Written answers
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Provision
445. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the location of all built social housing provided in County Mayo in 2021; the location of the targeted 90 social homes by... - Local Authorities
446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the legislation was introduced for the appointment of chief executives in county councils throughout Ireland; if it was... - Hare Coursing
447. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will remove hares from the open season order and stop all shooting, hunting and coursing of hares given the threatened... - Heritage Sites
448. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria for a national heritage area, Natura 2000, a statutory nature reserve and refuge for fauna; the protections that... - National Parks
449. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the definition of a national park and a regional park; the statutory protection each covers; and if he will make a statement... - Undefined
450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be made available for a group (details supplied) to source administrative staff; and if he will make a... - Waterways Issues
451. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the national river barriers programme; the rivers and barriers that are being considered under this programme;... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the active management plans operated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Forestry Sector
454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the re-fencing of Uragh Wood Nature Reserve will be completed; if funding has been allocated to this project; the... - Wildlife Protection
455. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of enforcement actions taken under section 40 of the Wildlife Acts over the past ten years, by county; and if he... - Wildlife Conservation
457. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the curlew task force recommendations; the funding being made available in 2022 to address the concerning... - Wastewater Treatment
461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that the proposed Cooraclare sewerage scheme did not proceed in 2006, as promised (details supplied); the way that... - Homeless Accommodation
462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the positions of an organisation (details supplied) with regard to homelessness; and if he will make a statement... - Commercial Rates
463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level or percentage of funding that local authorities get from commercial rates; if he will provide the breakdown of... - Local Authorities
466. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has plans to harmonise the conduct of revaluation efforts of the local authorities in order that they occur... - Housing Schemes
467. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a person who has acquired the necessary funds through alternative means such as inheritance is deemed ineligible to... - Heritage Projects
469. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and his Department support the master plan for Moore Street as developed by a group (details supplied); and if he will... - Housing Policy
470. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a circular to local authorities updating housing policy as set out under section 63 of the Housing Act 1966... - Housing Schemes
471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to allow tenants living in homes provided under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to purchase their... - Climate Action Plan
472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Kildare County Council is concerned at the large overspend on retrofitting... - Commemorative Events
473. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will assist Kildare County Council with funding to commemorate the sesqui millennial of the death of St.... - Departmental Reports
474. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the response by his Department to the findings of the Cost of Disability in Ireland research report; the plans that will be... - Housing Provision
475. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local councils carry out means testing and calculation for social housing eligibility based on net or gross income; if the... - Commercial Rates
476. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) and other persons in similar circumstances will be given leeway with their new commercial rates... - Greenways Provision
477. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Department of Rural and Community Development has sought his Department's views on plans by Louth County Council to use... - Energy Conservation
478. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an application was submitted for retrofitting on Noonan's Road; the details of the application received; and the... - Foreshore Issues
479. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a foreshore licence for a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63282/21] - Hare Coursing
480. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 14 December 2021, the person or body that gives approval for the location of... - Housing Provision
481. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a flexible approach will be considered in terms of the threshold limits for social housing in cases in which a family who... - Commercial Rates
482. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration is being given by his Department to continue the local authority commercial rates waiver (details supplied).... - Housing Provision
483. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who is in full-time education with an allowance from a relative of €160 per week but has a housing need is... - Defective Building Materials
484. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the defective concrete block scheme 2021 will include redress for second homes impacted by MICA which are semi-detached to... - Commercial Rates
485. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that event companies are not included in the quarter 4 2021 commercial rates waiver administered by local... - Office of Public Works
486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to move forward accessibility issues for the public to OPW-run Moyne Abbey, Ballina, County Mayo given that the OPW... - Covid-19 Pandemic
487. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 30 November 2021, the number of properties put aside for this reason; the... - Septic Tanks
488. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will alter the regulations on the registration of septic tanks to allow persons who purchase a property in which the... - Rental Sector
489. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is an offence to offer reduced rent in exchange for sex, as reported by a newspaper (details supplied); if not, the... - Wastewater Treatment
490. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is planned to undertake a review of pollution at the Elm Park stream to measure the water quality from wastewater... - Housing Schemes
492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the grants that are currently available to a first-time buyer who purchases a house for major refurbishment,... - Local Authorities
