Housing

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Question· writtenPQ 36asked

36. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the plan for the provision of social housing is the most effective option available in tackling the worsening housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44126/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

36. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the plan for the provision of social housing is the most effective option available in tackling the worsening housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44126/15]

Question· writtenPQ 34asked

34. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his role in providing a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level, if he will provide a directive for modular homes to be built at sites not already earmarked for building of bricks and mortar homes, if he has issued any directive for public private partnerships to produce urgently needed social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44046/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

34. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his role in providing a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level, if he will provide a directive for modular homes to be built at sites not already earmarked for building of bricks and mortar homes, if he has issued any directive for public private partnerships to produce urgently needed social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44046/15]

Question· writtenPQ 32asked

32. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how the target of 1,400 new-builds or acquisitions by local authorities and approved housing bodies will be met by the end of 2015, given that only 403 new units were provided in the first six months of 2015, the details of the new units and where they will be provided. [44128/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

32. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how the target of 1,400 new-builds or acquisitions by local authorities and approved housing bodies will be met by the end of 2015, given that only 403 new units were provided in the first six months of 2015, the details of the new units and where they will be provided. [44128/15]

Question· writtenPQ 29asked

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government considering the housing and homelessness crisis, if he will consider, as an alternative to temporary modular homes, purchasing an equivalent number of permanent homes, hundreds of which are currently advertised for sale at equivalent prices to the cost of modular homes, and which would move quickly and more permanently provide homes for those with housing need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44129/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government considering the housing and homelessness crisis, if he will consider, as an alternative to temporary modular homes, purchasing an equivalent number of permanent homes, hundreds of which are currently advertised for sale at equivalent prices to the cost of modular homes, and which would move quickly and more permanently provide homes for those with housing need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44129/15]

Question· writtenPQ 22asked

22. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in the aftermath of his welcome investment in the public housing programme, if that programme can be accelerated to provide substantially more housing accommodation in the short to medium term, if he will put a sequence of steps in place, in conjunction with the local authorities, to access off-balance sheet recorded funding in each local authority area where major housing waiting lists currently exist, if he will put a strategic plan in place to drive the programme to a much greater extent than has been possible heretofore, by raising the house completion targets substantially on a monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44099/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

22. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in the aftermath of his welcome investment in the public housing programme, if that programme can be accelerated to provide substantially more housing accommodation in the short to medium term, if he will put a sequence of steps in place, in conjunction with the local authorities, to access off-balance sheet recorded funding in each local authority area where major housing waiting lists currently exist, if he will put a strategic plan in place to drive the programme to a much greater extent than has been possible heretofore, by raising the house completion targets substantially on a monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44099/15]

Question· writtenPQ 21asked

21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for replenishing actual housing stock, given the announcement of the new tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44130/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for replenishing actual housing stock, given the announcement of the new tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44130/15]

Question· writtenPQ 20asked

20. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why he places a limit of €30,000 when considering applications for the funding of vacant housing units owned by local authorities and long-term voids, given that there is such a large number of vacant social housing units in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44123/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

20. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why he places a limit of €30,000 when considering applications for the funding of vacant housing units owned by local authorities and long-term voids, given that there is such a large number of vacant social housing units in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44123/15]

Question· writtenPQ 15asked

15. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions and negotiations he has had with the National Asset Management Agency on increasing its provision of social housing units, if the agency is doing all within its authority and mandate to increase the supply of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44119/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

15. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions and negotiations he has had with the National Asset Management Agency on increasing its provision of social housing units, if the agency is doing all within its authority and mandate to increase the supply of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44119/15]

Question· writtenPQ 14asked

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Number 731 of 6 October 2015, the status of the 1,400 homes to be transferred from the National Asset Management Agency to local authorities; if the full 2,501 homes have been purchased and at what prices, or leased; what is the monthly payment for these leasing arrangements for each home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44131/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Number 731 of 6 October 2015, the status of the 1,400 homes to be transferred from the National Asset Management Agency to local authorities; if the full 2,501 homes have been purchased and at what prices, or leased; what is the monthly payment for these leasing arrangements for each home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44131/15]

Question· writtenPQ 13asked

13. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of residential units made available to local authorities in 2015, the number of these made available to citizens and families in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44045/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

13. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of residential units made available to local authorities in 2015, the number of these made available to citizens and families in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44045/15]

