Written answers
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Rental Sector
461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details for the introduction of minimum BERs in the private rental sector; and if he will make a statement... - Housing Schemes
462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports that Cork City Council is requiring applicants for social housing to provide proof... - Water Supply
463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine the way that an application by a person (details supplied) for a private well grant can be refused, citing... - Housing Schemes
464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether a person who suffers from an illness such as COPD can be considered for a housing adaption grant... - Fishing Industry
465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Inland Fisheries Ireland statutory body has a legal exemption or derogation from ARC 02 when stocking Atlantic salmon... - Water Services
466. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide funding for a municipal wastewater treatment plant for Corofin, County Galway to allow for the development... - Housing Provision
467. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority homes in County Mayo; the number that are currently occupied and vacant, respectively; and if he... - Fire Service
468. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the Retained Fire Service; if he has received the final report; if so, if he will publish the... - Vacant Properties
469. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who has previously built a principal private residence but subsequently experienced marital breakdown is eligible... - Departmental Schemes
471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants currently available through his Department, excluding the housing adaptation grants, for the replacement of windows... - Legislative Process
472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all sections of all Acts passed in the past ten years have been commenced; the number of sections that are outstanding; the... - Planning Issues
473. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the proposed modular homes that are to be built on State land will be exempt from planning permission (details supplied);... - Rental Sector
474. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to take action against landlords issuing eviction notices in violation of the eviction ban. [63484/22] - Local Authorities
476. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will allow local authorities to use incremental credits to recruit more-experienced staff; and if he will make a... - National Monuments
477. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied). [63504/22] - Housing Provision
479. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with Tuath and Longford County Council in relation to the properties at Colmcille Terrace, Granard,... - Homeless Accommodation
480. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dates of the last meetings of each of the Homeless Regional Fora, by forum, in tabular form. [63530/22] - Defective Building Materials
481. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the State will reimburse 90% of the engineering costs to the family of an applicant who has passed away before the... - Vacant Properties
482. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time vacant homes officers in County Westmeath, in tabular form. [63552/22] - Seaweed Harvesting
492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on kelp harvesting in Bantry Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63629/22] - Housing Schemes
493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications from County Louth under the first home scheme that have been approved and drawn down since the... - Legislative Process
494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will consider the amendments made to the Wildlife Bill 2016 in Seanad Éireann; when he will complete his... - Housing Schemes
495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63693/22] - Water Services
497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure housing estates in non-rural areas that are not connected to the sewerage network are considered for... - Housing Provision
498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the availability of an online choice-based lettings system to counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will... - Wildlife Regulations
499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the population of pine martens is controlled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63727/22] - Housing Provision
500. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes built in the Kildare County Council area in each of the past five years; the number planned for... - Local Authorities
501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of any pilot funding schemes offered by his Department to local authorities; the local authorities that each pilot... - Defective Building Materials
502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the stage at which a homeowner who has been awarded a grant under the existing and the enhanced defective block remediation... - Housing Provision
503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of new-build social homes delivered to date in 2022, broken down by delivery stream (details supplied). [63742/22] - Legislative Process
505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the marine protected areas legislation, including a date when he expects to publish the Bill.... - Planning Issues
507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to release the Mulcahy report into allegations of planning malpractice in County Donegal; and if he will make... - Housing Provision
508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes that have been delivered through the single-stage approval process, broken down by year and local... - Housing Schemes
509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes that were delivered through the mortgage-to-rent, buy-and-renew and repair-and-lease schemes in... - Housing Provision
510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of social and affordable homes delivered by the LDA in 2022, by location and average price. [63749/22] - Vacant Properties
511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of Croí Cónaithe grants issued in 2022, by county. [63750/22] - Housing Provision
513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of new housing first tenancies created in 2022, by local authority area. [63752/22] - Traveller Accommodation
514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends expanding the scheme immediately to cover all Traveller families living in caravans of eight years old or more,... - Public Private Partnerships
515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the public sector benchmarking exercise used in the first bundle of the social housing public... - Housing Provision
517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom social houses and one-, two-, and three-bedroom social apartments... - Housing Schemes
518. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a council tenant in an AHB in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and a council tenant in a council home in... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that retained firefighters in Balbriggan and Skerries have been excluded from the... - Housing Provision
520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has conducted any research into the proportion of the cost of new apartments or houses that is attributable... - Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views following the conclusion of an investigation by the Charities Regulator which detailed failings in financial... - Construction Industry
522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria that were applied to select members of the Interdepartmental and Agency Group tasked with preparing the Options... - Housing Schemes
523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the way accommodation standards in tenancies that are supported by HAP/RAS payments are enforced; the... - Local Authorities
524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans that are in place to assist Clare County Council in recruiting marine planners to deal with planning applications... - Housing Provision
525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable homes delivered through the Affordable Housing Fund in 2022 that went sale closed in 2022.... - Departmental Reports
527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that wording (details supplied) was removed from the final Donegal quarry inspection report from the National... - Housing Policy
