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Question· writtenPQ 250asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2005
282 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the clawback arrangement will be reviewed as applied in the social and affordable housing scheme operated by local authorities with a view to reducing the percentage being clawed back and reducing the period from 20 years to ten years; his views on the success or otherwise of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 249asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2005
281 Ms McManus asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if measures will be put in place to ensure that the necessary staffing is allocated to the disabled persons’ grant and that the essential repairs grant is increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 556asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
555 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses provided on a country basis throughout the country under the affordable housing initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 550asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
545 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans of his Department to make private sites available to those who qualify for such sites; the number of such sites allocated by each local authority in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 545asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
540 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the acreage of derelict or unused sites, if identifiable, in the greater Dublin area, with particular reference to the need to utilisation of such sites for housing purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 543asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
537 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dwellings, serviced sites and financial contributions for housing that have been provided to local authorities under Part V of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 2000 in each year since it was enacted.
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Question· writtenPQ 542asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
536 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable homes which have been provided by local authorities in each of the past five years.
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Question· writtenPQ 541asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
535 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of mortgages for dwellings under the shared ownership scheme which have been acquired by local authorities in each of the past five years.
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Question· writtenPQ 540asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
534 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of private dwellings which have been built in each of the past five years.
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Question· writtenPQ 539asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
533 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dwellings which have been provided by voluntary housing bodies in each of the past five years.
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Question· writtenPQ 538asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
532 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dwellings which have been built by local authorities for local authority tenant use in each of the past five years.
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Question· writtenPQ 537asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
531 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dwellings which have been purchased by local authorities for housing purposes in each of the past five years.
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Question· writtenPQ 536asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
530 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority dwellings which have been purchased by tenants in each of the past five years.
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Question· writtenPQ 532asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
525 Mr. O’Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is considering the cost plan for housing estates (details supplied) in Dublin 24 submitted by South Dublin County Council; when a decision will be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 531asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
524 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he had a telephone conversation with a person (details supplied) on 7 November 2005 regarding management fees and affordable housing; the areas of concern and the steps he is going to take to deal with these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 530asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
523 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if guidelines will be introduced for local authorities that requires them to include returning emigrants in the local authority schemes of letting of council social housing similar to that which pertains in the capital assistance scheme operated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 518asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
511 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if legislation or regulations will be introduced to permit local authorities to request the occupiers of houses and other buildings to mark their houses with such numbers as the local authority may approve and to renew such numbers as often as they become obliterated or defaced in view of the fact that the Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847 and the Dublin Improvement Act 1849 have been repealed by the Local Government Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 219asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
208 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to review the existing tax incentives in the housing sector following the assertion of the An Bord Pleanála chairman that inadequate design resources were being employed for many of the schemes being constructed to avail of such incentives; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 134asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
123 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the further action he will take to support local authorities in their battle against anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 125asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
110 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in publication of the housing needs assessment; when he expects to publish same; the number of households or individuals he expects to be in need of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 123asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
108 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of additional units of permanent social housing his Department is committed to delivering in net terms between 2005 and 2012.
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Question· writtenPQ 92asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
75 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of move-on accommodation units, designed to help formerly homeless persons prepare themselves for independent living available here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 91asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
74 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions his Department intends to take to address the fact that single persons, and single males in particular, are disproportionately represented on the housing waiting lists and face far greater difficulties in attempting to secure social housing.
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Question· writtenPQ 79asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
66 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the so-called passive house, the official opening of which he attended in Wicklow town, could be built on a mass scale; his further views on whether his Department could play a role in encouraging same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 77asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
64 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the use of energy efficient measures in local authority housing, such as using only double-glazed windows, as part of Ireland’s efforts to meet commitments under Kyoto and in view of the fact that such improvements have been specified in the national climate change strategy and in further view of the fact that the strategy sees the local authorities as key to achieving the target reductions.
