Written answers
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Pension Provisions
695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the misclassification of pension entitlements for workers in local authorities; and if he can provide an... - Regeneration Projects
696. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the updated position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the stage this project is at; the funding that has... - Grant Payments
698. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants are in place from his Department for the repair and restoration for wrought iron gates; and if he will make a... - Land Issues
699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of instances in each local authority in each of the past five years in which residential zoned land was later... - Local Authorities
700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have any flexibility when applying the underaccommodation rule in assessing tenant purchase applications.... - Housing Policy
701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many housing units were supplied to the State in the past ten years through NARPS; the average length of each of these... - Local Authorities
702. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by the State in each of the past five years on properties rented by local authorities for the social housing... - Vacant Properties
703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the report published by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to bringing vacant... - Housing Provision
704. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the cost in relation to the requirement for both a passport and a birth certificate when applying for housing will be... - Vacant Properties
705. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the number of vacant housing officers in each local authority, in tabular form; and... - Departmental Policies
706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what decision-making led to declaring certain species on the open season list as being under threat; and what part the... - Grant Payments
707. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number of applications to the croí cónaithe towns scheme; the number of... - Compulsory Purchase Orders
709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by local authority of the number of CPOs of vacant properties completed, ongoing and under... - Vacant Sites
710. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, by local authority, of the amounts collected under the vacant site levy, in tabular form; and... - Approved Housing Bodies
711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many approved housing bodies are currently in operation in Ireland at present; what is their combined number of housing... - Housing Provision
716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost to the State per annum of housing delivered by way of a lease agreement (details supplied); the breakdown of the... - Housing Policy
717. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority tenant hoping to purchase his or her home under the tenant incremental purchase scheme 2016 does not... - Judicial Reviews
719. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding proposed amendments to Part 9 judicial reviews under the current draft of the Planning and Development... - Departmental Staff
720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff within his Department who are based and working with the European Union in Brussels; their present roles... - Departmental Strategies
721. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the implementation plan for the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022–2027 will be published; the... - Departmental Meetings
723. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he met the Atlanta Fire Department Chief Fire Officer during his visit to Atlanta for the recent St. Patrick's Day events;... - Disability Services
724. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what financial, personal assistant, administrative or other supports are available for persons with disabilities before,... - Banking Sector
725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to ensure that a bank (details supplied) recognises the Croí Cónaithe grant scheme; and if he... - Departmental Strategies
726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the implementation plan of the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 will be published; the reason for... - Departmental Schemes
727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm the total spend on the housing assistance programme and the rental accommodation scheme for 2022. [16727/23] - Housing Schemes
728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm the total spend via the social housing current expenditure programme in 2022 broken down by lease types, including:... - Housing Provision
730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm the total number of new repair and lease homes that were delivered in 2022. [16730/23] - Grant Payments
732. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of adaptation grants processed in Cork in each of the past five years for social housing, in tabular form. [16741/23] - Local Authorities
736. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether local authorities can apply for funding to build extensions to social housing due to overcrowding. [16745/23] - Housing Policy
737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the 100 homes due for retrofitting in Churchfield, Cork and the addresses of these homes. [16746/23] - Rental Sector
738. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that was spent on the affordable rental scheme in the 2022 calendar year; if he would provide the locations where... - Water Services
739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the promised constitutional referendum to keep Irish Water in public ownership will be held in November along with the... - Environmental Policy
740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many homes built by local authorities since 8 February 2020 are fully carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement on... - Rental Sector
741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a tenant with a notice to quit who is looking to avail of the tenant-in-situ scheme, who is living in a HAP property in one... - Departmental Policies
742. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 – 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason... - Housing Policy
743. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 13 July 2022, if his Department is considering any changes to the tenant... - Tax Code
744. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason landowners have to pay the 3% tax on lands that are being actively farmed and whose lands have no residential... - Citizens' Assembly
745. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make a statement on recommendations No. 22 and No. 13 of the Report of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss.... - Housing Schemes
746. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if steps are being taken to increase the staffing budget for local authorities to enable them to react in a timely manner to... - Local Authorities
748. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses registered in the name of each local authority as full owners in Ireland with the land registry in each... - Approved Housing Bodies
749. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any further recommendations will be put in place to make sure that approved housing bodies are not in competition with one... - Departmental Communications
750. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding an explanatory memo to be provided to the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and... - Approved Housing Bodies
753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if houses in control of Approved Housing Bodies are entitled to receive the HAP payment. [16491/23] - Land Issues
754. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what percentage of Irish land is designated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16543/23] - Departmental Schemes
757. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who owns a derelict house and wishes to avail of the vacant property refurbishment grant, and as a result of the... - Departmental Expenditure
760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to question No. 296 of 7 March 2023, if he will provide a further breakdown within of both allocations and outturns of... - Invasive Species Policy
761. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what agency of Government or his Department is responsible for the eradication of Japanese knotweed in particular around... - Rental Sector
763. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can recommend how a person renting a room in landlord-occupied or non-landlord occupied (details supplied) can seek... - Social Welfare Benefits
764. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social welfare payments included in the income assessments both for eligibility for and awarding of the amount offered in... - Departmental Strategies
765. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 – 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason... - Rental Sector
767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to introduce new planning legislation in relation to short-term lettings; his views on the current position in... - Transport Infrastructure Ireland
768. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that Transport Infrastructure Ireland has confirmed to this Deputy in writing that it has no responsibility for... - Fire Service
769. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details as to what provision there is in the Budget allocated to the LGMA for the running of the Retained Fire... - Water Services
770. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it was decided to locate Uisce Éireann's new national laboratory in Limerick; the formal appraisal that was carried... - Homeless Persons Supports
771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that there is capacity for single homeless persons in State-funded emergency accommodation. [16979/23] - Departmental Funding
772. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected funding for Marine Protected Areas in 2023 and 2024; if any funding has been allocated or spent to date; and if... - Environmental Policy
773. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline his plans to effectively manage, monitor and enforce marine protected areas, MPAs, as they increase from... - Homeless Persons Supports
775. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that was made available to each local authority for the homeless HAP place finder service; when funding was made... - Housing Policy
777. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify whether it will be open to owners of a vacant property or future renters/occupiers of a vacant property or both of... - Rights of Way
781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 30 March 2023, if he will outline in detail any changes to provisions in the... - Derelict Sites
782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to a previous Parliamentary Question, if his Department will urgently correspond with an organisation (details... - Departmental Strategies
783. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay;... - Housing Schemes
784. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to publish the revised rural housing guidelines in the context of a review of the 2005 planning guidelines on... - Defective Building Materials
785. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the defective builds scheme is now available to be applied for by someone living in Tipperary; and if he will make a... - Departmental Funding
786. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what funding is available for a voluntary housing association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Hare Coursing
787. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of hares captured from the wild for the 2022-2023 season; and how many times they were used during capture.... - Housing Policy
790. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding housing estates in urban areas that are not connected to the sewerage network; if any grant funding is... - Housing Schemes
792. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to promote the Ready to Build scheme; the support if any, that his Department extends to... - Housing Policy
795. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether it is intended, under the capital advance leasing facility, CALF, scheme of funding housing associations to purchase... - Water Pollution
798. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the status of Irish Water's plans as regards treating wastewater with ultraviolet light or equivalent... - Water Quality
799. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on what future infrastructure investment is needed to protect Dublin coastal and river water quality; and the... - Rental Sector
801. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the incremental tenants purchase scheme and the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) (Amendment)... - Housing Policy
802. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to abolish the build-to-rent apartment standards. [17350/23] - Small and Medium Enterprises
803. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his engagement with the Minister for Finance to reduce the costs for accountancy services for small owner-occupier... - Rental Sector
804. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to protect student renters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17357/23] - Departmental Data
805. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for the repair and leasing scheme (details supplied) that did not proceed due to a lack of housing... - Housing Schemes
807. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 30 March 2023, if rent allowance, which was replaced by the housing assistance... - Defective Building Materials
808. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that the current regulatory oversight and testing of quarries across this State is adequately resourced and... - Departmental Data
810. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the latest available data on the number of vacant properties by county, in tabular form. [17403/23] - Housing Policy
811. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options for families in real terms as they are faced with eviction (details supplied). [17454/23] - Departmental Correspondence
812. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether officials in his Department contacted Cork City Council with preliminary RTB data prior to its publication. [17456/23] - Rental Sector
814. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the process for allocating cost-rental properties managed by approved housing associations, in particular... - Housing Policy
815. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline in detail the new vacant property legislation; the amount payable for a person (details supplied); and if he will... - Invasive Species Policy
818. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given that, on 31 March 2023 Galway City Council issued an alert regarding the potential spread of the invasive quagga mussel... - Housing Policy
819. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify if houses in complexes with apartments are exempt from paying management company fees due to legislation... - Energy Policy
821. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to concerns regarding the energy efficiency retrofit programme being carried out by a local authority... - Departmental Funding
822. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Department funding could be increased for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Housing Policy
823. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when assessing income from earnings for access to a local authority social housing waiting list, if local authorities have the... - Departmental Data
825. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amounts in grant aid or funding awarded by his Department, or through schemes administered by it, to an organisation... - Citizens' Assembly
827. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide his response to the report from the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity and Loss; and if he will make a... - Rental Sector
828. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide his response to calls for a public body (details supplied) to establish a dedicated investigation unit to... - Departmental Schemes
829. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for a centralised platform or website to advertise all the various cost-rental schemes open for applicants... - Disability Services
830. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay;... - Local Authorities
833. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the number and cost of extensions constructed for council tenants for each local authority for the... - Housing Provision
834. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a copy of the most recent unit cost ceilings and averages for social housing new builds and acquisitions by local... - Energy Policy
836. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the status of a report submitted to him by the Planning Regulator/An Bord Pleanála regarding the wind... - Departmental Staff
837. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of... - Housing Provision
840. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of homes constructed by Local Authorities and Approved Housing Bodies in 2022, by county. [17847/23] - Disability Services
843. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for the... - Housing Policy
844. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can provide an update on a proposal submitted to his Department relating to an amendment to the nursing home support... - Departmental Offices
845. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people employed by the National Building Control Office in each year since it was established, in tabular form;... - Quarrying Sector
847. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to establish a single authority overseeing quarries within the State; and if he will make a statement on... - Local Authorities
848. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of outstanding development contributions and levies owed to Mayo County Council for each year for which data... - Planning Issues
849. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding section 254 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2021, what right of appeal will exist under the Draft... - Housing Schemes
850. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 18 January 2023, if he will amend the terms and conditions of the tenant purchase... - Planning Issues
851. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with respect to the new communications masts that are becoming apparent around Waterford city, what safeguards are being built... - Urban Development
852. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the €121.3 million funding for Dublin’s north inner city announced in 2021.... - Citizens' Assembly
853. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make a statement on recommendation No. 143 of the Report of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss; and the... - Housing Provision
855. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of new local authority homes added to the social housing stock by county since 27 June 2020, in tabular form;... - Local Authorities
856. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is expected the baseline Funding Allocation Review of local authority funding will be completed; whether it is... - Departmental Schemes
860. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he proposes to further extend the scope of the defective concrete blocks scheme to include additional residential... - Emergency Accommodation
861. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what measures are being taken to increase emergency accommodation in the Cork South-West constituency; and if he will make a... - Departmental Schemes
862. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects that homeowners will be able to make applications for redress to the revamped defective concrete block scheme;...
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