Question· writtenPQ 11asked

11. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government given that capital-funded social housing provision targets, including new-builds and units provided under the rental accommodation scheme and long-term leasing are well-below the level targeted for 2015, if he will revise his targets for capital funded social housing provision for the 2015 to 2017 period downwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44120/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

11. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government given that capital-funded social housing provision targets, including new-builds and units provided under the rental accommodation scheme and long-term leasing are well-below the level targeted for 2015, if he will revise his targets for capital funded social housing provision for the 2015 to 2017 period downwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44120/15]

Question· oralPQ 10asked

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to lift the restriction in the rental accommodation scheme which requires applicants to be in receipt of rent allowance to allow those in low-paid work to access the scheme, as the housing assistance payment has not been rolled out across all local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44132/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to lift the restriction in the rental accommodation scheme which requires applicants to be in receipt of rent allowance to allow those in low-paid work to access the scheme, as the housing assistance payment has not been rolled out across all local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44132/15]

Question· oralPQ 9asked

9. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the investigation panel to examine the mica issue will be set up and functioning, its terms of reference and when it will report its findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44136/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

9. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the investigation panel to examine the mica issue will be set up and functioning, its terms of reference and when it will report its findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44136/15]

Question· oralPQ 7asked

7. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce specific measures targeted at increasing the capacity of local authorities to build social housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44125/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

7. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce specific measures targeted at increasing the capacity of local authorities to build social housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44125/15]

Question· oralPQ 5asked

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of the current housing and homelessness emergency and in order to accelerate the delivery of permanent social housing, if he will consider the purchase of hundreds of permanent homes currently advertised for sale as an alternative to modular housing, the direct transfer of National Asset Management Agency property and cash reserves to the local authorities, and the direct employment by the State of building workers, architects, engineers and so on to build social housing and thus eliminate the lengthy delays involved in the outsourcing and tendering process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44256/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of the current housing and homelessness emergency and in order to accelerate the delivery of permanent social housing, if he will consider the purchase of hundreds of permanent homes currently advertised for sale as an alternative to modular housing, the direct transfer of National Asset Management Agency property and cash reserves to the local authorities, and the direct employment by the State of building workers, architects, engineers and so on to build social housing and thus eliminate the lengthy delays involved in the outsourcing and tendering process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44256/15]

Question· oralPQ 4asked

4. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will describe the discussions and negotiations he has had with the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, in respect of increasing its provision of social housing units; if he is satisfied the agency is doing all within its authority and legal mandate to increase the supply of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44313/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

4. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will describe the discussions and negotiations he has had with the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, in respect of increasing its provision of social housing units; if he is satisfied the agency is doing all within its authority and legal mandate to increase the supply of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44313/15]

Question· oralPQ 2asked

2. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will alter the new tenant purchase scheme to include Part V housing to change the terms of the scheme regarding sale price and market value and to factor in the length of the tenancy. [44252/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

2. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will alter the new tenant purchase scheme to include Part V housing to change the terms of the scheme regarding sale price and market value and to factor in the length of the tenancy. [44252/15]

Question· writtenPQ 202asked

202. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of reports of land hoarding taking place in the Dublin area in respect of land zoned for housing, if this is a factor in the depressed supply of housing, why he wrote to the chief executives of the four Dublin local authorities in June 2015, advising them not to rezone any further land for housing; and if he will review this advice. [44422/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015

202. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of reports of land hoarding taking place in the Dublin area in respect of land zoned for housing, if this is a factor in the depressed supply of housing, why he wrote to the chief executives of the four Dublin local authorities in June 2015, advising them not to rezone any further land for housing; and if he will review this advice. [44422/15]

Question· writtenPQ 200asked

200. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to support rent supplement and housing assistance payment limits and introduce rent certainty as short-term housing measures, as advised by the National Economic and Social Council; to make better use and provide quicker turnaround of State properties and local authority voids that are empty; to enhance prevention and early intervention measures to support persons in their homes; to explore the efficacy of modular homes, ensuring that this does not become a long-term measure; to access affordable housing with support, as a solution to the housing and homeless crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44378/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015

200. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to support rent supplement and housing assistance payment limits and introduce rent certainty as short-term housing measures, as advised by the National Economic and Social Council; to make better use and provide quicker turnaround of State properties and local authority voids that are empty; to enhance prevention and early intervention measures to support persons in their homes; to explore the efficacy of modular homes, ensuring that this does not become a long-term measure; to access affordable housing with support, as a solution to the housing and homeless crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44378/15]

