Written answers

Tuesday, 26 March 2019

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

 
  • National Planning Framework
    1350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he plans to meet settlement strategy objectives in unserviced rural towns and villages that are identified...
  • Planning Issues
    1352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether changes are needed to the strategic infrastructure planning process in order to prevent applicants...
  • Urban Renewal Schemes
    1353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 5 February 2019, if approval has issued to appoint a consultant to bring the...
  • Commercial Rates Calculations
    1354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reductions available to businesses that pay commercial rates and are owner-occupiers; the options available to persons...
  • Home Loan Scheme
    1355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who has exited bankruptcy may be considered a first-time buyer for the purposes of a Rebuilding Ireland mortgage...
  • Vacant Sites
    1358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role of the Land Development Agency in regard to the purchasing of vacant sites and units that have the potential for...
  • Emergency Accommodation Data
    1359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of supported temporary accommodation facilities funded by each lead authority; the service provider in each case;...
  • Planning Issues
    1360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on a stage 3 application for voluntary housing submitted by Galway County Council for a...
  • Irish Red Cross Awards
    1362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when medals will be awarded to service workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12845/19]
  • Tenant Purchase Scheme
    1363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenant purchase sales approved in each year since 2000, in tabular form. [12847/19]
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    1364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an organisation (details supplied) informed Dublin City Council 28 days prior to 7 March 2018 that the site on which the...
  • Local Authority Rates
    1370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether local authority archives services should be exempt from paying local authority commercial rates; if...
  • Fire Safety Regulations
    1371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the revelations made in the media on 10 March 2019 (details supplied) relating to fire safety standards; and if...
  • Home Loan Scheme
    1372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding and loans issued by the Housing Finance Agency under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme by local...
  • Water Conservation
    1374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has taken to introduce a BER-style water conservation rating for buildings in line with the recommendations...
  • Building Regulations
    1377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish a new building standards and consumer protection agency; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Housing Agency Data
    1379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the €70 million rolling Housing Agency fund by county; the number of units delivered per annum since...
  • Local Authority Housing
    1380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish a rolling fund for land purchases for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Approved Housing Bodies
    1381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the enhanced leasing scheme by county; the number of units to be delivered under current agreements by county;...
  • Housing Finance Agency
    1386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount issued by the Housing Finance Agency to approved housing bodies per annum from 2011 to date; the number of units...
  • Home Loan Scheme
    1387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an applicant that has been approved for a mortgage under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan can receive an extension after...
  • Planning Issues
    1389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timetable for the application for planning under the IROPI process for Lough Talt, County Sligo (details supplied); and...
  • Home Loan Scheme
    1390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme by Sligo County Council in 2018 and to date in 2019; if...
  • Housing Assistance Payment Data
    1391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the 18,000 HAP figure for new HAP tenancies by local authority in each of the years 2016 to 2018. [13176/19]
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    1392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress of the Shanganagh Castle social and affordable housing development; the position of the project within the...
  • Emergency Accommodation Data
    1394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households that exited emergency accommodation in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the number of homeless...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide funding to ensure the continuation of services by an organisation (details supplied) in view of the fact...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
    1396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps persons (details supplied) must take in June 2019 when they must leave the family home; and if he will make a...
  • Irish Water Administration
    1398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to improve the quality of customer service to customers of Irish Water; his views on the present quality of...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    1399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if affordable home purchasing initiatives will be introduced that will not be limited to first-time buyers only; and if he...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
    1400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on community sewerage schemes; the reason rural towns that want to establish a community sewerage scheme have been...
  • Vacant Sites Data
    1401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant site levy implementation progress reports received from local authorities to date; and if he will make a...
  • Fire Safety Regulations
    1403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish a fund to assist owners of apartments dealing with serious fire safety issues and building defects; if...
  • Traveller Accommodation
    1404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the quarterly social housing construction pipeline report will include Traveller-specific accommodation from the next...
  • Home Loan Scheme
    1405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the waiting times for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme in the Cork County Council area by three, six, nine and 12...
  • Interdepartmental Working Groups
    1412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the working groups currently established in his Department; the focus of their work; the membership composition of each; and...
  • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
    1413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a revised total amount of €1.9 million in funding can be allocated for housing adaptation grants by Sligo County...
  • River Basin Management Plans
    1415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 13 March 2019, if he will address the specific question asked as to the specific...
  • Pyrite Remediation Programme
    1416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the pyrite remediation scheme will be expanded to include houses damaged by pyrite in the blockwork; and if he will make a...
  • Commencement of Legislation
    1417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the planned establishment of the office of the planning regulator, which was scheduled for January 2019; and if...
  • Local Authority Housing Provision
    1418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to reduce the amount of underoccupancy in local authority stock, such as offering incentives, a...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    1419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No....
  • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
    1420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount each local authority returned unspent in housing adaptation grants for persons with a disability, the mobility...
  • Departmental Data
    1421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of complaints submitted to his Department in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of appeals made with...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
    1422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of income limits for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13792/19]
  • Rental Accommodation Scheme Data
    1423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if landlords providing properties under the RAS scheme to local authorities were given rent increases in excess of the 4%...
  • Housing Estates
    1424. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the taking in charge of estates with developer provided infrastructure; if the report has been...
  • Capital Assistance Scheme
    1425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline of the renovation of a property (details supplied); if measures are being taken to resolve the funding issues in...
  • Garda Vetting
    1427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there a requirement by the local authorities to Garda vet persons who are in receipt of housing assistance payment, HAP;...
  • Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
    1428. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local council officials can override or ignore recommendations in cases in which an application is lodged with a local...
  • Private Rented Accommodation
    1429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a series of matters relating to proposed planning for a company (details supplied) will be considered; and if he will make...

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