to Rent Scheme
11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his Department's involvement in reforming or designing a successor to the mortgage to rent scheme with the Department... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that a large proportion of the social housing solutions promised in the Rebuilding Ireland plan... - Homeless Accommodation Provision
17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 8 February 2017, if he will not be setting up any sort of hostel type... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the latest figures that suggests the number of social houses built in 2016 were among the lowest in the... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the scheme details of the 350 rapid build homes which were advancing through various stages of delivery at the end of... - Planning Issues
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which his Department proposes to review planning legislation to allow the change of use of vacant... - National Planning Framework
21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which he and his Department will ensure that the Departments of Health, Education and Skills, Transport,... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which the planned construction of 14 social housing units in County Galway will address the housing crisis... - Social and Affordable Housing Funding
23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding for the roll-out of a social housing building programme on lands in County Louth in view... - Shared Ownership Scheme
24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the changes being considered in respect of shared ownership loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Private Rented Accommodation Price Controls
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider legislation to bring rents back to 2010 levels in view of the recent report by a company (details... - Housing Assistance Payments
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether changes to the housing assistance payment could be beneficial in tackling the housing crisis;... - Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the investment of €37.5 million as outlined in point 50 of the Action Plan for Rural Development to... - Local Authority Housing
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the precise acreage, value and location of residential land owned by Galway City and County councils which has been... - Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the review of the tenant purchase scheme; when this review will be completed; and if he will make a... - Social and Affordable Housing Funding
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the proposed changes to the social housing current expenditure programme to facilitate larger institutional private... - Rent Controls
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will have County Laois included in the areas to be covered by rent caps in view of the rapid increase in rents... - Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households and the total number of persons on the housing waiting list for Galway City and County... - Local Government Reform
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the proposed amalgamation of Galway City and Galway County Councils in view of the unanimous opposition... - RAPID Programme
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the structure and timeline for delivery of selected projects of the reactivated RAPID scheme; and the way the budget... - Private Rented Accommodation Price Controls
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to enforce the 4% annual rent increase limits in rent pressure zones; his views on reports of an increase... - Local Authority Housing
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the Residential Tenancies Acts to bring local authorities tenants under the terms of the acts and... - Social and Affordable Housing Funding
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects to announce details of the infrastructure housing activation fund; and if he will make a statement on... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding a small development of social houses in Kells, County Meath; and if he will make a statement... - National Planning Framework
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, in the context of the national planning framework or any spatial strategy review, provision will be made to... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of new local authority housing starts completed or under way in the past 12 months; the number of... - Homelessness Strategy
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of tenancies provided under the housing first model; his plans to expand the use of this model here in... - EU Directives
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the decision of the European Commission to launch legal proceedings against the Government for breach of... - Derelict Sites
46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to address the high level of vacant and derelict buildings in town centres in County Offaly such as... - Wind Energy Guidelines
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will publish the new guidelines for wind farms. [9040/17] - Emergency Accommodation Provision
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status on the action plan target for removing the use of commercial hotels for short-term emergency homeless... - Local Authority Boundaries Review
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed explanatory brief and timeline to outline the process of examining the report of the... - Homelessness Strategy
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress to date on his commitment to a group (details supplied), that all homeless families in emergency... - Housing Data
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the progress being made on putting in place a survey and register of vacant private properties in each... - Housing Issues
53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the potential that refurbished or converted spaces above commercial properties in town and city centres... - Housing Data
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has received returns from all local authorities regarding the audit of empty houses in their administrative... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce an affordable housing scheme; and if so, the timeframe. [8995/17] - Local Authority Staff Recruitment
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will recruit new staff to ensure each local authority has a housing assistance payment, HAP, team that will... - Children's Rights
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on comments in the ninth report of the special rapporteur on child protection that the State is in breach... - Departmental Investigations
59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has reviewed the findings of the expert panel set up to review the mica issue; the details of those findings;... - Wind Energy Guidelines
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the concerns of many rural communities regarding the outdated and inadequate guidelines for windfarms;... - Homelessness Strategy
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the accuracy and timeliness of the housing and homelessness statistics published by his... - Housing Finance Agency Funding
62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that has been lent to local authorities from the Housing Finance Agency for public housing build since it... - Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Administration
63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the review of SICAP, social inclusion and community activation programme; and his plans to review the... - Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the latest phase of rapid build social housing projects are costing on average €240,000 per unit; and his... - Rent Controls
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the application of the rent pressure zone scheme to rental accommodation scheme, housing assistance payment and... - Social and Affordable Housing Funding
66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding each county will receive for the buy and renewal initiative and the repair and leasing... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, in view of the fact developers can deliver the social housing Part V requirement of any given development in a... - Housing Data
68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department is considering different methods of gathering housing completion data in view of the concerns... - Homeless Accommodation Funding
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will revisit the level of funding provided to midlands homeless service. [9041/17] - Housing Assistance Payments Administration
70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 8 February 2017, if local authorities are responsible for rehousing... - Local Authority Housing Rents
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if carer's allowance is assessed as income when local authorities are determining rents to be charged under the... - Alternative Energy Projects
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he proposes to issue guidelines to local authorities regarding the installation of solar energy farms; and if he...
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