Written answers
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Rental Sector
1156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1389 of 20 May 2020, the number of recommendations of the working group report on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rates exemption applied to businesses that had to close also applies to businesses that have partially opened... - Covid-19 Pandemic
1158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is permissible under the Covid-19 emergency legislation for landlords to move family members into properties rented to... - Architects Register
1159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the register for architectural technicians. [8303/20] - Fire Stations
1160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if assurance will be provided that the fire stations in Bundoran and Ballyshannon, County Donegal, will be retained to ensure... - Homeless Persons Data
1161. 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 county nationwide in each... - Registration of Title
1162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the Land Registry to resume its function following the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the... - Seaweed Harvesting
1163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding streams available to support traditional seaweed harvesters in maintaining their boat and safety equipment; his... - Local Authority Functions
1164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a directive has issued to exclude the press from having access to the virtual meetings and briefings being held by the... - Local Authority Staff
1165. 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, County Louth as agreed in late... - Fire Service
1166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the current and long-standing issue of the recruitment and retention crisis within the... - Tenant Purchase Scheme
1171. 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... - Covid-19 Pandemic
1172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding the opening of offices (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Rental Sector
1173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding persons that are in arrears in their housing accommodation during the Covid-19 crisis; if landlords... - Social and Affordable Housing
1174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital grants provided to Kerry County Council in 2018 and 2019 under the social housing investment programme to assist... - Pyrite Incidence
1175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if houses in County Sligo will be included for compensation regarding pyrite defects in their construction (details... - Land Development Agency
1176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if contact had been made between his Department and the EU Director General for Competition on the issue of the Land... - Septic Tanks
1177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a grant for the replacement of old septic tanks; if so, if it is available to all households; if a review of... - Home Loan Scheme
1178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans drawn down by each local authority; if all local authorities have allocated the... - Water Services
1179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for decisions on national funding under the Multi-Annual Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure... - Ministerial Correspondence
1181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8668/20] - Land Development Agency
1182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Land Development Agency staff are designated as public officials under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; if not, the... - Social and Affordable Housing
1183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding being provided for the social and affordable housing development at Shanganagh Castle, Dún Laoghaire, County... - Land Development Agency
1184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the land that has been transferred to the Land Development Agency to date; and if no such land can or will be transferred to... - Social and Affordable Housing
1186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the planning application submitted by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County... - Defective Building Materials
1187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason his Department is providing a latent defects redress scheme for homeowners affected by pyrite and MICA in counties... - Housing Data
1188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 733 leased Part V units delivered in 2019 were in addition to or included in the 1,326 Part V units reported in the... - Private Rented Accommodation
1190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1342 of 20 May 2020, if he will clarify the role and function of the RTB in enforcing... - Land Development Agency
1191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address matters regarding a project (details supplied); the details of the project; and if he will make a... - Social and Affordable Housing
1192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the 11,498 site finish social housing units referenced in appendix 2 of the social housing construction... - Fire Service
1193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the retirement age for retained firefighters will be extended from 58 to 60 years of age following the recommendation of... - Housing Assistance Payment
1194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a landlord agreed a rent increase on the housing assistance payment scheme with both the tenant and the local authority... - Rental Sector
1195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the temporary ban on evictions will be extended if deemed necessary; his plans to review a putative expansion to take... - Vacant Sites
1196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has put in place to ensure a full collection of the vacant site levy (details supplied). [8867/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
1197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has put in place to replace lost revenue due to Covid-19 in view of the fact Tipperary County Council... - Property Registration Authority
1198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an application for a boundary change lodged with the Property Registration Authority submitted by persons (details... - Rental Sector
1199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there will be an extension to the current rent and eviction freeze; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8915/20] - Protected Disclosures
1200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a final decision will be made on a protected disclosure (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will... - Social and Affordable Housing
1201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost guidelines issued to each local authority for the acquisition of houses and apartments for use as social housing... - Traveller Accommodation
