Written answers
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Energy Conservation
645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses in Galway city and Galway county that have been upgraded through the retrofitting programme for social... - Housing Schemes
646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if changes made by his Department now require a tenant to have resided in their home for ten years before accessing this... - Local Elections
647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the restrictions currently in place for civil servants and public servants contesting local government elections. [27060/23] - Social Welfare Benefits
648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will re-examine the rates of HAP payment in the light of the experience of a person (details supplied) who is struggling... - Housing Schemes
649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is an intention to increase the housing adaption grant for people with disabilities, which has a maximum grant of... - Water Pollution
650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his Department have had any correspondence or discussion with officials from Northern Ireland in relation to... - Housing Schemes
653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability will be published. [27164/23] - Allotments Provision
654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the proposed policy to help protect and provide more allotments and community gardens in... - Housing Schemes
655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a policy proposal to help local people obtain a rental property (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Referendum Campaigns
656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will set out the timeline for proposed referenda due to take place this year, including the introduction of relevant... - Judicial Reviews
657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the names of solicitors and their firms who have received payments from An Bord Pleanála who they have... - Housing Provision
658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is on target to complete action 2.10 of Housing for All to examine a system of holding rental deposits by... - Housing Schemes
659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has been paid out under the vacant property refurbishment grant since it was established, broken down by... - Local Authorities
660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement his Department has had with officials in Longford County Council in relation to the exceptional and severe... - Housing Policy
661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his strategy for bringing all vacant local authority housing back into residential use to reduce social housing waiting lists;... - Local Authorities
662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount collected under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 as amended by each local authority in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form;... - Defective Building Materials
663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline how he can assure the affected homeowners in counties Donegal, Mayo, Clare, Limerick and other counties... - EU Directives
665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a copy of all recommendations, briefing notes and supporting documents including legal advices, external... - Departmental Regulations
670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he stands over his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service's long-standing and continuing legal requirement,... - EU Directives
672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will assure that all new or amended regulations pertinent to the annual State-wide derogations from protections afforded... - Departmental Reports
674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request his Department to provide requested information (details supplied) covering the period from the 2020-2021... - Wildlife Conservation
675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on any proposals that are being made in relation to payments being made permanent for farmers in... - Housing Schemes
676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 45 local authority housing units approved for construction in (details supplied) have finished construction; if so,... - Housing Provision
681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the five AHB units under a housing association approved for construction (details supplied) have finished construction; if... - Housing Schemes
682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Offaly County Council and Laois County Council have made applications under the affordable housing fund to support... - Planning Issues
684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will seek details from each individual local authority in respect of the percentage of rural one-off housing... - Emergency Accommodation
685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown by nationality of the 12,259 people in emergency accommodation; how many that are Irish citizens, non-Irish EU... - Housing Schemes
687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount spent on the HAP and RAS schemes by the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular... - Housing Provision
688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of social houses constructed by the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form.... - Departmental Data
689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of people who became homeless in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular... - Rental Sector
690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of notifications of termination of tenancy issued to the Residential Tenancies Board in each of the past ten... - Emergency Accommodation
692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of persons currently in emergency homeless accommodation in the State; and the total number of available... - Vacant Properties
693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties owned by his Department which are currently vacant; and if he will detail the locations of these... - Emergency Accommodation
695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a study to determine the mental and physical health impacts of extended periods of stay in... - Planning Issues
696. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress of the review of the 2018 regulations that exempt certain vacant commercial... - Water Services
697. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is honouring the brokered Management Transformation Framework Document delivered in June 2022; and if he... - Housing Provision
700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to anomalies in the criteria for qualifying for cost-rental schemes administered through the... - Housing Schemes
701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who have applied for the derelict property grant, by county; and the amount paid out under the grant in... - Ministerial Responsibilities
703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Minister and officials responsible for negotiating a deal (details supplied). [27493/23] - Housing Schemes
704. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes acquired under the first home scheme since its introduction, by the number of homes per local authority,... - Departmental Communications
708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a report published by an organisation (details supplied); if he will respond to the recommendations set out... - Departmental Policies
710. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the... - Housing Schemes
711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give additional resources to Louth County Council to expedite urgent housing adaptation grant application cases... - Departmental Bodies
712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many ecologists are currently employed in An Bord Pleanála; and the cost per year per post, in tabular form. [27694/23] - Departmental Staff
719. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the workforce plan for the marine and climate unit; the current staffing levels; and the cost per year per post, in tabular... - Regulatory Bodies
720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the workforce plan for the maritime area regulatory authority; the current staffing levels per specialism; and the cost per... - Housing Schemes
721. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of active tenancies in the housing assistance payment scheme and rental accommodation scheme. [27719/23] - Housing Policy
722. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on introducing regulations to allow individuals who rent or buy an apartment to have a pet; and if he will make a... - Electoral Process
723. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide accurate electronic copies of clear maps for every local electoral area in the country. [27771/23] - Citizens' Assembly
724. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of establishing a marine biodiversity national coordination body as recommended by the Citizen's Assembly... - Housing Schemes
725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to address an anomaly with the Croí Cónaithe grant scheme (details supplied); and if he will... - Wildlife Protection
726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that have undertaken hedgerow surveys; if targeted funding is available to councils to... - Architectural Heritage
727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has any plans to acquire Knocklofty House, Clonmel, County Tipperary to prevent it from further... - Wildlife Regulations
728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will supply a complete copy of all recommendations, briefing notes and supporting documents (including legal advices -... - Wildlife Protection
741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, with regard to the Annual State-wide Wild Birds derogation Declarations for the period 2020.21 to the 2023.24 extension of... - Defective Building Materials
745. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the new defective scheme will accept applications from beneficial owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Housing Schemes
747. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time the vacant property refurbishment grant will last. [27916/23] - Housing Policy
748. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when legislation will be brought forward to provide tenants facing a no-fault eviction the right of first refusal if the... - Water Services
750. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the towns which currently must limit housing development due to inadequate waste water treatment capacity, in tabular form;... - Departmental Schemes
751. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications under the domestic lead remediation grant scheme since its introduction in 2016, per local... - Departmental Expenditure
752. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total spend on consulting services and on ‘business-as-usual’ outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code... - Defective Building Materials
753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if officials from his Department will be meeting with homeowners and representatives prior to an updated report on the... - Wildlife Protection
754. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that a company (details supplied) has responded positively to appeals and banned cruel animal snares from its... - Defective Building Materials
755. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of establishing the working group to examine defects in housing, having regard to the recommendations of the Joint... - Wastewater Treatment
756. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full cost, current cost and capital cost to establish the registration and inspection scheme 2012 for the domestic... - Public Sector Staff
757. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of ecologists, marine biologists and ornithologists to be employed at the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority; if... - State Bodies
758. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total spend on consulting services and on business-as-usual outsourcing at the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority as... - Public Sector Staff
759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of ecologists, marine biologists and ornithologists employed in An Bord Pleanála; if there are any plans to... - State Bodies
760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total spend on consulting services and on business-as-usual outsourcing at An Bord Pleanála as differentiated under... - Housing Schemes
761. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a series of matters (details supplied) will be clarified in relation to the tenant in situ purchase scheme in cases in... - Renewable Energy Generation
765. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Government is not ensuring the installation of solar panels on local authority homes that are undergoing... - Defective Building Materials
766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will meet with the organisers of a campaign (details supplied) before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Data
767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title... - Housing Policy
769. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the temporary time-limited waiver in respect of development contribution fees for self-build homes in... - Defective Building Materials
770. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has determined the number of houses in the ownership of Mayo County Council that have tested for pyrite; if these homes... - Local Authorities
771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects a biodiversity officer to be appointed in County Longford. [28255/23] - Defective Building Materials
773. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, given the recent final report submitted by Sligo County Council, Sligo will be included in the defective concrete blocks... - Housing Schemes
774. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on plans for a 'right-sizing' scheme; if this will support older people who own their own homes and are... - Housing Provision
776. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the most up-to-date housing needs assessment for counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and the number on each of the local authority... - Septic Tanks
777. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the infrastructure fees waiver that has been announced includes septic tanks. [28282/23] - State Bodies
778. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the outcome of the review commissioned by Uisce Éireann to be carried out by a company (details supplied) on Uisce... - Invasive Species Policy
779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide update on efforts to reduce and eliminate rhododendron ponticum; if he will introduce incentives to... - Wind Energy Guidelines
780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the revised guidelines on wind energy development will be published as part of Q2 targets for the 2023 Climate Action... - Foreshore Issues
781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all foreshore licence applications in County Dublin submitted in each year from 2000 to 2010, including... - Housing Schemes
782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will look at amending the criteria with regards to the croí cónaithe grant to allow someone who is the only... - Wastewater Treatment
783. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Uisce Éireann will take charge of the wastewater system at Sliabh Dubh, Corduff, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, to... - Water Services
785. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is intended to announce the rural water programme for 2023; the reason for the delay with this in view of the fact... - Housing Policy
786. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Government's approach to addressing Ireland's housing crisis; the measures being taken to increase affordable housing... - Water Services
787. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether there is any grant funding available to support the cost of works to a private group water scheme where a total... - Departmental Strategies
788. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Implementation Plan for the National Housing Strategy for People with Disabilities 2022-2027 will be published; and... - Fisheries Protection
789. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking in response to the significant decline in the salmon population; and if he will make a statement on the...
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