495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of technical and administrative staff, respectively in the housing department of each local authority in tabular... - Housing Policy
496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses covered by thermal upgrade contract number 123 (details supplied); the number of those houses that have... - Traveller Accommodation
500. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Travellers in Cork city and in counties Cork and Kerry experiencing homelessness and in emergency accommodation,... - Emergency Accommodation
501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish details of the quality standards that are being applied to privately-run emergency accommodation; the way... - Defective Building Materials
502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding has been made available for research into the issue of defective blocks by his Department or by the Housing Agency;... - Housing Schemes
503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total allocation for the shared equity loan fund for 2022; the amount he expects the pillar banks to add to the fund; the... - Traveller Accommodation
505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of the funding set aside for Traveller accommodation which has been drawn down in each of the past five years; and... - Planning Issues
506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times that an Bord Pleanála overruled the recommendation of its own inspectors in each of the years 2017 to... - Emergency Services
507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Mayo Fire and Rescue Services are equipped and trained to act as first... - Vacant Properties
508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the proposed CPO and sale of derelict and vacant properties by the Housing Agency; the amount of... - Local Authorities
509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that sought funding to provide for asbestos removal in council homes in each of the years since 2000;... - Disability Services
510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a campaign organised by a disability group (details supplied) to improve the availability... - Undefined
512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1179/22] - Housing Policy
513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the queries raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; the status of the proposal; and if he will make... - Defective Building Materials
514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the clarification sought by Donegal County Council from his Department in relation to proposed remedial works in the... - Housing Schemes
515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of income limits for social housing; and if this review will take place in 2022. [1199/22] - Housing Provision
516. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is reviewing the advice to local authorities with regard to the purchase of second-hand homes for social housing; and if... - Waterways Issues
517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided to Tipperary County Council to repair a damaged weir on the River Suir at Loughmore, County... - Housing Policy
518. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 9 September 2021, if the internal working group established to consider a... - Defective Building Materials
519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made and extension given to a house owned by Donegal County Council which has an issue with mica... - Solar Energy Guidelines
523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of and position regarding the review by his Department of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons who received the pandemic unemployment payment pass the test of continuous employment that is required in order to... - Local Authorities
525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that was provided to a local authority (details supplied) in 2021 for specific grants; and if he will... - Water Quality
526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 23 November 2021, if his Department has received clarity from the European... - Social Welfare Payments
527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in receipt of the housing assistance payment in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if... - Departmental Reviews
529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and the date by... - Local Authorities
530. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are required to employ a disability officer. [1579/22] - Housing Schemes
531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the social housing passport reforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1584/22] - Vacant Properties
533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or in part... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the National Parks and Wildlife Service Review led by persons (details supplied) and submitted to... - Housing Schemes
535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date in establishing the working arrangements with financial institutions to put the first home scheme... - Property Registration
536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that a distortion can occur in data conversion of two mapping projects in which each has a particular... - Housing Policy
538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason persons (details supplied) whose only source of income is social welfare have been deemed ineligible for social... - Defective Building Materials
539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has had discussions with his Ministerial colleagues or if his officials have had discussions with other relevant... - Social Media
541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were... - Departmental Contracts
542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the... - Local Authorities
544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to each local authority for the local authority home loan scheme; and if he will make a... - Departmental Data
546. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via... - Waterways Issues
547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Kildare. [1818/22] - Wastewater Treatment
548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to launch the new pilot scheme for the provision of sewerage infrastructure in villages that are currently... - Rental Sector
550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has been spent on rent subsidies including rent supplement, the housing assistance payment, the rental... - Housing Provision
551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Commission on Housing including the membership of same; the number of applicants; the names of the... - Housing Schemes
552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP, RAS and privately owned long-term leases at the end of 2021; and the cost to the Exchequer of each scheme... - Traveller Accommodation
554. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new Traveller specific units of accommodation provided in 2021, by local authority in tabular form. [1879/22] - Local Authorities
