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Question· writtenPQ 194asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
194. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of heritage projects currently in hand or listed for attention in terms of projection and restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37234/24]
Question· writtenPQ 193asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
193. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which young people seeking to remain resident in their native areas can be facilitated throughout rural Ireland, thereby assuring the future of schools, shops and community life while maintaining good environmental and planning practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37233/24]
Question· writtenPQ 192asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
192. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of completed housing schemes, public and private, in the various towns and villages throughout County Kildare currently awaiting allocation, sale and affordable process; the reason there appears to be an inordinate delay in relation to such matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37232/24]
Question· writtenPQ 191asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
191. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he can take to meet the housing requirements of persons previously renting accommodation who are now under threat of homelessness for various logistical reasons; if it might be possible to make sufficient provision for such applicants in the short term with a view to obviating the possibility of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37231/24]
Question· writtenPQ 190asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
190. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which he might formulate a plan to meet the emergency housing requirements of persons who have been in rented accommodation now no longer available for various reasons, who cannot be accommodated through HAP for obvious reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37230/24]
Question· writtenPQ 189asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
189. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which he might consider the emergency purchase of adequately priced or affordable houses in the open market to facilitate applicants who are otherwise prevented from qualifying from a local authority loan or a local authority house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37229/24]
Question· writtenPQ 188asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
188. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it might be possible to make an urgent provision to facilitate renters who have been in situ for more than twenty years in some cases, and who find themselves likely to be made homeless due to a proposal by the landlord/investor fund to sell the property; if an urgent assessment might be done as to the number of people likely to become victims of this situation; the most likely means of responding to the crisis; the most likely means of remediation in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37227/24]
Question· writtenPQ 187asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
187. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average turnaround time for a void property to be refurbished in Limerick city; the steps that are being taken to shorten the refurbishment time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37214/24]
Question· writtenPQ 186asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
186. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress being made in the delivery of the wastewater treatment system for Craughwell, County Galway; if there is a site identified for the treatment plant; the expected delivery date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37205/24]
Question· writtenPQ 185asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
185. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 876 of 9 September 2024, if his Department received the report referenced in the PQ (details supplied); accepting that he has no official responsibility to Dáil Éireann on this matter if he has referred this report to the relevant independent agencies and bodies for their follow up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37158/24]
Question· writtenPQ 184asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
184. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated first- and full-year costs of implementing measures under the EU Nature Restoration Law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37149/24]
Question· writtenPQ 183asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
183. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a grant available for a farmer hoping to sink a well where there is no public water network available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37125/24]
Question· writtenPQ 182asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
182. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the purchase of designated medical property with South Dublin County Council, given that the South Dublin County Council website states that "The period of time tenants will be required to be in receipt of social housing support to be considered eligible under the scheme is 10 years", if this period includes time spent receiving social housing support in the form of the housing assistance payment, or whether it only begin from the start of a tenancy in the council property (i.e., in the case of a property (details supplied), January 2024). [37123/24]
Question· writtenPQ 181asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
181. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the purchase of designated medical property with South Dublin County Council, under which scheme a family is allowed to purchase a designated medical property, and what the timeframe is before they can apply to do so. [37122/24]
Question· writtenPQ 180asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
180. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the purchase of designated medical property with South Dublin County Council, if properties with minor adaptations are indeed ineligible for purchase; and the reason the disabled persons grant application form states that the cost of adaptation works will be added to the cost of the house in the event of a future purchase. [37121/24]
Question· writtenPQ 179asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
179. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the purchase of designated medical property with South Dublin County Council, if he will confirm whether properties with minor adaptations (such as a downstairs bathroom and removable handrails) are considered specially adapted houses that cannot be purchased by disabled individuals or their families under current regulations. [37120/24]
Question· writtenPQ 177asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
177. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage if he intends to improve the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37090/24]
Question· writtenPQ 176asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
176. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on making his Department's sewage infrastructure for unsewered villages pilot scheme a multi-annual scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37089/24]
Question· writtenPQ 175asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
175. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans in place to ensure a proportionate number of houses are built in the regions in order to achieve the Government's National Planning Framework numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37086/24]
Question· writtenPQ 174asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
174. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the discussions he has had, or is planning, with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in light of the Government acknowledgement, and the recent ESRI report, on the need to significantly increase housing delivery targets over the coming years, and the public expenditure implications of such a revision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29520/24]
Question· writtenPQ 173asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
173. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to tackle the number of vacant houses, both public and private, across the State. [36745/24]
Question· writtenPQ 112asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
112. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the immediate and urgent actions that will be taken to address the high levels of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36998/24]
Question· writtenPQ 111asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
111. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the income eligibility limits for social housing in Cavan and Monaghan will be increased, given they are too low at present and are denying persons, who have not adequate income to buy or build their own home, the opportunity to obtain council housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36929/24]
Question· oralPQ 110asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
110. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the operation of the Croí Cónaithe scheme; the uptake of the scheme in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36749/24]
Question· writtenPQ 109asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
109. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the local authority purchase and renovation loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36931/24]
Question· writtenPQ 108asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
108. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will update schemes of letting priorities to incentivise people to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36949/24]
Question· writtenPQ 107asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
107. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department is taking to ensure that the affordable to purchase housing at Shanganagh, and on all other publicly provided affordable housing schemes, will be genuinely affordable for those on average incomes. [36999/24]
Question· writtenPQ 106asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
106. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the difficulty of developing multi-unit residential properties for sale to owner-occupiers, particularly in Dublin; if he has considered how the risk could be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36970/24]
Question· writtenPQ 105asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
105. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the Residential Tenancies Board rent index report released recently; the measures he is taking to address rent increases for new tenancies in Meath; the measures he is taking to address rent increases existing tenancies in Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36897/24]
Question· writtenPQ 104asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
104. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes prevented from bulk sale in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36893/24]
Question· writtenPQ 103asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
103. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the interim fire safety defects scheme for multi-unit developments. [37053/24]
Question· writtenPQ 102asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
102. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the engagement to date from Cork County Council with his Department in advancing a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37018/24]
Question· writtenPQ 101asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will take measures to accelerate the processing time of housing applications and disability or medical information forms; if he will address the issue of frequent refusals of medical priority and need, despite overwhelming medical and welfare evidence to the contrary that priority is required and that particular medical needs should be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37001/24]
Question· writtenPQ 100asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
100. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the income eligibility limits for social housing will be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36930/24]
Question· writtenPQ 99asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
99. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions he has taken to ensure the delivery of housing in Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36993/24]
Question· writtenPQ 98asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
98. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the delivery of cost rental homes in Oscar Traynor Road and O'Devaney Gardens. [37054/24]
Question· writtenPQ 97asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
97. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on plans for affordable housing schemes in County Louth; if there has been a review of the affordability criteria for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36969/24]
Question· writtenPQ 96asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
96. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the calculation of the acquisition cost guidelines for the Dublin City Council area in relation to the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will provide practical examples. [36779/24]
Question· writtenPQ 95asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
95. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in the aftermath of the Housing Commission report, he agrees that housing output should increase to 60,000 new homes per year to address future housing need and the current housing deficit; whether he agrees, given the chronic deficit of social and affordable housing, that at least 50% of this output should be social and affordable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37004/24]
Question· writtenPQ 94asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
94. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which he continues to investigate the manner whereby houses continue to be snapped up by investors, thus narrowing the market for first-time buyers and those in need of affordable houses/local authority houses; the degree to which he continues to monitor the number of people still on local authority waiting lists having paid rent to investors, in many cases for more than twenty years, and who now find themselves unable to borrow by themselves and who do not qualify for local authority housing; if an urgent assessment of such cases can be undertaken without delay with a view to resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36584/24]
Question· writtenPQ 93asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
93. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider the further extension of the temporary waiver of development contributions beyond December 2024; the number of houses have been built since the start of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37034/24]
Question· writtenPQ 92asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
92. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of first home scheme approvals that have issued since its launch in July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36928/24]
Question· writtenPQ 91asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
91. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the publication of the 'ESRI Population Projections, the Flow of New Households and Structural Housing Demand' paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36887/24]
Question· writtenPQ 90asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
90. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of residential units commenced to date in Cavan in 2024; how this compares with the same timeframe in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36881/24]
Question· writtenPQ 89asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
89. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to stimulate the opportunity for people to rightsize, where people wish to consider such options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36967/24]
Question· writtenPQ 88asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
88. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to give an update on commencement figures for the latest date possible. [37051/24]
Question· writtenPQ 87asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
87. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will direct the Residential Tenancies Board to take a proactive approach to tackling the widespread illegal rent increase identified in the Q1 2024 rent index report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36996/24]
Question· writtenPQ 86asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
86. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the pipeline of applications for the first home scheme to date in 2024; how it compares to the same timeframe in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36884/24]
Question· writtenPQ 85asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
85. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1173 of 23 July 2024, the status of the draft planning guidelines for Gaeltacht areas; when the guidelines will be published; when the consultation process will begin; the details of the consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36717/24]
Question· writtenPQ 84asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
84. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average length of time it is taking to process a tenant-in-situ application; the number of tenant-in-situ applications per local authority heretofore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36487/24]
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