Written answers
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Budget 2023
371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a similar compensation payment awarded to two county councils resulting from the closure of power stations will be included... - Harbours and Piers
372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the two properties (details supplied) which were brought to the attention of the Petitions Committee have been measured and... - Ukraine War
373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on an application submitted by Mayo County Council for a building (details supplied) as suitable... - Housing Schemes
374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is possible to purchase properties under the incremental tenant purchase scheme with cash lump sums rather than with... - Housing Policy
375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the social housing income limits for County Westmeath will be reviewed. [36982/22] - Youth Services
378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied); when the tendering process will conclude and construction works commencing. [37042/22] - Defence Forces
380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of project works associated with a project (details supplied) following funding of €2.5 million awarded in... - Water Services
381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a report from Irish Water to confirm that all remediation works involved to rectify the capacity issue on... - Tax Collection
383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider allowing commercial rates to be collected by the Revenue Commissioners to improve efficiency. [37107/22] - Derelict Sites
384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered reviewing the definition of a site to reduce the minimum size of a site which is currently a site greater... - Departmental Functions
385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the progress of establishing a dedicated vacant housing unit in his Department; the number of staff employed in... - Local Authorities
386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made with each local authority in ensuring that each authority has a full-time permanent vacant... - State Bodies
387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount collected by the Land Registry in respect of fees chargeable for searches and urgent searches in the past two years... - Planning Issues
389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the lack of uniformity in the application of planning policy pertaining to the extension of... - Housing Provision
390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in the context of the National Student Accommodation Strategy, and Housing for All, the preparations that are being made to... - Housing Schemes
392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given any consideration to further extending the buy and repair scheme to allow local authorities to provide cost... - Commercial Rates
394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that he is taking to ensure standardisation across all local authorities regarding commercial rate rebates for... - State Bodies
395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement that he has had on the investigation under way at An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the... - Water Services
396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application from the Forgney community water connection previously known as group water scheme for a water connection to... - Wildlife Regulations
397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his reasons for continuing to refuse to derogate from the general scheme of legal protection of wild birds in the interests of... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the details of the licences provided to Dublin City Council by the National Parks and Wildlife Service for... - Architectural Heritage
402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will advise on a matter (details supplied). [37250/22] - Maternity Leave
403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish a general scheme to grant an entitlement of maternity leave to councillors elected to local government.... - Local Authorities
404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of progress for the Cork Event Centre. [37275/22] - Departmental Contracts
405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details... - Local Authorities
406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Local Authority Housing Delivery Action Plans that were being reviewed by his Department and which were due... - Approved Housing Bodies
407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the Approved Housing Body Classification Working Group; and the progress that has been made to date... - Housing Policy
411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those on a social welfare income are being refused homeless HAP due to the... - Water Services
414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the development contribution relating to water services which has been paid to Irish Water by each local authority since 2014... - Homeless Accommodation
415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority can refuse a person access to homeless accommodation by reason of failing to provide a safety or legal... - Housing Schemes
420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given consideration to granting eligibility under the Fresh Start principle to the local authority home loan scheme... - Fire Stations
421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the new fire station for Ballymahon, County Longford (details supplied) [37598/22] - Local Authorities
422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide assurances that County Longford and other affected local authorities will be appropriately compensated as a... - Departmental Schemes
424. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the current €30,000 upper limit on the amount payable under the essential works grant scheme for the elderly will be... - Housing Policy
425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any plans to revisit the new ten-year tenancy requirement before a tenancy can apply for the tenant purchase... - Local Authorities
426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give an assurance that Longford County Council will be compensated in respect of the significant, unavoidable and... - Departmental Data
427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times that the discretionary top-up for housing assistance payments was used in County Wicklow in 2021 as at end... - Departmental Programmes
429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided under the energy efficiency retrofit programme to Wicklow County Council in each year from 2020, 2021 and... - Departmental Funding
432. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Wicklow County Council for mobility aid grants, housing adaptation grants and housing aid for older... - Defective Building Materials
433. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if advice will be provided on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37674/22] - Housing Schemes
434. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether an approval for a local authority home loan should be valid for purchasing a home in any local authority... - Septic Tanks
436. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the consideration that he has explored to extend and review the septic tank grant to ensure upgrades can be availed of for... - Local Authorities
437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the information that is provided by local authorities using the choice-based letting system to his Department on the... - Ukraine War
439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the responsibilities of the Director of Services for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) within local... - Departmental Licences
440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of encroachment licences that have been issued for new moorings in Lough Ree (details supplied) in each of the... - Waterways Ireland
441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the property portfolio of Waterways Ireland that is registered. [37745/22] - Wildlife Regulations
443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update in relation to the wild bird declarations general and air safety given that the current... - Housing Policy
444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants that have been removed from the social housing list as a result of changes to the household means... - Housing Provision
446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the waiting list for social housing less than one year in the Cork City Council and Cork County... - Departmental Data
454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times that the discretionary top-up for housing assistance payments was used in 2021 as at the end of the fourth... - Local Authorities
456. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Wexford County Council Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form;... - Water Services
459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans for Irish Water to take over water services from the local authorities going forward; the impact that this will have... - Grant Payments
460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37988/22] - Ukraine War
461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the potential locations that his Department has identified for consideration by the Department... - Wind Energy Generation
462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering a plan-led rather than developer-led approach to onshore wind development; and if he will make a... - Fire Service
464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there was a change in policy in the fire service which meant for a time that firefighters had to retire at 58 years of age;...
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