Written answers
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Home Loan Scheme
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to allow persons who are not first-time buyers but who do... - Housing Assistance Payment Administration
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the perceived inadequacies with the new housing assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement... - Election Management System
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a functioning electoral commission will be in place; the responsibilities it would have; if each local authority will be... - Housing Policy
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his housing strategy for County Donegal over the next five year period; the proposed number of units planned to be built in the... - Rental Sector Strategy
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the volume of cost-rental housing projects he expects to advance in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the... - Homeless Persons Supports
53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if children living in emergency and homeless accommodation will be provided with a travel card to allow them use public... - Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to increase the income eligibility limits for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he plans to reduce the social housing waiting lists in County Wexford; his plans to provide additional... - Home Loan Scheme
56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which research has been undertaken by his Department to ascertain the value of an invigorated local authority... - Planning Guidelines
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new rural housing guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23881/19] - Housing Assistance Payment Administration
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will re-evaluate the HAP limits for Gorey, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24028/19] - Housing Estates
59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the implementation of the national taking in charge initiative; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23879/19] - Local Authority Housing Funding
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that Meath County Council has sufficient funding to meet the housing needs of the county; his views on... - Commercial Rates
62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to deal with the rising cost of business rates in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the... - Local Authority Housing Data
63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social housing direct build target for 2019 for Galway city and county councils; the number of social homes constructed in... - Traveller Accommodation
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by each local authority to date in 2019 from its Traveller accommodation budget. [24033/19] - Housing Assistance Payment
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some landlords or their agents are refusing to rent to HAP recipients due to... - Home Building Finance Ireland Establishment
66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is still working with the Department of Finance on the HBFI loan scheme; if updates can be given about the... - Election Management System
68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will bring forward measures to ban or severely restrict the use of posters during election campaigns in order to reduce... - Planning Guidelines
70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to include a clear target date for the phasing out of both oil and gas boilers as part of the NZEB planning... - Rent Controls
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing rent controls for Gorey, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24026/19] - Housing Assistance Payment Data
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the individual, annual and weekly HAP targets set by his Department for Galway city and county councils for 2019; and if he... - Local Government Reform
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to hold further plebiscites on directly elected mayors in Waterford and Cork; and if he will make a statement on the... - Local Authority Housing Data
76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units he expects to be built by each local authority in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the... - Election Management System
77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the recent extensive counting periods for the ballot papers in European and local elections will result in consideration... - Homeless Accommodation Provision
78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the inspections of private and voluntary emergency homeless accommodation will commence; the person or body that will... - Election Management System
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a public information campaign or similar was not carried out in the run up to the 2019 local and European elections... - Water Services
83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the talks between Irish Water, trade unions and his Department on the creation of a single utility for water... - Local Authority Housing
84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he is taking to implement pillar 5 of the Rebuilding Ireland initiative relating to council owned homes; if there... - Local Authority Housing Data
85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of council homes re-let in 2018 for each local authority in tabular form; the average time it took to re-let council... - Homeless Persons Supports
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the key recommendations of the report of the Ombudsman for Children on children’s experiences of family... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the affordable home scheme; the number of sites identified; the timeframe for delivery; and if he will make a... - Local Authority Housing
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider establishing generic housing designs for local authority housing in order to speed up the delivery of... - Vacant Sites
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the application of the vacant site levy and vacant site register is varying from county to county...
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