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Question· writtenPQ 83asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
83. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is proposing to increase the social housing income eligibility thresholds, and the problem of people being removed from the list after many years waiting due to their income going slightly over the threshold, and that when people who do go over these thresholds, they are no longer eligible for any housing support, regardless of the amount over the threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37002/24]
Question· writtenPQ 82asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
82. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on recent figures which show that local authorities received 1,165 notifications to convert vacant commercial premises into new homes between 2018-2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36886/24]
Question· writtenPQ 81asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
81. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the impact of Housing for All in Carlow since its launch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36711/24]
Question· writtenPQ 80asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
80. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the urgent steps being taken to address the crisis in homelessness in Ireland, with 14,429 people, including 4,401 children, in need of emergency accommodation in July 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36718/24]
Question· writtenPQ 79asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
79. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the operation of the mortgage-to-rent scheme; and whether a new private operator is to come in. [28579/24]
Question· writtenPQ 78asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
78. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding he is providing for the first home scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36882/24]
Question· writtenPQ 77asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
77. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that approved housing bodies can access early-stage finance to get affordable purchase housing projects off the ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36997/24]
Question· writtenPQ 76asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
76. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he is taking on social and affordable housing in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36712/24]
Question· writtenPQ 75asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
75. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions he has taken to reduce the housing waiting list in Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36994/24]
Question· writtenPQ 74asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
74. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a step-by-step explanation of how the Housing Agency’s cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme operates, particularly in relation to the independent valuation; if the Housing Agency has its own valuators; the limit that the Housing Agency can bid; and if a percentage tolerance is built into the Housing Agency’s calculations. [36758/24]
Question· writtenPQ 73asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
73. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the Water Supply Project, Eastern and Midlands Region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36892/24]
Question· writtenPQ 72asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
72. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to assist the homeowners approved for the concrete defective block scheme that are unable to secure home insurance due to the issue of pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37027/24]
Question· writtenPQ 71asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
71. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding being provided for housing adaptation grants for older people and disabled people in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36932/24]
Question· writtenPQ 70asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
70. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses likely to become available to local authorities by way of Part 5, by county, with particular reference to the urgent need of people who find themselves about to become homeless through no fault of their own and who have been in rented accommodation for several years; if urgent and particular attention can be given to such cases without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36585/24]
Question· writtenPQ 69asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
69. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the delivery of affordable homes in the Poolbeg West SDZ. [37055/24]
Question· writtenPQ 68asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
68. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on his Department's retrofitting programme; the reasons solar PV has not comprised a significant component of this programme given the increased popularity and affordability of the technology; if he has plans change this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36896/24]
Question· writtenPQ 67asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
67. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount spent on the HAP and RAS schemes in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and the total number of properties occupied through these schemes at present, in tabular form. [36757/24]
Question· oralPQ 66asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
66. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way his Department is working with the Department of Finance on the administration of the vacant property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37014/24]
Question· writtenPQ 65asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
65. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that the tenant-in-situ and cost-rental tenant-in-situ schemes are a demand-led programme, and that any house that can be purchased by a county council to avoid homelessness is purchased in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37003/24]
Question· writtenPQ 64asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
64. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason inter-county social housing transfers are no longer allowed in general or even under special circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37028/24]
Question· writtenPQ 63asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
63. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he is taking to help first-time house buyers; the impact of these over the past twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36748/24]
Question· oralPQ 62asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
62. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the outcome of the review carried out into the housing adaptation grants scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36968/24]
Question· oralPQ 61asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
61. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the expertise grants that are available to advise owners bringing vacant traditional houses back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36927/24]
Question· writtenPQ 60asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
60. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps that are being taken to negate the need for over-reliance by local authorities on expensive schemes such as HAP and RAS. [36756/24]
Question· writtenPQ 59asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
59. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the up-to-date position on the draft management plan to be published for circulation by the stakeholders for an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37017/24]
Question· oralPQ 58asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
58. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to halt and reverse the rise in homelessness. [37052/24]
Question· oralPQ 57asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
57. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department continues to fund local authorities and the Housing Agency to acquire houses for tenants on a notice to quit and that no caps have been set for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36948/24]
Question· oralPQ 56asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
56. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the publication of the marine protected areas legislation, with an anticipated timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36076/24]
Question· oralPQ 55asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
55. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he is taking to help grow the Dublin-Belfast economic corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30131/24]
Question· oralPQ 54asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
54. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has estimated the number properties that are vacant in the State that could be used for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37013/24]
Question· oralPQ 53asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
53. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the temporary increase in the maximum number of ordinary board members that may be appointed to the board of An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36885/24]
Question· oralPQ 52asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
52. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make the revisions to the defective blocks scheme cap and rates retrospective to include people who have availed of the scheme to date, in the interests of fairness and equity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37157/24]
Question· oralPQ 51asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
51. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps planned to reduce the number of people in homeless emergency accommodation. [37147/24]
Question· writtenPQ 50asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
50. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses which have been refurbished through the vacant property refurbishment grant to date. [36744/24]
Question· oralPQ 49asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2024
49. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the interim fire safety funding for multi-unit developments. [37146/24]
Question· writtenPQ 611asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
611. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans regarding modular units built and provided in non-hospitality locations as accommodation for Ukrainian citizens, as the contracts for same become terminated; if these temporary homes will be provided to local authorities to provide for emergency accommodation; if they will be resold on the open market at a reduced rate for those seeking temporary or forward homes on existing land in Ireland; if they could be provided as student accommodation; if his Department has had any engagement with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding same (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36481/24]
Question· writtenPQ 494asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
494. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice if the process for Garda clearance for local authority housing applicants has been centralised; if so, when this took place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36349/24]
Question· writtenPQ 470asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
470. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Justice the levels of recidivism for drug offenders; and the supports that are in place to prevent re-offending on release, especially regarding help finding housing. [36020/24]
Question· writtenPQ 428asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
428. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of rental inspections completed by local authorities, by county, in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37031/24]
Question· writtenPQ 427asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
427. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the housing assistance payments are in respect of three kids and more; the reason it does not increase for any child after the third; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37029/24]
Question· writtenPQ 426asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
426. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action being taken to ensure that owner management companies are fulfilling their duty with regard to their responsibility to have fire safety defects addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36991/24]
Question· writtenPQ 425asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
425. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will put in place a solar panel support scheme for local authority tenants, administered by councils where the council takes on the upfront costs and tenants pay back over a period of time while their bills reduce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36964/24]
Question· writtenPQ 424asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
424. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a report on the retrofit programme, broken down by local authority, with details of the numbers completed and the plan to retrofit all homes in State stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36959/24]
Question· writtenPQ 423asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
423. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a report on the cost-rental tenant-in-situ and the tenant-in-situ programmes, broken down by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36958/24]
Question· writtenPQ 422asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
422. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 13 June 2024, for an update on the publication date for a guide to the provision of allotments and community gardens by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36945/24]
Question· writtenPQ 421asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
421. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the engagement between his Department officials and an organisation (details supplied) to establish further financial supports, zero-interest loans, and upfront payments to homeowners availing of the enhanced defective concrete block grant scheme. [36938/24]
Question· writtenPQ 420asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
420. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure the 10% increase in the cap for the enhanced defective concrete block grant scheme is available to all homeowners who have already been granted support under the scheme, in line with the established principle of retrospective payments and fairness to all. [36937/24]
Question· writtenPQ 419asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
419. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is implementing the recommendations of the report of the Inter-Departmental Group on National Coastal Change Management Strategy; the estimated cost of implementation of the recommendations; and to provide a timeline for implementation. [36910/24]
Question· writtenPQ 418asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
418. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by his Department; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed, in tabular form. [36901/24]
Question· writtenPQ 417asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
417. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to develop a new red grouse species action plan, noting the last plan was developed in 2013 and is now out of date; and to outline the process to be adopted by his Department in consulting on, and developing, new action plans for this or any other bird species. [36863/24]
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