Written answers
Tuesday, 10 May 2022
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Vacant Properties
325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a vacant building (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22556/22] - State Bodies
326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has requests for sanction for approval for additional resources including recruitment at An Bord Pleanála; if so,... - Hare Coursing
327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to the hare coursing meeting in north County Kilkenny on 17 December 2021, if the figure listed on the report that... - Approved Housing Bodies
328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time that it takes from the moment that a newly built property is made available to a council by an... - Housing Schemes
329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the housing first scheme; the way that persons can access the scheme; the persons that the scheme applies to;... - Environmental Policy
331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider bringing forward legislation to regulate light pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Housing Policy
332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he proposes to increase the income thresholds to facilitate applicants for local authority houses given... - Housing Provision
333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of houses that were made available to local authority housing applicants by county in each of the past two... - Housing Schemes
336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which Rebuilding Ireland loans or their equivalent can be made available readily to first-time house buyers or... - Housing Provision
337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which the various forms of assistance available for first-time house buyers are upgrading satisfactorily without... - Property Registration
342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that the Registry of Deeds Office has not opened since March 2020; and the reason that the Registry of Deeds Office... - Housing Provision
343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in the past three years who previously were on the Cork City Council housing list and were removed due... - Housing Schemes
346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22690/22] - State Bodies
347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the development of a database by Ordnance Survey Ireland; if he and or his predecessors and... - Grant Payments
348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) can avail of grant-aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22739/22] - Energy Conservation
350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of council homes that have been retrofitted under the midlands retrofit programme 2020, by county; the associated... - Housing Schemes
351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue guidance on whether the help-to-buy scheme will be extended to 2023; if other schemes to assist those looking... - Planning Issues
354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to publish the report into allegations of planning corruption in County Donegal; and the actions that he... - Housing Provision
355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of rapid build homes funded by his Department in each of the years since 2016, broken down by the number in... - Defective Building Materials
356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Independent Working Group to examine the defects in housing will report; and if he will make a statement on the... - Environmental Policy
357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has given consideration to introducing carbon limits for our built environment; and if he will make a... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the use of concrete in house building contributes to any emissions whether during construction, processing... - Building Regulations
362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of his plans to review the building regulations; if he will ensure that public and public access buildings... - Social Media
363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of... - Local Authorities
366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views in relation to an audit carried out by the public auditors (details supplied); the person or body that the public... - Coastal Protection
367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his response to research findings concerning sea level rises on Irish coasts (details supplied);; and if he will make a... - Wind Energy Generation
368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff broken down by grade and unit employed in An Bord Pleanála who are dealing directly with applications... - Ukraine War
369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of contracts awarded in 2022 by his Department or bodies under his aegis outside the standard... - Departmental Contracts
370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his... - Housing Schemes
372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there has been a change in policy with respect to tenants in arrears with their HAP payments to local authorities entering... - Homeless Accommodation
373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the difference between the Quality Standards Framework that applies to voluntary sector homeless emergency accommodation and... - Wastewater Treatment
374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the qualifying criteria associated with the new €50 million funding scheme recently announce at... - Defective Building Materials
375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to the inclusion of County Clare in the defective concrete block scheme; and if he will make a... - Housing Schemes
376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost rental homes he expects to be delivered via the cost rental equity loan in 2022; and the number of... - Planning Issues
377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that his Department is taking to work closely with An Bord Pleanála to ensure that adequate staff resources are... - Departmental Expenditure
379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reasons that the capital expenditure for his Department is €228 million lower in the first four months of 2022... - Planning Issues
381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to reform planning requirements for solar panels on the roofs of homes, schools and agricultural buildings; the... - Housing Policy
382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social housing acquisition limits and or targets for each local authority for 2022. [23405/22] - Emergency Accommodation
383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons accessing emergency accommodation in Dublin who are not on a local authority housing list in Dublin.;... - Housing Policy
384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person can individually or personally execute a determination order by the Residential Tenancies Board in cases in which... - Defective Building Materials
385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all houses affected by pyrite and mica in the State will be eligible for the mica or pyrite compensation scheme; if not the... - Foreshore Issues
386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a reply will issue to Galway County Council in relation to a query regarding whether the provision of moorings for yachts... - Wind Energy Generation
387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the protections that are in place in the planning process for offshore wind installations to protect the interests of local...
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