Written answers
Thursday, 13 July 2017
Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Rental Accommodation Standards
6. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that minimum standards in the private rental sector are adhered to by landlords.... - Housing Assistance Payments
7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the policy decision that has led to the situation in which there is now a disparity in equality of accessing the... - Pyrite Issues
11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will carry out a formal detailed review of the pyrite remediation scheme; if he will amend the scheme in order... - Mortgage Applications Approvals
16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons seeking to buy a home that are unable to obtain mortgage approval on the basis of their incomes... - Social and Affordable Housing
17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which his Department is progressing the affordable housing scheme which was agreed as part of the Poolbeg... - Housing Issues
19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the Government commitment to provide affordable rental and purchase homes; and his views on the... - Fire Safety Regulations
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the publication of the review prepared by independent fire experts to develop a framework in the... - Private Rented Accommodation
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the Housing Agency and his Department's review of the all in cost of providing private sector... - Local Authority Housing
23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will approve further new schemes in the event of Laois county council providing extra land found suitable for... - Social and Affordable Housing
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress that is being made on reducing the social housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the... - Planning Issues
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will sign a commencement order to further extend expired planning permissions for housing developments... - Social and Affordable Housing
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce an affordable rental scheme to subsidise rents for low to middle income households in... - Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the commitment made on page 54 of Rebuilding Ireland to extend the national housing strategy for... - Housing Assistance Payments
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to address the inadequacies with the new housing assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement... - An Bord Pleanála
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason there are so many board vacancies on An Bord Pleanála; and the actions he is taking to implement the... - House Prices
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to stem the extreme house price inflation that was in evidence in Q2 2017. [33404/17] - Pyrite Issues
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will bring forward legislation to amend the exceptional circumstances clause in section 17 of the Pyrite... - Fire Safety
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to expedite the publication of his department's report into the fire at a location (details... - Social and Affordable Housing
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to implement measures to make vacant houses and sites available for social and affordable housing; and if... - Rent Controls
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is a threshold of rent rises or further increases in homelessness that could be passed before he would... - Homeless Accommodation Provision
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the length of time he anticipates homeless family hubs will be in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Planning Issues
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the guidelines available to planning authorities for applications being submitted for solar farms; and if he will... - Local Authority Staff Recruitment
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the 21% drop in local authority employment levels in each of the years 2008 to 2013 as highlighted by... - Mortgage to Rent Scheme
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of applications that have been received to date in 2017 under the revised mortgage to rent scheme; and if... - Social and Affordable Housing
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he will take to ensure the maximum delivery of both social and affordable housing in Cherrywood and the... - Homeless Accommodation Provision
44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if homeless families that will be moved into hubs will still receive Leap cards for transport and so on; and if he... - Rent Pressure Zones
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will designate Gorey, County Wexford, as a rent pressure zone, in view of continually rising rents there as a... - Planning Issues
47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the potential for high rise zones within Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Tenant Purchase Scheme
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the tenant purchase scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33105/17] - Building Regulations
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to implement a redress scheme to help those homeowners affected by mica; the timeframe for such a scheme to... - Planning Issues
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will publish the draft national planning framework; if interested stakeholders will get a further opportunity... - Social and Affordable Housing
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to reform the local infrastructure housing activation fund to ensure that affordable housing is provided;... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the persons to be housed in the new rapid build units will be taken from the local authority waiting list; if... - Nitrates Usage
56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the ongoing review of the nitrates directive; the measures his Department can take as part of this... - Social and Affordable Housing Funding
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the commitment given on page 53 of Rebuilding Ireland that a special purpose vehicle would be... - Housing Issues
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his proposals for reducing the costs of constructing new multi-unit developments. [33406/17] - Vacant Sites Levy
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on further sanctions and disincentives against land hoarding and speculation in development land, such as... - Fire Safety
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will initiate a fire safety audit on all multi-storey residential buildings constructed since 1992; and if he... - Local Authority Boundaries Review
62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the administrative boundary between counties Waterford and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on... - Planning Issues
63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will rescind the ministerial order for the SDZ in Clonmagadden, Navan, County Meath, in view of the fact that... - Wind Energy Guidelines
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the recently issued guidelines for wind farms will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Social and Affordable Housing
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which his Department defines affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33433/17] - House Prices
66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the direction he has given to local authorities to ensure that homes built for private sale on publicly owned land... - Rent Pressure Zones
68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the next review of rent pressure zones will be carried out; if the general review of Rebuilding Ireland will...
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