• Water Services
  589. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with Irish Water to discuss potential collaboration on critical water and wastewater infrastructure projects...
• Heritage Sites
  590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has considered making the entirety of Vinegar Hill, County Wexford a protected national heritage site; and...
• Solar Energy Guidelines
  591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Environmental Protection Agency will have completed the necessary strategic environmental assessment on draft interim...
• Horticulture Sector
  592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if urgent concerns will be addressed from within the horticulture sector in relation to the lack of availability and access to...
• Approved Housing Bodies
  593. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units held by each approved housing body broken down by those held and those in the pipeline, broken...
• Departmental Reports
  594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the long delay in the publication of the Review Into Certain Planning Matters in Respect of Donegal County...
• Septic Tanks
  595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans he has to legislate to address the situation in which those who purchase a property in which the previous owner...
• Derelict Sites
  596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of derelict sites levies waived by local authorities in 2019, broken down by local authority in tabular form. [39165/21]
• Departmental Data
  598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans to collate data on homeless deaths in Cork city. [39167/21]
• Housing Policy
  599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is consideration of home extensions which significantly increase the value of the property in calculating the...
• Hen Harriers
  603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the hen harrier threat response plan has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39260/21]
• Wildlife Regulations
  604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if clarification will be provided in relation to a series of matters (details supplied) in respect of the 2021-22 General...
• Departmental Surveys
  605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a contract has been awarded by his Department in respect of the etender for a national survey of urban gulls published on...
• Wildlife Regulations
  610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legal purpose and public administration role particularly with regard to licensing controls on wild bird species of...
• Departmental Schemes
  611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider establishing a financial support system for citizen resident in buildings (details supplied). [39278/21]
• Departmental Staff
  612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full year pay cost of employing four senior building surveyors, six executive building surveyors and four...
• Horticulture Sector
  613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of engagement he has had with businesses that will be impacted by the restrictions on cutting horticultural peat;...
• Housing Provision
  614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for works at an estate (details supplied); when completion of this project is expected; and if he will make a...
• National Parks and Wildlife Service
  615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request the National Parks and Wildlife Service to meet and engage with a group (details supplied) to discuss the...
• Housing Policy
  616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a housing passport which could allow inter-transfers between local authorities as outlined in the Social Housing Strategy...
• Housing Schemes
  617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the incremental tenant purchase scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Housing Policy
  619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current stage at which the review for the social housing income limits is at; and when an announcement will be made in...
• Housing Schemes
  620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that are available for families that are privately renting that receive a notice to quit and are above the income...
• Departmental Budgets
  623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding his Department applied for in budget 2021 for the farm plan scheme; the amount of funding that was...
• Wastewater Treatment
  624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application for a group sewerage scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Departmental Schemes
  625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria which must be met by communities in seeking to amend town centre public realm enhancement work plans in order to...
• Water Quality
  626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to improve water quality in the River Lee given the dangerous nitrogen levels found in the river in 2019. [39489/21]
• Traveller Accommodation
  627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Traveller accommodation spend for 2021 to date, by local authority in tabular form. [39519/21]
• Local Authorities
  628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that has been allocated and spent to date for 2021 on the refurbishment of local authority flat...
• Housing Provision
  629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Call for Housing; the number of properties that have been offered; and the number of properties that have...
• Traveller Accommodation
  633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of each of the 32 recommendations of the Report of the Expert Group on Traveller...
• Housing Provision
  634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost rental projects approved by cost rental equity loan; and the number of these homes that will be tenanted in...
• Local Authorities
  636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount which has been drawn down from the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund to date in 2021, by local authority...
• Housing Provision
  637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Housing First tenancies that have been created in 2021 to date; and the target for the remainder of the year....
• Housing Schemes
  638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans applied for, approved and drawn down each month to date in 2021, by local...
• European Court of Justice
  639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the European Court of Justice action against the State for breach of the urban wastewater treatment directive....
• Grant Payments
  640. 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...
• Water Services
  641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of public water stations within County Limerick; the details of public water stations installed to date 2021, in...
• Traveller Accommodation
  642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the programme board established to oversee the 32 recommendations of the 2019 Expert Review Group on Traveller...
• Planning Issues
  644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if substitute consent applications that were before An Bord Pleanála in December 2020 are required to go through a...
• Fire Service
  645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding staff shortages in the fire service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39600/21]
• Traveller Accommodation
  647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units available for Traveller accommodation by county in tabular form. [39607/21]
• Traveller Community
  650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the Traveller community who live in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown local authority area; the number of halting...
• Housing Policy
  651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further consideration has been given to including an ethnicity question in council social housing need assessment forms;...
• Traveller Community
  652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that have been made available to local authorities to carry out a census of Traveller accommodation needs; and if...
