Written answers
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Adaptation Grant
268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a carer caring for their parent in the carer’s own home is not eligible for an adaptation grant to adapt the... - National Planning Framework
269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the National Planning Framework; the aspects due to be changed; if clarity regarding the hierarchy of... - Proposed Legislation
270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new marine planning and development Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17041/20] - Water Pollution
271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing raw sewage contamination of watercourses in Broadford, County Clare owing to... - Property Tax
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid to the equalisation fund from County Wicklow in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular... - Local Authority Housing
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he expects to pursue policies likely to encourage the provision of a major local authority housing... - Wastewater Treatment
275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding has been secured for the Arklow wastewater treatment plant (details supplied). [16507/20] - Local Authority Housing
276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the month in 2020 section 53 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 will be commenced; if it will be commenced... - Local Authority Rates
277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities can rely upon section 9 of the Local Government Rates and other Matters Act 2019 in the absence of... - Social and Affordable Housing
278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units delivered in Q1 and Q2 of 2020. [16548/20] - Home Loan Scheme
279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans approved in principle and drawn down in each local authority area in the first two... - Traveller Accommodation
283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Traveller accommodation allocations for each local authority for 2020; and the drawdown for Q1 and Q2 of 2020 by local... - Ministerial Advisers
284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of advisers and special advisers appointed by him since becoming Minister; the starting annual salary of each... - Rental Sector
285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if legislation will be extended on the freezing of rent increases and evictions from 20 July 2020 until the end of the year;... - Telecommunications Infrastructure
286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to statements by an organisation in 2001 in relation to exemptions in the Planning Act 2000... - Social and Affordable Housing
287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a report will be published following the review of income eligibility for social housing supports and in particular the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Covid-19 support scheme for local authorities will be put in place in view of the fact that local authority funding... - Approved Housing Bodies
289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy process in relation to approved housing bodies which are in engagement with the Housing Regulator; if during this... - Tenant Purchase Scheme
290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when recommendations made in the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be progressed; and if he will make a statement on... - Housing Data
293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated each year via grant aid for lead pipe replacement for domestic use since grant funding was... - Social and Affordable Housing
294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is examining the possibility of leasing privately-owned properties for up to 100 years for the purpose of social housing... - Homelessness Strategy
296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the recently announced homelessness taskforce; the membership and terms of reference; the number of meetings... - Housing Policy
297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the recently announced housing commission; the membership and terms of reference; the number of meetings that... - Ministerial Meetings
298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his officials have met with groups (details supplied) or other industry lobby groups to discuss the introduction of a... - Planning Issues
299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning is required for all types of awnings outside and onto shopfronts, restaurants and businesses; if there are... - Departmental Contracts
301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) and its subsidiaries by his Department and each body and local... - Housing Provision
302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is expected that house construction work will commence at the glass bottle site, Ringsend, Dublin 4 [16849/20] - Rental Sector
303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if steps are being taken to restrict the availability of rental properties via a company (details supplied) [16850/20] - Pyrite Remediation Programme
304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the pyrite resolution scheme has been made available to secondary homeowners in addition to primary homeowners; and if so,... - Defective Building Materials
305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the efforts being made to assist home owners with the 10% cost of making their homes safe and the relocation and with storage... - Rental Sector
307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce leases of indefinite duration for the private rented sector including the removal of section 34(b) of... - Planning Issues
308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his commitment to review the co-living planning regulations. [16997/20] - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to tackle the underspend and time lags for the delivery of residential units under the local infrastructure housing... - Housing Assistance Payment
310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the housing assistance payment legislation in order that HAP is transformed into a short-term housing... - Rental Sector
311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he plans to strengthen the short-term letting regulations [17000/20] - Local Authority Expenditure
312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the lifting of the spending cap on local authorities from €2 million; and his views on whether by... - Mortgage Resolution Processes
313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes he is making to the mortgage to rent scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17002/20] - Planning Issues
314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes he plans to make to modernise the planning system as stated in an interview (details supplied). [17003/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing local leisure centres in reopening (details supplied); if the... - Vacant Sites
317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount generated from the vacant site levy for each county for each year since its implementation; the percentage of... - Regional Development
318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which regional development plans must have regard to other national policies including the NTA transport... - Regional Assemblies
319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria used by the regional assemblies to determine core growth towns and villages in each county cited in the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extra supports that will be provided to local authority leisure centres to allow them to reopen and operate fully without... - Commercial Rates
321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the details of the implementation of the commercial rates waiver have been finalised and issued to local authorities; the... - Local Authority Housing
322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons over 65 years of age who are on the housing list in County Longford. [17068/20] - Housing Assistance Payment
324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons over 65 years of age who are availing of HAP in County Longford. [17070/20] - Local Authority Housing
326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing bungalows with three bedrooms or more, built or made available to families with a member who has... - Housing Policy
328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Ireland has not committed in full to article 31 of the European Social Charter; the steps he is taking to ensure... - Social and Affordable Housing
329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of new social houses built during this term that will meet the universal design standards; if he will instruct... - Fire Service
331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a report that was arried out by Wicklow County Council in 2014 on the provision of a... - Housing Data
334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approved housing applicants in County Tipperary; and the number in receipt of HAP and RAS housing support. [17343/20] - Emergency Accommodation
335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of emergency beds the local authority has in County Tipperary [17344/20] - Tenant Purchase Scheme
336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are rules which exclude houses acquired under Part V and being bought by council tenants; and if he will make a...
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