Written answers
Thursday, 6 April 2017
Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
12. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address concerns that wind turbine farms are failing to adhere to minimum setback distances from dwelling... - Social and Affordable Housing Funding
13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he will undertake to strengthen SICAP, social inclusion and community activation programme, in view of... - Emergency Accommodation Provision
14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will achieve the target of no longer using hotels to house homeless persons, except in very limited... - Wastewater Treatment
15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the immediate steps he will take to address the anomaly whereby members of Irish Water and local authorities will not... - Local and Community Development Programme
16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking in conjunction with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to create community centres... - Repair and Leasing Scheme
17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which the repair and lease scheme will be rolled out across the country; when local authorities will be... - Rent Controls
18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the criteria used to designate areas as rent pressure zones, particularly the use of local... - Housing Policy
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that his Department’s three schemes aimed at bringing vacant homes back into use only... - Social and Affordable Housing
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will respond to this Deputy's submission to his office and his senior departmental officials on the proposed... - Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the review of the criteria pertaining to the tenant purchase scheme has been concluded; his plans to deal with... - Rent Controls
24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the application of the RPZ 4% rent limit to RAS, HAP and SCHEP leases runs the risk of landlords... - Harbours and Piers Maintenance
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department includes the remit of the maintenance of local authority harbours; the future funding initiatives... - Departmental Reports
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in publishing the report on mica; when the report will be made publicly available; if a... - Homelessness Strategy
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in view of the continuing increase in homelessness, the short term and immediate actions he will take to address this... - Heading
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress being made on reducing the social housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Social and Affordable Housing Funding
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has completed its examination of new off balance sheet funding mechanisms in view of the failure to... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing units his Department expects to approve in 2017; if he will increase the availability of social... - Local Authority Staff Recruitment
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will release funding to employ more staff in the housing section of Laois and Kildare County Councils and... - Security of the Elderly
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review costing and feasibility for the provision of a grant to install monitored intruder alarms for over... - Library Services
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will reconsider plans regarding the national library procurement and make use of an exemption for cultural... - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if and when the local infrastructure fund can be accessed by Westmeath County Council in order to upgrade housing on... - Animal Breeding Regulations
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the review of the guidelines associated with the Dog Breeding Establishment Act 2010; when he expects... - Planning Issues
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent reports that Ireland's largest build-to-let apartment development, which is... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of newly built social housing units that have been constructed in Dublin 16 and 24 in the past 12 months... - Housing Assistance Payments
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address the inadequacies with the new housing assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement... - Planning Issues
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to planning concerns at Wicklow County Council which successive Ministers have... - Pyrite Remediation Programme
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to bring forward legislation to amend the Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 in order that the remediation scheme... - Pyrite Issues
44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will evaluate the current pyrite remediation scheme; the action he intends to take to support homeowners whose... - Recreational Facilities Provision
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a community and youth centre will be included in the plans for the redevelopment of O'Devaney Gardens in Dublin 7;... - Housing Policy
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the NERI report Ireland's Housing Emergency: Time for A Game Changer, asking the... - Repair and Leasing Scheme
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if approval will be provided to owners of vacant properties for refurbishment scheme to apply directly to local... - Housing Data
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing completions to date in 2017; if these figures are on target to meet his quarter one rebuilding... - Private Rented Accommodation Standards
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a wide range of advertisements across social media for multiple beds and bunk bed... - Pyrite Remediation Programme
53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of cases approved for pyrite remediation under the exceptional circumstances provision in the Pyrite... - Homeless Accommodation Provision
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the numerical breakdown of the various methods local authority housing, rapid builds, family hubs, HAP and so on that... - Constitutional Amendments
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the announced amendment to the Constitution regarding voting rights of Irish citizens living outside... - Social and Affordable Housing Funding
56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the capital allocation for housing that has been ring-fenced by his Department for 2018; and if he will make a... - Urban Renewal Schemes
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the current crisis facing numerous towns centres in which there is documented... - Social and Affordable Housing
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if an allocation of €500 million will be made to local authorities for the direct building of social housing,... - Homeless Accommodation Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent the various local authorities in the areas most affected by housing shortage are capable of mounting an... - Commercial Rates
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the 10% increase in the commercial rates burden on average across local authorities since 2010 and his... - Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans and the anticipated timeline for the deep thermal retrofit of social housing stock; and if he will make a... - House Prices
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the research carried out by a person (details supplied) based on CSO data for... - Housing Policy
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that the construction of new homes has hit a seven-year high and yet homelessness here is still... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government of the 53.65 acres remaining of council-owned land banks zoned for housing in Louth, his plans for the roll-out and... - EU Directives
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has received clarification or advice as to whether amending the Water Services Act 2007 can adequately address... - Student Accommodation
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the affordability of purpose-built student accommodation already available or under construction in... - Commercial Rates Valuation Process
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his proposals for reforming the commercial rates and valuations system in local authorities; and the progress being... - Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the income eligibility limits for social housing with particular reference to the restrictive... - Wastewater Treatment
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 21 March 2017 (details supplied) and in view of the fact that the...
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