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Question· writtenPQ 859asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
859. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the need for the enactment of Article 50 of S.I. No. 477 2011 - European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 and, as per the recommendations of the citizens assembly on biodiversity loss, the inclusion of Cherry Laurel on the third schedule of the Habitats Directive and will he instruct his department to action this urgently. [35407/24]
Question· writtenPQ 858asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
858. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how co-living is defined in legislation in terms of the minimum length of stay below which it is no longer a co-living tenancy but a short-term stay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35404/24]
Question· writtenPQ 857asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
857. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to examine an issue surrounding fire safety in a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35366/24]
Question· writtenPQ 856asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
856. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the proposed debate on the Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Vote at 16) Bill 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35304/24]
Question· writtenPQ 855asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
855. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the research in relation to lowering the voting age to 16 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35303/24]
Question· writtenPQ 854asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
854. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to reassess the inclusion of the working family payment in the income assessment for qualification for local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35264/24]
Question· writtenPQ 853asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
853. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a hunting renewal licence application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35192/24]
Question· writtenPQ 852asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
852. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review the qualifications necessary for engineering grades within local authorities, in particular, his plans to include project management as a qualification necessary for the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35159/24]
Question· writtenPQ 851asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
851. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will implement Article 50 of the Habitats Directive. [35157/24]
Question· writtenPQ 850asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
850. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the use of cherry laurel in Ireland; if it should be recognised as an invasive species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35156/24]
Question· writtenPQ 849asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
849. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when funding will be allocated from the capital budget to undertake works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35141/24]
Question· writtenPQ 848asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
848. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the number of appeals upheld to rezone land; previously zoned for housing, falling under the scope of Residential Zoned Land Tax broken down by local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35139/24]
Question· writtenPQ 847asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
847. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that when a HAP tenant who has been served notice-to-quit, stops paying their share of the rent and this precipitates the termination of any HAP payment to the landlord, who is now in the position of being not in receipt of any rent at all on a property in which the tenant is continuing to live rent-free; if he intends to remedy this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35129/24]
Question· writtenPQ 846asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
846. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the total quantum of land that would fall under the Residential Zoned Land Tax, broken down by local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35092/24]
Question· writtenPQ 845asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
845. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received under the domestic lead remediation grant scheme in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024 per local authority, in tabular form. [35082/24]
Question· writtenPQ 844asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
844. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will immediately introduce a moratorium on breeding and importing exporting of elephants into the state, given that there is sufficient evidence (details supplied) that elephants do not thrive in captivity and many actually suffer in captivity, and given that many zoos have recognised this and are moving away from keeping elephants in captivity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35041/24]
Question· writtenPQ 843asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
843. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider a phase out of elephants at Dublin Zoo, given that there is sufficient evidence (details supplied) that elephants do not thrive in captivity and many actually suffer, if he will confirm a timeline for such a phase out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35040/24]
Question· writtenPQ 842asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
842. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant or void local authority houses in each local authority at the beginning of 2024; the number of these that have been refurbished since; the allocation to each local authority this year for remediation of such properties; whether any of the local authorities could spend further funds on this work this year as it can be a quick and cost effective way of increasing the number of local authority houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35037/24]
Question· writtenPQ 841asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
841. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has undertaken work to establish how the price of a second-hand residence compares with the price of a new build in each county; if so, the findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35027/24]
Question· writtenPQ 840asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
840. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how he envisages that the investment plans developed in the new ten-year county development plans will interact with the national planning of infrastructure under the National Development Plan; and if it will be necessary for the various Government Departments to align their investment approaches to this new process of having a coherent national and local planning framework. [35026/24]
Question· writtenPQ 839asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
839. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how the updated National Planning Framework envisages the future split in house building across the categories of: rural one-off housing; village growth; town growth; growth in satellite areas of the five cities and in the five cities themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35025/24]
Question· writtenPQ 838asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
838. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the expenses paid to ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34953/24]
Question· writtenPQ 837asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
837. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of the names of each special adviser employed by his Department since 2020; the Minister and Minister of State whom each adviser is associated with, and their respective salaries, in tabular form; the areas of expertise covered by such advisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34935/24]
Question· writtenPQ 836asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
836. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers, drivers and other relevant positions; the number of civil or public service staff seconded to work within his Department or constituency offices; the salaries and job titles of each such person; the duty or role of each, in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34917/24]
Question· writtenPQ 835asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
835. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties in Somerton Park, Ballinlough, Cork, properties which are pursuant to and under the provisions of a scheme provided for by section 20 of the Housing (Amendment) Act 1948 and the Regulations made thereunder, including, in particular, Statutory Instrument No. 90 of 1948) that he and his predecessors, have provided permission for their sale, or approved payment to occupiers to vacate, broken down by year along with the agreed purchase price of each transfer of title. [34892/24]
Question· writtenPQ 834asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
834. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has permitted the sale or intends to permit the sale or approved payment to occupiers to vacate of properties in Somerton Park, Ballinlough, Cork, properties which are pursuant to and under the provisions of a scheme provided for by section 20 of the Housing (Amendment) Act 1948 and the Regulations made thereunder, including, in particular, Statutory Instrument No. 90 of 1948; and if so, the number of properties in this location that are currently awaiting his permission in this regard. [34891/24]
