Written answers
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Irish Water
1507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an exemption from state aid rules has been sought from the EU for Irish Water and its assets; the reason he has not sought... - Local Authority Finances
1508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount issued annually over the past five years in compensation for malicious damage to property under the compensation... - Commissioner of Valuation
1509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a matter (details supplied) will be reviewed; his plans to address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on... - Local Authority Rates
1510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rates bar set in Kingscourt, County Cavan, will be reviewed; if he will address concerns raised (details supplied);... - Fire Service Staff
1511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason fire-fighters who are healthy, fit and have a good understanding of their job must retire at 58 years of age while... - Irish Water
1512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he approved the significant increases in the cost of domestic connections which came into effect on 1 April 2019. [19362/19] - Wind Energy Guidelines
1513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when wind energy guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19446/19] - Energy Efficiency
1514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes in each local authority that have availed of the free energy efficiency improvement scheme in tabular... - Mayoral Election
1515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the upcoming plebiscite on the mayoral elections. [19820/19] - Tenant Purchase Scheme
1516. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason tenants who wish to purchase their local authority houses under the tenant purchase scheme are excluded from the... - Disability Support Services
1517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans in place across County Louth to ensure there is clear access and sharing of information to persons with... - Architects Register
1520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he receives reports from an organisation (details supplied) on complaints regarding poor performance by architects; if... - Building Regulations
1521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider consumer friendly and cost-effective redress and dispute resolution for homeowners dealing with defects;... - Construction Industry Register Ireland
1522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will introduce a regulatory system for builders that is independent of the industry; and if he will make a statement... - Development Contributions
1523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of development levies accrued in each local authority in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form. [18573/19] - Commercial Rates Valuation Process
1524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the revaluation of commercial rates process will commence for County Donegal; if he has considered expediting the... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
1525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to having his Department as the lead agency in the provision of a new funding programme for... - Home Loan Scheme
1526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a Rebuilding Ireland home loan which was approved on 1 October 2018 for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will... - Housing Policy
1527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being put in place to introduce legislation to ensure the fluidity of the housing market and the transparency of... - Energy Conservation
1528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes upgraded as part of the smart technology energy saving scheme since its launch in 2016; the number of... - Vacant Properties
1531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of vacant or potential residential units that are above retail units,... - Ministerial Invitations
1533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his officials or political staff were recipients of tickets and-or hospitality from an organisation (details... - Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
1534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the two and a half year backlog for applications for DPG grants for council houses in... - Urban Renewal Schemes
1536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; the proposed funding that he plans to allocate; and if... - Planning Guidelines
1537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the new rural housing guidelines; when they will be published; if they will be open for public consultation... - Planning Issues
1538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the circumstances and-or differences in which a Part 8 planning process is decided by a decision of a full council as opposed... - Water Quality
1540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent reports that lead concentration levels well above the legal limit have been found... - Unfinished Housing Developments
1541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants are available for completion of a house that never finished construction and was never occupied. [18853/19] - Pyrite Issues
1542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to assist homeowners who have been assessed for level 1 pyrite damage and who are not currently eligible for... - Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
1543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the 2018 review of income eligibility levels for social housing will be finalised and published; and if he will make a... - Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
1544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether adequate funding is provided to local authorities for disability adaptations to council housing stock;... - Approved Housing Bodies
1545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that the recent recruitment of a chairperson for an organisation (details supplied) was in line with the... - Register of Electors Administration
1548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Acts under which the authority or remit is given to a local authority or remit is given to local authority rate... - Commercial Rates Valuation Process
1549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will investigate the anomaly whereby a convenience store valuation is radically less than the convenience store element... - Private Rented Accommodation
1550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provision made for older persons who are renting properties and whose tenancies are terminated following the transfer of... - Home Loan Scheme
1551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if discretion can be shown in the application of the terms and conditions of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan and county... - Rental Sector Strategy
1552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional resources will be provided to local authorities in order to allow them to effectively enforce short-term... - Water Services Infrastructure
1555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the next steps in the process and the timeframe for the development of a water treatment facility at Lough Talt, County... - Home Loan Scheme
1556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to consider changing the criteria in condition 1 of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme (details supplied).... - Planning Guidelines
1557. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the planning guidelines for solar development at large scale ground mount level will be published; and if he will make a... - Local Authority Charges Application
1558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on standardisation of development charges by local authorities for grant of planning permission for solar farms;... - Commercial Rates
1559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Valuation Office has a policy on standardisation of rates applicable to solar farms; and if he will make a statement... - Housing Data
1560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of Part V acquisitions for 2017 and 2018, by local authority, of the number of homes acquired as new homes,... - Fire Service Staff
1562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of front-line staff in Dublin Fire Brigade in each of the years 2014 to 2018; the number of new recruits in each... - Election Management System
1563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of blind or visually impaired templates made available nationwide for both the presidential election and recent... - Residential Tenancies Board
1567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if in all HAP and RAS tenancies and leasing arrangements between local authorities and landlords the properties are... - Legislative Measures
1568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will progress the maritime area and foreshore (amendment) Bill; the reason for the delays in its progression to date;... - Home Loan Scheme
1569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a person with a stamp 4 visa is excluded from accessing the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will... - Rent Pressure Zones
1570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to allow former tenants to lodge a complaint with the RTB if the cost of the rent of their former home has... - Building Regulations
1574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a scheme (details supplied) will be approved; his plans to ensure that there are no further delays in having such a... - Housing Data
1575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated average all-in cost of building a new social home. [19671/19] - Traveller Accommodation
1577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated average all-in cost of accommodation for members of the Traveller community. [19673/19] - Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
1578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated average all-in cost of an affordable home for rent. [19674/19] - Electoral Register
1580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a report on responses received further to the consultation process to modernise the electoral registration... - Electoral Commission Establishment
1581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a report on responses received further to the consultation on a regulatory impact analysis on the... - Ministerial Appointments
1582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 588 of 11 December 2018, if the relevant statutory committee appointments by him will... - Appointments to State Boards
1583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has made State board appointments in the past three years in circumstances in which he has reappointed a person that... - Register of Electors
1584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has taken to address the report by the EU Commission in January 2014 that Ireland was disenfranchising Irish... - Vacant Sites
1585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites included on the vacant site register under the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 by Galway City... - Rent Pressure Zones
1586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if rent pressure zones in Cork are to include the Ballincollig-Carrigaline municipal district as revised; and if the southern... - Rental Sector
1587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of enforcement of standards and rent books in 2018 of rental property inspections carried out in each local... - Local Authority Housing
1588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing applicants in each local authority that have refused more than one offer of a home in the past three... - Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
1591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to amounts outstanding on the non-principal private residence charge; the amount outstanding; the... - Departmental Funding
1592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce an assistance package for those who lost their homes and other property in the recent wildfires in... - Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
1594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when changes to grant schemes for private wells and septic tanks under the multi-annual rural water programme will come into... - Planning Issues
1595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the review by a person (details supplied) into certain planning matters in respect of Donegal County... - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
1596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the proposed Naas inner relief road satisfies the objectives of the LIHAF fund from which it is receiving funding;... - Election Material
1598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on factually inaccurate information being printed and distributed on election material; and the remedy in place for... - Irish Water
1599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason he has chosen to replace Irish Water commercial debt with State-funded debt; and if he will make a statement on...
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