Written answers
Tuesday, 11 July 2023
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Policy
324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to the scoping maps for the residential zoned land tax, what is the total area of land, in hectares, currently... - Rental Sector
332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make a statement on the short-term tourist letting register. [33441/23] - Housing Provision
333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of tenant in situ purchases in each local authority. [33442/23] - Local Authorities
334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that have a full-time vacant homes officer. [33445/23] - Housing Provision
335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make a statement on the effect of inflation on local authorities and approved housing bodies in the context of... - Animal Culls
336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the cull of seagulls which was permitted on a pilot basis in Balbriggan proved a success; whether an extension into... - State Bodies
337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline what progress has been made in relation to the proposed replacement of board members of An Bord Pleanála; to... - Housing Schemes
338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedures for a tenant on the Drogheda housing list who is moving to a HAP tenancy in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown; which... - Waterways Ireland
339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of concerns that Waterways Ireland may have failed to register any properties such as marinas over the course... - Housing Policy
341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether the date range for being liable for the development contribution fee will be amended to include... - Housing Provision
342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he intends to ensure the delivery of affordable homes in the Poolbeg SDZ following the sale of NAMA's stake in the site to... - Postal Voting
343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress on expanding postal votes in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33507/23] - Electoral Process
344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce measures to allow Irish citizens who are working overseas in the private sector to vote in national,... - Departmental Reports
345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the subject matter of departmental reports which are pending publication; and the timeline for publication of each of these... - Housing Provision
346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for social housing in each county, and in Dublin City Council; and the number of social housing units... - Housing Policy
347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding Part V tenants' use of communal areas in apartments; and his plans to review this policy. [33527/23] - Vacant Sites
348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the adequacy of the vacant sites register. [33528/23] - Homeless Accommodation
349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department records the reasons for refusal of access to homeless accommodation; and, if so, the incidence of such... - Departmental Policies
350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to several Parliamentary Questions of 13 June 2023, in particular where he provided additional information not... - Wildlife Regulations
351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a specific matter (details supplied). [33551/23] - Planning Issues
354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department would consider reforming the zoning and planning process to improve the timelines for delivery of housing... - Departmental Staff
357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his... - Housing Schemes
358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to increase the maximum grant available under the housing aid for older people scheme for roof repairs/replacement... - Housing Policy
359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the decision to lift the temporary moratorium on no-fault evictions; and his plans to reinstate a winter... - Planning Issues
360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on progress in respect of negotiations in respect of the proposed development at the former Irish Glass... - Housing Provision
361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing commencements and completions by each local authority to date in 2023. [33632/23] - Housing Schemes
363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify if an older couple with medical issues (details supplied) who have rented a three-bedroomed property for the past... - Wildlife Regulations
364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he agrees that when a Government Department confirms a recurring threat to public health and safety for the first time... - Housing Schemes
373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether the tenant-in-situ scheme includes properties in which tenants are considered 'overaccommodated'... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget allocated to the National Parks and Wildlife Service for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and the... - State Bodies
375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 5 July 2022, the number of staff and their specific roles sanctioned by his... - Defective Building Materials
377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the centralisation of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme, the pyrite remediation scheme, the... - Departmental Meetings
378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times either he, his junior Ministers or departmental officials met with representatives of an organisation... - Departmental Consultations
379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of experts' and consultants' reports his Department commissioned in 2021, 2022 and 2023; the cost of each report;... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many biologists are employed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service; what areas they specialise in; and if he will... - Vacant Properties
381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 27 June 2023, the details of the agreement reached with the Banking Federation of... - Housing Schemes
382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of tenant-in-situ purchases that have been completed in each local authority... - Housing Policy
383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and his Department will provide grants of €50,000 to first-time buyers who build their own houses for permanent... - Housing Provision
385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications and total funding sought from individual local authorities under the land acquisition fund; how... - Housing Policy
386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications and total funding sought from approved housing bodies under the land acquisition fund; how much... - Defective Building Materials
389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline a timeline for the roll-out of a scheme for approved housing bodies affected by defective concrete block. [33853/23] - EU Funding
390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how much funding from the state's EU National Recovery and Resilience Plan has been earmarked and drawn down to date for the... - Housing Schemes
392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the revolving fund established under Rebuilding Ireland and administered by the Housing Agency. [33856/23] - Water Services
393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 15 November 2022, for an update on rural water frameworks; when money will be... - Hare Coursing
395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of correspondence his office has received on behalf of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the... - Departmental Correspondence
396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will list the occasions he has corresponded with the director of the Residential Tenancies Board since he took office;... - Defective Building Materials
397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an updated figure for the number of houses that have been completed (either demolished and reconstructed and-or... - Housing Provision
399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on a housing allocation for 42 social houses in Carrigart, County Donegal, where money was approved in 2018; and... - Legislative Measures
400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 664 of 13 June 2023, if he will outline his plans to update the legislation pertaining... - Housing Provision
401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable homes that have been built in Cork city in each of the past five years; the total amount... - Vacant Properties
405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has invited Cork City Council to make an application for the vacant properties or voids programme; if such an... - Housing Schemes
406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage to rent applications to date in 2023 through AHBs, local authorities and Home for Life, respectively.... - Vacant Sites
407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount collected, by local authority, by year in vacant sites levy since the levy was established, in tabular form.... - Departmental Data
408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a barter account for the provision of goods or... - Hare Coursing
409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the number of pregnant females released on a club-by-club basis for the coursing seasons 2020, 2021 and 2022; and... - Construction Industry
413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider creating a statutory oversight body for the construction sector that will investigate claims of negligent... - Departmental Data
415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of families living in social housing, either directly with councils or with approved housing bodies, but... - National Parks
416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of park wardens employed across the State, broken down by county council. [34187/23] - Legislative Reviews
417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the departmental review of the effectiveness of the Derelict Sites Act; and if he will make a statement... - Housing Provision
418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority housing units in the State at present in respect of which local authorities are receiving rent... - Emergency Accommodation
419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 12,441 people in emergency accommodation who are Irish nationals, nationals of other EU member states, UK... - Fire Service
420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of retained firefighters who have departed the service annually from 2010 to date; the number of retained... - Wind Energy Guidelines
422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of the draft revised wind energy development guidelines; and if he will make a statement on... - Compulsory Purchase Orders
425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding compulsory purchase order powers of local authorities for the provision of housing; how this is being... - Housing Schemes
426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of completed cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme offers; the number in progress, by county, in tabular form; and if... - Commercial Rates
427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will actively engage with local authorities to ensure that where commercial rates are already in place for a building, a... - Housing Schemes
428. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase funding for housing adaptation grants for older persons and persons with a disability, in view of local... - Departmental Policies
429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the new framework to continue the joint co-operative policy making and implementation between his Department and... - Housing Schemes
430. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the major discrepancies in the time it takes for different local authorities to reimburse... - Housing Policy
431. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his Department’s strategy in regard to modular housing building projects; and the number of units projected...
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