Written answers
Tuesday, 25 January 2022
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Schemes
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to assist families who need three-bedroom homes at an affordable cost (details supplied). [3315/22] - Solar Energy Guidelines
76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the draft interim regulations on solar panel installations; if he is conscious of the need to expedite... - Housing Schemes
77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the details of the new initiatives for affordable purchase will be completed; and when these schemes will open for... - Housing Provision
78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of genuinely affordable homes to rent and to buy on an estate (details supplied) and Poolbeg, Dublin... - Departmental Meetings
79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the organisations or persons he or the Minister for State have met in the past two years in relation to development plans... - Derelict Sites
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all local authorities have furnished the details on the total number of derelict properties currently on their registers;... - Departmental Communications
81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department sent a memo to Dublin City Council in November 2021, informing the Council to cease the acquisition housing... - Departmental Schemes
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered the submission from Donegal County Council in relation to the issue of MICA in local authority housing... - Housing Provision
83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the social housing output as of the end of Q4 of 2021. [3323/22] - Vacant Properties
84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that he is taking to reduce vacancy and dereliction rates in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the... - Housing Provision
85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes built in 2021; the projections for 2022 currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3342/22] - Housing Schemes
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount being allocated to South Dublin County Council for the new local authority home loan scheme that is replacing the... - Ministerial Appointments
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider appointing a member with a background and expertise in sustainable design, planning and environmental... - Housing Policy
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will assess the impact of buy-to-rent developments on the price of housing and rent levels; and if he will... - Vacant Properties
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) which highlights that in 2020 approximately 4,000 properties... - Natural Heritage Areas
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that Garrylucas bog, County Cork is designated as a natural heritage area immediately. [3087/22] - Planning Issues
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the lack of one-off rural housing planning applications which have been granted by South Dublin County Council in... - Rental Sector
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that he will address rising rental costs for properties in areas outside Dublin such as rents in counties Roscommon and... - Departmental Priorities
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for a redress scheme for homeowners impacted by defective properties; if he has given consideration to the Defective... - Housing Schemes
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the cost rental scheme in local authorities; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Schemes
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide further details on the way that a person who has been through the insolvency process can access the local... - Local Authorities
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that county councils will not approve mortgages for persons who have been offered... - Housing Schemes
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to increase the income limits for eligibility for local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on... - Housing Provision
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses that were built, allocated and delivered by approved housing bodies in 2020 and 2021; and if he... - Vacant Properties
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with local authorities on the issue of vacant properties which are owned by them; and if he will make a... - Departmental Funding
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rate of expenditure of funding from his Department for the provision or enhancement of housing for persons with a... - Water Services
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the ongoing negotiations between the various parties on the creation of a single water utility. [3327/22] - Housing Policy
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further effort is needed to accelerate the Housing for All programme in order to ensure more flexibility in respect of... - Local Authorities
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work to examine the mechanism for funding local authorities to address anomalies in allocations across... - Departmental Policies
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the National Policy on Architecture to support and promote architectural quality and sustainability; the... - Derelict Sites
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to ensure that the position of derelict sites officer is full-time in each local authority; the number... - Departmental Funding
112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 11 November 2021, the current status of the tender for the construction of the... - Departmental Data
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total area of State land that the Land Development Agency can use for housing purposes over the next three years. [3346/22] - Housing Provision
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work carried out on increasing housing options for persons with a disability and for older persons with additional needs;... - Housing Schemes
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is intended to publish the regulations for the revised tenant purchase scheme; if there will be further changes to... - Traveller Accommodation
117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of accommodation provision for members of the Travelling community; and the budget provision and spend in this... - Derelict Sites
118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will act without delay to introduce additional new measures to help bring derelict houses back into use as homes for... - Housing Policy
121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the progress of the examination by all Departments of their existing portfolio of properties; if... - Maternity Leave
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the work underway to introduce maternity leave for councillors; and if he will make a statement on the... - Housing Policy
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to put in place cost rental and cost purchase housing or affordable housing models. [3344/22] - Homeless Persons Supports
126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress in relation to expanding the Housing First approach to supporting persons experiencing homelessness; and if he... - Building Regulations
128. 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... - Local Authorities
129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with Cork County Council and Cork City Council to improve on the current timelines to complete all... - Traveller Accommodation
130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the findings of the report A Hidden Crisis: Traveller homelessness in the South West published 18 January 2022;... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Strategic Review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service report, the second and third review phases; and... - Construction Industry
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement his Department has had with other stakeholders on ensuring the availability of suitably skilled construction... - Energy Conservation
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to be in a position to issue a new call for proposals and applications for retrofitting projects from local... - Waterways Issues
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the planned timeframe for the various stages of the next River Basin Management Plan for Ireland once the current public... - Departmental Schemes
135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the legislation underpinning the revised MICA redress scheme will be published; his views on whether the sliding scale... - Housing Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons and households on local authority waiting lists by local authority and county in tabular form. [3319/22] - Wind Energy Guidelines
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of the revised wind energy development guidelines; the reason for the significant delay in... - Wastewater Treatment
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to launch a national pilot wastewater scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3058/22] - Waterways Ireland
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of capital funding drawn down in 2020 and 2021 in respect of waterways developments; the capital funding provided... - Departmental Schemes
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the extension of the defective block remediation scheme to County Clare. [3115/22] - Local Authorities
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of estates which have progressed to being taken in charge for 2020 and 2021 in Cork county and city; the number of... - Housing Schemes
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his plans to implement the shared equity home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3354/22] - Vacant Properties
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the introduction of the new local authority-led programme for compulsory purchase orders of vacant properties... - Housing Provision
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new build social homes and new build affordable homes that were delivered in County Mayo in 2021; the targets... - Solar Energy Guidelines
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the review for planning exemptions for solar panels for educational and community buildings; and if he...
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