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101 records in IE in 2004
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2004
286 Mr. N. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a new house grant application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [30768/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2004
284 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on an application (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30766/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2004
281 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has made changes in the Estimates for 2005 in the terms on which grants can be obtained from local authorities for adaptation of a home for persons with a disability for essential repairs to the home of old age pensioners who live alone, for the construction of a home for persons with a disability and for any other grant towards housing. [30657/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2004
280 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which the rent element is calculated on the portion of the home retained by a local authority under shared ownership; and if there is provision in the Estimates for any change in this during 2005. [30647/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2004
279 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Estimates for 2005 have made provision for changes in the terms of access to local authority schemes to assist with the purchase of homes; the provisions which will apply in respect of the income threshold, the affordability tests the deposits required, the subvention towards repayments at difference income levels, the upper limits on loans and on the house purchase price. [30645/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2004
641 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to issue directives to local authorities and An Bord Pleanála to implement his policy on one-off housing rather than the guidelines proposed by his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29940/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2004
464 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science if a site for a new primary school at Fortunestown in west Dublin has been acquired by her Department; the likely timeframe involved concerning a decision in respect of building this new school facility; the number of meetings her Department has held with South Dublin County Council and the Dublin schools planning committee as a means of assessing the likely timescale of housing development at this location and the anticipated demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30142/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2004
463 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science if a site for a new primary school at Ballycullen in west Dublin has been acquired by her Department; the likely timeframe involved concerning a decision in respect of building this new school facility; the number of meetings he has held with South Dublin County Council and the Dublin schools planning committee as a means of assessing the likely timescale of housing development at this location and the anticipated demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30138/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2004
285 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he accepts that employment figures for a number of housing estates in the Tallaght area where the clusters of long-term unemployed are unacceptable; and if he has any new initiatives to overcome unemployment in those areas. [30307/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2004
113 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the equity of the tax treatment of the housing sector. [29906/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2004
99 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the exposure of the economy to reversals in the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29909/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2004
61 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the tax treatment of the housing sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30129/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2004
187 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the support available towards the cost of the installation of heating in the homes of local authority tenants and pensioners in view of the fact that such costs may now include special ESB network service charges of €800 for electricity connection. [29511/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2004
80 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when payment will be forwarded under the housing aid for the elderly scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29521/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2004
79 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when replacement windows will be installed under the housing aid for the elderly scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29520/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2004
78 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a shower and toilet will be installed under the housing aid for the elderly scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29519/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2004
77 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when replacement windows will be installed under the housing aid for the elderly scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29517/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
682 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to an application for sheltered housing by an association (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29417/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
681 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the efforts he has made to secure the required capital funding in the 2005 Estimates to fulfil the Government’s commitment in An Agreed Programme for Government 2002 to increase the output of the voluntary and co-operative housing sector to up to 4,000 homes per annum during the lifetime of the programme; if his attention has been drawn to the need and urgency to have capital funding for voluntary and co-operative housing capital increased significantly in the 2005 Estimates in view of the fact that it can take from two to three years to develop social housing projects from identifying sites to completion of houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29252/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
672 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to reapprove the community warden service in Naas town, County Kildare following the pilot scheme, in view of the fact that the service has been reduced by half; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29231/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
671 Mr. Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale for the provision of affordable houses at Clonakilty, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29141/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
668 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is his policy to permit the transfer of State assets such as local authority housing stock, as recently proposed by Dublin City Council, out of public ownership to alternative landlords; if such a policy is being driven by Dublin City Council alone; if it is with his consent; if discussions on this issue have already taken place between his Department and Dublin City Council officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29071/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
665 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to introduce house repair grants in view of the number of houses that need such repairs and the financial impossibility of their owners to carry them out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29058/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
664 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision is expected in respect of the tenders for Santry community centre and senior citizen housing project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29055/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
630 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the initiative to meet long-term housing needs of rent supplement recipients, which was announced on 7 July 2004, commenced; the local authorities that are now using the scheme; the number of persons that have tried to avail of the scheme; the number of those who had their long-term housing needs met by the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28929/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
