Written answers
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Foreshore Licence Applications
1687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of foreshore licences issued in each of the years 2012 to 2017 for Lough Foyle; the persons or bodies they were... - Commercial Rates
1688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an analysis has been conducted as to the impact of the commercial rates revaluation that occurred in County Waterford in... - Water Charges Exemptions
1689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce an exemption for water charges for sports clubs, community groups and registered charities; and if he... - Irish Water Administration
1690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54909/17] - Standards in Public Office Commission
1691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the SIPO law on foreign donations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55013/17] - Presidential Elections
1692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the models being considered in terms of extending voting rights in presidential elections to citizens abroad; and if he will... - Planning Issues
1696. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning permissions accepted or granted for waste recycling facilities without an environmental impact... - Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions
1697. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding persons who were resident abroad but own a house here and are now selling the house and have been... - Solar Energy Guidelines
1698. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 13 December 2017, the status of the ongoing review. [1810/18] - Local Government Reform
1700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reinstate former borough councils in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54308/17] - Ministerial Meetings
1701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he last met with Louth County Council regarding the delivery of social housing. [54309/17] - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
1702. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce an affordable housing scheme in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54310/17] - National Planning Framework
1703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which towns and regions will be selected for inclusion within the national planning framework; and if he will make... - Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
1704. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the net income limits can be changed in the social housing assessment regulations to take into account the housing... - Commercial Rates Exemptions
1705. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legal impediment prohibiting the removal of the obligation for commercial rates payment for private providers of early... - Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
1706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent applications that were made in 2016 and 2017; the number that have been approved; the banks... - Rent Pressure Zones
1707. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to applying a rent pressure zone to Dundalk (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Water Supply Leakages
1708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person in a house with an identified leak must have a water meter installed to avail of the first fix repair under the... - Seaweed Harvesting Licences
1709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the monitoring plan under consideration in his Department in respect of an application to harvest seaweed in... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
1710. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has concluded his negotiations with a group (details supplied) on the issue of increasing the subventions to the... - Residential Tenancies Board Data
1711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of determination orders made by the Residential Tenancies Board in the past five years on registered tenancies;... - Election Management System
1714. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to link PPS numbers to the voter registration process in order that those turning 18 years of age are automatically... - Local Authority Housing Funding
1715. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 22 November 2017, if he will address a series of queries (details supplied); and... - Homeless Persons Data
1716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless persons reported by his Department in County Wicklow (details supplied); and if he will make a... - An Bord Pleanála Applications
1719. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delay by An Bord Pleanála in dealing with applications from quarries and other entities for... - Local Authority Finances
1720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made in implementing the high level intervention recommended in the 2013 report of the Waterford reorganisation... - Local Authority Housing Data
1721. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority dwellings that have been built in each housing authority area in the past 20 years; and the... - Local Authority Boundaries
1723. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to allow the Sligo borough boundary to be increased (details supplied) in view of the fact the... - Irish Water Administration
1724. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Irish Water is refusing or is unable to repay individual persons on the basis that they originally overpaid and... - Local Authority Rates
1725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities send a copy of their RA16 schedule of uncollected rates to him annually; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Funding
1729. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the name and number of organisations here that are in receipt of funding from his Department that have expended resources... - Local Authority Housing Data
1730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and voluntary housing units allocated by Louth County Council under the various methods of delivery in... - Foreshore Licence Applications
1732. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 21 November 2017, the names and qualifications of all persons involved in the... - Local Authority Housing Maintenance
1733. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be made available to Mayo County Council under the energy retrofitting programme or other related schemes to... - Pyrite Remediation Programme Expenditure
1734. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request the pyrite board to increase the allowances for accommodation costs during remediation in view of the... - Approved Housing Bodies
1735. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason housing associations, such as an association (details supplied), are not charging tenants a differential rent.... - Planning Guidelines
1736. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the statutory instrument pertaining to the rules applying to the change of use of buildings from commercial to... - Traveller Accommodation
1737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Travellers evicted under section 10 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 in 2016 and 2017. [55105/17] - Compulsory Purchase Orders
1739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes acquired by compulsory purchase order by each local authority in tabular form. [55119/17] - Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility
1740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the difficulty facing RAS tenants who cannot enter the HAP scheme until their period of termination notice... - Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility
1741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review regulations affecting local authorities’ housing grants for persons with a disability to take into... - Departmental Properties
1742. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the vacant properties and land not in use, owned, rented or leased by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the... - Approved Housing Bodies
1744. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the impact that reclassification of tier 3 approved housing bodies as on the Government balance sheet in early 2018 would... - Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report
1745. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the arrangements that have been made to review local electoral areas outside those covered by the two committees that have... - Local Government Audit Service
1746. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that the audits of all local authorities reflect their compliance with national and EU law in respect of... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1747. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of long-term social housing voids returned to stock by each local authority in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and... - NAMA Social Housing Provision
1756. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the locations and numbers of the social housing units delivered by NAMA in 2017 (details supplied). [1144/18] - Residential Tenancies Board Administration
1757. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will direct agencies dealing with the housing crisis, such as the Residential Tenancies Board, to have free and... - NAMA Social Housing Provision
1758. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of dwellings offered by NAMA to Limerick City and County Council and approved housing bodies for use as social... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units built and purchased by Limerick City and County Council in each of the years 2007 to 2017,... - Housing Regeneration
1760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units demolished, refurbished and built under the regeneration programme in Limerick city to date, in... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1761. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the planned number of social housing units to be built or purchased in County Limerick in 2018. [1205/18] - Mortgage to Rent Scheme
1762. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding proposals for a new mortgage to rent scheme; the number of persons that are expected to be approved... - Housing Policy
1764. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a further circular letter has issued in relation to section 3.2.3 of the Rural Housing Guidelines (details supplied); if... - Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
