Written answers
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Waterways Issues
591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated in Budget 2024 to assist with the restoration of the Ulster Canal; and if the route has been an item of... - Local Authorities
592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the preservation of allotment plots in local authority areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Housing Provision
593. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total new homes recorded under Housing for All progress updates; the number which have gone to market; and the number... - Vacant Properties
595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will send a circular to all local authorities asking for them to allow for an extension of the 13-month period to... - Wastewater Treatment
596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the impact that the slow progress being made in the taking in charge of housing estates is having upon the... - Departmental Schemes
597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to review the housing assistance payment in order that weekly tenant contributions are calculated as a percentage... - Artificial Intelligence
598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Funding
599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what funding is available from his Department for the establishment of local museums and for the collection and collation of... - Grant Payments
600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a grant (details supplied) could be paid out in stages for each category of work completed; and if he will make a statement... - Waterways Issues
601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position with a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Housing Provision
602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost rental tenant in situ homes completed to date for each local authority; the number in progress, in tabular... - Departmental Circulars
603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason all housing circulars are not published on the gov.ie website as matter of routine; if he will give a commitment to... - Housing Schemes
604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider including those who wish to down-size to free up a family size home in the 'fresh start' principle for... - Departmental Bodies
605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has received or approved a capitalisation request from the Land Development Agency for additional... - Fire Safety
607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the introduction of emergency funding for interim fire safety works in buildings with fire safety and... - Departmental Funding
610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of Vote 34 in budget 2024, providing the total capital and current expenditure for each individual... - Planning Issues
612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if section 19 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, which imposes a general requirement on planning authorities to make a... - Housing Provision
613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of social housing units delivered by AHBs accessing the CLSS loans where the loans have now been fully... - Regeneration Projects
615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the €250 million URDF funding announced in budget 2024, by specific funding scheme that is,... - Housing Schemes
616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the Croí Cónaithe funding announced in budget 2024, by Croí Cónaithe towns and... - Planning Issues
617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the additional €10 million provided for planning matters in budget 2024; the amount for An... - Budget 2024
618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the €9 million additional funding announced in budget 2024, detailing how much of this... - Departmental Expenditure
619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total expenditure in 2022 and to date in 2023 on social and affordable housing funded through SHIP, CALF, CAS, AHF, CREL,... - Capital Expenditure Programme
620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the capital allocation of €5 billion for social and affordable housing in Budget 2024 by the... - Housing Provision
621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of additional housing first tenancies that will be provided in 2024 with the additional capital allocation of... - Capital Expenditure Programme
623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total approved capitalisation approved by Government to date; the dates on which these capitalisations were approved; the... - Housing Provision
624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of general Government capital expenditure on social and affordable housing by local authorities, approved... - Legislative Measures
627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason "pandemic" is defined in the Electoral Reform Act 2022 as an outbreak of disease which has been declared by the... - Ministerial Staff
628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 that have been filed by his special advisers in 2020,... - Water Services
629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that Uisce Éireann is using circular WSP01/16 as justification for requiring sureties when dealing with... - Water Supply
630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 564 of 18 January 2023, and given the reissuing of the boil water notice for the... - Rental Sector
631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details, for each of the 31 local authorities, on the number of inspections for minimum standards of... - Departmental Advertising
632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the advertising spend of his Department and agencies under the remit of his Department, by national... - Local Authorities
633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what guidance has been given to local authorities regarding variable rate mortgages provided by the local authorities and... - Tax Reliefs
634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the mortgage interest relief scheme proposed by his Government will also include those on local authority mortgages... - Departmental Schemes
636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants to the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability scheme in the years... - Official Engagements
637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the government of Israel, any state... - Departmental Regulations
639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 18 October 2023, if the draft regulations have been presented to his private... - Housing Provision
640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of government funding for all Dublin City Council housing programmes and expenditure in each of... - Vacant Properties
641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the anticipated changes in funding to local authorities for 2024 in respect of the conversion of voids; and, where a reduction... - Energy Policy
