Written answers
Tuesday, 11 June 2024
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Environmental Policy
366.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will meet with a group (details supplied), as promised in Dáil Éireann recently; and if so, when he will meet... - Animal Welfare
367.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide each local authority that has an animal welfare officer in place; the date from which there has been no welfare... - Rental Sector
368.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the recommendation by the Housing Commission to make rental data and cost publicly available; if this is... - Housing Schemes
369.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants available for the upkeep and maintenance of thatched cottages owned by private individuals. [24606/24] - Departmental Data
370.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of any anti-racism or unconscious bias training and presentations made available to staff in his Department... - Local Government Reform
371.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the duties listed as part of the general service supervisors agreement under the Better Local Government Agreement of 1996; and... - Housing Schemes
372.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason equity share monetary values in affordable housing have been limited based on density. [24691/24] - Legislative Measures
373.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will be prioritising the progression of any specific pieces of legislation prior to the Dáil summer... - Rental Sector
374.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households currently renting a house or flat from a local authority. [24724/24] - Local Authorities
378.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to review correspondence from Monaghan County Council (details supplied); and if he will address the issues highlighted and... - Defective Building Materials
379.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a more flexible approach to the rebuild location under the defective blocks scheme, particularly in... - Parking Provision
380.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a request (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24755/24] - Planning Issues
381.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to three previous Parliamentary Questions (details supplied), the status of the investigation into alleged planning... - Legislative Measures
382.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide legislation to regulate light pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24767/24] - Housing Provision
383.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide, in tabular form, a detailed update on the completion of social and affordable housing units in the east Cork area,... - Water Services
385.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will expand the powers of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities in respect of investigating failures by Uisce... - Housing Schemes
388.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what financial assistance, if any, is available to assist with the cost of works on a house due to rising damp in the home of... - Rental Sector
390.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider extending the remit of the Residential Tenancies Board to cover all tenants under the rent-a-room scheme; to detail... - Housing Provision
391.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a development (details supplied) will be given to a local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24812/24] - National Parks and Wildlife Service
392.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residences that the NPWS currently owns; and the number of those residences that are currently occupied,... - Rental Sector
393.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is an official pause on the cost-rental tenant-in-situ scheme; if such a pause exists, how long it is intended to last... - Housing Provision
394.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason some local authorities clarify what position applicants for social housing are on the housing list; the reason some... - Rental Sector
396.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will resource the Private Residential Tenancies Board to take a proactive role in investigating improper conducts by... - Planning Issues
397.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend the waiver scheme for developments where the planning is for retention and completion and where utility... - Waterways Issues
398.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the hoarding around the canal will be removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25001/24] - Water Services
399.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that Uisce Éireann’s delivery programme has been truncated because of inflation costs; and if he... - Planning Issues
403.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider waiving development fees for large extensions on homes similar to the waiving of fees for new builds, where... - Departmental Staff
404.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE quantity surveyors grade 1 employed by his Department in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in... - Rental Sector
405.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider increasing the income threshold for HAP or introducing additional supports for people who are struggling to... - Planning Issues
407.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of section 179A planning exemptions that have received stage 1 approval from his Department, broken down by local... - Energy Conservation
409.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 14 May 2024, the target for heat pumps in new builds to 2030; and if he will make a... - Defective Building Materials
410.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if people who are eligible for the defective concrete block scheme can simultaneously avail of the housing adaption grants for... - Wastewater Treatment
411.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify when work on the new sewage scheme for Broadford will commence; and if the scheme will be extended as far as... - Departmental Reports
412.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will expedite the publication of the Mulcahy Report, in view of the fact that to not do so gives rise to a perception... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
413.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to a previous Parliamentary Question (details supplied), if he will confirm when payment will issue to a person in... - Wind Energy Guidelines
414.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the revised wind energy guidelines signed off by his predecessor in 2017 will become operational; the reason for the... - Mortgage Interest Rates
415.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will outline the issue relating to interest rates as addressed in... - Planning Issues
416.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if access to pre-planning meetings with local government is provided as standard; if not, which local authorities provide it as... - Energy Conservation
417.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when air to water home heating/hot water systems will be installed in (details supplied) under his Department’s Energy... - Planning Issues
418.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning guidance relating to short-term rentals will be published and circulated in advance of the enactment of the planned... - Departmental Contracts
419.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of all contracts they have and/or had with a company in the past 25 years to date (details... - Land Issues
420.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on and those of his Department to claims made (details supplied) that credit servicers are falsely registering as... - Building Regulations
421.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to amend building regulations to incentivise the construction of modular homes; the enhanced use of wood... - Housing Schemes
422.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to enhance the rate of grant available for housing aid for older people and people with a disability;... - Housing Provision
423.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the publication of the report by Government on "Housing Options for our Ageing Population", if he will outline the... - Tax Code
424.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the residential zone tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25507/24] - National Parks
426.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline, in the context of the designated areas of Corca Dhuibhne as a national park, what material difference this... - Traffic Management
427.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the basis on which the Abbey bridge, Naas, County Kildare is proposed for closure on whatever grounds given that the bridge was...
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