Written answers
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wastewater Treatment
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the maximum grant of €5,000 for households that are not connected to public sewer systems, towards... - Office of Public Works
274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding is available from the OPW to repair a bridge (details supplied) considering it is a key heritage, cultural, tourism... - Water Services
275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15359/23] - Fire Service
276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the retirement age of 55 years was introduced for retained firefighters; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Planning Issues
278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning permission applications for monopoles and communication masts are dealt with like any other application to the... - Defective Building Materials
279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a scientific paper (details supplied) published in the number-one internationally ranked journal for building and... - Public Procurement Contracts
280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from... - Official Travel
281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers... - Defective Building Materials
282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update as to when the enhanced defective concrete block redress scheme will go live; if applicants... - Planning Issues
283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether An Bord Pleanála and the NPWS have the required resources and skillset to ensure that windfarm... - Housing Schemes
284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government under the local authority home loan scheme the maximum borrowing terms for applicants from age 45 up to 70 years old; and the... - Legislative Reviews
285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the rationale for the review of sections 2 and 10 of the Housing Act 1988 completed by his Department... - Housing Schemes
286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications that have been made to Roscommon County Council under the croí cónaithe fund; the number... - Departmental Regulations
287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on amending S.I. No. 600/2001 - Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 as amended, to ensure that local... - Housing Schemes
288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities take in charge housing estates from private developers in a timely... - Animal Welfare
290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the findings by an organisation (details supplied) in Northern Ireland in relation to the prevalence of... - Special Areas of Conservation
291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his officials have future plans to delist Lough Corrib in County Galway as a special area of conservation and Natura 2000... - Housing Policy
292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria used by the housing authorities to assess medical priority applications for housing. [15065/23] - Housing Schemes
302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many applications were received for both phase 1 and phase 2 of a cost rental scheme (details supplied); and if he will... - Housing Policy
309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if rent allowance is considered reckonable income for the purposes of social housing eligibility by local authorities; and if... - Planning Issues
311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the emergency measures he will take to address the significant backlog of applications to An Bord Pleanála, which has... - Housing Policy
312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 21 March 2023, if he will provide more specific information on the existing... - Heritage Sites
313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the €5 million allocated from NAMA in 2014 for the development of a heritage and... - Local Authorities
315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an expected timeline for the submission made to his Department by Galway City Council requesting sanction... - Housing Provision
316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regards to those families and individuals who were removed from the council housing lists as a result of income limits... - Housing Schemes
317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing first tenancies delivered and sustained in 2022; and the target number of housing first tenancies for... - Departmental Expenditure
319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State expenditure on long-term leasing in each of the years 2015 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement... - Housing Schemes
320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of dwellings leased by each local authority, broken down by new and second-hand dwellings in each of the years from... - Water Supply
322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Multi Annual Rural Water Programme for 2023 will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15346/23] - Probate Applications
326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will liaise with the Minister for Justice to make the probate system as fast and efficient as possible, given the number... - Housing Schemes
328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the grant available to owner-occupiers to renovate a vacant property could also be made available to owners who wish to... - Housing Policy
329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the organisations and stakeholders he and his Department officials met with as part of deliberations regarding the lifting of... - Energy Conservation
332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses that were retrofitted in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and the projected figure for 2023. [15471/23] - Approved Housing Bodies
335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position in relation to the registration process for approved housing bodies. [15474/23]
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