• Local Authorities
  653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding and supports being made available by his Department to fund local authorities in providing equality training for...
• Citizens' Assembly
  655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the citizens’ assembly for biodiversity will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39715/21]
• Flood Risk Management
  657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the back-up system for Dublin drainage in the event the pumping station in Ringsend failing or being...
• Housing Policy
  658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether there should be discretion in the legislation or guidelines for council housing grant applications for...
• Housing Schemes
  659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if applications are still being accepted under the mortgage allowance scheme; if so, the eligibility criteria; and if he will...
• Fire Service
  661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria for deployment of auxiliary services to assist in fighting large gorse fires; and if he will make a statement on...
• Traveller Accommodation
  663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Traveller sites in County Clare; and the number of individuals each site has capacity for. [39843/21]
• Housing Schemes
  664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to the challenges faced by some elderly and disabled persons in accessing the choice-based...
• Local Authorities
  665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position regarding circular EL 02/11; if incremental credit can be sanctioned for local authority staff with...
• Vacant Sites
  666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated revenue that would be raised from increasing the vacant site levy to 20% based on the most recent valuation...
• Tax Yield
  667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated additional revenue which would be raised from reducing the non-principal private residence charge at a rate of...
• Local Authorities
  668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the procedure which was put in place in 2014 whereby counties that required additional funding from the equalisation fund...
• National Asset Management Agency
  669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process for purchasing NAMA-owned properties in particular derelict vacant units; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Departmental Bodies
  670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare...
• Building Regulations
  671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a commitment will be made to raising the minimum statutory requirements that a building must achieve in respect of access...
• Departmental Strategies
  672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the consultation process that has been undertaken to develop the new National Housing Strategy for People with...
• Water Quality
  674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking in response to the Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality in 2020: An Indicators Report key...
• Programme for Government
  676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to review the protection including enforcement of...
• Rental Sector
  679. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the provision against landlords asking students to pay multiple months of rent in advance as outlined in Residential...
• Housing Provision
  680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant and derelict housing units across the country; the plans that are pending to regenerate these buildings...
• Rental Sector
  681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of complaints that have been investigated by the Residential Tenancies Board over the past 12 months; the number of...
• Local Authorities
  683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans for local authorities to support persons with a disability by approving a second housing building loan for persons...
• Housing Provision
  684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units to be completed in County Limerick in 2021, in tabular form [40332/21]
• Housing Policy
  685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding vacant social housing in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40333/21]
• Wastewater Treatment
  686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Arklow wastewater treatment plant project; if he plans to sign the application for consent which was...
• Fire Service
  687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the establishment numbers for the retained fire services; the existing number across all fire authorities nationwide; and if...
• National Parks
  689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the hiring of new front-line staff for Killarney National Park; if the numbers of front-line staff...
• Wastewater Treatment
  690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position in relation to the provision of a sewerage scheme for Kilcummin, County Kerry; if the entire village...
• Departmental Projects
  691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Boolteens Village, County Kerry will be selected as a pilot project for an integrated constructed wetland; and if he will...
• Local Authorities
  692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on requirements by local authorities for new single rural houses to be erected on sites of no less than...
• Planning Issues
  693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the extension dimensions permitted without planning permission on existing structures for first-time...
• Rental Sector
  694. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the short-term rental sector with particular focus on compliance and enforcement in relation to existing...
• Housing Schemes
  695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a rebate for new water and electricity connection and reconnection fees for a stated window of time for...
• Housing Policy
  696. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the imposition of a seven year occupancy clause and local tie clause on all homes and derelict properties...
• Rental Sector
  698. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rental inspections that have taken place each year from 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a...
• Housing Provision
  699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of units provided under the build and acquisition categories of Rebuilding Ireland from 2016 to 2020,...
• Housing Schemes
  702. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP inspections that took place in County Clare in 2020; the number of properties that were found deficient; the...
• Departmental Funding
  703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that has been allocated by his Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the past 12...
• Housing Provision
  704. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses that have been allocated to persons in County Cavan since March 2021; and if he will make a statement on...
• Departmental Funding
  705. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of local government funding granted to Meath County Council by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and...
• Local Authorities
  708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of the allocated local government funding that was not used by each local authority in each of the years 2016 to...
• Departmental Budgets
  709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total capital budget for 2021 for his Department; the way this total is broken down; and if he will make a statement on...
• Local Authorities
  710. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses in County Kerry that have lead pipes which have been identified as in need of replacement. [40587/21]
• Departmental Schemes
  711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider developing a grant scheme for CO2 monitors in private homes. [40588/21]
• National Parks
  712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the development of a multi-year plan for the elimination of rhododendrons and other invasive species...