644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the preparations of the guidance document on improving energy efficiency in traditional buildings; and if he... - Departmental Schemes
645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all projects under the ready to build (serviced sites) scheme, whether underway or completed, broken down... - Housing Policy
648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the revised cost rental equity loan (CREL) guidance document will be published. [48000/23] - Departmental Contracts
649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department engages a company (details supplied); if so, the duration and nature of the work; the cost of same to the... - Wind Energy Guidelines
650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to update the 2006 wind energy development guidelines relative to the changes in that sector, such as technology... - Local Authorities
652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, given the discrepancies in the clawback calculations from FOI responses received from Dublin City Council (€24,000)... - Defective Building Materials
654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 10 October 2023, when his Department will establish an oversight committee to... - Corporate Governance
655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of complaints he has filed to the Corporate Enforcement Agency (CEA) since the establishment of the CEA and/or An... - Wildlife Regulations
656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to help an organisation (details supplied) with issues over bringing birds to and from... - Building Regulations
657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he anticipates an improvement in terms of accessibility to all new build dwellings in order to facilitate... - Housing Provision
658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48146/23] - Housing Policy
659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to respond to concerns raised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48154/23] - Defective Building Materials
660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will advise on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48248/23] - Natura 2000
661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when substitute consent is or is not required to rectify small non-compliances with planning in or near a Natura 2,000 site,... - Housing Policy
662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether it is intended to widen the eligibility criteria for the mortgage to rent scheme; when new guidelines are likely to... - Departmental Contracts
664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and details of contracts currently held by his Government Department with a company (details supplied); and if he... - Housing Policy
665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will be introducing 'use it or lose it' rules to strip developers of planning permission on land they have failed to... - Departmental Reports
666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report from the Housing Commission will be published. [48381/23] - Housing Policy
667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person qualifies for the affordable housing scheme in cases in which the lending institution refuses a mortgage to an... - Legislative Measures
668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government pursuant to section 9 of the Land Development Agency Act 2021, the details of any reports he has received to date from the... - Departmental Correspondence
669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) that relate to his Department and an agency. [48431/23] - Defective Building Materials
670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the repair of social houses affected by defective concrete blocks; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Budgets
671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the capital and current budget allocations for each of the programmes included in Vote 34,... - Homeless Accommodation
672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that all local authority winter homeless initiatives/additional winter capacity are now open; and if he will... - Housing Provision
673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what power the Housing Agency has with respect to purchasing houses under the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a... - Traveller Accommodation
675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason only two caravans were granted to Clare under the caravan loan scheme in 2022; and if he will make a statement on... - Housing Provision
676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he plans to address a need (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48574/23] - Constitutional Amendments
677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the work of the Commission on Housing regarding the referendum on the right to housing; the draft... - Departmental Contracts
678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and details of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Local Authorities
679. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of local authorities that have applied for additional funding for vacant homes officers to date in... - Departmental Contracts
681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and details of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Vacant Properties
683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received for the vacant properties refurbishment grant in each of the last 12 months, the number of... - Housing Schemes
684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for the first home shared equity scheme; the number of approvals; the average house price for all... - Rented Dwellings Register
685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his discussions with the European Commissioner relating to the implementation of a short-term... - Meteorological Services
686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE hydrometeorologists working in Met Éireann in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if... - Weather Events
687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what additional supports his Department is making available to Louth County Council in relation to the clean-up operation... - Grant Payments
688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authority adaptation grants are available to tenants of approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Budgets
690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with respect to the carryover of €240 million to Programme A – Housing Capital in Vote 34 from Budget 2022 to... - Marine Protected Areas
691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the Minister of State with responsibility for Heritage and his Department officials urgently consult... - Waterways Issues
692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the third River Basin Management Plan for Ireland, to cover the EU Water Framework Directive third cycle, will be... - Departmental Expenditure
693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State expenditure on long-term leasing to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48841/23]
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