Written answers
Thursday, 7 December 2023
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Grant Payments
4. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to increase the grant awards allowable for local authority housing adaptation grants to meet the increased building costs; and... - Housing Provision
7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the number of housing commencements and completions in Carlow to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement... - Rental Sector
15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will comment on a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54167/23] - Cumarsáid Aireachta
17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cur síos a dhéanamh ar an ról atá, má tá, ag a Roinn in ullmhúcháin do... - Defective Building Materials
18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on engagements he has had with the engineering sector with respect to certification of specific options... - Housing Provision
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to report on the progress of the cost rental delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54223/23] - Regeneration Projects
21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government why the regeneration of a local authority housing complex in Dolphin House in Dublin 8 has been dogged and continually... - Flood Risk Management
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what additional supports his Department provided to Cork City Council and Cork County Council following the floods caused by... - Rental Sector
24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will bring in a ban on no-fault evictions during winter months given that homeless services in Galway are currently... - Housing Schemes
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the changes that took place to the tenant purchase scheme in recent months; and if he will make a statement... - Energy Conservation
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding available for the Energy Efficiency Social Housing Retrofit Programme in 2024; and if he will make a statement on... - Housing Provision
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he can avail of modern housing production methods to facilitate the provision of supply of homes to the... - Housing Schemes
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to advise what affordable housing schemes are planned for counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the... - State Bodies
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the restructuring and resourcing of An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53917/23] - Housing Policy
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he would introduce a weighted system into the scheme of letting priorities for allocations of local authority homes; if as... - Housing Schemes
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government To ask the Minister for Housing for an update on the number of successful applications for the First Home Scheme, and a... - Housing Policy
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the key targets for 2024 under Housing for All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53974/23] - Defective Building Materials
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish written confirmation from the Banking and Payments Federation that homes remediated or rebuilt under the... - Planning Issues
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase certainty across the planning system through the introduction of statutory timelines for... - Rental Sector
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the Residential Tenancies Board Rent Index Report Q2 2023, which showed that Galway City had... - Grant Payments
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the report reviewing housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability; to... - Homeless Accommodation
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider emergency housing measures to increase the supply of housing to those counties particularly affected by the... - Departmental Data
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any information on how many first-time buyers have purchased homes to date in 2023; how this compares to 2021 and... - Housing Schemes
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his target for assistance to restore properties through the vacant property refurbishment grant; and if he will make a... - Housing Provision
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all approved housing projects for both Cork City Council and Cork County Council from 1 January 2020 to... - Housing Schemes
44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to extending the timeline for completing works under croí cónaithe scheme; and if he... - Housing Policy
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the HAP limits in line with rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54222/23] - Water Services
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the multi-annual rural water programme 2024 – 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Rental Sector
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of delays with Residential Tenancies Board issuing confirmation letters to tenants on notice of terminations... - Environmental Policy
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Ireland’s new National Biodiversity Action Plan will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Septic Tanks
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the increase in septic tank grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53930/23] - Housing Provision
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding available to support the delivery of social homes in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53934/23] - Traveller Accommodation
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take to ensure local authorities increase the number of Traveller accommodation units; and if he will make a... - Vacant Properties
56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to advise when data from each local authority in relation to the properties entering the vacant homes action plan programme and... - State Bodies
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the work of Land Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54062/23] - Housing Schemes
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on developments under the croí cónaithe cities scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Defective Building Materials
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline why defective concrete block homeowners in counties Donegal, Mayo, Clare and Limerick have been offered support... - Departmental Schemes
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on plans to include Broadford and Cooraclare, County Clare in a pilot sewerage scheme for unsewered villages.... - Housing Schemes
62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend access to local authority home loans to tackle long-term vacancy and dereliction; and if he will make a... - Housing Policy
63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his plans to develop housing on State-owned lands in line with the principles of the transit-oriented development in... - Housing Schemes
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what consultation or discussions he has had with stakeholders in relation to the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a... - Legislative Measures
66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to commence parts 4 and 5 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022; the barriers in doing so to date; and if he will make a... - Housing Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide in tabular form a list of all completed cost-rental housing schemes delivered to date by the Land Development Agency... - Local Authorities
70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his proposals for strategic ten-year development plans for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Water Quality
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that the water from private wells is of a safe standard, given that since Uisce Éireann... - Vacant Properties
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline details of the Voids Programme for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54190/23] - Departmental Funding
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when emergency funding for interim fire safety and other measures for homeowners and OMCs with Celtic tiger era building... - Mayoral Election
77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the proposals that he plans to table for consideration by the citizens of Dublin of future governance for... - Housing Schemes
78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline when he intends to bring forward the promised "first refusal" legislation with regard to the tenant in situ scheme;... - Housing Policy
81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what measures he is going to put in place to address those families and individuals in homeless services who are above the... - Housing Schemes
83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of money paid out under the vacant property refurbishment grant in each month since it was established; if he will... - Traveller Accommodation
84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to bring forward legislation to give effect to the planning recommendations of the Expert Group on Traveller... - Gaeltacht Policy
85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the publication of the draft planning guidelines for Gaeltacht areas; and if he will make a statement on the... - Housing Schemes
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his assessment of the impact of affordable purchase initiatives on increasing home ownership; and if he will make a statement... - Water Pollution
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can outline what measures his Department will be putting in place with Uisce Éireann to reduce the levels of raw...
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