528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to contract restrictions on apartment owners selling their apartments to local authorities or... - Local Government Reform
531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the local government education and mentoring programme currently under way in Fingal County Council will be taken up by all... - Property Registration
532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to severe customer service delays in the Property Registration Authority; his views on whether... - Departmental Policies
533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the new rural planning guidelines. [1072/23] - Regeneration Projects
534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the application from Dublin City Council regarding the regeneration of a building (details supplied). [1090/23] - Departmental Reviews
535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his planned comprehensive review of the local property tax baselines; and if he will make a... - Local Authorities
536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the playing pitches available to book through the local authority for use by the public by... - Departmental Projects
537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an updated version of the Rebuilding Ireland housing land map (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Regeneration Projects
538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a request from Cork County Council for funding support to enable the upgrade of the public realm and, in... - Wastewater Treatment
539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on wastewater treatment plants servicing private housing estates on a temporary basis; the number of such wastewater... - Housing Schemes
540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a scheme to utilise lands owned by our local authorities (details supplied) could be reinstated; and if he will make a... - Heritage Projects
543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 657 of 8 September 2022, the update that his Department received from Tipperary County... - Election Management System
544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the requirements on presiding officers or polling clerks to check and validate photo identification of all... - Archaeological Sites
545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department can help a group (details supplied) with assistance towards the cost of an archaeological survey; and if he... - Rental Sector
546. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Residential Tenancies Board will resolve an ongoing issue for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of... - Appointments to State Boards
547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will list all State boards, commissions or other such bodies to which a person (details supplied) has been appointed by... - Planning Issues
548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of strategic housing development applications that were received by An Bord Pleanála for County Cavan where a... - Ministerial Responsibilities
549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular form;... - Departmental Data
550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the name of the company, organisation or persons contracted to provide media training to him from 1 January 2021 to date; the... - Housing Policy
551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy relating to assessment of full and half-rate carer's allowance payments in relation to the local authority home... - State Bodies
553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff working in An Bord Pleanála in 2016; the number of staff working in 2023; and if he will make a... - Departmental Funding
554. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated in the budget to An Bord Pleanála in each year from 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he... - Planning Issues
555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe within which An Bord Pleanála has to make a decision on a planning appeal; if this timeframe must be... - Housing Policy
556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to raise the €250,000 threshold for local authority home loans in counties Carlow and Kilkenny,... - Emergency Accommodation
557. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no available emergency accommodation for families in County... - Data Centres
559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement his Department has had with elected representatives on South Dublin County Council regarding the ministerial... - Housing Schemes
560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the commitment in Housing for All on the reform of a scheme (details supplied); and if he... - Defective Building Materials
561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline in detail the way a property owner in Dublin who has certified mica and-or pyrite in the defective blocks... - Housing Policy
562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Inflation Co-Operation Framework, which sees the State bearing up to 70% of the additional inflationary costs on public... - Vacant Properties
563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will permit local authorities to use their discretion when deciding on applications for the vacant property... - Water Supply
564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the Topical Issue debate of 15 December 2022, the actions, if any, that he has taken on the proposals made by this... - Housing Policy
565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a valid public services card is sufficient and acceptable as proof of photo ID for the purpose of a social housing... - Wildlife Conservation
566. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on progress of the working group that was established to examine the short-, medium- and... - Departmental Data
568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department’s key outputs and public service activities 2022 outturn will be available; the number of the 2022... - Vacant Properties
569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Croí Cónaithe town grant takes the form of a Government equity stake in the property; the nature and detail... - Construction Industry
570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 5 July 2022, if he will provide a dated record from each local authority... - State Bodies
572. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cases that have been with An Bord Pleanála for more than five years; and if he will make a statement on the... - Regulatory Bodies
573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific piece of legislation that makes provision for the roles and functions of the Office of the Planning Regulator;... - Defective Building Materials
574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when homeowners will be able to apply for redress in respect of defective concrete blocks; and if he will make a statement on... - Water Supply
575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residences and businesses that are dependent on private water supplies; if he considers the provision of a mains... - Wildlife Conservation
576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action that his Department will take to address the stark decline of curlew and pygmy shrew populations; if he will... - Traveller Accommodation
577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocated funding provided to Tipperary County Council for Traveller-specific accommodation purchases in each of the years... - Housing Schemes
584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the counties that currently have the homelessness rate of HAP available to people in need in their... - Housing Provision
585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a full list of lands in the ownership of each local authority that are zoned for housing. [2258/23] - Local Authorities
587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant homes officers who are employed by local authorities nationally; if those employed as vacant homes... - Housing Schemes
588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the limits on the first home scheme will next be reviewed. [2305/23] - Site Acquisitions
590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on working with Cork County Council to secure a site currently for sale (details supplied) to build social and... - Housing Policy
591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an entitlement to the current rate of RAS payment of a person will be affected in cases in which they receive an... - Planning Issues
592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the backlog of 2,300 cases at An Bord Pleanála that consist of residential units, broken down in terms of...
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