Written answers
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Motor Tax
2136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will end the penalising of persons that can only afford to pay car tax in three month or six month... - Local Government Reform
2137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the annual savings achieved each year since the implementation of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 which... - Pyrite Issues
2139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to problems with the traffic light system used to assess homes affected by pyrite... - Local Authority Housing
2141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the monthly totals of housing units for which local authorities have received planning permission commencement... - Protected Disclosures
2143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 28 March 2017, if he is in receipt of a report (details supplied) from... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
2144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the rural water programme 2016 to 2018 is open to applications from group sewerage schemes; if not, the expected... - Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
2145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when funding will be allocated to a group sewage scheme (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a... - Social and Affordable Housing Funding
2147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the funding applications of Meath county council for social housing developments at... - Local Authority Staff
2148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when it is envisaged that Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas from County Cork will meet with the CEO of Cork... - Housing Assistance Payments Data
2149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households per county which are in receipt of the housing assistance payment; the number of landlords... - Local Authority Funding
2153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the year in which the needs and resources model was adopted for the purposes of the distribution of the general... - Fire Safety
2154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of his Department's report into the fire at Milford Manor, Newbridge, County Kildare; the timeframe for... - Planning Issues
2155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are planning guidelines in place relating to the development of crematoriums here; and if he will make a... - Land Availability
2156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has access to a register of land banks in the greater Dublin area; the type of companies that hold these land... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
2157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if persons on the transfer lists are included in the count for those on the housing lists; and if he will make a... - Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency
2158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the role of the National Building Agency, NBA; if the agency currently employs staff members; the number of board... - Tenant Purchase Scheme
2159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the tenant purchase scheme and persons having to provide proof of payment for Irish Water domestic... - Local Authority Housing Eligibility
2160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the income ceiling for qualification on local authority housing lists in view of the fact those... - Housing Assistance Payments
2162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that landlords and letting agencies are discriminating against persons... - Departmental Reports
2163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the report on MICA will be published before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Brexit Negotiations
2164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the threats identified by his Department with regard to the responsibilities of his Department as a result of no... - Insurance Data
2165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the insurance premiums paid by each local authority in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017 in... - Planning Issues
2166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the working group comprising representatives of his Department and of planning authorities tasked to undertake a... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
2167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of projects which have been submitted by local authorities under the one stage approval process for... - Public Sector Pensions Data
2168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension... - Pyrite Remediation Programme
2169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if adequate funding is in place to meet the remediation costs for all successful applications to the pyrite... - Local Authority Staff Data
2170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of permanent positions that remain unfilled in Kildare County Council in each of the years 2012 to 2016... - Irish Water
2171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will change the tendering process used by Irish Water which is excluding smaller contractors from tendering... - Local Authority Funding
2173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when infrastructural funding will be available to open up the proposed development road on the Ardmore Road,... - Disability Act Employment Targets
2174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi State... - Local Authority Staff Data
2176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has conducted a review of planning personnel capacity in each local authority; if his attention... - Emergency Services Personnel
2177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to meet with the Minister for Health to discuss a memorandum of understanding between the Health Service... - Water Services Provision
2178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the percentage of pipes used in the water system servicing the Moylagh and Oldcastle area of County Meath which are... - Housing Data
2179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason his Department makes the assumption that 400 new housing units are converted each year when estimating... - Building Regulations
2180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is a statutory requirement for all design certifiers and assigned certifiers to have professional indemnity... - Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
2182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will clarify household eligibility for affordable housing that local authorities are to provide under the... - Planning Issues
2184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the guidelines for planning authorities on sustainable residential development in urban areas... - Social and Affordable Housing
2186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will issue a circular that reverses the decision to stand down all affordable housing provision made in 2011;... - Planning Issues
2187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the decision made in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 to reduce the Part V... - Housing Assistance Payments Data
2188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the reliance on HAP for the majority of social housing provision rather than on new builds is... - Rent Controls
2189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the review of the methodology for rent pressure zone designation will take place; and if public submissions... - Housing Provision
2191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has examined proposals to introduce tiered development levies with the intent of stimulating... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
2192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the €300 million social housing PPP project that is currently progressing; and the... - Control of Dogs
2193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the level of compliance with dog control legislation is very low;... - Dog Licences
2194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of €100 on-the-spot fines issued to persons in the past three years for not holding a dog... - Control of Dogs
2195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of dog wardens broken down by local authority. [27393/17] - Special Amenity Areas
2196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding recent correspondence by his Department to South Dublin County Council, Fingal and... - Street Nomenclature
2197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the procedures for a local authority to change the name of a street in its authority; and the legislation that... - Local Authority Housing
2198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has considered allowing local authorities to add additional rooms to local authority houses under their remit... - Departmental Contracts Data
2199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by his Department... - Traveller Accommodation
2200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Louth County Council has made an application for funding in 2017 to develop Traveller accommodation; if so, the... - Fire Safety
2201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if officials of State organisations such as local authorities or fire services are authorised or empowered to enter... - Building Regulations Compliance
2202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a regulatory impact analysis of the proposals to require all active builders to be... - Traveller Accommodation
2207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 16 November 2016, the criteria used by his Department to establish the... - Water Services Infrastructure