Question· writtenPQ 199asked

199. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications received from Donegal County Council for social housing units under the Social Housing Strategy 2020; the number of applications made with respect to long-term voids and to new builds; the cost which these applications collectively represent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44365/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015

199. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications received from Donegal County Council for social housing units under the Social Housing Strategy 2020; the number of applications made with respect to long-term voids and to new builds; the cost which these applications collectively represent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44365/15]

Question· writtenPQ 197asked

197. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that more than 10% of the 20,000 houses being built by the National Asset Management Agency in the coming years are provided for social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44327/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015

197. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that more than 10% of the 20,000 houses being built by the National Asset Management Agency in the coming years are provided for social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44327/15]

Question· writtenPQ 195asked

195. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will request the National Asset Management Agency to undertake and organise a major programme of social housing in the Dublin north fringe and Fingal south fringe zones, given the failure of private developers to develop the north fringe as a high specification new urban region since the late 1990s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44302/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015

195. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will request the National Asset Management Agency to undertake and organise a major programme of social housing in the Dublin north fringe and Fingal south fringe zones, given the failure of private developers to develop the north fringe as a high specification new urban region since the late 1990s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44302/15]

Question· writtenPQ 192asked

192. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has analysed the proportion of council homes purchased under previous tenant purchase schemes that have ended up owned by landlords in the private rented sector; and how many of these are rent supplement, housing assistance payment or rental accommodation scheme tenancies. [44274/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015

192. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has analysed the proportion of council homes purchased under previous tenant purchase schemes that have ended up owned by landlords in the private rented sector; and how many of these are rent supplement, housing assistance payment or rental accommodation scheme tenancies. [44274/15]

Question· writtenPQ 191asked

191. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the figures provided to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht on 24 November 2015 projecting 950 local authority new builds and acquisitions and 440 new units under the capital assistance programme by the end of 2015 when compared with the latest on his Department’s website for the first six months of the year showing 246 local authority new builds and acquisitions in the first half of 2015, including 20 new builds and 226 acquisitions, and 157 new housing association units, mean that there will be 704 local authority new builds and acquisitions in the second half of 2015, including in excess of 180 local authority new builds, plus 283 new units provided by voluntary housing associations under the capital assistance scheme; and if not, to provide alternative figures broken down under these headings. [44273/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015

191. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the figures provided to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht on 24 November 2015 projecting 950 local authority new builds and acquisitions and 440 new units under the capital assistance programme by the end of 2015 when compared with the latest on his Department’s website for the first six months of the year showing 246 local authority new builds and acquisitions in the first half of 2015, including 20 new builds and 226 acquisitions, and 157 new housing association units, mean that there will be 704 local authority new builds and acquisitions in the second half of 2015, including in excess of 180 local authority new builds, plus 283 new units provided by voluntary housing associations under the capital assistance scheme; and if not, to provide alternative figures broken down under these headings. [44273/15]

Question· writtenPQ 190asked

190. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the new builds and acquisitions to be completed and the new units to be provided by housing associations under the capital assistance scheme by local authority area in the second half of 2015 in tabular form. [44272/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015

190. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the new builds and acquisitions to be completed and the new units to be provided by housing associations under the capital assistance scheme by local authority area in the second half of 2015 in tabular form. [44272/15]

Question· writtenPQ 64asked

64. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients under the rent supplement scheme, of active tenancies under the housing assistance payment scheme, the number of households who have applied to have their rent supplement increased above the current threshold, the number who have had their rent supplement increased, the number who have been refused, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44432/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015

64. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients under the rent supplement scheme, of active tenancies under the housing assistance payment scheme, the number of households who have applied to have their rent supplement increased above the current threshold, the number who have had their rent supplement increased, the number who have been refused, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44432/15]

Question· writtenPQ 53asked

53. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why there are so many recipients of rent supplement in the local authorities where the housing assistance payment has been rolled out, given that the level of allowable rent is much higher under the housing assistance payment than under the rent supplement; and the number of new recipients of rent supplement since the housing assistance payment has been rolled out in the local authorities where it is available by local authority. [44265/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015

53. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why there are so many recipients of rent supplement in the local authorities where the housing assistance payment has been rolled out, given that the level of allowable rent is much higher under the housing assistance payment than under the rent supplement; and the number of new recipients of rent supplement since the housing assistance payment has been rolled out in the local authorities where it is available by local authority. [44265/15]

Record· debate2015-12-08published