1765. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1967 of 11 September 2017, when the report of the review of the tenant purchase scheme... - Defective Building Materials
1766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a redress scheme for homeowners affected by mica will be established within the first quarter of 2018; and if he will make... - Protected Disclosures
1767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make available an unredacted copy of the report submitted by Galway City Council relative to the case of a person... - Planning Appeals
1768. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address concerns with regard to objectors to planning applications (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Occupational Therapy
1770. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the person or body that provides the occupational therapist's report for elderly and disabled persons in cases in which they... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new builds completed by councils only not including houses bought from private or other sources in 2017 for... - Rural Resettlement Scheme
1773. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons seeking housing in cities that are willing to move to rural areas; and if he will make a statement on... - Local Authority Boundaries
1775. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will be making a decision on the boundary between counties Roscommon and Westmeath; if so, when (details supplied); and... - Building Regulations
1776. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when proposals will be brought forward that apartment blocks or commercial buildings can be built higher; and if he will make... - Wind Energy Guidelines
1779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to bring forward new wind turbine guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1415/18] - Water Services Funding
1780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will have extra subvention money allocated to group water schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
1782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if 100% funding will be provided to group water schemes for upgrade works; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Local Authority Staff Recruitment
1785. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the position of Galway county manager will be advertised to become permanent; and if he will make a statement on the... - National Planning Framework
1786. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the final national planning framework document will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1422/18] - Strategic Infrastructure Provision
1788. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when proposals will be brought forward to try speed up major infrastructure projects (details supplied); and if he will make... - Local Authority Funding
1789. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that €15.5 million was collected in property tax in County Galway and it... - Septic Tank Grants
1790. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided to all persons who have septic tanks for upgrade if required (details supplied); and if he will... - Social and Affordable Housing
1792. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on establishing a new section that is not involved with his Department or councils that would take over the build... - Irish Water Funding
1793. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding his Department will be providing to Irish Water in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1431/18] - Tenant Purchase Scheme Data
1794. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses that were sold under the tenant purchase scheme in place at present under social housing; and if he will... - Tenant Purchase Scheme
1796. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there is a €15,000 income stipulation from employment in the tenant purchase scheme for social housing... - Approved Housing Bodies
1798. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses in housing agencies' ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1436/18] - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1799. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant social housing units as of 31 December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1437/18] - Homeless Accommodation Provision
1800. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private housing units and hotel beds being paid for by his Department under different schemes as of 31 December... - Departmental Expenditure
1802. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding his Department provides to environmental organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - European Parliament Elections
1804. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his Department has been informed by Mr. Donald Tusk or his offices regarding a consultation process on possible... - Homeless Accommodation Provision
1805. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the use of commercial accommodation providers as a means of accommodating homeless families with children will cease;... - Legislative Programme
1807. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects undertaken to consolidate or amalgamate existing legislation, including the cost, the duration, the number of... - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
1808. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the drawdown of funding from the local infrastructure housing activation scheme in 2017. [1575/18] - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1809. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rapid build units completed in 2017. [1576/18] - Repair and Leasing Scheme
1810. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of lease and repair scheme units completed in 2017. [1577/18] - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1811. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of long-term leases for social housing units completed in 2017. [1578/18] - Commercial Rates
1814. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rates refund applying to vacant commercial property in respect of each local authority; and if he will make a statement... - Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
1815. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated and the amount drawn down by each local authority in 2017 for the housing aid for older people, mobility... - Housing Data
1816. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the method of measuring residential unit building completions; the improvements that will be made to the... - Thatching Grants Applications
1817. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding an application for a thatched roof grant by a person (details supplied). [1630/18] - Commercial Rates
1818. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a comprehensive public consultation on a review of the commercial rates system has been instigated; if so, the stage it is... - Vacant Sites Levy
1819. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way the vacant site levy will operate and impact on persons who own such sites in County Kildare; if a list of such sites... - Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
1820. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authority tenants who had works carried out to their dwelling by their local authority to adapt the home for the... - Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report
1822. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the deadline for submissions to the local government boundary committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1709/18] - Water Charges
1823. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person must produce a receipt showing they paid domestic water charges now that they are abolished in view of the fact... - Departmental Staff Data
1824. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proportion of employees in his Department or in organisations under its remit registered disabled. [1860/18] - Rental Accommodation Standards
1825. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount being made available to local authorities in 2018 for rental property inspections; the percentage of rental... - Housing Data
1826. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rapid build houses that have been built and occupied to the end of 2017; the rapid build schemes and number of... - Rental Sector Strategy
1828. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an expert group to examine the issue of a cost rental model for housing has been established; if so, the membership of the... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1829. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing completions for each local authority in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement... - Local Authority Housing Data
1831. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing list for one, two, three and four bedroom housing units, respectively, by local authority; the way in which the... - Housing Assistance Payment Administration (1 comment)
1832. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a recently published report (details supplied); his plans to make changes to the HAP scheme; the categories that... - Commercial Rates Data
1833. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the commercial rates charge as levied on commercial businesses and companies for each county council or local authority... - Departmental Communications
1834. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department uses anti-profanity software on its email systems and online contact forms; if so, the level of human... - An Bord Pleanála Data
1835. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made to An Bord Pleanála under the new fast track process for developments in excess of 100... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1836. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Part V units agreed under the new fast track process for developments in excess of100 homes since its inception... - Land Availability
1839. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the lands owned by local authorities; the amount of land which is zoned residential in the ownership of each local authority;... - Departmental Advertising Expenditure
1840. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Government's initiatives in his Department in 2017 that promoted State services or welfare payments, public awareness on...
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