Written answers

Tuesday, 11 June 2019

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

 
  • River Basin Management Plans
    943. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the surveys being carried out under the water framework directive in the south east of the country; the expected...
  • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
    944. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if mortgage to rent mortgages are exempt from being sold to private equity firms; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Wild Fires
    945. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider putting in place new protocols in the instances of the Air Corps being unable to supply air cover to fight...
  • Urban Renewal Schemes
    946. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which a budget for the running of the Tipperary task force was approved; the amount approved; the way in which it...
  • Housing Issues
    948. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of restoring the housing aid for older people scheme budget to 2010 levels; and if he will make a statement...
  • Fire Safety
    950. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish a remedial fund for fire safety issues in apartment blocks; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Housing Estates
    951. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a fund available at national level for local authorities to address outstanding matters in residential...
  • Rent Pressure Zones
    952. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to the application of the rent pressure zone limits to landlords that are in a RAS contract with a...
  • Home Loan Scheme
    953. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 14 May 2019, if the internal review has been completed; if so, the details of...
  • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
    954. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are circumstances in which a council tenant who inherits a sufficient sum to purchase outright the rented council...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
    955. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter in relation to an assessment of income of a person (details supplied) under social housing...
  • Local Authority Funding
    956. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the response given to the local Government funding review submission 2018 by Meath County Council (details supplied); the...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    957. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulations regarding termination notices and voluntary housing associations; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Urban Development
    959. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if progress is being made in relation to the provision of the necessary funding to Westmeath County Council to carry out a...
  • Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
    960. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application to have a stair lift installed in their home by a person (details supplied); and when...
  • Home Loan Scheme
    961. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an adjudged bankrupt that has lost all property in bankruptcy proceedings and subsequently arranged their divorce or legal...
  • Register of Electors
    963. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for more effective compiling of the Register of Electors; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
  • Approved Housing Bodies
    965. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to cases in which an approved housing body has bid on a property or properties in competition...
  • Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks
    966. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the proposed MICA redress scheme; the date in 2019 from which homes will begin to be repaired under the scheme;...
  • Commencement of Legislation
    967. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected timetable for the commencement of each individual section or provision of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment)...
  • Homeless Persons Data
    968. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons registered homeless by county in tabular form; when they were registered as homeless; and if he will...
  • Health and Safety Regulations
    969. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the specific actions taken and progress made since he indicated that his Department is reviewing its role in...
  • Election Management System
    972. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of ballot papers by constituency for the local and European elections and the referendum deemed invalid due to the...
  • Housing Assistance Payment Data
    973. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP inspections undertaken to date; the number outstanding beyond the eight month deadline by local authority;...
  • Home Loan Scheme
    974. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the criteria for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be changed to include non-first time buyers such as those...
  • Local Authority Staff Data
    975. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of additional staff he has provided to councils to enforce the new short-term letting planning regulations which...
  • Home Loan Scheme
    976. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the figures for Rebuilding Ireland home loan approvals to date in counties Laois and Offaly; the number of applications...
  • Local Authority Housing Funding
    977. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding and approval will be given to Donegal County Council for phase 2 of a programme (details supplied); and if he...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
    978. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grant schemes available for private wells and septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23780/19]
  • Seanad Reform
    979. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to the extension of voting rights for the NUI panel in Seanad Éireann elections to graduates of...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes
    980. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation regarding towns and villages without sewerage systems; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Local Authority Staff
    981. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to open voluntary redundancy schemes in local authority offices in the future; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Planning Guidelines
    982. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a house which is zoned commercial and on the grounds of a hotel in a rent pressure zone will be subject to short-term...
  • Home Loan Scheme
    983. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address issues with regard to the caps on the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme (details supplied); and if he...
  • Housing Issues
    984. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason no physical masterplan or draft masterplan has been presented to the community or relevant groups in view of the...
  • Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
    985. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cad iad na rialacha atá i bhfeidhm maidir le cumas Gaeilge na n-oibrithe a oibríonn sna hionaid vótála a...
  • Flood Relief Schemes
    986. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of oversight his Department will have on local authority flood plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Home Loan Scheme
    987. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to enhance the criteria for persons qualifying for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to make the option more...
  • Urban Renewal Schemes
    988. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 678 of 21 May 2019, the level of related URDF funding demands expected to arise for 2019...
  • Local Government Reform
    989. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reintroduce town councils; if so, the process he plans to follow; the timeframe he is following; if there will be...
  • Housing Estates
    990. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the redress available to residents in instances in which a developer has gone out of business and the management company is...
  • Home Loan Scheme
    991. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made in 2018, by county for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the number of applications...
  • Rental Sector Strategy
    992. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the roll out of choice based letting for Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24115/19]
  • Rental Sector
    993. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of his plans in relation to tenancies of indefinite duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24132/19]
  • Planning Guidelines
    994. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he can address the concerns of residents living in SDZs that the new guidelines on height will have a...
  • Home Loan Scheme
    996. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he has investigated the possibility of providing a State backed loan scheme similar to the old local loans...
  • Housing Policy
    997. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all housing support schemes available will be examined with a view to assessing their efficacy and possible replacement in...
  • Homelessness Strategy
    998. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which his Department has examined the local authority housing waiting lists with a view to devising a system to...
  • Home Loan Scheme
    1000. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if credit will be given to applicants in rental accommodation when assessing their eligibility for Rebuilding Ireland home...
  • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
    1001. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants on the various local authority housing waiting lists who have been housed in the past 12 months; and...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
    1003. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding spent on rent support, HAP or other housing assistance schemes in lieu of local authority housing in...
  • Homeless Persons Data
    1004. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons registered as homeless by the various local authorities throughout the greater Dublin area; the number...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
    1005. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which funding earmarked for the provision of affordable or local authority houses has been spent under various...
  • Local Authority Housing Data
    1006. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority houses under construction; when they are likely to be ready for occupation; and if he will make...
  • Planning Issues
    1007. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which particular attention can be given to ensure that the rural indigenous population is able to obtain...
  • Homeless Accommodation Provision
    1008. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of emergency housing units available for use by each local authority to meet the growing housing requirements by...

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