Written answers
Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of staffing for environmental planning in NPWS, and the full cost per post level in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and in... - Public Sector Staff
380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE and HTE staff, by grade, in the NWPS, in tabular form. [54991/23] - Departmental Data
384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Tusla/CAS social housing units delivered by AHBs for care leavers and others delivered in each year since... - Departmental Staff
386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full-year cost to recruit two additional senior archaeologists and seven additional WTE archaeologists for his... - Marine Protected Areas
387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it his intention, in line with the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, to designate 10% of Ireland’s seas as strictly... - Housing Policy
388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a higher HAP discretion is allowable in Dublin despite the enormous rent being sought in Galway, which has priced... - Defective Building Materials
389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the inclusion of Sligo in the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Housing Policy
390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the implications in terms of the calculation of differential rent and social housing income eligibility for a HAP... - Departmental Expenditure
391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 7 November 2023 and No. 97 of 22 November 2023, if he will supply the guidance... - Traveller Accommodation
392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm when a decision about supplying Dublin City Council with funding for the upgrade of the bays in Labre Park will be... - Water Services
394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the framework for the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme will be issued to Galway County Council; the reason for the... - National Parks
395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital works projects that were carried out in each of the National Parks under the remit of his Department during 2023;... - Departmental Policies
396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department during 2023; and if he will make a statement... - Housing Schemes
397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent approvals in 2023, by provider, in tabular form. [54815/23] - Derelict Sites
398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the derelict sites levies levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed; and the number of sites on their register on 31... - Vacant Sites
400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the latest data on the amounts levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed; and the number of sites on each register for the... - Housing Provision
401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes sold, by county, to date in 2023. [54851/23] - Housing Schemes
402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost-rental homes that people have moved into, by county, in 2023. [54852/23] - Housing Provision
405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses delivered, by local authority and by AHBs respectively, by county, in tabular form. [54855/23] - Urban Development
406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the timeline for delivery of the North West Quarter Regeneration in Cork. [54856/23] - Housing Schemes
407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of successful right-sizing applications in 2023, by local authority, in tabular form. [54858/23] - Local Authorities
410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected processing time from application submission to sale of house on affordable houses; or the target he is hoping to... - Electoral Process
413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the research in relation to lowering the voting age to 16 years; and if he will make a statement on... - Urban Development
414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount provided to Wicklow County Council in Urban Regeneration Development Funding in 2022 and 2023 in respect of the... - Seaweed Harvesting
416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 382 of 4 July 2023, to provide a copy of the site investigation report. [54920/23] - Housing Schemes
417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an eligible person can avail of the housing assistance payment scheme when renting a room in a house where the landlord... - Departmental Bodies
419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title, in the Land Development Agency; and when each of those vacancies will be filled,... - Housing Schemes
420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what criteria must be met for a person living in direct provision to be eligible for HAP; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Programmes
421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to increase the energy efficiency retrofitting programmes by 50%. [54972/23] - Local Authorities
422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of staffing for environmental planning in local authorities, in and the full cost per post level in 2020, 2021, 2022,... - Departmental Bodies
423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE and HTE staff, by grade, in An Bord Pleanála, in tabular form. [54993/23] - National Parks and Wildlife Service
426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff in the NPWS with climate action expertise; if there are plans to recruit more; and the average cost per... - State Bodies
434. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated year one cost to and full year cost to establish MARA. [55023/23] - Departmental Funding
435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total cost of funds provided to complete hedgerow surveys; the average cost per successful applicant to complete a... - Departmental Properties
437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these... - Referendum Campaigns
438. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the Government commitment to stage a referendum on water ownership; and if he will make a statement on the... - Local Authorities
439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider using net pay to calculate eligibility for local authority housing adaptation grant thresholds rather than gross... - Turf Cutting
440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55118/23] - Housing Provision
441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Tusla/CAS social housing units delivered by AHBs for care leavers are not included in his Departments social... - Departmental Policies
442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55211/23] - Homeless Accommodation
444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who have exited emergency accommodation in each year since his Department commenced publishing... - Rental Sector
445. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes purchased by the Housing Agency under the tenant in situ cost rental scheme for eligible tenants; and what... - Renewable Energy Generation
446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has issued any guidelines for the development of regional spatial and economic strategies and how they are coordinated... - Homeless Persons Supports
447. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the role local authorities have in respect of persons presenting as homeless who have an income above the... - Postal Voting
448. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the right to a postal vote to voters that will be in late stage of pregnancy (or early stage after birth) in... - Fire Stations
449. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the provision for a new Fire Station in Rathdowney, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Vacant Properties
450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is a prerequisite for local authorities to insist on applicants for the vacant home refurbishment grants to supply full... - State Bodies
451. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how, and to what extent, the Land Development Agency will be funded in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Grant Payments
453. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made for the vacant property refurbishment grants in each county in each month since July 2022; the... - Housing Schemes
454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a standalone scheme for persons living in a home built prior to 1991 which has construction defects;... - Planning Issues
457. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the practice of developers not commencing construction after they have received planning permission; and his... - Waterways Ireland
458. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is aware of a confidentiality clause being signed within Waterways Ireland (details supplied); if this... - Housing Schemes
459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies where there is a family relationship between the landlord and the tenant. [55430/23]
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