Written answers
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Environmental Policy
666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has plans to cull mink in the wild in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18852/21] - Office of Public Works
667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans the Office of Public Works have to secure and repair the old church and surrounding walls at Raymoghy Abbey near... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will support the request submitted to his Department for additional funding to complete the design and construction a... - Planning Issues
669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take to deal with the problem of bonds lodged by developers with local authorities expiring before the... - Housing Adaptation Grant
670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants or assistance available for those who need to adapt their home for medical needs but who are over the income... - Covid-19 Pandemic
671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated Covid-19-related delays on the Rebuilding Ireland projects in County Kerry with an on-site status. [18235/21] - Housing Policy
672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties brought back into use in County Kerry by the voids stimulus programme and other void-related schemes... - Planning Issues
673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the planning exemption for certain classes of commercial properties;... - Electoral Commission
674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the recruitment process of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission; the location of the... - Local Authority Housing
675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied); if Dublin City Council ever submitted a cost-benefit analysis or capital appraisal... - Housing Policy
677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which a single person can purchase a property in Dublin or other urban areas; and if he will make a statement on... - Planning Issues
680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the changes to the procedure for registration of easements due to come... - Social and Affordable Housing
681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with lending institutions regarding the new affordable housing scheme; the engagement held in... - Commercial Rates
682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the basis in which community owned childcare facilities are exempt from commercial rates; if he is satisfied that the... - Building Regulations
684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the process of statutory recognition for competent architectural technology professionals to provide... - Housing Policy
685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if clarity will be provided with regard to the inclusion of divorced or legally separated couples as eligible applicants for... - Disability Services Provision
686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants available for private homeowners to retrofit to enable access for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a... - Solar Energy Guidelines
687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected timeframe for the review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes; the expected timeframe... - Housing Data
688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost rental targets in each of the years 2021 to 2025, inclusive. [18477/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if essential works which will prevent significant deterioration of a building can be conducted during the Covid-19... - Housing Policy
691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commission the Housing Agency to conduct a study into the housing needs of persons who have experienced a... - Housing Assistance Payment
692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a replacement financial assistance scheme available for new water and sewer connections for low income families... - Land Transfers
693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application (details supplied) for a transfer of lands will be completed as soon as possible. [18595/21] - Housing Data
694. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will account for the discrepancy between figures given by Cork City Council relating to social housing waiting lists and... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a community water scheme (details supplied) that received grant approval in... - Housing Data
696. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are grants or financial supports for a family that wish to convert a part of their house not adjoined to but beside... - Planning Data
697. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an extension or grace period will be granted for those with planning permission due to expire in the coming months but who... - Traveller Accommodation
698. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that the housing needs of the Traveller community are met by local authorities; his plans to ensure that... - Planning Data
699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider relaxing planning regulations for businesses to construct outside dining areas following the announcement... - EU Directives
700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the exemptions for Ireland on delivering the environmental objectives of the EU water framework directive within the time... - Housing Data
703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants are available for the provision of a sensory room in a private dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the... - Employment Data
704. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures in place for reviewing the employment practices of State-related providers, for example, the ESB. [18733/21] - Housing Data
705. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of developer provided infrastructure projects nationwide that fall outside the scope of circular PL5/14 of November... - Water Services
706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has been allocated to date under the first round of Multi-annual Developer Provided Water Services... - Property Registration
708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ascertain through the Property Registration Authority of Ireland the ownership of the granite outcrop to the rear... - Covid-19 Pandemic
709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if taking photography in a range of locations near a development site to facilitate the preparation of photomontages for... - Housing Data
711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing supply targets for all local authorities; the context of the current review of the county development plans and... - Irish Water
712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the necessary funding will be made available to Irish Water, approximately €2 million, in order to progress the... - Housing Data
713. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant social housing for 2020, by local authority and month. [18946/21] - Housing Policy
714. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the further solutions he is proposing to address the issue of voids on local authorities such as Cork City Council. [18947/21] - Housing Data
716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for funding under the vacant properties voids programme for 2020 that have been received from... - Hen Harriers
720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18968/21] - Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
721. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria for the recent URDF; the reason an application (details supplied) failed to meet this criteria; the person or... - Departmental Expenditure
722. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding his Department allocated to An Taisce in each of the years 2012 to 2020; the expected allocation for... - Housing Data
723. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 138 of 9 September 2020 and 334 of 13 January 2021, when final sanction for a small... - Waterways Issues
724. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the body responsible for co-ordination and enforcement of legislation in relation to magnet fishing; and if he will make a... - Housing Data
725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the location of the first 440 cost rental homes; the criteria that will be used for the allocation of same; and the way... - Urban Renewal Schemes
726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19143/21] - Housing Data
727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of empty or unoccupied domestic dwellings in County Wexford by local electoral area; the action that has been taken... - Office of Public Works
730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that a protected structure of historical, social and architectural significance is not... - Planning Guidelines
732. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason An Taisce is a prescribed body in the planning process; the membership and directorship of An Taisce; if he has... - Housing Data
737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households currently in receipt of the housing assistance payment support in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Wind Energy Generation
739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 6 October 2020, the status of the case relating to a windfarm (details supplied);... - Heritage Council
740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role of the Heritage Council in assessing grants for the publication of books such as a book (details supplied); the level... - Housing Data
741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time equivalent vacant homes officers by local authority in tabular form. [19449/21] - Housing Policy
749. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a serious issue (details supplied) with regard to funding local authority housing will be addressed; and if he will make a... - Wildlife Rangers
750. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the vacant position of wildlife ranger in north County Kerry has never been filled; his plans to advertise the... - Wildlife Control
751. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if matters (details supplied) in relation to the control of wood pigeon will be examined; and if he will make a statement on... - Housing Policy
752. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the referendum on the right to housing as set out in the Programme for Government; and if he will make... - Housing Issues
753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to enhance the legal remedies for homeowners who are dealing with construction defects; and if he will make a... - National Monuments
756. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made in conserving, designing, tendering and carrying out further works on the national monument on 14-17 Moore... - Planning Issues
758. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if agreement has been reached between the NPWS and Galway County Council in relation to method statements that are required to... - Departmental Funding
759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding available for general maintenance of a church; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19634/21] - Irish Water
760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the funding allocated to Irish Water in the current round of capital funding; and if he will make a statement... - Commercial Rates
766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that agriculture marts are not eligible for a waiver in respect of commercial rates as part of Covid-19 measures;... - Housing Policy
767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grant-aid is available to support families to construct a granny flat for older members of their families to prolong and... - Local Authority Funding
768. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding community funding allocated by local authorities; if such funding can be allocated by a local authority... - Appointments to State Boards
769. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19818/21] - Local Authority Staff
770. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to sanction a post (details supplied). [19837/21] - Planning Issues
771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if applications for data centres can go directly to An Bord Pleanála; if data centres are or will be deemed to be... - Planning Data
772. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications submitted to planning authorities for data centres in each of the years 2010 to 2020 and to date in... - Public Parks
773. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount he has allocated in additional funds to carry out increased cleaning and litter collection in parks and other... - Water Quality
774. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will build on the current successful pilot projects of all-year-round daily seawater quality monitoring in bathing areas... - Hare Coursing
775. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will maintain the current restrictions on the way in which the locations and when hares can be captured for the purpose... - Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
776. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a person (details supplied) will receive their annual compensation for ceasing turf cutting in a raised bog; the reason... - Appointments to State Boards
777. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any person can apply for a position (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19873/21] - Housing Regeneration
778. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if steps have been taken to initiate the regeneration of Pearse House, Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the... - Housing Issues
780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the temporary accommodation pressures in County Donegal as a consequence of families having... - Local Government Reform
781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Programme for Government commitment to incentivise local authorities to bring forward pilot participatory... - Wastewater Treatment
782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of fines imposed on Ireland by the EU in each of the past ten years due to raw sewage being released into coastal... - Housing Issues
784. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has examined the increased costs of building materials such as timber, steel and other essential materials; if he has... - Wastewater Treatment
785. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Arklow wastewater treatment plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20068/21] - Housing Data
786. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 625 of 24 March 2021, when he expects to receive the updated data in respect of quarter... - Local Authority Functions
787. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when legislation for the new role of a directly elected mayor for Limerick city and county will be brought before Dáil... - Housing Data
788. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will publish the annual planning and development statistics for the years 2013 to 2019 for each local... - Planning Guidelines
790. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if one-off housing on family-owned land in a location (details supplied) will be considered for approval under the Ireland... - Land Acquisition
794. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to correspondence received by Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government and... - Departmental Records
795. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a meeting took place on 29 September 2014 between a senior Department official and three persons to discuss the... - Housing Policy
797. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to be able to introduce the new streamlined local authority funding model; and if he will make a statement on... - Vacant Sites
800. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites being assessed for the vacant sites levy in each local authority area; the number of sites for which... - Land Development Agency
801. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the planned ownership of the Land Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20379/21] - Housing Data
804. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspections that were undertaken by the Residential Tenancies Board in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 in... - Departmental Priorities
805. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there plans to amend section 133 of the Local Government Act 2001 to ensure that all councillors have access to detailed... - Housing Policy
806. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the income limits for eligibility for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a... - Housing Data
808. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the houses in Limerick city and county that have received funding under the voids programme in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if any... - Departmental Expenditure
811. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of public funding that has been spent on legal fees for the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of mortgages... - Housing Data
812. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding assessment for social housing in certain circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Housing Policy
813. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected time to finalise the new affordable housing Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20530/21] - Mica Redress Scheme
815. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will convene a meeting or correspond with the banks and financial institutions to call on the banks and financial... - Vacant Sites
816. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding available to local authorities to support legal fees and costs incurred from CPOs under the vacant sites levy.... - Fire Stations
818. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a full update on the proposed provision of a new fire station in Dunleer, County Louth since... - Departmental Funding
819. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding mechanism that was provided by his Department to deliver social housing at an address (details supplied) in County... - Vacant Properties
820. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant residential properties in Ireland; and the amount of revenue that was generated by the vacant site levy... - Vacant Sites
821. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on strengthening the enforcement of the vacant site levy; if he has considered or is considering the... - Appointments to State Boards
822. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his... - Social and Affordable Housing
823. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of new social homes by construction over acquisition commenced in line with the Programme for... - Planning Appeals
824. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the practice of deeming online planning observations invalid in cases in which an address has not been... - Housing Policy
826. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the progress and provide periodic reviews from 2011 to date in 2021 of the National Housing Strategy for... - Planning Guidelines
827. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he will take to ensure planning and permitting processes for fossil fuel developments are in accordance with... - Local Authority Staff
828. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities which employ a biodiversity officer in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Land Development Agency
830. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on remarks made by the outgoing interim chair of the Land Development Agency that the current allocation of... - Local Authority Housing
831. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for a dramatic reappraisal of public housing policy with a view to ensuring the early provision of a specific number...
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