1207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Traveller halting sites considered by his Department to be overcrowded; the number of Travellers living in... - Covid-19 Pandemic
1209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the effectiveness of communications campaign commissioned by the RTB to make landlords and tenants aware of... - Vacant Sites
1212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites that were removed from the vacant site registers in 2019; the number of sites that were inspected to... - Register of Electors
1214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on the proposals to modernise the electoral register as per his statement of 27 December 2019; and if he... - Social and Affordable Housing
1215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of capital assistance scheme and capital loan and subsidy scheme funded social housing units which have exited... - Rent Pressure Zones
1216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rent pressure zone cap of 4% applies to a property which is being transferred from a social rental tenancy with... - Wastewater Treatment
1219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the views of the European Commission on the delayed timetable for upgrading a number of the non-compliant plants as detailed... - Social and Affordable Housing
1220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure the expansion of the housing first scheme to reduce the demand for emergency accommodation; and if he... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities which have not to date sought funding for Covid-19 support measures for Travellers since the circular... - Covid-19 Pandemic
1222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mobile home units in each case that the local authorities have or are in the process of obtaining for... - Land Development Agency
1225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the ongoing work of the Land Development Agency; the details of the members appointed to the board; the... - Home Loan Scheme
1227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average approval offering by each local authority of the 1,550 Rebuilding Ireland home loan approvals made in 2019; the... - Credit Unions
1229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the remaining policy, legislative or regulatory obstacles that are preventing credit unions from being able to provide... - Local Authority Services
1230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will direct local authorities to accept emails in lieu of stamped salary certificates as is the policy of the... - Road Projects
1231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on a funding application to develop the northern port access route in Drogheda, County Louth;... - Legislative Measures
1232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1368 of 20 May 2020, if section 146B of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as... - Social and Affordable Housing
1233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide public housing in County Monaghan through the local authority and approved housing bodies; and if he... - Traveller Accommodation
1234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that have requested additional finding under the Traveller accommodation programme to address the needs... - Homeless Accommodation Provision
1235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures put in place across the four Dublin local authorities and funded by his Department for homeless families and for... - Traveller Accommodation
1236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation sought by Cork City Council under the Traveller accommodation programme to fund projects (details supplied).... - Student Accommodation
1238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to give direction to private landlords of third-level on-campus accommodation to issue rent rebates or provide... - Mica Redress Scheme
1239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the guidelines required to facilitate the mica redress scheme to open for applications will be published by his... - Disabilities Data
1240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons with disabilities on social housing lists for each local authority from January 2016 to April 2020 in... - Planning Issues
1241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the instances in which he or a Minister of State in his Department made decisions contrary to the advice of the Office of the... - Housing Provision
1242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on local authorities altering their development plans to accommodate individual large-scale developments. [9371/20] - Vacant Properties
1244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the overall national percentage of local authority housing currently vacant, awaiting refurbishment, reallocation or other... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if temporary water supplies installed at Traveller sites nationally during Covid-19 will be retained into the future; if they... - Departmental Reports
1246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the advisory body for marine protected areas; when the report on marine protected areas from the advisory body... - Housing Issues
1247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will now reconsider all co-living developments including a site (details supplied) following the Covid-19 pandemic.... - Housing Assistance Payment
1248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if inter-county HAP transfer lists are operating in some or all local councils to facilitate those with housing needs to seek... - Housing Data
1251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing applicants in long-term leased properties in County Longford; the number of those on the housing... - Local Authority Housing
1252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties owned by Longford County Council; the number that are occupied; the number that are voids; and the... - Local Authority Funding
1257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a revenue stream will be provided for Kildare County Council to bid for homes nearing completion in view of the fact that... - Covid-19 Pandemic
1258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if contingency plans have been considered relating to holding elections and referenda during the Covid-19 pandemic; if so,... - Housing Issues
1260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his officials will liaise with a housing association (details supplied) to ensure that all public health guidelines are... - Legislative Measures
1261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the strategic housing development legislation will be suspended in view of the fact that the current health crisis shows... - Obesity Strategy
1262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work being carried out within his Department in respect of the national obesity plan specifically regarding developing... - Departmental Advertising
1263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by his Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details...
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