555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social housing targets for each local authority in each year from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [1880/22] - Housing Provision
556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the regulations governing the affordable rental and purchase schemes will be published; and if he will provide a summary... - Housing Schemes
557. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State expenditure on housing assistance payment in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Septic Tanks
559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspections carried out by a local authority (details supplied) on septic tanks over the past three years; the... - Foreshore Issues
562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a foreshore licence will issue to club (details supplied) in County Kerry; if the licence will commence from date of... - Housing Schemes
565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the National Homeless Action Committee; the membership of same; the terms of reference; the number of meetings... - Rental Sector
567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to enact the deposit retention scheme passed into law in 2015. [1990/22] - Housing Schemes
569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social housing units, that is, new builds and acquisitions, delivered from 2016 to 2021 by housing size,... - Housing Policy
570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Housing for All commitment to develop a new youth homeless strategy. [1994/22] - Public Private Partnerships
571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the increased use of public private partnerships in the period from 2022 to 2025. [1995/22] - Housing Schemes
572. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his proposed reforms of the mortgage to rent scheme. [1996/22] - Local Authorities
573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total drawdown of Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund funding in 2021, by project and amount. [1997/22] - Housing Provision
575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the Dublin Housing Delivery Group; the membership of same; the terms of reference; the number of... - Rental Sector
576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Housing for All commitment to introduce legislation for default conciliation at the Residential Tenancies... - Departmental Schemes
577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full details of the process of the way the Urban Regeneration Development Fund applications are assessed, scored and... - Local Authorities
578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that have a disability or equality officer in tabular form. [2027/22] - Regeneration Projects
579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the regeneration of a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2030/22] - Housing Provision
580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the final social, affordable purchase and affordable cost rental output for 2021, in tabular form. [2032/22] - Defective Building Materials
583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the payments made to Mayo County Council during 2021 under the defective concrete blocks scheme; the items for which these... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will publish the report of the independent review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [2089/22] - Coastal Erosion
587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 19 October 2021, if the National Coastal Change Management Strategy Steering... - Local Authorities
588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 11 November 2021, if he will report on his Department’s progress in... - Child Safety
592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that children in emergency accommodation have timely access to a child support worker; and if... - Departmental Schemes
593. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish a dedicated task force to review the effect of housing insecurity on one-parent families and to develop... - Fire Stations
594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a request by Tallaght Fire Station for the provision of an aerial platform at the station; if his attention has... - Rental Sector
595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the economic analysis that takes place in determining rent pressure zones; if his Department is monitoring the number of... - National Monuments
596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date with implementing the reports of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Moore Street recommendations... - Homeless Accommodation
598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options available in the immediate term for persons living in homeless accommodation whose income goes slightly above the... - Housing Provision
599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of strategic housing development applications awaiting a decision by An Bord Pleanála by local authority; the... - Housing Policy
601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the introduction of the amendment to the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015 in order... - Offshore Exploration
602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of engineers employed in the offshore licensing unit in his Department; if he is satisfied that this is an... - Housing Provision
603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he or his Department has taken to ensure that the 34 units of social housing and eight units of co-operative... - Public Sector Staff
604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of public sector workers under his remit by sectors (details supplied) in each of the local electoral areas in... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the publication of the report of the review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS; and if he will... - Fire Service
608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent reports in relation to Dublin Fire Brigade (details supplied); the engagements his... - Departmental Schemes
609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the marks awarded under the urban regeneration and development fund assessment process to an organisation... - Housing Provision
611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on developing a publicly financed student accommodation building strategy and charter for student tenant rights; and... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the establishment of a wildlife crime unit in the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS; and if he will make... - Heritage Sites
613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that Toon Wood, Macroom, County Cork is designated as a natural heritage area immediately; and if he will... - Rental Sector
615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking in response to the high rates of private rental properties that failed to meet minimum standards when... - Údaráis Áitiúla
616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cén freagra atá aige ar an éileamh a rinne príomhfheidhmeannaigh Chomhairle Contae Chorcaí,...
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