Written answers
Wednesday, 7 February 2024
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Provision
238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown of figures for housing delivered by Mayo County Council in 2023 compared to targets set by Mayo County Council... - Planning Issues
239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown of the number of planning applications lodged and approved by Mayo County Council in 2023; and if he will make... - Housing Provision
240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the number of commencement orders for housing developments and the number of housing units delivered... - Planning Issues
242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planners recruited by the Land Development Agency from An Bord Pleanála; if he acknowledges that recruiting... - Local Authorities
243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he could provide details relating to the Cork Event Centre; the estimated costs of constructing the Cork Event Centre... - Regional Development
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the statistical measures and controls used across Government Departments to ensure balanced regional development,... - Rental Sector
245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what steps a landlord needs to take to avail of the landlord guarantee scheme (details supplied); how long the scheme will... - Vacant Properties
246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the number of vacant social homes brought back into active use under the voids programme in County... - State Properties
247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a timeline for when the Government will conclude its consideration of sites recommended for transfer to the... - Fire Safety
248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the body that has responsibility to ensure that all fire hydrants are working and fit for purpose, whether Uisce... - Departmental Schemes
249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 23 January 2024, a timeline for the completion and publication of the... - Local Authorities
250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will consider reviewing the current position where local authorities are not entitled to sell properties to... - Water Quality
251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on and his proposed response to the recent decision of the European Court of Justice ruling that the level of... - Defective Building Materials
252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether a successfully awarded defective concrete block grant for a home is available to an individual who... - Housing Provision
253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 14 December 2023, for an update on the Department's examination of the creation... - Housing Schemes
254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if income eligibility limits for social housing will be reviewed again in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a... - Local Authorities
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Louth County Council has drawn down the €570,000 additional funding for the housing adaptation grant scheme that was... - Wind Energy Guidelines
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the erection of industrial-size wind turbines that exceed 150 metres in height; and the minimum distance such... - Housing Schemes
260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any figures in relation to the number of Croí Cónaithe applications made to the various local authorities,... - Referendum Campaigns
261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a timeline on the referendum on the right to housing. [5228/24] - Official Travel
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government;... - Housing Provision
265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total expenditure in 2023 on social and affordable housing funded through SHIP, CALF, CAS, AHF, CREL, AHB borrowing and... - Legislative Measures
266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is preparing legislation to address issues of habitual residency and social housing support eligibility; and if so, the... - Defective Building Materials
267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of owners' management companies that have applied for the interim emergency funding for buildings with defects that... - Rental Sector
268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what subvention is available to the Land Development Agency to help it ensure that its rents are at least 25% below market... - Water Services
269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he has received any reports or briefings from Uisce Éireann with regard to the timeframe for water connections to... - Urban Development
270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 414 and 415 of 12 December 2023, for an update in respect of his consideration of the... - Departmental Advertising
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in... - Departmental Contracts
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with departmental or ministerial public relations; if so, the... - Departmental Expenditure
274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in... - Housing Schemes
276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a series of issues in relation to council tenants (details supplied) who were not allowed a... - Planning Issues
277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make changes (details supplied) to exempted development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5486/24] - Rental Sector
279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is providing supports for older renters who are unable to retire due to the high cost of their rent,... - Urban Development
280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is envisaged that the urban development zones proposed in the Planning and Development Bill 2023 could be used to... - Housing Schemes
282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address issues raised in a case (details supplied); and if the situation referred to is consistent with Government... - Vacant Properties
283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the number of vacant and derelict properties to enter the compulsory purchase order activation programme in each... - Housing Provision
284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes, respectively, that will be delivered through LDA investment in 2024;... - Departmental Expenditure
285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an itemised breakdown of his Department’s voted capital and current expenditure for 2023 and 2024;... - Housing Provision
286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable cost rental homes delivered by AHBs and the LDA in 2023; the breakdown, by local authority area; the... - Departmental Schemes
287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to the application process for the housing adaptation grant, if he will consider simplifying the application... - Housing Schemes
288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the approximate timeframe from beginning to completion of the process where local authorities purchase properties under the... - Housing Policy
289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of common green/grass areas in council/local authority estates comes... - Invasive Species Policy
290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a series of matters in relation to the detrimental impact that invasive pike have on the freshwater pearl mussel's...
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