Written answers
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Departmental Reviews
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed, in tabular form. [9687/21]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Details of the studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by my Department and currently underway, are set out in the following table, together with the scheduled completion date.
| Title of live Study/Review/Research | Scheduled for Completion |
|---|---|
| Mortgage to Rent Review | Q1 2021 |
| Unlawful Termination of Tenancies Report | Q2 2021 |
| Review of the Compulsory Retirement Age of Full-Time Firefighters | To be confirmed |
| Review of the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability | Q4 2021 |
| Production of national standard climate maps to support Irish building standards | Q1 2023 |
| Production of climate monitoring indices and products | Q1 2023 |
| TRANSLATE – coordination of standardised climate projections for Ireland and the development of climate services | Q1 2023 |
| Climate Services ERA-NET “ERA4CS WINDSURFER” project on wind and wave scenarios, uncertainty and climate risk assessments for forestry, energy and reinsurance | Q4 2021 |
| Climate Services ERA-NET “ERA4CS EUPHEME” project on a European prototype demonstrator for the harmonisation and evaluation of methodologies for attribution of extreme weather events | Q4 2021 |
| Climate Services ERA-NET “ERA4CS INDECIS” project on an integrated approach for the development across Europe of user oriented climate indicators for GFCS high-priority sectors: agriculture, disaster risk reduction, energy, health, water and tourism | Q4 2021 |
| Behavioural analysis perception of weather & climate information | Q4 2021 |
| Development of atmosphere-ocean-wave coupling models for the energy sector | Q2 2022 |
| Understanding of the effects of climate change on sea levels using atmosphere-ocean-wave coupling models | Q2 2022 |
| Development of a pollen forecast prototype | Q2 2021 |
| Expansion of surface physics and physiography elements of Numerical Weather Predication (NWP) models | Q4 2021 |
| Understanding of the future Irish climate using EC-Earth climate simulations | Q4 2022 |
| SFI Centre for Research Training use of Applied Mathematics, Statistical Learning & Machine learning for Numerical Weather Predication (NWP) research | Q4 2025 |
| Publication of the new Status of Ireland Climate report | Q2 2021 |
| Gender Equality in Local Government Committees, North West & Midlands | Q1 2021 |
| Candidate Selection for Local Elections | Q2 2021 |
| Rent Controls in Ireland and Abroad: Why, What, and How?* | Q4 2021 |
| An Assessment of Structural Rental Affordability Challenges And Policy Implications in Ireland.* | Q4 2021 |
| Adding a specific Construction sector to the COSMO macroeconomic model.* | Q4 2021 |
| ESRI research programme on water in support of Ireland’s implementation to the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and associated activities | 2022 |
| Review of the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) in preparation for Ireland’s third River Basin Management Plan (RBMP), covering the period 2022–27 | 2021 |
| An inventory of barriers to fish migration in our surface waters, under the River Basin Management Plan | 2021 |
| Impact of restoration management on Green House Gas fluxes from All Saints Bog and Esker Special Area of Conservation | Q4 2023 |
| Provision of scientific and technical Information to inform the development of drainage management plans for raised bog special areas of conservation | Q1 2021 |
| Social housing and income-based rents International Practice | Q1 2021 |
| Summary of Social Housing Assessment 2020 | Q1 2021 |
| Glendalough Outstanding Universal Value Study | Q2 2021 |
| Scoping Study in to Potential for an Increased State and State Supported Heritage and Culture Presence in the Moore Street Area | Q1 2021 |
| Custom House conservation and capacity works – Public Spending Code Economic Appraisal | 2021 |
| Housing First Targets Review | Q2 2021 |
| Review of NPWS | Q3 2021 |
| Biodiversity review, Killarney National Park | Q3 2021 |
| Rhododendron peer review, Killarney National Park | Q3 2021 |
| Biodiversity review relating to the Blasket Islands | Q3 2021 |
| Puffin Island: biosecurity review | Q1 2022 |
| Determination of micro-litter content of 95 coastal sediment samples in support of Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) implementation | 2021 |
| Health Research Board Analysis of data on fire-related deaths | This is an ongoing collaboration |
| Research Study on the Movement and Survival of Hares after Coursing | Q1 2022 |
*Note: This research is an element of the Department’s joint research programme with the Economic and Social Research Institute, on housing economics and spatial planning.
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