Written answers
Thursday, 27 September 2018
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Policy
15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the need for developers and the State to prioritise housing development. [37796/18] - Legislative Process
16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the passing of Second Stage of the Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018, if his Department will work... - Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the housing adaptation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38949/18] - Local Authority Boundaries
18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with the members of Cork County Council to discuss the issues of concern expressed by it in respect of the... - Local Authority Housing Funding
19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the overall funding allocated to the 31 local authorities for void refurbishment in 2017 and to date in 2018; the conditions... - Vacant Sites Data
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 731 of 10 October 2017, the status of the registers of vacant sites for Galway city and... - Social and Affordable Housing Funding
21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will introduce a State-wide affordable housing scheme for local authorities; and the reason the €75 million... - Local Authority Housing
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on reports that Dublin City Council approached a company (details supplied) to rent blocks of units for social... - Local Authority Housing Provision
23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to fund local authority house building in counties Roscommon and Galway in 2019; and if he will make a statement on... - Approved Housing Bodies
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his Department's attempt to secure the reclassification of AHBs as off-Government balance sheet. [39018/18] - Housing Assistance Payment Administration
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the inadequacies with the new housing assistance payment scheme will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the recommendation in the IGEES current and capital expenditure on social housing delivery mechanisms report from... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of an affordable home under the Land Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Repair and Leasing Scheme
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there has been such a slow uptake in the repair and leasing scheme by local authorities throughout the country in... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will facilitate a meeting with Dún Laoghaire Deputies, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and officials from... - National Development Plan Funding
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines for indigenous businesses and enterprises to access the €2 billion urban regeneration and development... - Local Authority Staff Data
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a review of the resources and personnel in local authorities' housing departments; and if he... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has reconsidered the proposal for a dynamic housing executive for the greater Dublin region in view of the low delivery... - Housing Assistance Payment Data
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding paid to landlords through the housing assistance payment in the past year; and if he will make a... - Land Development Agency
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the financing arrangements envisioned in the delivery of social, affordable and market priced housing on the first eight sites... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether his Department's insistence on mixed tenure developments is having a negative consequence on the delivery... - Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made on reducing the social housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38907/18] - Local Authority Housing Data
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time taken for each local authority to reallocate homes under their remit after they have been vacated;... - NAMA Social Housing Provision
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and location of all properties conveyed by NAMA to Galway City and County councils; and if he will make a statement... - Local Authority Housing Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of local authority owned potential building lands available for local authority affordable housing in the greater... - Local Authority Housing Data
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of likely local authority housing starts that can possibly take place in the next six months by county but with... - Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the income eligibility limits for social housing particularly in areas such as counties Cavan and... - Defective Building Materials
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if families whose homes are affected by mica in County Donegal will receive at least the same redress as those families whose... - Vacant Properties
46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of privately owned homes brought back into use as a result of the vacant homes strategy of Rebuilding Ireland; his... - National Planning Framework
47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timelines for completion of regional planning strategies under the regional spatial and economic strategies; the way in... - NAMA Social Housing Provision
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an explanation was sought from the relevant local authority CEOs or the Housing Agency as to the reason only 2,717 units... - Home Loan Scheme
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approvals granted under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; his plans to modify the deposit requirement... - Local Authority Housing Data
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority new builds to be completed and ready for occupation by the end of 2018, by local authority; and... - Rent Pressure Zones
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he plans to take to deal with the widespread breaching of rent increases in rent pressure zones; and if his... - Housing Provision
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units due to be provided under the serviced sites fund in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
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