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Question· writtenPQ 357asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2020
357. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Galway County Council receives one of the lowest revenue allocations; if the matrix by which the Local Government Fund is calculated in each local authority will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36193/20]
Question· writtenPQ 356asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2020
356. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there has been a policy change with regard to Part V housing; if so, the details of the changes; if a change has occurred (details supplied); if changes have been made to the financial calculation of Part V in 2020; if so, the details of same; if long leasing is a substitute for Part V purchases; if so, the guidance his Department has given to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36147/20]
Question· writtenPQ 355asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2020
355. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a value for money evaluation has been carried out with respect to leasing of social housing; if so, if he will publish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36133/20]
Question· writtenPQ 354asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2020
354. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 10 September 2020, the number of housing units leased in 2019 and to date in 2020, using the same tabular format; the average cost in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36132/20]
Question· writtenPQ 353asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2020
353. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under budget 2021 in order that services can respond adequately to the increased incidence of domestic violence through the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37132/20]
Question· writtenPQ 352asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2020
352. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to extend the latest date by which old non-registered rights of way have to be registered with the Property Registration Authority, in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and the disruption caused by the various lockdowns; the present latest date for lodging such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36951/20]
Question· writtenPQ 351asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2020
351. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if time limits will be put on the processing of mortgage to rent applications by financial institutions to prevent further distress being placed on borrowers and their families (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36533/20]
Bill· Public2020/65lapsed
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2020
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 so the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage may introduce regulations for landlords to prove their compliance with minimum standards and fire safety standards before a property can be rented.
Record· debate2020-11-12published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Question· writtenPQ 222asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
222. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to address the issue of access to local authority loans for applicants whose income is in excess of the qualifying guidelines but vastly short of what is required to purchase a home on the open market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36107/20]
Question· writtenPQ 221asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
221. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to simplify access to Rebuilding Ireland housing loans in order to accelerate their availability and meet the housing needs of many couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36106/20]
Question· writtenPQ 220asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
220. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in cases in which an applicant may have inadvertently turned down an offer for housing, the applicant was removed from the housing list for a specified period and was subsequently reinstated, can the applicant expect an offer of rehousing in the near future; if not, if they may have to wait several years for rehousing despite being homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36104/20]
Question· writtenPQ 219asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
219. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review the level of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan limit on single-income households in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36085/20]
Question· writtenPQ 218asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
218. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the ERSI report on the review of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36083/20]
Question· writtenPQ 217asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
217. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commission an independent review of homeless services in order to ensure they are meeting the required standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36079/20]
Question· writtenPQ 216asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
216. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department or an agency operating under his Department has encountered expenditure in respect of hand sanitisation products or other PPE products that were subsequently subject to a recall by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in 2020; if so, the expenditure in respect of such products; if the expenditures will be recouped from the sellers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36007/20]
Question· writtenPQ 215asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
215. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding provided to each local authority for the disabled persons grant and the older persons grant schemes in each of the years 2011 to 2020, in tabular form; the estimated corresponding figures for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35996/20]
Question· writtenPQ 214asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
214. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the income limits that apply in respect of local authority housing applications by county; his plans to increase these limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35995/20]
Question· writtenPQ 213asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
213. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the level of funding under the affordable housing scheme that will be allocated to County Monaghan in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35994/20]
Question· writtenPQ 212asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
212. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the accessibility of existing homeless services for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35993/20]
Question· writtenPQ 211asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
211. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the mechanisms that exist to ensure the voices of persons with disabilities are heard on housing provision; his views on the effectiveness of the mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35992/20]
Question· writtenPQ 210asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
210. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the target for the number of new social and affordable housing units that will be fully accessible for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35991/20]
Question· writtenPQ 209asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
209. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the percentage of new social and affordable housing units which meet the universal design standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35990/20]
Question· writtenPQ 208asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
208. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service will commence; the terms of reference for such a review; if there will be a public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35989/20]
Question· writtenPQ 207asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
207. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of proposed legislation on marine protected areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35988/20]
Question· writtenPQ 206asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
206. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports in place for families that are not first-time buyers that require more space for their growing family but cannot afford to buy an adequately sized home on the private market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35986/20]
Question· writtenPQ 205asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
205. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has issued any guidelines or circulars to local authorities in Dublin and-or the Dublin Region Homeless Executive on travel supports or funding for families placed in emergency homeless accommodation, in particular in respect of school travel costs; if so, if a copy of the guidelines or circulars issued will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35985/20]
Question· writtenPQ 204asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
204. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a copy of the circular issued on the purchase of new and existing homes for Dublin City Council, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Fingal County Council and South Dublin County Council will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35984/20]
Question· writtenPQ 203asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
203. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of purchased Part V social housing units in each local authority in the past three years; the budget spent; the number of Part V social housing units that were purchased by each local authority; the average per-unit cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35983/20]
Question· writtenPQ 202asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
202. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions he will take based on the findings of the report by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service that resourcing local authorities is the most cost-effective way to deliver new social housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35977/20]
Question· writtenPQ 201asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
201. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons living in private rented accommodation here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35932/20]
Question· writtenPQ 200asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
200. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the regulations in place to prevent overcrowding in private rented accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35931/20]
Question· writtenPQ 199asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
199. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of inspections of private rented accommodation carried out by local authorities in 2019 and to date in 2020; the findings of those inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35930/20]
Question· writtenPQ 198asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
198. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a licence will issue to a person (details supplied). [35917/20]
Question· writtenPQ 197asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
197. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department leases additional office space that is outside its departmental building and the estates section of the OPW; and, if so, the details of the lease, including the terms of the lease, location, price and duration. [35878/20]
Question· writtenPQ 196asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
196. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has lease arrangements with co-working real estate companies; and, if so, the details of the leases, including the terms of the lease, location, price and duration. [35860/20]
Question· writtenPQ 195asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
195. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when new wind energy guidelines will be issued to planning authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35830/20]
Question· writtenPQ 194asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
194. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current population equivalent in terms of the operating capacity of the Drogheda wastewater treatment plant at Marsh Road, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35827/20]
Question· writtenPQ 193asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
193. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when funding aimed at compensating Offaly County Council for lost rates revenue following the closure of Shannonbridge and Lanesboro power plants will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35895/20]
Question· writtenPQ 108asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2020
108. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary; the number of employees who work out of such office space; the length of time they have been working from the offices; the cost to date of renting such offices; the tender process by which it was decided to make use of the services of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35717/20]
Question· writtenPQ 107asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2020
107. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of funding awarded to Kildare County Council under LIHAF; the extent to which funds have been spent; if further funding is likely to be provided; the level of development in the various towns in north County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35682/20]
Question· writtenPQ 106asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2020
106. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities can accept a payment of illness benefit on a housing support application when assessing a person's qualification for social housing support. [35680/20]
Question· writtenPQ 105asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2020
105. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will re-examine the current social housing bands with a view to moving County Westmeath to band 2, given the consistently high cost of private rental accommodation within the county. [35679/20]
Question· writtenPQ 104asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2020
104. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of running An Bord Pleanála for 12 month periods (details supplied); the number of persons employed by the board in each period; the number of planning decisions issued during each year; the average waiting time for a decision to be reached on an appeal submitted in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35677/20]
Question· writtenPQ 103asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2020
103. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Irish Water’s leakage reduction programme in Dublin city will be accelerated in the coming weeks in circumstances in which reduced current economic activity will result in less economic reduction than heretofore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35662/20]
Question· writtenPQ 102asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2020
102. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of renting office space, including for public bodies, from a company (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [35614/20]
Question· writtenPQ 101asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2020
101. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to circulate to local authorities the updated development plan guidelines. [35583/20]
Question· writtenPQ 100asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2020
100. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to publish his Department’s new rural housing planning guidelines. [35582/20]
Question· writtenPQ 99asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2020
99. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to issue the methodology for the housing needs demand assessment to local authorities as part of the development plan review process. [35581/20]
Question· writtenPQ 98asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2020
98. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to announce the detail of his shared equity loan scheme for approved housing bodies and private sector home purchases. [35580/20]
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