2210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will expedite the making of an agreement in view of the fact that there is no national agreement between... - Departmental Expenditure
2211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount his Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of... - Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
2213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the protocols and legislation under which a physically disabled person living in circumstances (details supplied)... - Planning Data
2214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the value of bonds payable on planning developments in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in... - Construction Industry
2215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the review on apartment construction costs will be completed; the person or body that is undertaking this... - Register of Electors Administration
2217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the provisions which are in place for ensuring that all persons turning 18 years of age and eligible to vote are... - Appointments to State Boards
2218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if any former Members have been appointed to State boards under his remit by the Public Appointments Service; if... - Emergency Accommodation Data
2219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 444 of 16 May 2017, the number of emergency accommodation service providers... - Departmental Expenditure
2220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost to his Department of Irish language officers currently employed in agencies or bodies for which his... - Control of Dogs
2221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to conduct a review of the Control of Dogs Acts 1986 to 1992; if he will appoint an expert panel to... - Constituency Commission
2222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the Constituency Commission's report will be published. [28018/17] - Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
2223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the outstanding recommendations of the Mahon Tribunal yet to be implemented, in tabular form. [28027/17] - Animal Welfare
2224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the dog breeding establishments guidelines will be published following the closure of consultation on the... - Departmental Staff
2225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if employees of his Department, including Met Éireann employees, have attended the meetings of a group... - EU Legislation
2226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the occasions on which his Department was deemed to be in breach of EU legislation; the issues involved in each... - Postal Codes
2227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the... - Social and Affordable Housing Funding
2228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that is available from his Department to local authorities to purchase social houses in... - Nitrates Usage
2229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address concerns regarding new proposals on spreading slurry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Housing Issues
2231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his policy in relation to family hubs; if there is a model of best practice for the operation and management of... - Housing Data
2232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of units to date in 2017 acquired per annum under the housing agency's vacant housing fund by local... - Commercial Property
2233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department or a body under its aegis, including local authorities, has undertaken surveys of vacant spaces... - Departmental Staff Data
2234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of staff in the housing delivery office; the respective grades of the staff working in the office; the... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
2235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to assist councils with lengthy social housing waiting lists in counties Cavan and Monaghan;... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
2237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons waiting for local authority social housing in County Waterford; the number of families... - Roadworthiness Testing
2238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding vehicle payload classification; and if he will make a... - Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
2239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of mortgage to rent transactions that have been completed since 1 January 2017; and if he will make a... - Motor Tax
2240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason some local authorities tax work vehicles commercially and others do not; and if he will clarify the... - Electoral Commission Establishment
2241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the establishment of the electoral commission as outlined in the programme for partnership... - Property Tax
2242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the aims and objectives of the local property tax; if local services have improved since the introduction of this... - Rent Controls
2243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the rent control provisions to Limerick city in view of the fact that rents are increasing... - Emergency Accommodation Provision
2244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the obligations that a local authority has in providing emergency housing support to persons on the social housing... - Motor Tax
2245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to review the motor tax system in view of the perceived or actual inequities in the system particularly... - Local Government Reform
2246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to abandon proposals to amalgamate Galway city and county council in view of the recent decision... - State Bodies Code of Conduct
2247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if all State bodies under the aegis of his Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has... - Rent Controls
2248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when an announcement will be made regarding the national rent review; and if he will make a statement on the... - Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
2249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the criteria for the allocation of funding under the housing adaptation grant scheme to local authorities across... - Tenant Purchase Scheme
2250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the implementation of the new tenant purchase scheme and the expected date for the introduction... - Private Rented Accommodation Standards
2251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to home owners advertising shared occupancy bunk beds (details supplied); the legal... - Planning Issues
2252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 30 May 2017, if every effort will be made to speed up the process of... - Water Pollution
2253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the release of untreated sewage into the River Boyne which is a special area of... - Housing Provision
2255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homeless family hubs to be put in place; the location of same; the funding for and number of beds in... - Proposed Legislation
2256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will publish legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the... - Private Rented Accommodation
2257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the work of the departmental working group on the regulation on short term letting, such as by a... - Housing Data
2258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the work of the departmental working group on housing statistics. [28933/17] - Social and Affordable Housing Funding
2260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the social housing developments which his Department is refusing to fund at 100%; the location of these... - Constituency Boundaries
2261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the local electoral constituency boundary review for the 2019 local and European elections; and... - Housing Assistance Payments
2262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are reluctant to sign up for the housing assistance... - Housing Data
2265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the average cost of one, two, three and four bed local authority new build units on the basis of costings submitted... - Departmental Staff Relocation
2266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State... - Private Rented Accommodation Standards
2267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure sufficient resources are provided to local authorities to enable them to conduct... - Housing Assistance Payments
2268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will take steps to increase rent supplement and housing assistance payment limits to realistic levels in... - Fire Service Staff
2269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number, location and classification of all fire stations in Galway city and county; the required complement of... - Housing Assistance Payments
2270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that persons are having in sourcing private rented... - Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Data
2271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the proposed number of different lots that will be involved in each county as part of the... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
2272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide the data regarding the social housing stock as a ratio of total population by county for the... - Departmental Staff Data
2273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed in his Department and in each State agency under the aegis of his Department, by...
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