Written answers
Tuesday, 21 September 2021
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Environmental Policy
247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he is taking to counteract the biodiversity crisis (details supplied); the way in which he is engaging with the... - Housing Provision
248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of acquiring and refurbishing the 700 social homes delivered under the buy and renew scheme. [44450/21] - Defective Building Materials
252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost in 2021 and 2022 of providing 100% redress to owners of homes with fire safety defects. [44455/21] - Housing Policy
253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated amount it would cost in 2022 to increase Part V from 20% to a statutory minimum of 30%. [44456/21] - Traveller Accommodation
254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated amount it would cost to reverse the cuts in spending on Traveller accommodation since 2007 and to force local... - Natura 2000
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding European Natura 2000 sites in Northern Ireland following Brexit; if he has had any engagement with his... - Local Authorities
256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to fund additional resources for local authorities to cope with the additional workload as a result of the... - Housing Policy
257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the new guidelines on rural housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44557/21] - Hen Harriers
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published; the reason for the long delay in the publication of the plan; and... - Local Authorities
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a review of the grant schemes implemented by local authorities to ensure their alignment with policy objectives;... - Housing Policy
260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure all public-funded housing is converted to more sustainable heating systems. [44598/21] - Defective Building Materials
263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (detailed supplied) is included in the national defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a... - Local Authorities
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities by county from 2017 to date that have used the Derelict Sites Act 1990 in tabular form. [44626/21] - Vacant Properties
265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant residential units in Waterford city and county; and the number as a percentage of all residential units... - Housing Provision
267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses in Waterford City and County returned to market through the repair and lease scheme in each of the past... - Rental Sector
270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of active rental accommodation scheme tenancies currently in place. [44643/21] - Water Quality
271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the actions being taken to clean up and improve the quality of the water in the Tolka river; and if he... - Regeneration Projects
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Westgate Vision plan to regenerate the Westgate area in Drogheda, County Louth through the urban... - Commercial Rates
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered implementing a waiver of commercial rates for the early years sector as is in place for the early... - Housing Policy
274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding first-time buyers who wish to purchase second-hand homes; the initiatives that will be made available... - Local Authorities
275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding given to each local authority for retrofitting houses and apartments, respectively; and the number of units this... - Environmental Schemes
276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if farmers with land on or surrounding Shass mountain will be eligible to apply for funding under the blanket bog... - Housing Policy
277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a general prohibition on local authorities purchasing vacant second hand homes and second hand homes occupied by... - Housing Schemes
278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the final proposed shared equity local scheme proposal will be submitted by his Department to the Central Bank; and the... - Departmental Data
279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all persons and organisation who lobbied him, his predecessors or his officials seeking an... - Housing Schemes
280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost rental equity loan, CREL, funded cost rental homes that will be purchased and made available for tenanting... - Housing Provision
281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of serviced sites fund, SSF, and affordable housing funding, AHF, affordable purchase homes that will be completed... - Fire Stations
283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when approval will be given to Galway County Council for the proposed new fire station at Loughrea, County Galway. [44823/21] - Housing Policy
284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the finding in the IHREC and ESRI Monitoring Adequate Housing in Ireland report that 29% of persons living with a... - Wastewater Treatment
285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a grant-aided wastewater scheme for community groups similar to the group water grant to assist those who... - Departmental Properties
286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that... - Domestic Violence
295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected expenditure on women’s refuges in 2022. [44932/21] - Homeless Accommodation
296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected expenditure on homeless emergency accommodation in 2022. [44933/21] - Legislative Measures
297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the parts of and the way in which the 29 recommendations of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government... - Housing Policy
298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the regulations detailing the eligibility and terms and conditions for the affordable purchase and affordable cost rental... - Water Supply
300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the winding up application of the Kildare group water scheme which has been submitted by Westmeath County... - Government Communications
301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since... - Water Supply
302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of do-not-consume notices issued by Irish Water in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; the method used... - Planning Issues
304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the changes in planning guidelines needed to ensure more changing place facilities in the country; the... - Local Authorities
305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dates on which the changes to CPO for local authorities announced in the Housing for All document are due to commence; and... - Housing Policy
306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the eligibility criteria of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan to include non-first-time buyers... - National Monuments
309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on an application made by a person (details supplied) that has been ongoing for a long time; and... - Local Authorities
310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if rent reviews were carried out in each county in 2020 and to date in 2021; and the local authorities that undertook rent... - Housing Policy
313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he sought advice regarding the exemption to the new affordable housing Part V measures introduced; and if he will make a...
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