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Question· writtenPQ 287asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
323 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to extend the rent to buy scheme, currently used by Dublin City Council, to all local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 279asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
315 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role available for the members of local authority in the allocation of local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 270asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
306 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the consideration that he has given to allowing local authorities to purchase back affordable homes from those who have fallen into arrears of 18 months or more, as a logical use of the house purchasing programme which the councils engage in on an ongoing basis to add to local authority housing lists and thus ensure that those families do not end up homeless and that the council receives income in the form of rent for said properties.
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Question· writtenPQ 269asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
305 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households purchasing homes under the various affordable housing schemes administered by local authorities who are in ongoing arrears of more than six months, 12 months or 18 months in their mortgage repayments; the steps he will take to help mortgage holders and the local authorities to cope with this growing problem.
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Question· writtenPQ 266asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2010
266 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the reduction in capital expenditure for social housing programmes over the past two budgets compared to the water services programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 265asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2010
265 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures in place to ensure that local authority service indicators on housing are valid due to the wide range of results and performance of local authorities in areas such as vacancies that have been compiled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 264asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2010
264 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has provided guidance to local authorities to proactively involve the voluntary housing sector in delivering through the local authority action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 263asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2010
263 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the purpose of the review of the local authority housing action plans; the way the Departments funding allocations are linked to these reviews and performance under the action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 262asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2010
262 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures he has put in place to ensure that capital funding allocated under the various social housing programmes in his Department is drawn down and spent; the way the process is monitored to ensure all allocations are spent and there is not significant underspend; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 261asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2010
261 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date and format planned for the 2011 housing needs assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 260asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2010
260 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way, and the arrangements through which, he will ensure that a consistent supply of homes for social housing applicants will be delivered through the social housing leasing schemes.
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Question· writtenPQ 259asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2010
259 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency; the areas of responsibility which has been or will be devolved from the Department to the agency; the scope of the proposed policy and operational role of the agency, the work being undertaken and the accountability and governance arrangements in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 250asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2010
250 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses in each local authority area which are deemed ghost estates by virtue of the fact that they have a high proportion of unlived in domestic dwellings on a county basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 249asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2010
249 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 204asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2010
241 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied).
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Question· writtenPQ 197asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2010
234 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the rules applying in relation to the total number of refusals of a rental accommodation scheme or other social housing accommodation a tenant on rent supplement is allowed before rent supplement is refused, suspended or withdrawn
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Question· writtenPQ 296asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2010
343 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied).
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Question· writtenPQ 295asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2010
341 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a housing matter (details supplied).
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Question· writtenPQ 192asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2010
223 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the definition, if any, of a sub-standard road in the Planning and Development Acts, Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines for Planning Authorities, or any other planning regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 187asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2010
217 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is any restriction on a person being an applicant for social housing in more than one county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 185asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2010
214 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money granted to Clare County Council for the purposes of providing energy efficient homes in the local authority housing stock in 2010; the number of homes which have benefited from these improvement works to date; the plans to provide funding for such purposes in the 2011 budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 184asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2010
213 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the mandate and activities of the Housing and Sustainable Communities Ltd.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 183asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2010
212 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 27 October 2010, to confirm if the lands (details supplied) have been transferred to the Housing and Sustainable Communities Ltd; if that body has the right to dispose of those lands as it so wishes whether for housing or other purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 414asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2010
474 Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons who have been contacted in connection with the warmer homes scheme; if all persons in receipt of fuel allowance as part of the national fuel scheme who live in privately owned non-local authority housing which were constructed prior to 2002 are eligible for this scheme; when all persons in this category will be informed of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 413asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2010
454 Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons in receipt of fuel allowance as part of the national fuel scheme who live in privately owned non-local authority housing which were constructed prior to 2002 that have been contacted in connection with the warmer home schemes; if all persons are eligible for this scheme; when all persons in this category will be informed of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 409asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2010
450 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses purchased from the private sector and developers by Ballina Town Council from 1 June 2009 to date in 2010 in tabular form.
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Question· writtenPQ 408asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2010
449 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses purchased from the private sector and developers by Castlebar Town Council from 1 June 2009 to date in 2010 in tabular form.
