Written answers
Tuesday, 15 January 2019
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Water Abstraction Regulation
1120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will reconsider plans to extract a large supply of water from Lough Ree at Killinure, Athlone, County Westmeath; the... - Local Authority Management
1121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next competitions for chief executive officer of Dublin City Council and chief executive of Fingal County Council... - Local Government Reform
1122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the decision to exclude the four Dublin local authorities from the process of plebiscites on direct elections on mayors in... - Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
1124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the review of the tenant incremental purchase scheme will be published without delay; and if he will make a statement on... - Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
1125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the review of social housing support household means policy will be expedited; the steps he will take as part of this... - Homeless Persons Supports
1126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a service (details supplied) in County Westmeath; his views on recent reports that the six-bed service will... - Pyrite Issues
1127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 290 and 291 of 14 November 2018, his plans to expand the scheme to support homeowners... - Departmental Expenditure
1128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost incurred by his Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Commercial Rates
1129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the Valuation Office is reverting to business proprietors who lodge appeals against drastic... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
1130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to provide a greater number of one-bed social housing units nationally in view of the increased demand... - Rental Sector Strategy
1131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress he has made on providing cost rental housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54247/18] - County Development Plans
1132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Naas, County Kildare, identified as a key growth town in the regional spatial and economic strategy, will be... - Social and Affordable Housing
1133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to relocating the Maynooth, Celbridge and Leixlip housing unit allocations to the rest of the... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
1134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if three houses (details supplied) are currently under the ownership of Galway County Council; if so, the reason the... - Home Loan Scheme
1135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy of the Housing Agency on the requirement for a mortgage applicant to have demonstrated a pattern of saving; if his... - Homeless Persons Supports
1136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps taken to ensure each person had a roof over their head during the Christmas 2018 period; and if he will make a... - Departmental Expenditure
1137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected... - Departmental Staff Data
1138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54484/18] - Rental Sector
1140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding persons struggling to lease properties at a low price while also paying tax within the higher bracket;... - Wind Energy Guidelines
1141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the revision of the wind energy development guidelines; and the timeframe for completion of the revision. [54542/18] - Mortgage to Rent Scheme
1145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to revise the mortgage-to-rent income criteria to exclude overtime worked; and if he will make a statement on the... - Rental Accommodation Scheme Data
1146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of RAS tenancies active on 1 January 2019, by local authority area. [1017/19] - Housing Assistance Payment Data
1147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies active on 1 January 2019, by local authority area. [1018/19] - Derelict Sites Data
1148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites in a towns (details supplied) that have been levied with the derelict sites levy. [1020/19] - Fire Service
1149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the location of the proposed new fire service facility in Dunleer, County Louth; the status of the project which was... - Emergency Accommodation Provision
1151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the emergency accommodation supports available to persons returning here having left alleged domestic violence in another... - Housing Data
1152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing construction completions in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1107/19] - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all cost benefit analyses relating to housing developments on public land sent to his Department from Dublin... - Planning Issues
1155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress on legislation to put in place statutory timeframes for planning compliance decisions for residential... - Local Authority Housing Mortgages
1156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications by local authority; the number of such loans approved by each local... - Traveller Accommodation
1157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on the request made by Galway City Council for the replacement of mobile homes and caravans on... - Rural Development Policy
1158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the working group set up to consider the 2013 European Court of Justice ruling in the Flemish decree case; the... - Housing Policy
1160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the precarious position of private tenants who have been given termination notices with... - Constitutional Amendments
1161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to progress with the proposal to extend voting rights to those over 16 years of age; when he plans to hold a... - Legislative Process
1162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a reply will issue regarding the concerns of a person (details supplied) in relation to the Local Government (Water... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1163. 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 2017 and 2018, in tabular form.... - NAMA Social Housing Provision
1164. 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 in Limerick in 2017... - Housing Assistance Payment Data
1165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount local authorities (details supplied) have paid out to estate agents in finder's fees in order to locate social... - Water Abstraction Regulation
1166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide information on provisional orders issued by An Bord Pleanála; the powers such orders carry; and if... - Compulsory Purchase Orders
1167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties and amount of land acquired by each local authority in the past two years to date using compulsory... - Local Authority Staff
1168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the recruitment of vacant property officers by local authorities and the dedicated vacant homes unit to be set... - Urban Renewal Schemes
1169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects funded by the social intervention fund in County Limerick in each of the years 2008 to 2018; the amount of... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of building affordable houses for each of the four Dublin local authorities in tabular form. [1355/19] - Planning Issues
1173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications being made for the change of use from vacant commercial to residential units following the... - Social and Affordable Housing Applications Data
1174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of wheelchair users as opposed to persons with physical disabilities that are on the waiting list for social... - Repair and Leasing Scheme
1175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a report on the repair and leasing scheme by county; the take-up of this scheme by landlords; the amount... - Compulsory Purchase Orders
1176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties compulsorily purchased or in which the CPO process has been initiated by the local authorities to... - Commercial Rates Valuation Process
1177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is planned to amend the legislation in relation to rateable valuations to ensure that in circumstances in which a... - Housing Policy
1178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for his Department, local authorities or an agency under the remit of his Department to become directly involved in... - Marine Plan Implementation
1179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his plans for the extension of marine protected areas; and the timeline for the implantation of these areas.... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
1180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which his Department may examine a suitable process to encourage the provision of affordable local authority... - Local Authority Housing Mortgages
1182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a revised credit policy will be issued from the Housing Agency to local authorities for considering council mortgage... - Legislative Measures
1183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of ballots undertaken under section 48 of the Environmental (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 since its... - An Bord Pleanála
1184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ameliorate the long delays with planning appeals to be decided by An Bord Pleanála, in... - Local Authority Housing Data
1186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and location of houses acquired and purchased by Galway City Council in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date... - Urban Development
1187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding progress towards the resumption of development at the Naas town centre site; and if he will make a... - Social and Affordable Housing
1188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce affordable housing schemes in 2019; when and the locations in which they will be available; the... - Housing Assistance Payment Administration
1189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are entitled to charge for an assessment (details supplied); if this is protocol; if his attention has... - Local Authority Funding
1190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget for each local authority in 2019, outlining expenditure in the categories of housing, roads, water, environmental... - Elected Office Requirements
1191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure access to elected office for persons with disabilities; and the funding schemes available in... - Housing Policy
1192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to setting up housing co-operatives with a view to bringing housing costs within the reach of... - Local Authority Housing Data
1193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of direct build local authority housing starts scheduled for 2019 with particular reference to those local... - Local Authority Housing Provision
1194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the annual housing requirements for local authority houses have been identified on a county basis with a... - Local Authority Housing Mortgages
1195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland loans approved each of the local authorities throughout 2018; the extent to which newer and... - Local Authority Assets
1199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the availability of building lands in the ownership of each local authority nationally; the extent to which these lands are... - Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
1200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which adequate resources remain available to each local authority for the purpose of DPG or housing adaptation... - Construction Industry
1201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which reliable structural guarantee schemes are available to protect homeowners; and if he will make a... - Homeless Accommodation Provision
1205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless persons in County Kildare who have been offered and have received accommodation from the local... - Departmental Correspondence
1206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the customer complaints received by his Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into...
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