Written answers
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing for People with Disabilities
1213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will recognise an organisation (details supplied) as a key stakeholder and will involve it in the... - Homeless Persons Supports
1214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to ensure that homeless persons and families will be able to self-isolate if and when they are... - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
1215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF; the amount of funding awarded to date; and the amount... - Property Registration
1216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that will be taken to expedite an application for the registration of properties (details supplied); and if he will... - Social and Affordable Housing Funding
1217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are funding or grant schemes available to a private company that has secured partial but significant private funding... - Departmental Expenditure
1219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount expended on access to online and hard copy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in... - Departmental Data
1220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020... - Fire Stations
1221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to upgrade Cappamore fire station, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4033/20] - Traveller Accommodation
1222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the schedule of the funding allocated to local authorities that was to be used specifically for Traveller accommodation in... - Local Authority Housing Data
1223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units purchased by local authorities in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, by county in Leinster; the... - Rental Sector
1225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a rent freeze will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4048/20] - Social and Affordable Housing
1226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the introduction of the affordable housing schemes will be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Housing Issues
1227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that permanent secondary school teachers are unable to afford housing rents or mortgages; and if he... - Commercial Rates Valuation Process
1228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the revised valuations have been changed by county; if the approach will be reviewed in order to benefit revalued... - Local Authority Services
1230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the lighting on Inis Oírr pier, Aran Islands, County Galway has not... - Mica Redress Scheme
1231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the application process for the Mica redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4146/20] - Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
1232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the drawdown by each local authority from the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and... - Local Authority Housing Mortgages
1233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria for repayment of proceeds following the sale of an affordable home by a person that had originally purchased the... - Planning Investigations
1234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1975 of 6 September 2019, if a full report (details supplied) will be published... - Mortgage to Rent Scheme
1235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the mortgage to rent scheme will be addressed; and if he... - Commercial Rates Valuation Process
1236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the revision of rates will be suspended (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4257/20] - General Elections
1237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of votes cast in the General Election on 8 February 2020 that were deemed invalid due to the fact that ballot... - Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
1240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if essential funding will be awarded for works to a group water scheme (details supplied). [4373/20] - Fire Service
1242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to plans by Sligo County Council to downgrade the Sligo fire service to a retained only... - Legislative Measures
1243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when legislation will be in place to enable local communities such as Enniscrone, County Sligo to hold local plebiscites to... - Home Loan Scheme
1246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1225 of 5 March 2020, the average amount of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan drawn down... - Traveller Accommodation
1247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the spend by each local authority of its Traveller accommodation budget in 2019. [4475/20] - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of social housing delivered via each delivery stream, such as, build, acquisition and leasing by each local... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
1250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of affordable homes on the Poolbeg strategic development zone, Dublin. [4479/20] - Rental Sector Strategy
1251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of affordable cost-rental homes on St. Michael’s Estate, Inchicore, Dublin 8. [4480/20] - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
1252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities and approved housing bodies will be permitted to access the 40-year financing and the serviced sites... - Local Authority Funding
1253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of serviced site funding drawn down to date by each local authority; and the projects in this regard in tabular... - Social and Affordable Housing
1254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when affordable purchase guidelines will be issued to each local authority in terms of the affordable housing scheme. [4483/20] - Housing Data
1255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of developments that have sought planning under the strategic housing development guidelines in 2019 and to date... - Local Authority Housing Data
1257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families approved for housing but not yet tenants in each local authority area to date; and if he will make a... - Housing Assistance Payment Data
1258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment, HAP, recipients by county to date; the annualised average payment by household by... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
1259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has had discussions with the Minister for Health regarding the reform of the fair deal scheme. [4496/20] - Electoral Process
1260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider allowing those with impaired vision to cast their ballots either by telephone or electronically in view... - Commercial Rates Exemptions
1261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will encourage local authorities to use their discretion and remove business rates from the premises in... - Local Authority Housing Rents
1262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average rent paid by local authority tenants for each local authority area in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Property Registration Authority
1263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are a large number of issues arising with folios due to errors that... - Seaweed Harvesting Licences
1264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a time limit in place as to when seaweed harvesters can lodge claims for title to cut seaweed in certain areas... - Seaweed Harvesting Potential
1265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date in developing proposals to amend the Foreshore Acts as they relate to seaweed harvesting to protect... - Local Authority Funding
1267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he plans to take to address the funding shortfall in funding for Galway County Council and Galway City Council as... - Traveller Accommodation
1268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of restoring funding for Traveller-specific accommodation to 2008 levels; and if he will make a statement... - Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
1269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of doubling funding for housing adaption grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4668/20] - Housing Provision
1270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of doubling the provision of housing under Housing First; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Local Government Fund
1271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing the local government fund by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4671/20] - Departmental Expenditure
1272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to the vote of his Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of... - Marine Plan Implementation
1274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the consultation process arising from the process on the national marine planning framework; the status of the... - House Purchase Schemes
1280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department issued a directive to Galway City Council to only purchase one-bedroom houses and apartments for social... - Home Loan Scheme
1281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position on available funding for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Local Authority Housing Provision
1283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of delivering 20,000 public homes annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4906/20] - Housing Data
1284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated number of family homes to be retrofitted on foot of a budget of €160 million fund; and if he will make a... - Local Authority Housing Provision
1285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure the production of local authority housing in line with demand by county nationwide; and if he will make a... - Traveller Community
1286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provisions made for members of the Mincéirí in overcrowded accommodation with little access to water during the... - Private Rented Accommodation Costs
1287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to assist persons in the private rented sector during the COVID-19 crisis; and his further plans to assist the... - Private Rented Accommodation
1291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to assist persons in the private rented sector during the Covid-19 crisis; and his further plans to assist persons... - Housing Issues
1292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that tenants and prospective tenants who are diagnosed with the right to the therapeutic... - Commercial Rates
1293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a deferral period or a prescribed period of time in which commercial rates are lifted for SMEs and... - Planning Guidelines
1294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the exact guidelines as amended that he refers to in SPPR 4 of the urban development and building height guidelines; if the... - Housing Assistance Payment Administration
1295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions taken regarding new HAP contracts when landlords are waiting on payment but local authorities are not processing... - Local Authority Contracts
1296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take action at Departmental level to enable Sligo County Council to extend the current contract of works currently... - Tenant Purchase Scheme
1297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change the tenant purchase scheme to include a category of tenants (details supplied) that have been excluded;... - Housing Issues
1298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to establish a redress scheme to assist homeowners with latent defects for those affected as... - Protected Disclosures
1299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected... - Housing Estates
1300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a decision been made on a developer provided infrastructure application for an estate (details supplied) in County Kerry;... - Water Services
1301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the preparations made for drought in view of the lack of rainfall in the last period. [5436/20] - Local Authority Housing
1302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the spending on retrofitting of the current social housing stock. [5450/20] - Departmental Reports
1303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the progress of the working group established to review sustainable rural housing guidelines following the... - Departmental Offices
1304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are vacancies in the offices of his Department at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
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