Question· writtenPQ 833asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
833. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider shortening the timeframe for qualification for the tenant purchase scheme. [34888/24]
Question· writtenPQ 832asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
832. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to legislate to ensure that so-called co-living tenancies come under rent pressure zone laws; his views on the need to ensure high protections and standards for those living in such dwellings, given the decision to end the building of new co-living developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34883/24]
Question· writtenPQ 831asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
831. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a 25 house minimum has been put on rural group water schemes, if this decision will be reversed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34861/24]
Question· writtenPQ 830asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
830. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the shared island local authority development funding scheme; to provide the total allocation; the expenditure to date; the amount that is contained with expenditure ceilings laid out in the Stability Programme Update and Summer Economic Statement and the amount that will have to come from additional funding; the date the project was started; and the projected date of completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34823/24]
Question· writtenPQ 829asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
829. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the all-island peatlands and biosecurity projects; the total allocation; the expenditure to date; the amount that is contained with expenditure ceilings laid out in the Stability Programme Update and Summer Economic Statement and the amount that will have to come from additional funding; the date the project was started; and the projected date of completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34822/24]
Question· writtenPQ 828asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
828. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on Cross-border innovation hub; to provide the total allocation; the expenditure to date; the amount that is contained with expenditure ceilings laid out in the Stability Programme Update and Summer Economic Statement and the amount that will have to come from additional funding; the date the project was started; and the projected date of completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34821/24]
Question· writtenPQ 827asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
827. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on Phases 2 and 3 of the Ulster Canal restoration contribution; to provide the total allocation; the expenditure to date; the amount that is contained with expenditure ceilings laid out in the Stability Programme Update and Summer Economic Statement and the amount that will have to come from additional funding; the date the project was started; and the projected date of completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34820/24]
Question· writtenPQ 826asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
826. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on Construction of the Narrow Water Bridge; to provide the total allocation; the expenditure to date; the amount that is contained with expenditure ceilings laid out in the Stability Programme Update and Summer Economic Statement and the amount that will have to come from additional funding; the date the project was started; and the projected date of completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34819/24]
Question· writtenPQ 825asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
825. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on revised planning guidelines, to specifically outline the number of parking spaces per household in city settings and also in town and village settings. [34803/24]
Question· writtenPQ 824asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
824. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of flights he has taken to or from Shannon Airport, Cork Airport and Knock Airport since assuming office. [34760/24]
Question· writtenPQ 823asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
823. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a detailed response outlining the schedule of meetings and proposed work of the Housing and Justice interdepartmental group to consider further regulatory measures for owner management companies in the context of the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects and the proposed statutory remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34746/24]
Question· writtenPQ 822asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
822. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 was intended to disallow a person on a probation bond from access to the social housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34733/24]
Question· writtenPQ 821asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
821. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the report (details supplied) into allegations of malpractice at An Bord Pleanála; the expected timeline for the publication of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34698/24]
Question· writtenPQ 820asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
820. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 668 of 20 March 2024, for an update on the 2023 Interim Review of the State’s current nitrates action programme; the timeline for publication of the review; if he has signed the amended GAP regulations to date; if not, when he expects to sign them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34697/24]
Question· writtenPQ 819asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
819. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the local authority home loan scheme can be availed of in the purchase of a local authority house; if so, to provide the number of applicants who have done so in each of the years since 2022, in tabular form, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34696/24]
Question· writtenPQ 818asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
818. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if successful applicants to the local authority home loan scheme can also avail of the help-to-buy scheme; if so, to provide the number of applicants who have done so in each of the years since 2022, in tabular form, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34695/24]
Question· writtenPQ 817asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
817. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of money given out in loans to date under the local authority home loan scheme in each local authority since 2022; the total amount of money given out in loans to date under the local authority home loan scheme nationwide since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34694/24]
Question· writtenPQ 816asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
816. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of money given out in loans to date under the local authority home loan scheme in Galway county since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34693/24]
Question· writtenPQ 815asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
815. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of money given out in loans to date under the local authority home loan scheme in Galway city since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34692/24]
Question· writtenPQ 814asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
814. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications made to the local authority home loan scheme in respect of applicants in Galway county since January 2022; the number of these applications that have been approved; the number of these applications that have been refused; the average time from application to decision; the number of loans that have been taken up to date under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34691/24]
Question· writtenPQ 813asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
813. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications made to the local authority home loan scheme in respect of applicants in Galway city since January 2022; the number of these applications that have been approved; the number of these applications that have been refused; the average time from application to decision; the number of loans that have been taken up to date under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34690/24]
Question· writtenPQ 812asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
812. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the revised WEDGs are at a minimum consistent with WHO standards for the protection of human health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34688/24]
Question· writtenPQ 811asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
811. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the EPA is the body responsible for assessing the impact on human health of new WEDGs; if not, to confirm the competent body that is (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34687/24]
Question· writtenPQ 810asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
810. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the SEA of revised WEDGs has adequately assessed the potential impact on wind turbine noise on human health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34686/24]
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