Written answers
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Ukraine War
459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Government has undertaken an assessment of needs created by the arrival of Ukrainian refugees; and the contingency... - Planning Issues
461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the investigation that he initiated into possible conflicts of interest at the national planning authority An Bord... - Grant Payments
462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a grant to renovate roofing in a private owned home; if so, the age that the roof needs to be; and the way that a... - Housing Schemes
463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a couple (details supplied) are eligible to apply to purchase their home under the tenant incremental purchase scheme; and... - Postal Voting
464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department received correspondence from An Garda Síochána pertaining to irregularities in the postal voting... - State Bodies
465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Residential Tenancies Board is requesting landlords to provide personal... - Telecommunications Infrastructure
466. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the pre-lay grapnel and route clearance operations along the route of the proposed sub-sea... - Housing Schemes
470. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average unit cost for social homes delivered through turnkey developments in the past 12 months. [28972/22] - Traveller Accommodation
474. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average unit cost for Traveller accommodation delivered through the Traveller Accommodation Programme. [28976/22] - Defective Building Materials
475. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total expenditure to date on the pyrite remediation scheme and the defective block remediation scheme; and the expenditure... - Housing Schemes
476. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total expenditure to date on social housing flat complex regeneration; and the expenditure expected by the end of 2022.... - Energy Conservation
478. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total expenditure to date on the social housing retrofit programme; and the expenditure expected by the end of 2022 [28980/22] - Housing Schemes
479. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of social housing income limits will be published. [29010/22] - Vacant Properties
480. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government The number of full-time equivalent vacant homes officers by local authority in tabular form. [29018/22] - National Parks and Wildlife Service
485. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to publish the independent report in relation to the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if he will make... - Departmental Bodies
486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the divisions and units that operate within his Department; the agencies that operate under its aegis; and if he will make a... - Departmental Budgets
487. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 11 of the Stability Programme Update 2022 that is designated for housing... - Homeless Accommodation
488. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of providing family hubs for families experiencing homelessness in 2023; and if he will make a statement on... - Housing Schemes
489. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of expanding the Housing First Programme to families experiencing homelessness including in that cost the... - Interest Rates
491. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his... - Local Authorities
492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the ownership of the multi-storey car park adjacent to Michael Street, Waterford is with Waterford local authority. [29256/22] - Departmental Staff
493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any former Secretary Generals are seconded from his Department; the locations of same; the purpose of the secondment; the... - Foreshore Issues
494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has since granted foreshore consent for the proposed deployment at the marine test site at issue of the SmartBay... - Turf Cutting
495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a scheme (details supplied) is still accepting applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29322/22] - Departmental Policies
496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale for the use of public private partnerships to develop social housing; if it is his intention to continue using... - Departmental Schemes
497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the terms and conditions for Fresh Start applicants under the local authority home loan scheme to include... - Housing Schemes
498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that unlike tenants of local authorities or approved housing bodies, most housing... - Departmental Data
499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation that his Department made for outdoor dining in 2022. [29515/22] - Housing Schemes
500. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will remove the population cap on the affordable homes' aspect of the Housing for All - Rebuilding Ireland Plan to allow... - Commercial Rates
501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have the remit to make derogations or exemptions with regards to commercial rates in certain... - Solar Energy Guidelines
502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines for planning and development of solar farms; if there are restrictions on the size of solar panel farms in... - Departmental Projects
503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that he is taking to ensure that local authorities have adequate flexibility in the recruitment of the... - Regulatory Bodies
504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average times for registering new tenancies with the Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the... - Housing Schemes
506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new terms and conditions for Rebuilding Ireland mortgages will be issued to Donegal County Council so applications... - Water Supply
511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the course of action that is available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29643/22] - Insurance Coverage
512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that are being put in place to assist thatched public houses in dealing with ever increasing insurance bills and... - Housing Schemes
513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details on the First Home affordable purchase shared equity scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Energy Conservation
519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated and drawn down in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022 to Kildare County Council for... - Housing Schemes
521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times the discretionary top-up for housing assistance payments was used in 2021 in County Kildare by municipal... - Animal Welfare
523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of licences that have been issued in the past ten years for the capture and killing of protected wild birds and... - Housing Schemes
525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are regulations in relation to the level of insurance cover on a property rented to a local authority through the... - Departmental Data
528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received notification from the Revenue Commissioners of the local property tax receipts following the revaluation;... - Water Services
529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided from the developer-provided water services infrastructure resolution programme to allow the... - Data Centres
531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of operative data centres in the State at present; the number of centres approved but not yet built; the number... - Approved Housing Bodies
532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 10 May 2022, the number of times that dwellings have been deemed to be inactive... - Departmental Data
533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he identifies the number of houses that are bought by private companies each year in order to understand the ownership... - Telecommunications Infrastructure
534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulations and conditions appertaining to the installations of telecom poles in residential areas (details supplied}; and... - Traveller Accommodation
535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 24 May 2022, if Limerick City and County Council is operating the pilot caravan... - Housing Schemes
536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which the new housing assistance payment rate for single persons will take effect; and if the change requires... - Heritage Promotion
537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that Dublin was removed from the UNESCO World Heritage Organisation tentative list given that Ireland's 2010 list... - Departmental Policies
538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any plans for a national policy that is directed to local authorities (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Defective Building Materials
539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to afford the Joint Oireachtas Housing Committee an accelerated pre-legislative scrutiny process for the... - Programme for Government
540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the commitment in the Programme for Government to designate a minimum of 30% of Irish waters... - Water Supply
541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action that has been taken or that is proposed to deal with the public health and safety issue arising from the levels of...
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