Written answers

Tuesday, 6 November 2018

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

 
  • Seanad Elections
    1152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rules of governance required to be registered with his Department in nominating bodies for Seanad Éireann (details...
  • Commercial Rates Exemptions
    1153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of providing full relief from commercial rates for all registered childcare providers here. [45161/18]
  • Local Authority Services
    1154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason disabled persons grants have not been approved since 2016 and 2017 in the Cork County Council area due to lack of...
  • Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
    1155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason an adaption grant has not been approved for a person (details supplied) by Cork County Council in 2018; the...
  • Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility
    1156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when calculating deductions for means testing the housing adaption grant for persons with disabilities, if the full amount of...
  • Approved Housing Bodies
    1157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given consideration to extending the capital acquisition lease finance provisions to the purchase of loans by...
  • Urban Renewal Schemes
    1158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated for a project (details supplied) under the urban regeneration and development fund. [45740/18]
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
    1159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his decision to refer the eastern and midlands water supply project to the Commission for the Regulation...
  • Property Trusts
    1160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the recent sale of nearly 400 apartments for rental to an investment company (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Constitutional Convention Recommendations
    1161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given further consideration to the Convention on the Constitution recommendations regarding citizens' initiatives;...
  • An Bord Pleanála
    1162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to address delays in adhering to statutory timelines in An Bord Pleanála decisions; and if he...
  • Departmental Meetings
    1163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he, his departmental officials and or his ministerial predecessors have met companies and an organisation (details...
  • Departmental Contracts
    1164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts for social housing projects funded by his Department in the past...
  • Departmental Consultations
    1165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the location of the submissions made to the consultations undertaken by his Department in each of the past ten years in...
  • Housing Data
    1167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing co-operatives (details supplied); and the number of houses within each co-operative within each county...
  • Local Authority Facilities
    1168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his policy regarding the hosting of political public meetings in local authority owned or funded community centres; if...
  • Housing Data
    1169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and name of local authorities that were contacted by and responded to the circular that was sent from his...
  • Building Regulations
    1171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position with regard to the need for structural assessments for 22 houses constructed by a company (details supplied);...
  • Housing Adaptation Grant
    1172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will apply flexibility in the deadline for works completed under housing adaptation and mobility and housing aid for...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    1173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if under the enhanced long-term social housing leasing scheme, developers will be allowed to use their approval for 25...
  • European Court of Justice Rulings
    1174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to address the discharge of sewage into the sea at various locations (details supplied) in County...
  • Housing Data
    1175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties in County Donegal secured under the buy and renew scheme which facilitates local authorities or...
  • European Court of Justice Rulings
    1176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the members of the working group set up to consider the 2013 European Court of Justice ruling in the Flemish Decree case;...
  • Housing Data
    1177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all proposed social housing leasing and enhanced leasing projects; and the details of potential leasing or...
  • Irish Water
    1178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish Water has for the second time in 2018 refused to meet with a...
  • Housing Issues
    1179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his efforts to date in addressing the high council housing vacancy rate in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Building Regulations
    1181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the criteria which homeowners in County Donegal affected by mica must meet in order to access the redress...
  • Departmental Contracts
    1184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a company (details supplied) has undertaken work within his Department's remit to build or renovate projects over the past...
  • Rental Accommodation Standards
    1185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider reviewing legislation (details supplied); if he will direct the RTB in relation to enforcement; and if he...
  • Local Authority Housing Data
    1186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation in capital funding for each local authority for the provision of extensions to council dwellings for 2017,...
  • Home Loan Scheme
    1187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who is resident here on a stamp 4 visa, is married to an Irish citizen and has been resident in the State for...
  • Emergency Accommodation Data
    1188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families that have been accommodated in family hubs since they were established; the number of families that...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    1193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the targets for social housing provision by the four Dublin local authorities in 2018; his Department's assessment of the...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes
    1194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which a group water scheme with only domestic users on it is to pay for shortfalls in the amount it receives in...
  • Fire Service
    1195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a statement (details supplied) made in Seanad Éireann on 10 March 2015 by the then...
  • Ministerial Communications
    1197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that each Minister of State in his Department has had with a person...
  • Housing Estates
    1198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress he has made to date on the taking in charge of developments with stand alone treatment plants; the discussions...
  • Ministerial Responsibilities
    1199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the remit and responsibilities of the Minister of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Local Authority Funding
    1200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of local authority finances will be completed; if the results of this review will be reflected in the...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    1201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dialogue he has had with Kildare County Council with respect to a housing development, either direct build or turnkey, at...
  • Mayoral Election
    1202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received the report into potential arrangements and powers for directly elected mayors in Cork and other cities;...
  • Wind Energy Guidelines
    1205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the wind energy planning guidelines; the reason for such a delay; his plans to introduce more onshore...
  • Proposed Legislation
    1206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the creation of the register of architectural technologists and the inclusion of those on the register...
  • An Bord Pleanála Applications
    1207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there are no time limits for An Board Pleanála to adjudicate on applications; and his plans to introduce...
  • National Planning Framework
    1208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will enact the regional planning guidelines. [45689/18]
  • Legislative Programme
    1209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale for the detail in drafting the building control (construction industry register Ireland) Bill 2017; if he will...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    1210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 627 of 2 October 2018, if the €1.1 million allocated for the project has fully...
  • Rental Sector
    1211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the implications the proposed new regulations on a company (details supplied) will have on persons who let their primary...
  • Housing Issues
    1212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the need for developers and the State to prioritise housing development; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Land Development Agency
    1213. 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....
  • North-South Implementation Bodies
    1214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the allocation in 2019 to North-South bodies in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Commissions of Investigation Data
    1215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount his Department has spent in 2018 on carrying out commissions of investigations and State inquiries as recommended...

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