620 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if approval will be given to the application from Fingal County Council for a Traveller group housing scheme at Lissenhall, Swords, County Dublin and sanction for the necessary finance to complete the scheme as a matter of urgency. [28633/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2004
262 Mr. Ó Fearghail asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of approved voluntary housing associations which have received funding from his Department; and the number of housing units being managed by the bodies. [28556/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2004
259 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the breakdown by local authority area of the 80,000 houses in respect of which planning permission was released by the Government in 2002 as a result of the decision not to implement the 20% requirement for social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28523/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2004
258 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 498 of 2 November 2004, the seven local authorities that received payments in lieu; the amount in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28522/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2004
257 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 2 of 4 November 2004, the breakdown by local authority area of the 209 affordable houses and the 106 social units acquired by local authorities under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28521/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2004
233 Mr. Ó Fearghail asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the asylum seeker reception centre at Magee Barracks, Kildare, in view of the fact that the lands are to be developed for affordable housing. [28544/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2004
130 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the likely impact on employment of a slowdown in the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28355/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2004
220 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for the alarms for the elderly scheme received in his Department by Kildare residents for each of the past three years; if he has satisfied himself with the system of notification of the scheme for applicants; the period of time spent in processing applications; if he will report on the availability of suitable personnel to install the schemes; the funding that has been allocated to the scheme for each of the past three years; the funding that has been allocated for the advertising of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28412/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2004
131 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will give an updated report into any new arrangements being introduced whereby local authorities will be assigned responsibility for meeting long-term housing needs of some 19,000 households dependent on rent supplement for 18 months or longer. [28113/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2004
138 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his and the Government’s definition of a genuine housing need with regard to his comments on the supplementary welfare rent allowance in Dáil Éireann on 6 October 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28124/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
396 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 28 October 2004, the value of development levies raised by local authorities from housing development, commercial developments and other developments in respect of each year since 1997. [28232/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
384 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the application of Dublin City Council to enable its flat tenants to purchase their dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27879/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
376 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a cost plan for a proposed social housing scheme at a location (details supplied) in County Dublin; when he received the cost plan; if he has given consideration to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27798/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
368 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if rural depopulation is likely to be accelerated by the new vastly increased housing development levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28139/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
367 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if city and county councils are obliged to take the carer’s allowance into account when assessing the amount of rent payable from their tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28104/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
125 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the efforts he is making to ensure language clauses are included in planning permissions granted by local authorities for housing developments in Gaeltacht areas; the action he can take against local authorities which do not include such language clauses for housing developments in Gaeltacht areas; his views on whether the failure to include language clauses in planning permissions granted for housing developments in Gaeltacht areas represents a threat to the survival of the Irish language in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27981/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
93 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, having regard to his previously expressed concerns on rural depopulation and difficulties in regard to one off housing development in rural Ireland, he has satisfied himself that current building regulations adequately address the issues involved; if he plans further initiatives in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27944/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
5 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on housing, infrastructure and PPPs last met; and its planned meetings for 2004. [24124/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
223 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to meet the housing needs of families on housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27689/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
222 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of families rehoused by the various local authorities in each of the past five years on foot of funding provided by his Department or from other sources; the extent to which the number of families on the housing lists has increased or decreased in this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27688/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
209 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is considering extending the town council boundaries of Drogheda, County Louth; if his attention has been drawn to the considerable private development already occurring immediately outside the current town council boundary; and his views on whether there is a need for extension to allow for social and affordable housing as well as green spaces and recreational development. [27672/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
208 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a new house grant has not been granted to persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27638/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
205 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be provided for the Monaghan town sewerage scheme; his views on whether the lack of proper collection system in Monaghan is the main cause for housing scarcity and high priced housing in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27621/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
202 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to encourage the provision of private sites by local authorities. [27601/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
104 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reasons behind the variation between the 2003 Estimate provision and the 2003 outturn for private housing grants and subsidies of €19,288,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27532/04]