Written answers

Wednesday, 13 January 2021

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

 
  • Climate Action Plan
    311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that employ or do not employ climate action officers; if there is a standardisation of these roles and...
  • Local Authority Staff
    312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities which have parks and biodiversity officers or departments; the local authorities that do not have such...
  • Environmental Schemes
    313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to providing water fountains in public places in order that the demand for plastic bottled...
  • Housing Assistance Payment
    314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the level of housing assistance payment in Dublin will be reviewed to ensure families on social welfare have sufficient...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if wastewater analysis is taking place in Ireland to detect levels of Covid-19 as is done in other countries; if so, the...
  • Built Heritage Investment Scheme
    316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the grant allocation to local authorities under the built heritage investment scheme to ensure that the...
  • Shared Island Unit
    317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with his Northern Irish counterpart in relation to the Ulster Canal connection from Clones, County...
  • Pension Provisions
    318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a representation (details supplied) being considered; if agreed, when payment will be made; and if he will make...
  • Housing Provision
    319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that the proposed affordable housing scheme and specific shared equity plan represents good value for...
  • Housing Data
    320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount and breakdown of funding allocated by his Department to housing bodies (details supplied) in each of the years 2015...
  • Housing Policy
    321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social welfare incomes that are considered temporary when a local authority is assessing a persons' application for social...
  • Housing Issues
    322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families in counties Longford and Westmeath on notice to quit who have less than three months before they have...
  • Fire Stations
    323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding for fire stations in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by county. [44656/20]
  • Emergency Services
    324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time and part-time firefighters per county. [44657/20]
  • Housing Data
    325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding provided to a local authority (details supplied) to purchase private houses for social housing...
  • Housing Provision
    329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the sites in Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown, County Dublin that have availed of the serviced sites fund; and if he will make...
  • Housing Issues
    330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date in the establishment of a working group to examine building defects; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Departmental Contracts
    331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department have awarded contracts to a company (details supplied);...
  • Housing Issues
    332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date in expanding the role of vacant home officers in local authorities to bring vacant stock into productive...
  • Departmental Contracts
    333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of capital project contracts final accounts that have exceeded the tender value by more than 20% in each of the...
  • Planning Issues
    334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 9 September 2020, when funding for a development (details supplied) will be...
  • Library Projects
    335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a decision has been made with regard to the application by Meath County Council for URDF funding for a public realm and...
  • Planning Issues
    336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to engage with local authorities throughout the country on introducing new designated biodiversity locations to...
  • Local Authority Staff
    337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time and part-time staff employed by each local authority. [44903/20]
  • Disability Services Funding
    338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding drawn down for the disabled persons housing grant in County Cork, by municipal district; the amount...
  • Disability Support Services
    339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide additional supports to allow persons living with a disability to remain in their own homes. [44973/20]
  • Housing Estates
    340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 1 December 2020, if a stage 1 submission on a housing project has been received...
  • Homelessness Strategy
    341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to publish a youth homelessness strategy; his plans to engage...
  • Homeless Persons Data
    342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who presented as homeless in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45158/20]
  • Homelessness Strategy
    343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when is the current target to end homelessness in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45159/20]
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contractual obligations for delivery of Part V units through leasing; the number of units provided via this method in...
  • Housing Data
    346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new houses built in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45170/20]
  • Homelessness Strategy
    347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of action 13.2 of the national LGBTI+ inclusion strategy, for which his Department is responsible, to ensure that...
  • Census of Population
    348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the anticipated timelines for the establishment and reporting of the Dáil Constituency Commission, the European Elections...
  • Electoral Commission
    350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected timeline for the establishment of the electoral commission. [1037/21]
  • Repair and Leasing Scheme
    351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the funding drawn down under the repair and leasing scheme in 2019 and 2020, by local authority in tabular...
  • House Purchase Schemes
    352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to provide specific supports for first-time buyers to allow families to purchase second-hand properties in areas...
  • Housing Issues
    353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when section 26 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 will come into force. [1209/21]
  • Energy Efficiency
    354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses retrofitted under the midlands energy efficiency retrofitting programme in 2020; the location of each in...
  • Wildlife Control
    355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reintroduce a ban on pigeon shooting on farms considering that tillage farmers and cereal growers currently enjoy...
  • Special Protection Areas
    356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details on monitoring of the Malahide Estuary special protection area 004025 that has taken place in the past five years...
  • Commercial Rates
    357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to extend the current commercial rates waiver into 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1274/21]
  • Pyrite Remediation Programme
    358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Clare County Council for a pyrite and mica defective block remediation...
  • Planning Issues
    359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the long-promised planning permission exemptions will be introduced in order that schools and community buildings can be...
  • Fire Safety
    360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department can assist the residents of a complex (details supplied) in meeting the cost of fire safety remediation...
  • Local Authority Housing
    361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that will be granted to each local authority under the Rebuilding Ireland Programme on an annual basis to year end...
  • Disease Management (1 comment)
    362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if awareness signs on the dangers of Lyme disease are in place in all national parks across the country; and if he will make a...
  • Fire Stations
    363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding for the new fire station at Urlingford, County Kilkenny, will be provided; and the timeline for its completion....
  • Home Loan Scheme
    364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the part of the Housing (Rebuilding Ireland Home Loans) Regulations 2018 that precludes a person who is in the very early...
  • Electoral Process
    365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the boundaries of the 3,440 electoral divisions in the State in advance of the 2022 census (details...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and...

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