Written answers
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Water Charges
1303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans and proposals to assist businesses, especially in the tourism sector, in respect of reducing or waiving water rates... - Commercial Rates
1304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of commercial rates for businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied). [5876/20] - Planning Issues
1305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the harvesting of peat for the garden and mushroom growing industry will be permitted for 2020; and if he will make a... - Registration of Title
1306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the arrangements in place in the Land Registry to process existing applications including those that were submitted prior to... - Building Control Management System
1309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6834/20] - Departmental Contracts
1310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such... - Social and Affordable Housing
1311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a family (details supplied) is deemed ineligible to be included on the housing waiting list with Galway County... - Rent Pressure Zones
1312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the list of designated rent pressure zones to include Edenderry and Portlaoise will be updated; and if he will make a... - Rent Controls
1313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities will continue to implement a rent freeze for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a... - Planning Issues
1315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to further amend the deadlines and timelines regarding planning application processes. [5663/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
1317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assistance or supports his Department can provide to students who have paid for student accommodation and cannot get a... - Emergency Accommodation Provision
1318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contact details in his Department for the section taking inquiries from accommodation providers who wish to provide... - Social and Affordable Housing
1319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the fourth quarter social housing pipeline report will be published. [5706/20] - Housing Provision
1321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the St. Michael’s Estate cost rental project in Inchicore, Dublin 8. [5709/20] - Planning Issues
1322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will allow for the relaxation of rules by local authorities for the provision of street furniture by cafés and... - Commercial Rates
1323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the chief executives of local authorities he has engaged with regarding the issue of rates and reimbursements of rates freeze... - Social and Affordable Housing
1326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social housing units delivered via SHCEP in 2019; the number of units by type of lease involved (details... - Traveller Accommodation
1327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation and drawdown by each local authority of their Traveller accommodation budget in tabular form. [5732/20] - Water and Sewerage Schemes
1328. 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. [5757/20] - Vacant Properties
1329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the publication of an independent research proposal on property vacancies by the Housing Agency as outlined in... - Local Authority Housing
1330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses acquired under the Housing Agency vacant housing fund in each year since the fund was introduced;... - House Purchase Schemes
1335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications, approvals and drawdowns and the average amount approved and drawn down from the Rebuilding... - Social and Affordable Housing
1336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of affordable homes to rent and buy in the Poolbeg SDZ and the Clonburris SDZ; the details of the... - Proposed Legislation
1337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the drafting of the marine planning and development management Bill is complete; and if he will make a statement on the... - Social and Affordable Housing
1338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the public sector benchmark used for the first bundle of social housing public private partnerships will be published; and... - Tenant Purchase Scheme
1339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the final report of the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the... - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
1340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital expenditure on the LIHAF from 1 January to 31 December 2019 by his Department; the amount by each subhead; and if... - Defective Building Materials
1341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a latent defects redress scheme in view of the meeting his Department had with a group (details... - Private Rented Accommodation
1342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the RTB should hear cases from tenants who have had their deposits retained by landlords or other disputes, but that are... - Emergency Accommodation Provision
1343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units for emergency accommodation currently being used in hotel settings. [5965/20] - Defective Building Materials
1344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the pyrite-MICA scheme for affected residents in County Mayo; if he has reconsidered the scheme in view of... - Fire Service
1346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided for a new fire station at Ballybay, County Monaghan; when he expects this development to be... - Planning Issues
1347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will consider reintroducing planning permission processes in certain limited circumstances; if he has... - Pyrite Remediation Programme
1348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress of the pyrite remediation applications for residents in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if amendments to planning regulations will be introduced to facilitate small businesses that are no longer able to work out... - Septic Tanks
1352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the multi-annual rural water programme due to run from 2019 to 2021 will be implemented to allow for grants for septic... - Private Rented Accommodation
1353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to institutional landlords availing of mortgage holidays from banks; and if so, if mortgage... - Social and Affordable Housing
1354. 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 who had originally purchased this... - Planning Issues
1360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost if the budget for the Office of the Planning Regulator increased by 12%. [6533/20] - Arts Centres
1363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details suppled). [6570/20] - Local Authority Funding
1364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures which will be taken to alleviate funding deficits in local authorities due to the Covid-19 restrictions; and if... - Planning Issues
1365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of and the likely delays to decisions being made in the context of local authority delays to planning permission... - Covid-19 Pandemic
1366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if guidance will be issued to local authorities on the need for streets and public areas in towns and villages to be... - Planning Issues
1367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a further order will be issued to extend time periods on all planning matters; and if he will make a statement on the... - Social and Affordable Housing
1369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when local authorities will be provided with the affordable housing regulations regarding eligibility and other matters in... - Local Authority Housing
1370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to Cavan County Council in respect of the housing voids programme in 2019; if an increased level of... - Land Development Agency
1372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Land Development Agency; the number of staff employed by the agency; the grade of each; the annual cost of... - Housing Data
1373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of NARPS residential properties funded by his Department; the length of the leases on these properties; the annual... - Private Rented Accommodation
1374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce tougher sanctions for landlords who breach the legislation governing the private rented residential... - Home Loan Scheme
1375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a Rebuilding Ireland home loan will issue for a person (details provided) in County Dublin; if he will provide details... - Housing Estates
1376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of applications from Kildare County Council for funding to complete housing estates (details supplied) with... - Local Authority Housing
1381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital funding provided to each local authority to build social and affordable housing on public land in each of the... - Housing Assistance Payment
1383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional resources or leeway being given to private renters who are in receipt of HAP but who temporally do not meet... - Housing Adaptation Grant
1384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding provided to Westmeath and Longford county councils for the housing adaptation grant and grant for older... - Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
1385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is compulsory for rent supplement recipients to transfer to the housing assistance payment. [6963/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
1388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the co-living policy has been reviewed in view of the new Covid-19 public health guidelines on social distancing and... - Rental Sector
1389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to regulate online platforms that provide short-term lets; the goal of the proposed regulations; and if he will... - Approved Housing Bodies
1392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to assist the reclassification of approved housing bodies as off-balance sheet; and if he will make a... - Rental Sector
1393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a national affordable rental scheme to facilitate the roll-out of cost rental housing; and if he will... - Land Development Agency
1394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures in place to ensure transparency in the actions of the Land Development Agency;; and if he will make a statement... - House Prices
1395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an analysis of the differences in housing construction costs between homes delivered under a fixed price development... - Departmental Contracts
1398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such...
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