Written answers
Wednesday, 5 May 2021
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wild Fires
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position of his Department on the recent gorse fires in Killarney, County Kerry; if his Department is considering... - Land Issues
274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide assistance in relation to the queries raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Departmental Meetings
275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a list will be provided of the inshore fishers and the organisations (details supplied) he or his Department have consulted... - Radon Gas Levels
277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if radon levels in social housing are monitored; the steps that have been taken to ensure that there is no build-up of radon... - Sporting Rights
278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the derogation for the shooting of pigeons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22682/21] - Wind Energy Guidelines
279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role An Bord Pleanála has regarding the development and planning regulations of windfarms. [22683/21] - Planning Issues
281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of co-living units which have been approved by An Bord Pleanála to date; the number of units still to be... - Home Loan Scheme
283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of funding allocated to Offaly County Council for the past three years under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan... - Defective Building Materials
284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Clare County Council for the establishment of a defective block pyrite MICA... - Rental Sector
285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a recent media report (details supplied) which indicates that some landlords are using... - Departmental Investigations
286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a... - Home Loan Scheme
287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reduce the 10% deposit requirement for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan given that this is causing serious... - Property Registration
288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the inordinate delay in processing a dealing (details supplied) in the Land Registry; if this application will... - Social and Affordable Housing
289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received information from Irish Water which might affect the ability of his Department to provide affordable or... - Heritage Sites
290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will identify additional funding streams which may be applicable to the restoration process of a heritage building... - Planning Investigations
291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1234 of 13 May 2020 and 60 of 4 November 2020, if he will publish the report (details... - Lease Agreements
292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 17 November 2020, the number of housing units leased in 2020 and to date in 2021... - Rental Sector
294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of eviction notices served from March to December 2020 and from 1 January to 27 April 2021. [22995/21] - Housing Issues
295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken since entering Government to prevent so called cuckoo funds buying entire housing developments; and if... - Heritage Sites
296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Tara management plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21489/21] - Housing Policy
297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which by way of direct build housing he expects to be in a position to meet the housing needs of those currently... - Tenant Purchase Scheme
299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be ensured that persons who lost their employment temporarily due to the Covid-19 pandemic and who will be... - Social and Affordable Housing
300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units delivered by each local authority using the build delivery mechanism in 2019, 2020 and to date in... - Local Authority Housing
303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding granted to each local authority through the estate regeneration remedial works programme since its... - Defective Building Materials
306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the next step for the independent working group which has been established to examine issues of defective housing; the details... - Social and Affordable Housing
308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the unit size of social leased housing units by county in tabular form; the number delivered that were directly built by local... - Housing Assistance Payment
312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the housing assistance payment limits for social housing support for families securing own door... - Waterways Issues
313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time the water and electric provision on Waterways Ireland moorings will be disrupted due to work on Lough Derg;... - Covid-19 Pandemic
314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a hardship payment to cover the period during which persons building new homes have not been able progress... - Departmental Investigations
315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the outcome of the investigation into complaints by a person (details supplied); the actions taken by his Department to... - Housing Assistance Payment
316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider increasing the discretionary housing assistance payment rates for County Louth in view of the very... - Housing Adaptation Grant
317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with local authorities regarding their share of the funding for grant schemes to support persons... - Housing for People with Disabilities
319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will conduct a review of all housing schemes for persons with long-term illness or disabilities in order to... - Housing Adaptation Grant
320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will take steps to remove financial barriers that prevent persons from availing of housing adaptation and... - Building Regulations
321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the Departmental working group that was set up to investigate potential amendments to building... - Planning Guidelines
322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the roll-out of a nationwide e-planning system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23214/21] - Cultural Objects
323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his policy on the growing calls for heritage obtained through plunder or colonialism to be repatriated. [23224/21] - Marine Protected Areas
324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the ongoing work undertaken by his Department on Ireland’s marine protected areas and particularly on the... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the ongoing review of the National Parks and Wildlife Services will be completed; if an action plan will be put in place... - Waterways Issues
326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the project his Department is rolling out on a phased basis for the Ulster Canal in Clones, County Monaghan.... - Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the anticipated timeline for drawdown in respect of recently allocated urban regeneration and development fund funding for... - Wild Fires
328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to aid the recovery of Killarney National Park following recent devastating fires; and if he will make a statement... - Social and Affordable Housing
329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department is rolling out affordable housing in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on... - Tenant Purchase Scheme
330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish revised rules for the tenant purchase incremental scheme 2016; the reason for the delay with same;... - Local Area Plans
331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the consideration he has given to the difficulty faced by councillors faced with county and city plans, many of them running... - Local Authority Services
332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the obligations on local authorities to engage with and inform local Houses of the Oireachtas members following the abolition... - Election Management System
333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of access to postal voting that will be given to the electorate in advance of the forthcoming by-election in the... - Water Supply
334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of identified private water supplies; the efforts made to ensure their safety; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Legal Costs
335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23573/21]
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