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Question· writtenPQ 75asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
79 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent initiative, building trust in the community, by the homeless support group Trust; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 74asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
62 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the introduction of an advocate system for homeless persons as advocated by the homeless support group Trust; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 73asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
61 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the analysis in the NESC report on housing which concluded that up to a third of all new households formed in the period 2001-2006 would fall below the housing affordability threshold, details supplied.
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Question· writtenPQ 59asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
45 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities will be asked when assessing housing needs and drawing up their letting scheme for housing to address the plight of older, single and separated persons who are on local authority housing lists for some years.
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Question· writtenPQ 48asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
35 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has examined the assessment of the effectiveness of the Housing Act 1988 and Integrated Strategy 2000 in meeting the needs of persons who are homeless entitled Settlement First, produced by the Simon Communities of Ireland; and his views on the findings and recommendations.
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Question· writtenPQ 40asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
30 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the impact higher development levies is having on the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
24 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recommendations from the NESC report Housing in Ireland: Performance and Policy his Department intends to accept and reject.
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Question· writtenPQ 29asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
113 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which he expects to make on housing persons currently on social housing waiting lists in view of the fact that local authority and social housing programmes received only a 5% increase in the 2006 pre-budget Estimates.
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Question· writtenPQ 28asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
86 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the 5% increase in local authority and social housing programmes announced in the Estimates 2006 will be enough to make up for the delay and lack of delivery of the Government’s commitments in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 27asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
29 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of persons currently on social housing waiting lists which he expects will be housed in 2006 based on the fact that local authority and social housing programmes received only a 5% increase in the 2006 pre-budget Estimates.
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Question· writtenPQ 26asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
22 Ms Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which the targets for social housing completions, as set down by the national development plan, can be met by the end of 2006, in view of the 5% increase in funding as announced in the Estimates 2006.
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Question· writtenPQ 16asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
14 Mr. J. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the progress of implementing the report Property Rights under the Constitution.
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Question· oralPQ 4asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
4 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applicants seeking local authority housing in the assessment of housing needs which was carried out earlier in 2005; the number seeking each other form of social housing, including Traveller accommodation, shared ownership scheme, voluntary housing and so on; the number of applicants seeking all forms of social or local authority housing; the changes which have been made in the method of compiling the 2005 assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 273asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2005
273 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the sale of local authority flats has not been approved due to the possibility of developing the flats in a public private partnership deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 272asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2005
272 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the proposed scheme for sale of local authority flats has not been approved; if he has received representations from persons within a local authority not to proceed with this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 271asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2005
269 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if more youth community workers will be provided in Dundalk RAPID housing estates to tackle anti-social behaviour as requested by a community council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 265asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2005
271 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has considered the long-term implications of transferring the maintenance responsibility of housing estates from developers to other private persons or bodies such as management companies; if his attention has been drawn to instances where such management companies have failed to live up to their maintenance responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 264asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2005
270 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will issue guidelines to planning authorities in order to standardise the instances in which conditions for the maintenance or management of proposed developments, including the establishment of a company or appointment of a person or body of persons to carry out such maintenance or management, are applied to planning permissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 263asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2005
267 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce the necessary legislation or regulation to eliminate the necessity for management companies in new housing estates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 262asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2005
262 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will issue guidelines to planning authorities in order to standardise the instances in which conditions for the maintenance or management of proposed developments are applied to planning permissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 261asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2005
261 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of single applicants who are on the Louth local authorities housing waiting lists.
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Question· writtenPQ 125asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2005
118 Mr. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a social worker will be provided for a number of hours each week at a housing estate (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, to deal with all relevant issues and to assist the community.
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Record· Divisionvote_1carried
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2005
The Dáil divided: Tá,
Record· Divisionvote_2carried
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2005
The Dáil divided: Tá,
Question· writtenPQ 229asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2005
265 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has made changes in the 2006 Estimates in respect of the grant percentage or the maximum value of grant in respect of adaptations to a home for a disabled person building a new home, essential repairs grant and any other grant in relation to the home of pensioners; and the values which will prevail in 2006.
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