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Question· writtenPQ 407asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2010
448 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses purchased from the private sector and developers by Westport Town Council from 1 June 2009 to date in 2010 in tabular form.
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Question· writtenPQ 406asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2010
447 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses purchased from the private sector and developers by Mayo County Council from 1 June 2009 to date in 2010 in tabular form.
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Question· writtenPQ 403asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2010
444 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of empty housing units identified in his Department’s report on housing developments that are under the auspices of National Asset Management Agency.
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Question· writtenPQ 379asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2010
420 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money allocated in 2009 and 2010 for the rental assistance scheme and the long term leasing scheme.
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Question· writtenPQ 97asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 October 2010
97 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the level of existing arrears is taken into consideration when a decision is made to increase the mortgage interest rate for local authority mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 96asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 October 2010
96 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he expects local authority mortgage holders to be able to pay the 0.5% mortgage interest rate increase in view of the fact that one in three are already in arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 95asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 October 2010
95 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the interest rate for local authority mortgage holders has been increased by 0.5% and if he will ensure that this decision is reversed in view of recent data showing that local authority mortgage holders are six times more likely than bank mortgage holders to be in arrears.
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Question· writtenPQ 407asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2010
506 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the current status of three tranches of land in north Dublin (details supplied); if these lands are to be used for social and affordable housing; the cost of each of the three tranches of land and the way the land purchases were and are being financed; to confirm if a plan is currently being considered for Dublin City Council to dispose of these three sites for a nominal amount of €1 and to then apply to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for funding to pay off the full capital and loan costs associated with each land purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 403asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2010
502 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority tenants who have fallen into rent arrears by local authority in tabular form in the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 397asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2010
496 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent by Government on social, affordable and voluntary housing schemes in each of the years 2007, 2008, and 2009; the number of social and affordable houses completed in each of those years; if he expects to reach the national development plan target of 100,000 new social and affordable houses by 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 396asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2010
495 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a facility for purchasers under existing affordable housing or shared ownership arrangements who wish to re-mortgage or top up their mortgage without triggering the clawback clause; and if so, if he could provide a timeframe for same.
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Question· writtenPQ 391asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2010
490 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views regarding the possibility of introducing a national grant scheme for rainwater harvesting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 385asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2010
484 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if consideration has been given to altering the clawback clause in terms of persons who wish to sell properties which they purchased under the affordable housing schemes, but who can no longer afford the mortgage due to a change in their financial circumstances, but who cannot afford to sell the property due to the negative equity and cannot go on the local authority housing list as they would have made themselves homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 384asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2010
483 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location of the Traveller accommodation housing schemes in each local authority area; if each local authority is complying with its responsibility under the law on the provision of Traveller accommodation; if not, the cause of the delay in each case and the action the Department has taken to ensure local authorities comply with the law.
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Question· writtenPQ 201asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2010
237 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the report of a group regarding housing conditions in an area in (details supplied); the steps he will take to address the issues raised in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 197asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2010
233 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a list of all properties purchased by Louth County Council, Dundalk Town Council and Drogheda Town Council in each year since 2007; if he will provide information on the price paid for each property; the reason each property was purchased and the person from whom each property was purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 194asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2010
226 Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 25 May 2010, the progress made on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 192asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2010
232 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a list of council dwellings that are vacant with Louth County Council, Dundalk Town Council and Drogheda Town Council; the location of these properties; the length of time vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 191asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2010
224 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a list of Donegal County Council dwellings that are vacant; the location of these properties and the length of time they have been vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 190asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2010
223 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount provided to each local authority for the retrofitting of council homes; the number of homes retrofitted to date in each area; and the number of outstanding homes awaiting this work.
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Question· writtenPQ 485asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2010
532 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs when a full and detailed response will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
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Question· writtenPQ 413asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2010
460 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outstanding loan book of the Housing Finance Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 411asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2010
457 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider extending the housing adaption grant to include tenants of local authorities, who now have to wait for many years in order to have necessary adaptions to their home undertaken to accommodate a person with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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