Written answers
Thursday, 5 March 2020
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Commercial Rates Impact
1184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has been in discussions with the Department of Finance on the rising cost of business rates in rural... - Local Authority Funding
1185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the drop in funding for County Galway despite its size compared to counties of a similar size, for example,... - Rent Pressure Zones
1186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that part of Carrigaline, County Cork not in the former Ballincollig-Carrigaline... - Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
1187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a reply will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2626/20] - Local Authority Staff Recruitment
1188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to the advertisement of a senior executive officer role for Drogheda as agreed in 2019; if the role... - Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
1189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the income eligibility for social housing is restrictively low (details supplied); his plans to raise... - Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance
1190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will be provided to local authorities to carry out necessary remedial works (details supplied); and if he will... - Judicial Reviews
1191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of judicial reviews taken against decisions made by An Bord Pleanála in each of the past five years and to... - Postal Voting
1192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if proposals will be brought forward to allow persons abroad on holidays or away temporarily for business reasons to cast... - Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
1194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the tenant incremental purchase scheme and the €15,000 minimum income requirement to avail of the... - Housing Data
1196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes allocated to tenants of local authorities under the long-term leasing housing scheme by local authority... - Homeless Persons Data
1197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children and adults deemed homeless in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Louth and in each other county in each of... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
1198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met with either Cavan or Monaghan County Council to discuss social housing strategies; the housing targets for new... - Planning Guidelines
1199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to update planning regulations in respect of solar panel installations on houses and public buildings; if the... - Local Authority Housing Maintenance
1200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be provided in 2020 to local authorities for the housing voids programme in view of the need to... - Water Services Infrastructure
1202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Donegal County Council is one of the 19 authorities which have made an application under the programme for support... - Social and Affordable Housing
1204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be ensured that Dublin City Council puts an affordable housing scheme in place having regard to sites that are... - Local Authority Housing Funding
1205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the discussions he has had on the redevelopment and insulation of Glovers Court flats, York Street, Dublin 2; and if funds... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
1206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Galway County Council and Galway City Council can continue to purchase houses on the open market for the purposes of... - Planning Guidelines
1207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a review of planning guidelines following the result of a court case (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Water Services Infrastructure
1208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the expert panel which will evaluate bids from local authorities under the multi-annual developer provided water... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
1209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the increased payment for private domestic wells will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3017/20] - Wind Energy Guidelines
1210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the updated guidelines for wind farms will include changes to the minimum distances from private residences; and if he... - Septic Tank Grants
1212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new grant scheme to upgrade domestic septic tanks will be introduced; the reason for the delay in its introduction;... - Pyrite Issues
1213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the proposed mica-pyrite scheme is so different from a similar scheme previously used in the Dublin and Leinster... - Planning Issues
1214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the extra resources which will be made available to Mayo... - Homeless Accommodation Funding
1215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated for homeless day services in 2019; and the regional breakdown of same. [3199/20] - Water Services Infrastructure
1216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a decision has been made on a developer provided infrastructure application for an estate (details supplied) in County... - Foreshore Licence Applications
1217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on an application for a foreshore licence by a company (details supplied); the process by which... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average construction costs and all-in development costs for one, two, three and four bedroom social houses and one, two... - Traveller Accommodation
1223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total spend by each local authority of their traveller accommodation budget to date in 2020; and the total allocation of... - Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance
1224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing retrofits carried out to date in 2020 by each local authority; the cost of the programme in each... - Home Loan Scheme
1225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications, approvals and drawdowns of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan mortgage by local authority to date... - Housing Assistance Payment Data
1226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the frequency with which HAP limits for local authorities outside Dublin are reviewed; the criteria that must be met in order... - Housing Assistance Payment
1227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps persons seeking private rented accommodation can take in cases in which they are discriminated against by landlords... - Housing Data
1228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new builds in County Roscommon in each of the past five years; the number of new builds in Ballinasloe, County... - Fire Station Closures
1229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that a fire station (details supplied) has been closed for over three years; if he will communicate... - Fire Service Staff
1230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a mileage allowance for chief fire officers and assistant chief fire officers in local authorities for the use of... - Fire Safety Regulations
1231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether restricting escape routes from bedrooms to routes through the kitchen not including sprinklers and... - Social and Affordable Housing
1232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of revisions being made to the social housing application form to identify the need for wheelchair suitable... - State Bodies Property
1233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the lands and buildings, excluding local authority houses, owned by public bodies in County Mayo. [3358/20] - Local Authority Housing Funding
1234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and value of CALF/CLSS loans held by each local authority; the number of social housing units related to the... - Housing Inspections
1235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to each local authority to carry out inspections of private rented dwellings in 2019 and to date in... - Water Services
1236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the reform of water services including the creation of a single utility and a referendum to enshrine water in... - Mayoral Election
1237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of implementing the result of the plebiscite supporting a directly elected mayor for Limerick. [3486/20] - Planning Investigations
1238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the report into planning irregularities in County Donegal. [3487/20] - Local Authority Staff Data
1239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of additional staff allocated to each local authority to bring vacant homes back into use. [3488/20] - Homelessness Strategy
1240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Housing First housing allocations made in 2019 and to date in 2020. [3489/20] - EU Regulations
1241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of the NZEB regulations. [3490/20] - European Court of Justice Rulings
1242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the European Court of Justice action against the State for breach of the urban wastewater treatment directive.... - Residential Tenancies Board
1243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent issues at a retirement home (details supplied); and his plans to ensure that... - Departmental Programmes
1245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and value of applications each local authority made in 2019 for the multi-annual developer provided water services... - Local Authority Members' Remuneration
1246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) will be entitled to a severance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3606/20] - Home Loan Scheme
1250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the recent increase in interest in the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme from 2.25% to almost 3% on a 30... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
1252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has signed off new housing procurement proposals for 2020 for local authorities; and if so, the details of the...
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