• Departmental Reviews
  717. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has conducted regular reviews of local government funding in the past; if so, when such reviews took place;...
• Local Authorities
  719. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of allocated local government funding that was spent in each local authority area per capita of its population in...
• Housing Provision
  721. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time spent on the social housing list County Wexford; the plans to reduce these times; the number on the...
• Housing Schemes
  725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for Rebuilding Ireland home loans in County Wexford in 2020; the number that have been successful;...
• Local Authorities
  726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated for housing adaptation grants to Wexford County Council for 2020; the amount of funding drawn down; and...
• Departmental Funding
  727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the frequency of such...
• Water Pollution
  728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the adverse water pollution off the County Waterford coast due to raw sewage discharge,...
• Wild Fires
  730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the efforts being made to avoid a repeat of the Killarney National Park fire; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Construction Industry
  731. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has carried out any analysis on the increase in timber prices as a result of licencing difficulties in the...
• Defective Building Materials
  732. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedures that should be followed when a local authority is assessing applications under the defective blocks scheme; the...
• Legislative Programme
  734. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the heads of the proposed national monuments and archaeological heritage Bill have been agreed; when they will be...
• Heritage Sites
  735. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time that has elapsed since his Department was made aware of the illegal infill and annexing of foreshore at the...
• Housing Schemes
  736. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a site value is considered as a deposit or proof of savings when applying under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme;...
• Defective Building Materials
  737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the time limited review of the defective block remediation scheme; and the progress to date on issues including...
• Departmental Policies
  738. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the forthcoming State architecture policy; the reason for its delay; and if he will consult the Oireachtas...
• National Parks and Wildlife Service
  739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [40769/21]
• Defective Building Materials
  740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the working group on defective homes; the reason for the delay in the group meeting the Programme...
• Housing Provision
  741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants that have been removed from the social housing list as a result of changes to the household means...
• Defective Building Materials
  751. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation of residents in County Mayo being denied access to the defective concrete...
• Local Authorities
  753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated for the housing adaptation grant to each city and county council in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and...
• Coastal Zone Management
  755. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position regarding the National Coastal Change Management Strategy Steering Group; the number of times the group...
• Wastewater Treatment
  756. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to address the capital funding requirements at the Drogheda wastewater treatment plant considering the...
• Water Services
  757. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether there is anything in the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended which involves Irish Water in SI...
• Local Authorities
  758. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the funding that his Department makes available to local authorities for the housing adaptation grant; his...
• Housing Policy
  765. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans in relation to affordable cost rental homes and council housing within Louth County Council; and if he will make a...
• Fire Stations
  766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed new fire station in Dunleer, County Louth since €1.6 million was awarded for the design and...
• Disability Services
  767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on providing fully accessible changing places toilet facility open to the public in all buildings owned by the State...
• Housing Schemes
  768. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the income threshold set by him for the first cost of rental properties; the way in which he plans to set income thresholds in...
• Planning Issues
  776. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to fulfil the programme for government commitment to embed ageing in place options for older persons...
• Housing Provision
  777. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to fulfil the programme for government commitment to increase the provision of smaller homes in...
• Legislative Programme
  778. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend section 22 of the Wildlife Act 1976 to ensure it conforms with the EU birds and habitats directives. [41141/21]
• National Parks and Wildlife Service
  779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of and position regarding the establishment of a wildlife crime unit in the National Parks and Wildlife Service;...
• Wildlife Protection
  780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of prosecutions relating to wildlife crimes under the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2012 and the European Communities...
• Housing Schemes
  782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of deep retrofitting all local authority and social housing stock to the highest standard by unit; and the...
• Emergency Accommodation
  785. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full cost of emergency accommodation in 2020; and the projected cost for 2021 and 2022, by local authority and...
• Housing Provision
  787. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of building council housing on publicly-owned land that is fully serviced. [41151/21]
• Vacant Properties
  790. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant properties here; the number suitable for social housing; the number that have been considered for...
• Departmental Expenditure
  792. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full year cost of reinstating the local government fund to pre-2008 levels. [41262/21]
• Housing Policy
  793. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the current standards applying to the building of apartments with specific reference to the reduced standards...
• Departmental Schemes
  794. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the schedule for the drawdown of URDF funding for Tralee and Killarney, County Kerry; the specific elements of each...
• Local Authorities
  795. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new local authority estate applications received by his Department in the past five years from Kerry County...
• Departmental Schemes
  796. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next round of the urban regeneration and development fund will open for applications; and if he will make a statement...
• Departmental Policies
  798. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will support the establishment of a statutory Galway Bay taskforce that can co-ordinate policies across local...
• Housing Schemes
  799. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the guidelines or circular provided to local authorities on administering the housing for older people grant...

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