Written answers
Tuesday, 5 November 2019
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Irish Water Funding
1116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount transferred to Irish Water in funding from the Exchequer in the past five years to date; the projected amount to... - Energy Efficiency
1117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocation that will be given to local authorities in 2020 and 2021 for phase 2 of energy efficiency works; and... - Local Authority Members' Remuneration
1119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the qualifying criteria for serving Members of Dáil Éireann to receive termination payments from a local authority.... - Water Quality
1120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress of compliance with the EU Water Framework Directive; the headings in which Ireland falls under the required... - Homeless Persons Data
1122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons that have entered homelessness since the implementation of Rebuilding Ireland; and if he will make a... - Housing Assistance Payment Data
1123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of preventative HAP payments granted based on notices of termination and on homelessness; and if he will make a... - Homeless Persons Supports
1124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of stay in homeless hubs; the costs incurred in respect of hubs; his plans for the opening of further... - Local Authority Housing Eligibility
1125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a request by Westmeath County Council to move from band 3 to band 2 for social housing income limits will be considered... - Energy Efficiency
1126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when details of the social housing retrofit scheme targeted at the midlands region will be released to each local authority... - Housing Adaptation Grant
1127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will include the provision of a pathway around a home in the housing adaption works for persons with a disability... - Traveller Accommodation
1128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a caravan rental or rent-to-buy scheme that will provide residential standard mobile homes for Travellers will be... - Local Authority Housing Funding
1129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding has been provided for the construction of 69 units on Griffeen Avenue, Lucan, between Foxborough Lawn and Tor An... - Planning Issues
1130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding land that has been rezoned; the period of time within which building thereon must take place; the... - Illegal Dumping
1131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when legal advice was first sought in respect of the dumping at the old dock, Galway; when a decision will be made regarding... - Appointments to State Boards Data
1133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacancies that arose on the board of the National Oversight and Audit Commission since January 2018 to date in... - Local Authority Staff Data
1134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time equivalent cycling officers employed by each local authority; and the seniority level of each officer... - Irish Water Data
1135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a full schedule of assets transferred from the State to Irish Water since Irish Water was established by assets type will... - Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
1136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who has partaken in a shared ownership scheme through a local authority 20 years ago is eligible to apply for a... - Home Loan Scheme
1137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to examining an issue regarding the way in which the maximum amount allowed to be borrowed... - Proposed Legislation
1138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the general scheme of the building control (construction industry register Ireland) Bill; and when he plans to... - Local Authority Housing Funding
1139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if financial support for a housing facility (details supplied) in County Wicklow as ring-fenced by Wicklow County Council... - Information and Communications Technology
1140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of computers in his Department that still use an operating system (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he... - Planning Issues
1143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changing requirements under section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 following the various legislative... - Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
1144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of new grants forthcoming towards water wells and rural water supplies; and when a new grant for such supplies... - Proposed Legislation
1145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the legislation mentioned in the legislative report for the summer session 2019, specifically the housing and... - Local Authority Housing Data
1146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants on the local authority housing list in an area (details supplied) in each of the past five years by... - Housing Assistance Payment Data
1147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in receipt of the housing assistance payment in an area (details supplied) in the past five years; the... - Departmental Staff Data
1148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full and part-time staff employed in his Department; the number of such staff being paid at the minimum wage... - Housing Estates
1149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn by local authorities to impediments under section 180 of the Planning and Development Act... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the net change in State-owned social housing units; if he will provide a breakdown based on new completed units, units... - Rental Sector
1153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of a private rental tenancy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44985/19] - Public Procurement Contracts Data
1157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of contracts of €25,000 or more that have been awarded by his Department or bodies under his aegis that... - Homelessness Strategy
1158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline to reduce and end homelessness here greatly. [45147/19] - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
1159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide more social housing in County Meath. [45189/19] - Commercial Rates
1161. 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 Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the... - Nitrates Usage
1162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the slurry spreading deadline in counties Cavan and Monaghan as a special case due to flooding;... - Local Authority Funding
1163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding provided to each local authority in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form;... - Local Authority Housing Funding
1164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding provided to each local authority for the provision of housing in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to... - Local Authority Funding
1166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding provided to each county for fire services in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in... - Home Loan Scheme
1168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan who have been refused the authorised mortgage protection insurance can... - Building Control Management System
1169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on recent reports regarding defects and poor quality in some concrete products being supplied to the construction... - Local Authority Funding
1170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that across local authorities there is less money available for local services in view of the fact the... - Building Regulations
1171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the continuation of SI No. 365 of 2015, Building Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015, with respect to... - An Bord Pleanála
1172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the outcomes of the 17 October 2019 fact finding mission by An Bord Pleanála to London on the best use of land for the... - Housing Policy
1173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on co-living accommodation developments as a method of urban densification in view of his speech to a group... - Irish Water Expenditure
1174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid by Irish Water in respect of commercial rates in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a... - Homeless Persons Data
1176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of adults and children that exited homelessness in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by local... - Emergency Accommodation Data
1177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of emergency accommodation per night per household by local authority area in tabular form; and if he will... - Local Government Fund
1178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Local Government Fund has been cut by approximately €30 million; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Legal Services
1179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an outside legal firm was employed in the drafting of the Water Services Act 2013; and if so, the name of same. [45333/19] - Building Regulations Compliance
1180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if assistance is available for persons resident in a housing estate (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make... - Rent Pressure Zones
1181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amendments to the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 in order that the expiry date of all deemed... - Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
1182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish a report regarding the tenant purchase scheme within local authority housing; and if he will make a... - Emergency Accommodation Data
1183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on a monthly basis on emergency accommodation in Dublin in each of the years 2011 to 2018; and if he will... - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness
1184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes delivered to date through the strategic housing development scheme; and if he will make a statement on... - Local Authority Housing Data
1185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he can authorise construction starts on various local authority housing sites nationally, with particular... - Emergency Accommodation Data
1186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families including children in emergency housing accommodation by county; and if he will make a statement on... - Local Authority Housing Provision
1188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he has ongoing discussions with the various local authorities with a view to early action to provide... - Local Authority Housing Funding
1190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding sought by each local authority for the purpose of providing local authority houses by county; and if he will make... - Vacant Properties
1193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which he can become directly involved in the upgrading, improving and reletting of local authority houses... - Local Authority Housing Provision
1194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether procurement policies present an obstacle to the provision of much-needed local authority housing... - Local Authority Housing Funding
1196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department received applications for capital funding pending from the various local authorities for house building or... - Water Quality
1199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent recommendations from the EPA to Irish Water on considering installing...
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